[1][2][3] Manoj Kumar Khatoi was born and raised in Konark, Odisha, India.
Post completing his course from Biju Pattanaik Film and Television Institute of Odisha, he started his filmmaking journey in the dream city Mumbai in the year 2002.
[4] His movie Budhia Singh – Born to Run starring Manoj Bajpayee has won National Film Award.
[6][7] In 2022, he did a web series The Fame Game on Netflix starring Madhuri Dixit.
Manoj has also worked in other popular films like Jawaani Jaaneman, Mitron, B.Tech and Classmates to name a few.