Manju Mitra

Manju Mitra is a Kannada movie director and lyricist well known for Geetha Bangle Store Click to look into! >> Read More... . He was born in Kanakapura, Karnataka, in a middle-class family. 

He loved watching movies from his childhood and used to sing songs and take part in skits and plays during his school functions. During his college days, he used to direct plays and was part of his college theatre. He won many prizes for his plays.

He started as a director for Kannada short films and plays. He directed many local plays and theatre dramas also. His work was really appreciated in local newspapers, and critics gave fair ratings to his plays. Manju Mitra worked as an assistant director in many Kannada movies before making his debut as a director.

He directed “Geetha Bangle Store,” a Kannada film starring Panju and Nikesha Patel. He is considered as one of the debutant directors who keeps his promise of delivering the best content in his movies. “Geetha Bangle Store” is based on the story of a bangle seller’s daughter and a cocoon cultivator’s son, with a drunkard father.

The movie showed the problems regarding caste and class inequalities and other problems that hindered the path of development of society. This all was shown with such beauty by Manju Mitra. Manju Mitra is also a lyrics writer, and he wrote songs for his movie. He also loves playing musical instruments. Apart from his passion for directing movies, he also loves reading books and spends his free time reading books or traveling around.