Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay
Indian writer (1920–1989)
Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay (anglicised spelling of surname: Mukherjee) (7 September 1920 – 4 May 1989) was a prominent Indian writer of modern Bengali literature.
Life and works
Mukhopadhyay was born in 1920, in Bajrajogini, Bikrampur, Dacca (now Dhaka) as the fifth of ten children of a Bengali Kulin Brahmin couple, Paresh Chandra Mukhopadhyay and Tarubala Devi. Mukhopadyay graduated in commerce from Hooghly Mohsin College, then affiliated to the University of Calcutta. His first story was Nurse Mitra, published in the newspaper Basumati, which was later made into major movies (Deep Jwele Jai in Bengali and Khamoshi in Hindi). Bollywood films like Safar (1970) and Bemisal were also made from his novels.
His first novel was Swaha, also published in Basumati and later renamed as Ruper Hate Bikikini. His first published novel was Kaalchakra, but he made his mark as novelist with his fourth published novel, Chalachal, especially from its successful cinematisation by Asit Sen in 1956. The cinematisation of Panchatapa in 1957 by the same director, further enhanced the writer's reputation.
He joined the newspaper Jugantar in 1955 after joining and leaving nine jobs and subsequently became the head of the Sunday special of the newspaper. He died on 4 May 1989.
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