Dibyendu Palit (born March 5, 1939 at Bhagalpur

Bhagalpur

Bhagdattpuram was one of the most influential towns in "Aryavarta" . It is supposed to have been concurrent to Patliputra or Patna. Bhagdattpuram finds its mention in the Vedas and Ramayana as well. It is supposed to be the kingdom of Daanvir Karna, the son of Kunti and the Sun God...

 in Bihar

Bihar

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, India

India

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) is a Bengali

Bengali language

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 writer of poems, novel

Novel

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s, and short stories

Short story

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. His first story Chandapatan was published in 1955 in the Sunday edition of Anandabazar Patrika

Anandabazar Patrika

Anandabazar Patrika is an Indian Bengali language daily newspaper published in Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai by the ABP Group. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.28 million copies making it the largest circulation for a single-edition, regional language...

.

In 2005, Shyamanand Jalan

Shyamanand Jalan

Shyamanand Jalan was an influential Kolkata-based Indian thespian, theatre director, and actor. He is credited for the renaissance period of modern Indian theatre and especially the Hindi theatre in Kolkata from the 1960s to 1980s...

 directed film Eashwar Mime Co., an adaptation of Dibyendu Palit's story, Mukhabhinoy, by noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar

Vijay Tendulkar

Vijay Tendulkar was a leading Indian playwright, movie and television writer, literary essayist, political journalist, and social commentator primarily in Marāthi...

. The film is story of a travelling mime company selling products and a writer's views upon its journey, it has two leads Ashish Vidyarthi

Ashish Vidyarthi

Ashish Vidyarthi is an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Hindi films and lately in South Indian films. He has won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for film Drohkaal in 1995....

 playing the role mime company's owner while Pawan Malhotra did the role of the writer.