Phani Majumdar was born on December 28, 1911 in Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Faridpur, Bangladesh]. He was a director and writer, known for Hang Tuah (1956), Dev Anand in Goa (Alias Farar) (1955) and Oonche Log (1965). He died on May 16, 1994 in Bombay [now Mumbai], Maharashtra, India.