Phani Majumdar, the legendary filmmaker who directed classics such as Street Singer, Baadbaan, Oonche Log, Aarti, to name a few, had an illustrious career spanning films in several languages including Hindi, Bengali, Maithili and Malay.

In the first part of our 2-part Silhouette Special Tribute to Phani Majumdar, Ratnottama Sengupta pays a glorious tribute to the filmmaker, exploring his life and works and her own personal memories.