Ashutosh Mukherjee was one of the most prominent Indian writers born on September 7, 1920, in Bajrajogini, Dacca to Paresh Chandra Mukhopadhyay and Tarubala Devi. His first story was Nurse Mitra which was later made into major movies Deep Jwele Jai in Bengali and Khamoshi in Hindi. Bollywood films like Safar (1970) and Bemisal (1982) were also inspired from his novels. He died on May 4, 1989.