Phani Majumdar
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1911-12-28 (83 years old)
Deathday
1994-05-16
Place of Birth
Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Bangladesh]
Also known As
Phoni Majumdar
ফনী মজুমদার
Phani Majumdar
Biography
Phani Majumdar (28 December 1911 - 16 May 1994) was a pioneering Indian film director, who worked in Bengali & Hindi cinema. He also worked in Singapore, where he notably made Hang Tuah (1955) in Malay, which was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Starting in the 1930s, leading film director P.C. Barua at New Theatres Studio of Calcutta was founded by B. N. Sircar, who during this period made classics like Devdas (1935). He moved to Bombay in 1941 and worked with Bombay Talkies studio, he made Tamanna (1942) with Suraiya and Mohabbat (1943) with Shanta Apte and Andolan (1951). He made films in Punjab...
Production
1938
as Screenplay
1938
as Screenplay
1951
as Director
1956
as Director
1986
as Screenplay
1962
as Director
1956
as Director
1965
as Director
1965
as Screenplay
1957
as Director
1958
as Director
1978
as Writer
1978
as Screenplay
1938
as Director
1958
as Director
1938
as Writer
1940
as Director
1961
as Screenplay
1961
as Story
1937
as Story
1965
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1955
as Director
1952
as Director
1949
as Director
1952
as Screenplay
1973
as Writer
1958
as Director
1965
as Screenplay
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