Bhanu Bandyopadhyay was born on 26 August 1920 at Dhaka, Bengal in a Kulin Brahmin family.

His ancestral home was at a village called Panchgaon in Bikrampur, Dhaka Division, present day Bangladesh.

[4] He made his big screen debut with Debi Mukherjee and Sumitra Devi starrer Bengali film Abhijog (1947).

[5] Bandyopadhyay's breakthrough film role was in Nirmal Dey's Basu Parivar (1952) where he played a Bangal businessman.

In most of his films he played comedic roles in which he exaggerated Bengali accents and mannerisms for comic effect.

He played the lead role in many films including Jamalaye Jibanta Manush, Mriter Martye Agaman, Sworgo Mortyo, Personal Assistant, Miss Priyambada and Ashite Ashiona.

His son, Gautam Bandyopadhyay, has confirmed the release which coincided with his father's 91st birth anniversary.