[4] Pritish Nandy was born in Bhagalpur in the state of Bihar in eastern India to a Bengali family, self-identifying as an agnostic.

[2] Nandy's mother was a teacher at La Martiniere Calcutta and subsequently became the school's first Indian vice principal.

[10] Nandy's poem Calcutta If You Must Exile Me is considered a pioneering classic in modern Indian literature.

He was also editor and publisher of ‘’The Independent’’, a newspaper launched by the same group and ‘’Filmfare’’ the popular magazine.

He was chairman of Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd, popularly known as PNC and well known for its films, TV shows, and streaming content.

[2] Pritish Nandy was elected to the Rajya Sabha representing Maharashtra, the upper house of the Indian parliament, in July 1998.

[17] On 28 November 2012, Nandy founded World Compassion Day, a platform for promoting the values of compassion and ahimsa, and the first lecture on the occasion was delivered in Mumbai by the 14th Dalai Lama who spoke on the ethical treatment of animals.

His company Pritish Nandy Communications spearheaded the multiplex film genre in India.

[citation needed] The very successful Original series made by his company, ‘’Four More Shots Please!’’ (for Amazon and streaming on Prime Video) won an International Emmy nomination in 2020 and several other awards across the world.

[citation needed] ‘’Modern Love Mumbai’’, his most recent Original show (2022) has been critically acclaimed and opened to a record breaking viewership.