Samit Bhanja

Samit Bhanja
Born(1944-01-02)2 January 1944[1]
Tamluk, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died24 July 2003(2003-07-24) (aged 59)[1]
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
EducationTamluk Hamilton School
Jhargram Polytechnic College
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
SpouseRanja Bhanja

Samit Bhanja (Bengali: শমিত ভঞ্জ; 2 January 1944 – 24 July 2003) was an Indian actor and director known for his work in the Bengali cinema.

He joined Rupkar, the theatre group of Sabitabrata Dutta and enacted in several plays in early 1960s. He made his screen debut with Balai Sen's 1965 Bengali film Surer Agun.[1] He is remembered as the male lead, Navin, of the successful Hindi film Guddi, opposite Jaya Bhaduri. In addition to acting in film, he acted in theatre and jatras, and was associated with the Rupkar group theatre. He died of cancer[2] in Kolkata at the age of 59.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b c "বাংলা সিনেমার আপনজন শমিত ভঞ্জ". anandabazar.com (in Bengali). 7 April 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Samit Bhanja".
  3. ^ "বাংলার সিনেমার অরিজিনাল 'আধুনিক নায়ক' শমিত ভঞ্জ". Drishtibhongi দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. ^ "অরণ্যের দিনরাত্রির হরি ছিলেন তমলুকের 'আপনজন'". anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 3 January 2021.