Kamal Kumar Majumdar

KamalKumar Majumdar (Bengali: কমলকুমার মজুমদার) (1914–1979) was a major fiction-writer of the Bengali language.[1] The novel Antarjali Jatra is considered his most notable work.[2]

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Early life

Majumdar was the son of Prafullachandra Majumdar and Renukamoyee Majumdar. Prafullachandra used to serve in the police department. Renukamoyee had keen literary interest and thus Kamalkumar was exposed to modern literary thoughts and trends from his childhood.

Originally they are from Taki town of the 24 Parganas district (now in North 24 Parganas district), but the family shifted to Rikhia. Kamalkumar spent his childhood and adolescence in Kolkata, India. He started his studies in a school called “Sikssha sangha” in Bishnupur but dropped formal studies before he passed from high school. For sometime, he studied Sanskrit in a Tol and learned sitar from a local maestro. In 1937 he established a magazine called “Ushnish” where he used to write under real and a lot of pen names. But during 1944-45 he devoted himself mostly to painting. During 1937-38 he got numerous offers for going abroad which he refused.

Works

Stories

Novels

Movies based on this work

The movies such as Neem Annapurna directed by Buddhadev Dasgupta, Antarjali Jatra by Gautam Ghosh, Sati by Aparna Sen and Tahader Katha by Buddhadev Dasgupta were based on the novels and stories written by Majumdar. Gautam Ghosh made a Hindi movie named Mahayatra based on Majumdar's novel Antarjali Jatra.[4]

Lal Juto, a Bengali film made by a student and based on Majumdar's short story of the same name, won the Best Creative Idea Award at the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival.[5]

References

  1. ^ Krishna Dutta, Anita Desai (2003). Calcutta: A Cultural and Literary History. Signal Books. p. 47. ISBN 1902669592. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=UKfoHi5412UC. Retrieved 2009-01-10. 
  2. ^ Sisir Kumar Das, various (1995). History of Indian Literature : [2.1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy]. Sahitya Akademi. p. 504. ISBN 8172017987. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=sqBjpV9OzcsC. Retrieved 2009-01-10. 
  3. ^ a b Nalini Natarajan, Emmanuel Sampath Nelson (1996). Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 60, accessdate = 2009-01-10. ISBN 0313287783. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=vfSPI2irzUgC. 
  4. ^ Gulzar, Govind Nihalani, Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema: historical record, the business and its future, narrative forms, analysis of the medium, milestones, biographies. Popular Prakashan. p. 337. ISBN 8179910660. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC. Retrieved 2009-01-10. 
  5. ^ "Dreams spring from red shoes, fetch cinema award". Indian Express. 2008-06-23. http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/dreams-spring-from-red-shoes-fetch-cinema-award/326389/. Retrieved 2009-01-10. 

6. Shoaib Gibran (2010), Kamalkumar Choritom, Shuddhassharwww.shuddhashar.com, ISBN 978-984-8837-19-1

7. Shoaib Gibran (2009),Kamalkumar Majumdarer Upannayasher Karankaushal,Bangla Academy,ISBN 984-07-4767-3

External links

Kamal Kumar Majumdar at the Internet Movie Database