He alongside Sachin Mukherji and Dilip Mukherji made his directorial debut, under the screen name Yatrik, with the 1959 Bengali filmChaowa Pawa starringSuchitra Sen andUttam Kumar as the leads.[4]
He received his firstNational Award for the 1962 Bengali filmKancher Swarga.[5] He also garnered wide critical acclamation for his directorial ventures such asPalatak (1963),Nimantran (1971),Sansar Simante (1975) andGanadevata (1978).[6] He received a National Award, a BFJA Award and a Filmfare Award forNimantran (1971).Ganadevata (1979) won him a National Award and a Filmfare Award.
Majumdar start his career as a PosterIllustrator to Film Technician. His early films were credited to Yatrik (phonetically Jatrik inBengali). Yatrik was the screenname of the trio of directors Tarun Majumdar, Sachin Mukherji, and Dilip Mukherji until 1963 after which each began to be credited separately. As Yatrik, their first venture wasChaowa Paowa (1959) starringUttam Kumar andSuchitra Sen.[16] Yatrik madeKancher Swarga (1962) featuring Dilip Mukherjee in the lead.
He cast Mahua Roychoudhury as the female lead inDadar Kirti (1980) based on a short story bySharadindu Bandyopadhyay.[19] He proposedDebashree Roy to play the role of Bini. Roy who was struggling with her career at that time, used to be credited as Rumki Roy in her films. Majumdar did not like the name Rumki. He suggested before Rumki's mother Arati Roy that her name should be altered into Debashree and her mother agreed.[12] Ayan Banerjee was cast in the role Santu, the chirpy lover of Bini. The film marked the debut ofTapas Paul who starred as the protagonist Kedar who falls in love with Saraswati portrayed by Mahua Roychoudhury. The film became a major box office success catapulting Paul to stardom.[20][21] The film won RoychoudhuryFilmfare Awards East in 1981.[22]
Majumdar cast Sandhya Roy in four consecutive films —Shahar Theke Dure (1981),Meghmukti (1982),Khelar Putul (1982) andAmar Geeti (1984). The last two films became major debacle at the box office generating the speculation in media thatSandhya Roy was no longer capable to draw mass appeal. He ropedTapas Paul andDebashree Roy in the romantic dramaBhalobasa Bhalobasa. The film gained major box office success.[23] Majumdar cast Paul in another two films,Agaman (1988) andParashmoni (1988).
In 2003, he made a comeback withAlo, a film based on a story written byBibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay.Rituparna Sengupta played the titular role. It received critical and popular acclaim and became one of the hits of the year.[25] As in many of Majumdar's films, the soundtrack featured songs written and composed byRabindranath Tagore.[26]
In 2007, he made another feature film,Chander Bari, based on a joint family saga which got critical acclaim from viewers and was a hit.Rituparna Sengupta again was the main lead. Playback singerBabul Supriyo made his debut in this film opposite Rituparna.[30] The songs featured were again composed byRabindranath Tagore.[31][32]
His last full-length feature film,Bhalobashar Bari released in 2018.[33][34] Rituparna Sengupta again played the protagonist in the film. It was a major financial debacle.[35][36]
Majumdar's movies were popular for their enduring characters and evergreen music. His affinity was on literature and Rabindra Sangeet.[10] Tarun Majumdar explains, "I make films based on literature. I differ with directors who in the name of experimentation make non-narrative cinema. To me a film must draw the audience, as the medium for masses. I believe if the film is not commercially successful, it's not 'good', as the audience always go for good movies."[24]Majumdar depicted rural life with warmth and celebrated their way of living. “Majumdar told stories set in rural India with compassion and sophistication which appealed to audiences across sections" said the maker of Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective."To him, nothing mattered more than the Bengali audience. He was never bothered about international film festivals or national award and The negatives of most of Tarun Majumdar's films are destroyed. Film restoration and preservation is not a profitable work but it is indeed needed. So, I urge the government to help in this matter," Said the national award winner filmmaker Goutam Ghose. "Similar sentiments and appealed of Tapan sinha for the restoration of Majumdar's films. He used to watch my plays and share his feedback. He made films on diverse topics and those should be restored for the future generation," said Actor Manoj Mitra.
"Muktamancha" in memory of Tarun Majumdar, installed at the 46th InternationalKolkata Book Fair in Karunamoyee, Salt Lake City, West Bengal, February 2023
An Indian Express which name isGanadevata Express, this Name of Indian Express is inspiration of Tarun majumdar's movie which Based on noble Prize nominated Tarasankar bandopadhay's Same name novel Ganadevata.
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Balika Vadhu TV series in Hindi language and aired on Colors TV.[37] It was between 21 July 2008 and 31 July 2016 with 2,245 episodes.
Most popular Tv series komola o sriman prithviraj aired on Star jalsa and directed by Lakhan Ghosh and produced by the Acropoliis Entertainment in 2023.
Majumdar died from a heart attack at a hospital inKolkata on 4 July 2022 at the age of 91.[11] He suffered from chest infection, kidney and heart ailments prior to his death.[11]Tarun Majumder donated his body for promotion of Medical Education to the AnatomyDepartment of SSKM Hospital, Kolkata.
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