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Tejendra Narayan Majumdar (born 17 May 1961) is an Indian sarod player and pupil of Bahadur Khan. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar is one of the most popular and celebrated modern sarod players.
Training
He started his music training under his grandfather Bibhuti Ranjan Majumdar with mandolin. He also received vocal and tabla training under Amaresh Chowdhury and Anil Palit. Later he trained under Bahadur Khan for 18 years until the latter died. He then continued under Ajay Sinha Roy and Ali Akbar Khan.
Awards
He stood first in the All India Radio music competition in 1981 and was awarded the President's gold medal and the Pandit D. V. Paluskar award.
Duets
He has played duets with Shujaat Khan. The rendering of raag Charukeshi is especially notable.
Personal life
He is married to Manasi Majumder and has one son, Indrayudh.
Music direction
He directed music for a Bengali movie called Tollylights, directed by Arjun Chakraborty. He is also directing music for another Bengali movie Hanankaal due to be released in 2010.
