He was born in 1926 in Kamdevpur village under Nolsiti Thana in Barisal district.
He matriculated from Barisal Zila School in 1941, and completed his IA from Brajomohan College in 1943, and BA from Calcutta University in 1946.
He was also awarded a diploma on cinema from the Experimental Centre of Cinematography in Rome.
He spent considerable time abroad and played roles in several Italian movies, one of these was Le coppie (1970) with Alberto Sordi.
In his works, the rural life of Bengali people is seen widely.