Tarun Majumdar

Tarun Majumdar
Majumder at the Kolkata Book Fair, 2018
Born(1931-01-08)8 January 1931
Bogra, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died4 July 2022(2022-07-04) (aged 91)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
OccupationFilm director
Years active1959–2018
SpouseSandhya Roy
Awards

Tarun Majumdar (or Mazumdar, 8 January 1931 – 4 July 2022) was an Indian film director, documentary filmmaker, author, illustrator and screenwriter who is known for his work in Bengali cinema.[1] He received five National Awards, seven BFJA Awards, five Filmfare Awards and an Anandalok Award. In 1990, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award.[2] He is recognized as one of the greatest influential filmmakers of India. His few movies were restored and digitized by the National Film Archive of India, along with his Contemporaries Arabinda Mukhopadhyay, Goutam Ghose.[3] He is Legendary filmmaker for Ganadevata in 1978, Nimantran in 1971,Palatak in 1963.

He alongside Sachin Mukherji and Dilip Mukherji made his directorial debut, under the screen name Yatrik, with the 1959 Bengali film Chaowa Pawa starring Suchitra Sen and Uttam Kumar as the leads.[4]

He received his first National Award for the 1962 Bengali film Kancher Swarga.[5] He also garnered wide critical acclamation for his directorial ventures such as Palatak (1963), Nimantran (1971), Sansar Simante (1975) and Ganadevata (1978).[6] He received a National Award, a BFJA Award and a Filmfare Award for Nimantran (1971). Ganadevata (1979) won him a National Award and a Filmfare Award.

He made blockbusters such as Balika Badhu (1967), Kuheli (1971), Shriman Prithviraj (1973), Fuleswari (1974), Dadar Kirti (1980), Bhalobasa Bhalobasa (1985) and Apan Amar Apan (1990).[7][8]

His ex-wife Sandhya Roy starred in twenty of his films and Tapas Paul in eight. Moushumi Chatterjee, Mahua Roychoudhury, Ayan Banerjee, Tapas Paul, Abhishek Chatterjee and Nayna Bandyopadhyay were introduced by him to the silver screen.[9] Director/writer Sooraj Barjatya's father Rajkumar Barjatya and Rajkumar Barjatya's Friend was Legendary filmmaker Tarun Majumdar suggested the script of Maine Pyar Kiya.

  1. ^ Singh, Shiv Sahay (4 July 2022). "Veteran filmmaker Tarun Majumdar passes away at 92". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Padma Awards was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Digitized and Restored Films List" (PDF). nfai.nfdcindia.com. National Film Archives of India. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  4. ^ চিরতরুণ. Ei Samay (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference International Film Festival of India was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Story is always my top priority: Tarun Majumder". The Indian Express. 23 April 2015. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Tarun Majumdar". www.upperstall.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2008.
  8. ^ Datta, Utpal (1994). Towards a heroic cinema. M.C. Sarkar & Sons. p. 88. ISBN 9788171570508.
  9. ^ "Legendary Bengali filmmaker Tarun Majumdar passes away at 91". www.indulgexpress.com. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.