He was born in 14th February 1948.. His Father- Ex Footballer of East Bengal Team, Mr. Haran Saha.

Mentor- Eminent Writer and Sports Journalist Late Moti Nandy

 Shir Rupak Saha Started his journalistic career as a freelance journalist in “AnandaBazar Patrika”, before shifting to the sports section. He later became the sports editor for” Ananda Bazar Patrika”. After serving as a sports editor for twelve years he was transferred to their films oriented magazine called “Anandalok”. In 2004 he became the editor of “Anandalok”. Here his tenure was for few years. At present he is the sports Editor of the newspaper “Sakalbela”

As a sports editor he had to cover World Cup Football, World Cup Cricket, Olympic Games and Asian Games for which he had widely traveled abroad. He is also seen as an authority on football and cricket in the panel of experts he was associated with Star Ananda & 24  Ghanta Channel .

In 1994, he wrote his first novel “Juwari”, when this was published in “Ananda Bazar Patrika” it brought him instant fame two of his novels “Juwari” & “Lal Ranger Prithivi” were made into films. He wrote sixteen novels the last one titled “Reality Slow” which was recently published. This new concept was well received by his fans. Even in the small screen he made his presence felt in the form of two serial “Sada Patay Kalo Daag” and Football in Zee TV. There were several telefilms and also another serial “Chorapothey Chiriakhana”. Rupak  Saha  also had contributed to several books on football. He was the proud recipient of the “Best Sports Journalist” award by the Govt. of West Bengal.