Bengali filmmaker, Padma Shri Tarun Majumdar dies at 91

Balika Badhu director Tarun Majumdar died in Kolkata after days of hospitalisation.

Veteran Bengali director Tarun Majumdar died on Monday. He was 91 and hospitalised at the state-run hospital, SSKM in Kolkata. He was on ventilator support.

Tarun Majumdar died in Kolkata.

In 1985, Tarun Majumdar debuted as a director in the film industry with Basanta Choudhury in Alor Pipasha. Previously, he worked under Yatrik—a group of filmmakers which included Tarun Majumdar, Dilip Mukhopadhyay and Sachin Mukherjee. Yatrik separated in 1963.

Some of Tarun Majumdar’s best works include Balika Badhu (1976), Kuheli (1971), Shriman Prithviraj (1972), Dadar Kirti (1980), Smriti Tuku Thak (1960), Palatak (1963) and Ganadevata (1978). During decades of his career, he has worked with several notable actors such as Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Chhabi Biswas, Soumitra Chatterjee and Sandhya Roy to name a few.

Celebrities have expressed their grief and sadness at Tarun Majumdar's death. Director Srijit Mukherji wrote on Facebook, “The last of the legendary constellation which included Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Mrinal Sen and Tapan Sinha as well and the person whose cinematic greatness cracked the rare alchemical code of box office success, film festival glory and awards acclaim regularly leaves us today. Nimontron, Shreeman Prithviraj, Shongshar Shimaante, Pawlatok, Knacher Shawrgo, Thogini, Gawnodebota, Chawa Pawa, Balika Bodhu, Dadar Kirti - the list is prolific and exemplary. Farewell to the ever-underrated Tarun Majumdar - travel well, Legend.”

Prosenjit Chatterjee tweeted, “Heartfelt condolences to Jethu's family and well-wishers.” “Tarun Majumdar moves on. One of our greatest storytellers and whose films I learnt from,” added filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh.