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Bhisham Sahni est un Acteur et Scénariste Indien né le 8 aout 1915 à Rawalpindi (Pakistan)

Bhisham Sahni

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Nationalité Inde
Naissance 8 aout 1915 à Rawalpindi (Pakistan)
Mort 11 juillet 2003 (à 87 ans) à Delhi (Inde)
Récompenses Sahitya Akademi Award, Padma Bhushan

Bhisham Sahni (8 August 1915 – 11 July 2003) was a Hindi writer, playwright, and actor, most famous for his novel and television screenplay Tamas ("Darkness, Ignorance"), a powerful and passionate account of the Partition of India. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan for literature in 1998, and Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 2002.

He was the younger brother of the noted Hindi film actor, Balraj Sahni.

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Bhisham Sahni was born on 8 August 1915 in Rawalpindi. He earned a master's degree in English Literature from Government College in Lahore, and a Ph.D from Punjab University, Chandigarh in 1958.

He joined the struggle for Indian independence. At the time of Partition he was an active member of the Indian National Congress, and organized relief work for the refugees when riots broke out in Rawalpindi in March 1947.
In 1948 Bhisham Sahni started working with the Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA), an organization with which his brother was already closely associated. He worked both as an actor and a director. As a result of his association with IPTA, he left the Congress and joined the Communist Party. Thereafter, he left Bombay for Punjab where he worked briefly as a lecturer, first in a college at Ambala and then at Khalsa College, Amritsar. At this time he was involved in organizing the Punjab College Teachers’ Union and also continued with IPTA work. In 1952 he moved to Delhi and was appointed Lecturer in English at Delhi College (now Zakir Husain College), University of Delhi.

From 1956 to 1963 he worked as a translator at the Foreign Languages Publishing House in Moscow, and translated some important works into Hindi, including Lev Tolstoy’s short stories and his novel Resurrection. On his return to India Bhisham Sahni resumed teaching at Delhi College, and also edited the reputed literary magazine Nai Kahaniyan from 1965 to 1967. He retired from service in 1980. Sahni was fluent in Punjabi, English, Urdu, Sanskrit and Hindi.

Bhisham Sahni was associated with several literary and cultural organizations. He was General Secretary of the All India Progressive Writers Association (1975–85) and Acting General Secretary of the Afro-Asian Writer’ Association and was also associated with the editing of their journal Lotus. He was the founder and chairman of 'SAHMAT', an organisation promoting cross-cultural understanding, founded in memory of the murdered theatre artist and activist Safdar Hashmi.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmographie de Bhisham Sahni (4 films)

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Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, 2h
Réalisé par Aparna Sen
Origine Inde
Genres Drame
Thèmes La musique, Religion, Transport, Automobile, Musique, Road movie, Bollywood
Acteurs Rahul Bose, Konkona Sen Sharma, Bhisham Sahni, Surekha Sikri, Anjan Dutt, Bharat Kaul
Rôle Iqbal Ahmed Khan
Note78% 3.945573.945573.945573.945573.94557
Meenakshi Iyer (Konkona Sen Sharma), jeune mère de famille tamoule, part rejoindre son mari à Calcutta en compagnie de son fils âgé d'un an, à l'issue d'un séjour chez ses parents. Ceux-ci, inquiets à la perspective de ce long voyage en car et en train, demandent à Raja, un photographe animalier que leur a brièvement présenté un ami, de veiller sur elle. Bien qu'à contre cœur, Meenakshi demande à Raja de l'aider à s'occuper de son bébé et c'est ainsi qu'ils passent pour mari et femme aux yeux des autres passagers : un couple de musulmans âgés, des joueurs de cartes, des sikhs, deux jeunes gens très amoureux, une mère et son fils handicapé... et une bande de joyeux adolescents.
Little Buddha, 2h3
Réalisé par Bernardo Bertolucci
Origine Italie
Genres Drame, Historique
Thèmes Religion, Le Tibet, Bouddhisme
Acteurs Keanu Reeves, Bridget Fonda, Chris Isaak, Jo Champa, Bhisham Sahni, Anupam Shyam Saikia
Note61% 3.051023.051023.051023.051023.05102
Jesse Conrad, neuf ans, vit à Seattle avec un père ingénieur, Dean, et une mère enseignante, Lisa. Un jour, ils reçoivent la visite surprise d'une délégation de moines bouddhistes venue du royaume himalayen du Bhoutan sous la conduite du lama Norbu et de son adjoint Champa. Les moines sont persuadés que Jesse pourrait être la réincarnation d'un de leurs plus éminents chefs spirituels. Ils lui offrent alors un livre narrant la vie de Siddhartha et attendent sa visite dans l'Himalaya.
Tamas
Tamas (1987)
, 4h34
Réalisé par Govind Nihalani
Genres Drame
Thèmes Religion, Politique
Acteurs Om Puri, Bhisham Sahni, Amrish Puri, Deepa Sahi, Manohar Singh, Dina Pathak
Rôle Harnam Singh
Note88% 4.415864.415864.415864.415864.41586
Nathu (Om Puri), a Chamar, is finishing his work in his shop when the thekedar (Pankaj Kapur) walks in and asks him to entice a pig from a nearby piggery into his shop and kill it for the Veterinary doctor who needs it for medical purposes. Nathu tries to decline saying he has never killed a pig before and doesn't have the necessary skill for it, offering instead to tan the hide if required provided the people from the piggery kill it. Thekedar insists that he wants Nathu to do it and gives him 5 rupees for it and leaves the shop saying that the work must be done by morning when the jamadar will come to take the carcass.
Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!, 2h10
Réalisé par Saeed Akhtar Mirza
Genres Drame
Acteurs Naseeruddin Shah, Deepti Naval, Bhisham Sahni, Dina Pathak, Rohini Hattangadi, Amjad Khan
Rôle Mohan Joshi
Note74% 3.7148653.7148653.7148653.7148653.714865
An old couple, Mohan Joshi (Bhisham Sahni) and his wife (Dina Pathak), sues their landlord (Amjad Khan) for not maintaining their 'collapsing' apartment building. For this, they hire two cunning lawyers (Naseeruddin Shah and Satish Shah), while Rohini Hattangadi is the opposition lawyer.

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Tamas
Tamas (1987)
, 4h34
Réalisé par Govind Nihalani
Genres Drame
Thèmes Religion, Politique
Acteurs Om Puri, Bhisham Sahni, Amrish Puri, Deepa Sahi, Manohar Singh, Dina Pathak
Note88% 4.415864.415864.415864.415864.41586
Nathu (Om Puri), a Chamar, is finishing his work in his shop when the thekedar (Pankaj Kapur) walks in and asks him to entice a pig from a nearby piggery into his shop and kill it for the Veterinary doctor who needs it for medical purposes. Nathu tries to decline saying he has never killed a pig before and doesn't have the necessary skill for it, offering instead to tan the hide if required provided the people from the piggery kill it. Thekedar insists that he wants Nathu to do it and gives him 5 rupees for it and leaves the shop saying that the work must be done by morning when the jamadar will come to take the carcass.