Padma Shri award-winning filmmaker Tarun Majumdar passes away at 92

Legendary Bengali filmmaker Tarun Majumdar, who grew to become a stalwart in Indian cinema for his iconic movies revolving round heartwarming tales primarily based on the life and struggles of middle-class households, breathed his final at a Kolkata hospital on Monday. He was 92.

The famend director was present process therapy for outdated age-related illnesses on the SSKM hospital for the previous few days. His situation was enhancing but it surely once more deteriorated yesterday, and medical doctors determined to place him on air flow help.

Tarun Majumdar received 4 Nationwide Movie Awards for cult classics Kancher Swargo, Nimantran, Ganadevata and Aranya Aamar. He acquired Padma Shri in 1990 for his extraordinary contribution to Indian cinema.

His movies such Smriti Tuku Thak (1960), Palatak (1963), Kuheli (1971), Shriman Prithviraj (1972), Balika Badhu (1976), Ganadevata (1978) and Dadar Kirti (1980) are nonetheless being watched by each Bengali cine lovers. So many famous actors together with Moushumi Chatterjee, Mahua Roychoudhury, Ayan Banerjee and Tapas Paul made their silver display screen debut in Tarun Majumdar’s movies.