Kamal Kumar Majumdar

Biography

Kamal Kumar Majumdar was an Indian fiction-writer of the Bengali language. The novel Antarjali Jatra is considered his most notable work. The movies such as Neem Annapurna directed by Buddhadev Dasgupta, Antarjali Jatra by Goutam Ghose, Sati/Suttee by Aparna Sen and Tahader Katha by Buddhadev Dasgupta were based on the novels and stories written by Majumdar. 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.