Manoj Mitra is a Bengali

Bengali people

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 India

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n actor, director and playwright.

Early life

He studied at the Scottish Church College of the University of Calcutta

University of Calcutta

The University of Calcutta is a public university located in the city of Kolkata , India, founded on 24 January 1857...

 where he earned his B.A. degree. During his final year at Scottish Church College, he formed a theater group called Sundaram with colleagues like Parthapratim Chowdhury and others. Later he would compose plays and work with other theater directors like Ahindra Chowdhury and Parthapratim Chowdhury. He also wrote books on theatre and retired as a professor of drama from Kolkata's Rabindra Bharati University

Rabindra Bharati University

Rabindra Bharati University is a university in Kolkata, India. It was founded on May 8, 1962, under the Rabindra Bharati Act of the Government of West Bengal in 1961, to mark the birth centenary of the poet Rabindranath Tagore...

.

At present he is the President of the Paschimbanga Natya Akademi (Govt. of West Bengal).

Career in cinema

He has acted in films by a diverse variety of directors such as Tapan Sinha

Tapan Sinha

Tapan Sinha , was a Indian film director. He was arguably the most uncompromising filmmaker outside the orbit of Parallel Cinema.-Personal life and background:...

, Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature...

, Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Buddhadeb Dasgupta is a poet and prominent contemporary Indian filmmaker, most known for films like Bagh Bahadur, Tahader Katha, Charachar and Uttara...

, Basu Chatterjee

Basu Chatterjee

Basu Chatterjee is an Indian film director. His films are very similar to those of Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Like Mukherjee, he built his plots on middle-class lives.He was born in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India....

, Tarun Majumdar

Tarun Majumdar

Tarun Majumdar is a renowned Bengali Indian film director who makes films in Bengali and is notable for his depiction of Bengali culture and society. Many of his films are literature-based...

, Shakti Samanta

Shakti Samanta

Shakti Samanta was an Indian film director and producer, who founded Shakti Films in 1957, which is most known for films like Howrah Bridge, China Town, Kashmir Ki Kali, An Evening in Paris, Kati Patang and Amar Prem.He received Filmfare Awards for Best Film for Aradhana, Anuraag and Amanush,...

 and Goutam Ghosh.

He is best known for his role as a gardener in Tapan Sinha

Tapan Sinha

Tapan Sinha , was a Indian film director. He was arguably the most uncompromising filmmaker outside the orbit of Parallel Cinema.-Personal life and background:...

’s film Banchharamer Bagaan, which was based on Mitra's play Sajano Bagaan (The arranged garden).

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