Hindi viewers may know him through Balika Badhu (1976), starring Sachin Pilgaonkar and Rajni Sharma. It was a reworking of his own 1967 Bengali film of the same name
Noted Bengali N filmmaker Tarun Majumdar was born on January 8, 1931, in Bogra, which now falls in Bangladesh. His father, Birendranath Majumdar, was a freedom fighter. He studied at Scottish Church College, affiliated to the University of Calcutta.
Hindi viewers may know him through Balika Badhu (1976), starring Sachin Pilgaonkar and Rajni Sharma. It was a reworking of his own 1967 Bengali film of the same name, starring Moushumi Chatterjee. His early films were credited to Yatrik, which was the screen name 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 was Chaowa Paowa (1959), starring Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen.
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