Khalid Mahmood Mithu (1960 – March 7, 2016)[2] was a Bangladeshi film director and painter.
[6] His mother, Begum Momtaz Hossain Mithu, was a scriptwriter.
[8] Mithu was also a painter and by 2004, his work had been featured in 11 solo exhibitions.
[9] Mithu was married to painter Kanak Chanpa Chakma[10] and together they had one son, Arjo Srestha and one daughter, Shiropa Purna.
[7] Mithu died when a road side tree fell on top of the rickshaw he was travelling on on March 7, 2016, in Dhanmondi Thana, Dhaka.