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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Phani Majumdar<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1911|12|28}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Faridpur Sadar Upazila|Faridpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<ref name=inde1994/><br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1994|05|16|1911|12|28}}<br />
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India<ref name=inde1994/><br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| known_for =<br />
|years_active= 1938&ndash;1986<br />
| occupation = film director, screenwriter}}<br />
'''Phani Majumdar''' was a pioneering [[India]]n film director, who worked in [[Hindi cinema]],<ref name=inde1994/> most known for his film ''[[Street Singer (1938 film)|Street Singer]]'' (1938) starring [[K.L. Saigal]] noted for its song, ''[[Babul Mora Naihar Chhooto Jaye]]'', [[Meena Kumari]] classic ''[[Aarti (film)|Aarti]]'' (1962) and ''Oonche Log'' (1965). He also worked in [[Singapore]], where he notably made ''[[Hang Tuah (film)|Hang Tuah]]'' (1955) in Malay, which was nominated for the [[Golden Bear]] at the [[7th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538297/awards Awards] [[IMDb]]</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Starting in 1930s, with leading film director [[P.C. Barua]] at [[New Theatres]] Studio of [[Calcutta]] founded by [[B. N. Sircar]], who during this period made classics like ''[[Devdas (1935 film)|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 Punjabi, Magadhi (Bhaiya, 1961) and Maithili (''Kanyadaan'', 1965).<ref name=inde1994>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Phani Majumdar |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-phani-majumdar-1424287.html |publisher=[[The Independent]] |date= 22 June 1994 }}</ref> His ''Oonch Log'' was actor [[Feroz Khan (actor, born 1939)|Feroz Khan]]'s first hit and won the [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]] for [[National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film|Second Best Feature Film]] .<br />
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Noted film director-producer [[Shakti Samanta]] assisted Majumdar in ''Tamasha'', ''Baadbaan'' and ''Dhobi Doctor'' at [[Bombay Talkies]] before working independently.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shakti Samanta his Aradhana came true |url=http://www.mid-day.com/specials/2009/apr/120409-Shakti-Samanta-bollywood-filmmakers-sad-demise-Aaradhana-Kashmir-Ki-Kali-Mumbai-Play.htm |publisher=[[MiD DAY]] |date=2009-04-11 }}</ref><br />
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He was married to Monica Desai, sister of actress, [[Leela Desai]].<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Film<br />
![[Film director|Director]]<br />
![[Screenwriter|Writer]]<br />
!Notes<br />
|-<br />
|[[Bollywood films of the 1930s|1938]]<br />
|''[[Street Singer (film)|Street Singer]]''<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{no}}<br />
|[[K.L. Saigal]], Hindi<br />
|-<br />
|[[Bollywood films of the 1930s|1938]]<br />
|''[[Sathi (1938 film)|Sathi]]''<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{no}}<br />
|K. L. Saigal, Bengali version of ''Street Singer''<br />
|-<br />
||[[Bollywood films of 1943|1943]]<br />
|''Mohabbat''<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{no}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Bollywood films of 1948|1948]]<br />
|''[[Hum Bhi Insaan Hain (1948 film)|Hum Bhi Insaan Hain]]''<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{no}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|1952<br />
|''[[Tamasha (1952 film)|Tamasha]]''<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{yes}} (screenplay)<br />
|Dev Anand, Meena Kumari, Ashok Kumar, Kaushalya<br />
|-<br />
|1952<br />
|''Goonj''<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{no}}<br />
|Suraiya (Heroine), Suresh(Hero), Producer: H.S Kwatra, Story & Lyrics: [[D. N. Madhok]], [[Sardul Kwatra]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1954 in film|1954]]<br />
|''[[Baadbaan]]''<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{yes}} (story)<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2"|[[1956 in film|1956]]<br />
|''[[Hang Tuah (film)|Hang Tuah]]''<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{no}}<br />
|[[Malay language]]<br />
|-<br />
|''[[Anak-ku Sazali]]''<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{no}}<br />
|[[Malay language]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1958 in film|1958]]<br />
|''Doktor''<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{yes}} (story)<br />
|[[Malay language]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1961 in film|1961]]<br />
|''[[Bhaiyaa]]''<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{yes}} (story)<br />
|[[Magahi]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Bollywood films of 1962|1962]]<br />
|''[[Aarti (film)|Aarti]]''<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{no}}<br />
|[[Meena Kumari]], [[Ashok Kumar]]<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="4"|[[1965 in film|1965]]<br />
|''[[Kanyadan (film)|Kanyadan]]''<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{no}}<br />
|[[Maithili language]]<br />
|-<br />
|''[[Akashdeep]]''<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{no}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|''[[Kaajal]]''<br />
|{{no}}<br />
|{{yes}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Kaajal (1965) |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article894744.ece |publisher= [[The Hindu]]|date=19 November 2010 }}</ref><br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|''[[Oonche Log (1965 film)|Oonche Log]]''<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|[[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]] for [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|Second Best Feature Film in Hindi]]<ref name="13thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm13thNFAAward.aspx|title=13th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=27 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020054256/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm13thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=20 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="13thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/13th_NFA.pdf|title=13th National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]}}</ref><br />[[Feroz Khan (actor, born 1939)|Feroz Khan]]'s first hit<ref>{{cite news |title=Review: Blast from the past: Oonche Log (1965)|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/05/01/stories/2009050150420400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526212152/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/05/01/stories/2009050150420400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 May 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]]|date=1 May 2009 }}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1978<br />
|''[[Badalte Rishtey]]''<br />
|{{no}}<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|1986<br />
|''[[Ek Chadar Maili Si]]''<br />
|{{no}}<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
:''Note:Films in Hindi-language unless mentioned otherwise''.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
;[[National Film Awards]]<br />
*[[9th National Film Awards|1961]]: [[National Film Award for Best Children's Film|All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Children's Film]] - ''Savitri''<ref name="9thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm9thNFAAward.aspx|title=9th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|accessdate=8 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202115652/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm9thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=2 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
*[[13th National Film Awards|1965]]: [[National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film|Second Best Feature Film]]: ''Oonch Log''<ref name="13thaward"/><ref name="13thawardPDF"/><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0538297}}<br />
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