Famous Bengali movie director Tarun Majumdar died at a state-run clinic in Kolkata on Monday morning. He died at the age of 91.
The nonagenarian director was critically suffering from kidney ailments for a long time and was admitted to the medical on June 14. His situation deteriorated late on Saturday night time and he had to be put on ventilator support. He died around 11.15am today.
The director was conferred with the Padma Shri in 1990. He has received 4 National Awards and five Filmfare Awards, such as a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021.
His household members donated his body to the state-run SSKM Hospital for scientific research and education, keeping with his last wish. There used to be no gun salute, rally or funeral. His physique used to be first taken to the NT1 studio at Tollyguge in south Kolkata for anybody to pay their last respect before it was taken to the SSKM hospital where it was passed over to the anatomy department. Keeping his wish, no one used to be allowed to area any garlands or wreaths.
Some of Majumdar’s great work consist of Balika Badhu (1976), Kuheli (1971), Shriman Prithviraj (1972), Dadar Kirti (1980), Smriti Tuku Thak (1960), Palatak (1963) and Ganadevata (1978). In his decades-long career, he labored with several brilliant actors such as Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Chhabi Biswas, Soumitra Chatterjee and Sandhya Roy, to identify a few.
