Manoj Mitra was born on 22 December 1938 in Satkhira, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Satkhira, Bangladesh]. He was an actor and writer, known for Bancharamer Bagan (1980), Narak Guljar (2009) and Post Mortem (1980). He died on 12 November 2024 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.