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Jun 25, 2012, 5:55:04 PM (12 years ago)

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+'''Phani Majumdar (1911-94)'''
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+Hindi and Bengali director born in Faridpur
+(now Bangladesh). Also worked in other
+languages. Graduated from Carmichael College
+(1930); worked as a typist. Employed by P.C.
+Barua (1931-7) as stenographer and later as
+assistant director and scenarist for Mukti
+(1937). Also scripted Prafulla Roy’s Abhigyan
+(1938). First film: Street Singer, a big New
+Theatres hit which added a new dimension to
+the K.L. Saigal persona initially moulded by
+Barua. Kanan Devi is the female lead and Rai
+Chand Boral’s music included Saigal’s biggest
+hit song, Babul Mora. Doctor is based on a
+Sailajananda Mukherjee story and scored by
+Pankaj Mullick. Moved to Bombay (1941) and
+worked at Laxmi Prod. making musicals.
+Associated with New Maharashtra Film as
+producer; also made films at Bombay Talkies,
+at Ranjit and as a freelancer. Late 40s work
+became more ‘socially conscious’(Insaaf, Hum
+Bhi Insaan Hain, Andolan). Baadbaan is the
+last film of Bombay Talkies, financed by the
+studio’s employees in an attempt to stave off
+bankruptcy. Like Balkrishna Narayan Rao,
+he made several features for Shaws Malay Film
+Prod. (1956-9) in Singapore, starring e.g. the
+singer P. Ramlee in Hang Tuah, one of the
+earliest Malay colour features, and in Kaseh
+Sayang, a successful war movie about the
+Japanese invasion; also made Long House/
+Rumah Panjang, an English-Malay bilingual
+about Borneo headhunters shot on location,
+and his last film before returning to India,
+Circus, a Chinese-Malay bilingual. The
+prominent Malaysian film-maker Jamil Sulong
+assisted Majumdar on 6 of the 8 films. Later
+wrote the travelogue Borneo Ke Naramund
+Shikari (1983). Also made films in less familiar
+Indian languages: Magadhi (Bhaiya) and
+Maithili (Kanyadaan), having already made a
+Punjabi film (Chambe Di Kali) while still in
+Calcutta. Also made several documentaries and
+children’s shorts, such as Saral Biswas based
+on a Tagore poem, Veer Purush and TV series
+such as Bulbul and the 52-episode Our India
+(1993). Best-known films include Tamasha and
+Baadbaan, starring Ashok Kumar. Script
+credits include Sharan Agarwal’s Pratima Aur
+Payal (1977) and Raghunath Jhalani’s Badalte
+Rishte (1978).
+
+'''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1938: Street Singer/
+Saathi; 1939: Kapal Kundala; 1940: Doctor;
+1941: Chambe Di Kali; 1942: Aparadh;
+Tamanna; 1943: Mohabbat; 1944: Meena;
+1945: Devadasi; 1946: Door Chalein; Insaaf;
+1948: Hum Bhi Insaan Hain; 1951: Andolan;
+1952: Goonj; Tamasha; 1954: Baadbaan;
+Dhobi Doctor; Two Worlds (Doc); 1955:
+Faraar; 1955: Hang Tuah; 1956: Anakku
+Sazali; 1957: Kaseh Sayang; Long House/
+Rumah Panjang; 1958: Masyarakat Pincang;
+Sri Menanti; Doctor; 1959: Circus; Saral
+Biswas; 1960: Veer Purush; 1961: Bhaiya;
+Savitri; 1962: Aarti; 1965: Birthday;
+Akashdeep; Oonche Log; Kanyadaan;
+Mamata; 1966: Toofan Mein Pyar Kahan;
+1968: Apna Ghar Apni Kahani; 1969: Munna;
+1975: Shri Aurobindo: Glimpses of His Life
+(Doc/3 parts); 1989: Babul; 1990: Fire (Sh);
+Common Accidents (Doc).
+
+[[Director]]