Bhisham Sahni | |
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Born | Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, Pakistan) | 8 August 1915
Died | 11 July 2003 Delhi, India | (aged 87)
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Nationality | Indian |
Period | 1955–2003 |
Relatives | Balraj Sahni (brother) Parikshit Sahni (nephew) Anand–Sahni family |
Political party | Communist Party of India |
Bhisham Sahni (8 August 1915 – 11 July 2003) was an Indian writer, playwright in Hindi and an 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,[1] and Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 2002. He was the younger brother of the noted Hindi film actor, Balraj Sahni.