Tarun Majumdar (or Mazumdar, 8 January 1931 – 4 July 2022) was an Indian film director, documentary filmmaker, author, illustrator and screenwriter who is known for his work in Bengali cinema.

His few movies were restored and digitized by the National Film Archive of India, along with his Contemporaries Arabinda Mukhopadhyay, Goutam Ghose.

[5] He also garnered wide critical acclamation for his directorial ventures such as Palatak (1963), Nimantran (1971), Sansar Simante (1975) and Ganadevata (1978).

Majumdar was born on 8 January 1931 in Bogra which was then part of Bengal Presidency of British India.

[13][14][15] He married fellow Bengali actress Sandhya Roy but later they started living separately but never divorced.

[11][1] In May 2011, Majumdar resigned from the post of the advisor of Nandan (West Bengal film centre in Kolkata).

In 1965, Majumdar made two films — Ektuku Basa with Soumitra Chatterjee and Alor Pipasa with Basanta Choudhury.

In 1975, he directed Sansar Simante, based on a screenplay by Rajen Tarafdar, which was itself adapted from a short story by Premendra Mitra.

He cast Mahua Roychoudhury as the female lead in Dadar Kirti (1980) based on a short story by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay.

The film marked the debut of Tapas Paul who starred as the protagonist Kedar who falls in love with Saraswati portrayed by Mahua Roychoudhury.

[22] Majumdar cast Sandhya Roy in four consecutive films — Shahar Theke Dure (1981), Meghmukti (1982), Khelar Putul (1982) and Amar Geeti (1984).

The last two films became major debacle at the box office generating the speculation in media that Sandhya Roy was no longer capable to draw mass appeal.

[28][29] In 2007, he made another feature film, Chander Bari, based on a joint family saga which got critical acclaim from viewers and was a hit.

Playback singer Babul Supriyo made his debut in this film opposite Rituparna.

“Majumdar told stories set in rural India with compassion and sophistication which appealed to audiences across sections" said the maker of Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective.

He made films on diverse topics and those should be restored for the future generation," said Actor Manoj Mitra.

[11] Tarun Majumder donated his body for promotion of Medical Education to the Anatomy Department of SSKM Hospital, Kolkata.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has expressed grief over the death of Tarun Majumdar.