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Bhisham Sahni

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Indian writer, playwright, and actor (1915-2003)

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Bhisham Sahni was an Indian writer, playwright in Hindi and an actor, most famous for his novel Tamas ("Darkness"/'Ignorance") and the television screenplay adaptation of the same name, a powerful and passionate account of the partition of India.

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Mr. and Mrs. Iyer2002
Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!1984

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Tamas1988

Awards 4

1998Padma Bhushan
1981Lotus Prize for Literature
1975Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi
1969Padma Shri

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Bhisham Sahni was an Indian writer, playwright in Hindi and an actor, most famous for his novel Tamas ("Darkness"/'Ignorance") and the television screenplay adaptation of the same name, 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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India
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Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
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Lived 1915 to 2003 · aged 87
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17 languages

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