Bengali filmmaker Tarun Majumdar has passed away at the age of 92.
Padma Shri awardee film director Tarun Majumdar breathed his last in Kolkata on Monday at the age of 92.
Noted Indian cinema director Tarun Majumdar has passed away. The Padma Shri awardee breathed his last at 11:17 am. He was 92 years old.
Majumdar was admitted to Kolkata’s SSKM Hospital since June 14 due to multiple organ failure. His condition had deteriorated since yesterday, after which he was put on ventilation support.
Majumdar won four National Awards and five Filmfare Awards for his work. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1990.
He went on to make blockbuster films such as Balika Badhu (1967), Kuheli (1971), Shriman Prithviraj (1973), Phuleshwari (1974), Dadar Kirti (1980), Bhalobasa Bhalobasa (1985) and Apan Amar Apan (1990). His wife Sandhya Roy starred in twenty of his films and Tapas Paul in eight. Moushumi Chatterjee, Mahua Roychowdhury, Ayan Banerjee and Tapas Paul were introduced on the silver screen by him.
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