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Bhisham Sahni

Bhisham Sahni

Actor 3 / Author 2 · 1984 – 2002 · 🎬 3 📖 2

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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