Majumdar started his career as a poster
illustrator and film technician. His early films were credited to Yatrik (phonetically Jatrik in
Bengali), the screen name of directors Tarun Majumdar, Sachin Mukherji, and Dilip Mukherji. The name lasted until 1963, after which each began to be credited separately. As Yatrik, their first venture was
Chaowa Paowa (1959) starring
Uttam Kumar and
Suchitra Sen. Yatrik made
Kancher Swarga (1962) featuring Dilip Mukherjee as the lead. In 1965, Majumdar made two films,
Ektuku Basa with
Soumitra Chatterjee and
Alor Pipasa with
Basanta Choudhury. Both films featured
Sandhya Roy as the female protagonist. In 1967, he directed
Balika Badhu, an adaptation of a Bengali story written by
Bimal Kar, in which a teenage
Moushumi Chatterjee made her debut. Majumdar later remade the film
Hindi in 1976. He also directed
Shriman Prithviraj (1973). In 1974, Majumdar directed
Fuleswari, starring
Sandhya Roy as the titular character. Many Bengali artists like
Hemanta Mukherjee,
Manna Dey,
Sandhya Mukherjee,
Aarti Mukherjee, and
Anup Ghoshal provided vocals for the film's songs. Years later, Majumdar acknowledged
Fuleswari as his favorite film. In 1975, he directed
Sansar Simante, based on a screenplay by
Rajen Tarafdar, which was itself adapted from a short story by
Premendra Mitra. In 1979, Majumdar's film
Ganadevata became the first Bengali film to win the
National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. The film was based on the novel
of the same name, written by
Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay. Mahua Roychoudhury was cast as the female lead in
Dadar Kirti (1980), a film based on a short story by
Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. The film marked the debut of
Tapas Paul, who starred as the protagonist Kedar, who falls in love with Saraswati, portrayed by Mahua Roychoudhury. The film won the Roychoudhury
Filmfare Awards East in 1981. Majumdar went on to cast Sandhya Roy in four consecutive films:
Shahar Theke Dure (1981),
Meghmukti (1982),
Khelar Putul (1982), and
Amar Geeti (1984). These two films had lower box office returns compared to his previous works, leading to contemporary media discussion regarding Roy's commercial impact at the time. He then cast
Tapas Paul and
Debashree Roy in the romantic drama
Bhalobasa Bhalobasa (1985), which achieved box office success. Majumdar cast Paul in another three films,
Agaman (1988),
Parashmoni (1988), and
Apan Amar Apan (1990) alongside Prosenjit Chatterjee and Satabdi Roy, which again achieved box office success. In 2003, he returned to directing with
Alo, a film based on a story written by
Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay.
Rituparna Sengupta played the titular role. Consistent with Majumdar's established style, the soundtrack incorporated Rabindra Sangeet. In 2006, he directed
Bhalobasar Onek Naam, casting
Uttam Kumar's grandson
Gourab Chatterjee,
Hemanta Mukherjee's granddaughter, and
Moushumi Chatterjee's daughter Megha as lead actors. In 2007, he made another feature film,
Chander Bari.
Rituparna Sengupta again was the main lead. Playback singer
Babul Supriyo made his debut in this film opposite Rituparna. The songs featured were again composed by
Rabindranath Tagore. His last full-length feature film,
Bhalobashar Bari, was released in 2018. Rituparna Sengupta again played
the protagonist in the film. Majumdar's
films frequently adapted
classical literature and followed a narrative-driven structure, a style that differed from the experimental approaches of some of his contemporaries. He stated in interviews that a film's commercial performance served as an indicator of its quality. == Personal Life ==