Phani Majumdar

1911 - 1994
Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Bangladesh]
Director
Screenplay
Writer
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
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