Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau ia i te 11 Paenga-whawha 1935, i Gaibandha, Bangladesh, te tama a Gouranath Sarkar. I wehe atu a Bijon Sarkar i te kaainga ki Dhaka i muri i te matenga o ona maatua me te ngaro o tana whenua tupuna i te waipuke o te awa. I ako a Bijon i nga akoranga tuatahi mo te whakaahua mai i tana tuakana a Tarapodo Sarkar, he kaiwhakairo whaiaro ia engari i whai i te whakaahua i tana waatea. Ko tana whakangungu ngaio tuatahi mo te whakaahua i te wa i uru ia ki te awheawhe i whakahaerehia e te kaitango whakaahua a Manzoor Alam Beg i te 1961. I tiimata te mahi whakaahua a Sarkar i muri i tana whakatuunga ki te Rangahau Matawhenua o Pakistan i te tau 1962. E whitu tau i muri mai, ka uru atu ia ki Pakistan Television hei kaitango kāmera. I whakakorehia ia e te mana pouaka whakaata i muri i te
I tiimata te Pakanga o te Motuhake i te tau 1971, i akiaki a Sarkar ki te whakaruruhau ki Inia. I muri mai ka uru atu ia ki te Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation hei Kaiwhakaahua Matua i te 1972 ka reti mai i reira i te 1995. He mema taketake o te Bangladesh Photographic Society (BPS), ka riro ia hei perehitini i nga tau 1990. Ko ia hoki tetahi o nga mema taketake o te Bangladesh Film Society. I whakapono a Bijon kei roto i te whakaahua nga mea katoa hei ahua toi penei i te peita. A ko tana whakaaturanga whakaahua tuatahi i whakaatu pai i tana whakapono. I mate a Bijon Sarker i te 29 o Tihema 2012. I whara ia i te mahunga i roto i te aitua waka i te po o te 21 o Noema 2012. I roto ia i te kōma, ā, kāore anō ia kia ora ake.