Background
His father, Mahesh Chandra Atorthy, was a propagator and writer of the Brahma Samaj.
Actor director author film producer
His father, Mahesh Chandra Atorthy, was a propagator and writer of the Brahma Samaj.
University of Calcutta.
He was involved in Hindi and Bengali cinema. Atorthy"s initial schooling started at Brahmo School, Kolkata. Atorthy was imaginative and fond of adventure from boyhood.
Failing to do well in his studies, he ran away to Bombay.
At Bombay he learnt to play the sitar under Ustad Karamatullah. Returning to Kolkata, he started working at a sports goods shop in Chowringee.
Subsequently, he worked for the Baikali, Yadughar, Hindustan, bharatvarsha, Sangkalpa, Nachghar and bharati.