About Phani Majumdar
Lived 1911 – 1994 (aged 82). Phani Majumdar was an Indian film director, screenwriter and author.
Career Starting in 1930s, with leading film director P.C. Barua at New Theatres Studio of Calcutta founded by B. N. Sircar, who during this period made classics like Devdas (1935). He moved to Bombay in 1941 and worked with Bombay Talkies studio, he made Tamanna (1942) with Suraiya and Mohabbat (1943) with Shanta Apte and Andolan (1951). He made films in Punjabi, Magadhi (Bhaiya, 1961) and Maithili (Kanyadaan, 1965). His Oonch Log was actor Feroz Khan's first hit and won the National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film.
Noted film director-producer Shakti Samanta assisted Majumdar in Tamasha, Baadbaan and Dhobi Doctor at Bombay Talkies before working independently.
He was married to Monica Desai, sister of actress, Leela Desai.
Filmography Note:Films in Hindi-language unless mentioned otherwise.
Awards National Film Awards 1961: All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Children's Film - Savitri 1965: Second Best Feature Film: Oonch Log
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Indian film director (1911–1994)
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Phani Majumdar was born on 28 December 1911 in Faridpur Sadar Upazila.
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Phani Majumdar died on 16 May 1994 in India, Maharashtra, Mumbai.
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Phani Majumdar was a film director, screenwriter and author.
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