Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay (anglicised spelling of surname: Mukherjee) (7 September 1920 – 4 May 1989) was a prominent Indian writer of modern Bengali literature.

[1] Mukhopadyay graduated in commerce from Hooghly Mohsin College, then affiliated with 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).

[2] His first novel was Swaha, also published in Basumati and later renamed as Ruper Hate Bikikini.

Love and romance and the human relationship are recurring themes of his novels.