Abdul Majid, popularly known as Majidka, was a prolific dramatist who also performed different roles in over 200 plays and worked for promoting new talents.
GUWAHATI: Abdul Majid, an icon of the Assamese film industry, died on Sunday morning, a hospital official said. He was 86.
Majid, a veteran actor, director and playwright, was admitted to the hospital on September 23. He died following a heart attack at GNRC hospital here at 9.30 a.m. on Sunday, a spokesman of the hospital said.
The film fraternity of the state has condoled the demise of the veteran actor.Chief Minister Sarbanand Sonowal and former CM Tarun Gogoi were also among others who condoled Mr Majid’s death.
Popularly known as Majidka, he was a prolific dramatist who performed a kaleidoscope of roles in over 200 plays and worked for promoting new talent.
One of the most prominent new generation Assamese filmmaker/ director and noted film critique Utpal Borpujari mourned Majid’s death.
Majid directed the landmark film Chameli Memsaab in the 1970s. Some of the other titles that he helmed were Banahansa , Banjui , Ponakan and Uttarkaal , through which he gave a new dimension to Assamese cinema.
The film also depicted the strong bonding between the tea workers whose forefathers were brought to Assam by the erstwhile British planters work in new tea plantations about two centuries back from rest of the country.
Each song of ‘Chameli Memsaab’ is a gem. Bhupen Hazarika won the National Award for this film. Film was remade in Bengali and Hindi,” Borpujari tweeted.
