KamalKumar Majumdar (1914–1979) was a major fiction-writer of the Bengali language

Bengali language

Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

. The novel Antarjali Jatra is considered his most notable work.

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

Taki (India)

Taki is a town and a municipality under Hasnabad police station of Basirhat subdivision in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:Taki is located at . It has an average elevation of 5 metres .-Culture:...

 town of the 24 Parganas

24 Parganas

24 Parganas district is a former district of the Indian state of West Bengal. The district was split into two districts — North 24 Parganas district and South 24 Parganas district, with effect from 1 March 1986....

 district (now in North 24 Parganas district

North 24 Parganas district

North 24 Parganas district is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the [tropical zone] from latitude 22º11'6" north to 23º15'2" north and from longitude 88º20' east to 89º5' east...

), but the family shifted to Rikhia. Kamalkumar spent his childhood and adolescence in Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

, India. He started his studies in a school called “Sikssha sangha” in Bishnupur

Bishnupur (South 24 Parganas)

Bishnupur is a census town with a police station under Alipore Sadar subdivision in South 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India.-Geography:Bishnupur is located at . It has an average elevation of 6 metres ....

 but dropped formal studies before he passed from high school. For sometime, he studied Sanskrit

Sanskrit

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 in a Tol

Tol

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and learned sitar

Sitar

The 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...

 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.

Stories

• Lal Juto (The Red Shoes)
• Madhu (Honey)
• Jal (Water )
• Teish (Twenty Three)
• Mallika Bahar
• Matilal Paddi
• Tahader Katha (Their Tale)
• Fauji Banduk
• Neem Annapurna (1965)
• Kayed Khana
• Rukminikumar
• Lupta Pujabidhi
• Khelar Bichar (Rules of the game)
• Khelar Drishyabali (Scenes of the game)
• Anitter Dayvag
• Konkal Eleigy (Elegy of the skeletons)
• Dwadash Mrittika
• Pingolabat
• Khelar aromvo (Start of the game)
• Bagan Keyari
• Aar chokhe jol
• Bagan Poridhi
• Kal e aatotai
• Justice Justice
• Prem (The Desire)
• Babu
• Princess
• Amod Bostumi
• Koschito Jibonchorit : tinti khosra

Novels

• Antarjali Jatra (The Final Passge, 1962)
• Golap Sundori
• Anila Smorone
• Shyam-Nouka
• Suhasinir Pometom
• Pinjore Bosia Shuk
• Khelar Protiva
• Shobori Mongol

Movies based on this work

The movies such as Neem Annapurna

Neem Annapurna

Neem Annapurna is a 1979 Bengali film directed and written by Buddhadev Dasgupta and starring Sunil Mukherjee....

directed by Buddhadev Dasgupta, Antarjali Jatra by Gautam Ghosh, Sati

Sati (film)

Sati is a Bengali movie released in 1989 directed by Aparna Sen.The movie featured Shabana Azmi.- Synopsis :The young Brahmin girl in this story has a disastrous horoscope. In an Indian village in 1828, this can be a real handicap. The fact that she is mute only compounds her difficulties. Her...

by Aparna Sen

Aparna Sen

Aparna Sen is a critically acclaimed Bengali Indian filmmaker, script writer, and actress. She is the winner of three National Film Awards and eight international film festival awards.-Biography:...

 and Tahader Katha

Tahader Katha

Tahader Katha is a 1992 award winning Bengali-language Indian feature film directed by Budhhadeb Dasgupta, starring Mithun Chakraborty, who won the 1993 National Film Awards for Best Actor for the film, while the film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali.-Plot:Shibnath is a...

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.

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

Shanghai International Film Festival

The Shanghai International Film Festival , abbreviated SIFF, is one of the largest film festivals in East Asia.Along with Tokyo International Film Festival, the SIFF is one of the biggest film festivals in Asia. The first festival was held from October 7 to 14, 1993, and was held biennially until...

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