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- Raja Mitra was born on January 17, 1945 in Calcutta, India. He was a director and writer, known for Ekti Jiban (1988), Nayantara (1997) and Ahankar (1999). He died on December 20, 2024 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
- In 1989, his "Painters of Birbhum" was in the Indian Panorama and Italy's Popoli Festival.
- Raja Mitra has won 6 awards - National Awards.
- Mitra's Jataner Jami was adjudged the Best Non-Feature Film at the 45th National Awards for the best of Indian cinema in 1997.
- Raja Mitra was an Indian film director and music director who mainly worked in Bengali cinema.
- His first feature film, Ekti Jiban, had won the National Award for Best Debut Film of a Director in 1987 at the 35th National Awards He had received a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) for "a very courageous first attempt of a director in tackling the subject of an individual unwavering in his conviction in the cultural value of his language and single handedly making available its enriching value to the generation of his people who will come after him".
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