# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tarun-majumdar
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:53:59.668Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tarun-majumdar"
name: "Tarun Majumdar"
slug: "tarun-majumdar"
description: "Tarun Majumdar was an Indian film director, documentary filmmaker, author, illustrator, and screenwriter known for his work in Bengali cinema. He received five National Film Awards, seven BFJA Awards, five Filmfare Awards, and one Anandalok Award. In 1990, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award in the country. The National Film Archive of India has restored and digitized several of his works, including Nimantran (1971), which earned him a National Award, a BFJA Award and a Filmfare Award. Ganadevata (1978) earned him a National Award and a Filmfare Award."
tagline: "Indian film director (1931–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tarun_Majumder.jpg_01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1931-01-08"
deathDate: "2022-07-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.329234666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538306/"
    handle:    "nm0538306"
sources:
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    title: "ترون مجمدار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "তরুণ মজুমদার"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarun_Majumdar"
    title: "Tarun Majumdar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarun_Majumdar"
    title: "Tarun Majumdar"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BD"
    title: "Маджумдар, Тарун"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarun_Majumdar"
    title: "Tarun Majumdar"
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  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A3%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "తరుణ్ మజుందార్"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Tarun Majumdar"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump