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Sudhin Dasgupta
সুধীন দাশগুপ্ত
সুধীন দাশগুপ্ত
সুধীন দাশগুপ্ত
Background information
Birth nameSudhindranath Dasgupta
Also known asSudhin Dasgupta
Born(1929-10-09)9 October 1929
Darjeeling, British India (now India)
OriginWest Bengal
Died10 January 1982(1982-01-10) (aged 52)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Genres
Occupation(s)Composer, lyricist, singer
Instrumentvocal
Years active1950–1982

Sudhin Dasgupta (Bengali: সুধীন দাশগুপ্ত; 9 October 1929 – 10 January 1982) was a prolific Bengali music director, lyricist and singer. He worked in various other Indian languages, such as Hindi, Assamese and Oriya. His contribution opened a new horizon to the Bengali music for both the arenas of Bengali basic song as well as Bengali film song.

Personal life

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Sudhin Dasgupta with Manjushree Dasgupta

Born into a Baidya Brahmin family on 9 October 1929, Sudhindranath dasgupta, popularly known as Sudhin Dasgupta, was brought up at Darjeeling.[1] The ancestral house of his family was in 'Kalia' village, Jessore District, Bangladesh. His father, Mahendranath Dasgupta was a teacher at Darjeeling Govt. School. His mother was a social activist in those days.

Sudhindranath, alias Sudhin Dasgupta, was proficient in music from his early years. He could play various types of musical instruments with equal expertise, such as Sitar, Sarod, Harmonium, Piano, Mandolin, Piccolo, Guitar, Violin, Esraj etc., along with percussion such as Tabla and Drums.[2] He graduated in music from Royal School of Music London.

Sudhin was also adept in playing various games. When he was in Calcutta (Kolkata) he was a member of the Hockey team in Bhabanipur Club.

It was 1949–50 when Sudhin and his family had to shift permanently to Calcutta (Kolkata), initially at Srinath Mukherjee Lane and then to the house at Sinthi. This was the time when he gradually delved into the world of Bengali modern music. Apart from working as music assistant to the legendary music director Kamal Dasgupta, he maintained his responsibility of creating songs for the Calcutta North Squad of IPTA (Indian Peoples Theatres' Association). And a day came when Sudhin met Khitish Basu of His Master's Voice (HMV) who gave him the opportunity to compose Bengali modern music. The first two modern songs composed by him was Kato Asha Kato Bhalobasha and Keno Akash Hote recorded by Bechu Dutta in 1953. Eventually the versatile musical journey of Sudhin Dasgupta began which was consistent until the last day of his life.

Sudhin Dasgupta was married to Manjushree Dasgupta (née Sengupta). Their son Soumya is an architect by profession, and daughter Saberi is a fashion designer.

Music

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Sudhin Dasgupta as the Station Master at All India Radio

The years of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s are considered as the golden era for Bengali modern song as well as Bengali basic song. During this period, Bengali music was enriched by contributions of numerous music directors and lyricists such as Gouri Prasanna Majumdar, Pulak Bandyopadhyay, Shaymal Gupta, Mintu Ghosh, Pronob Roy, Robin Chattopadhya, Pabitra Chattopadhya, Anol Chattopadhya, Anupam Ghatak, Anil Bagchi, Jnan Prakash Ghosh, Salil Chowdhury, Nachiketa Ghosh, Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Shyamal Mitra, Bhupen Hazarika and Sudhin Dasgupta. He was also known to be an excellent player of different Indian and Western musical instruments like Tabla, Sitar, Piano, Harmonium, Esraj, Violin and others.

Early years

Some time during early fifties, Sudhin Dasgupta was invited by Geeta Dutt and Guru Dutt to join their production house in Bombay (Mumbai). For some time Subir Sen and Sudhin Dasgupta stayed together in Tardeo Sonawala building in Mumbai when Sudhin composed a song "এত সুর আর এত গান" (Eto sur aar eto gaan), which was recorded by Subir Sen much later.[3] By this time the second record of Subir Sen appeared in 1956 containing two compositions of Sudhin Dasgupta, 'ঐ উজ্জ্বল দিন ডাকে স্বপ্ন রঙ্গীন' and 'স্বর্ণঝরা সূর্যরঙে'. These immortal creations made the Composer cum lyricist Sudhin Dasgupta famous and made a permanent place for him in the world of Bengali music.[4]

Since his early years Sudhin Dasgupta was associated with the activities of IPTA (Indian People's Theatre Association), where his was befriended with many stalwarts of that time, such as Salil Chowdhury, Sourindra Mohan Sengupta, Ritwik Ghatak, Utpal Dutt, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Salil Chowdhury, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Jyotirindra Moitra, Debabrata Biswas and others. During this time Sudhin Dasgupta composed music for Thikana, a famous poem written by Sukanta Bhattacharya, which was sung at IPTA meetings by Sourindra Mohan during the Teachers' Movement in 1954. However, later another version of the song with music composed by Salil Choudhury was recorded and became very popular.[5]

Sudhin had a professional voice too, and the lone record of his songs written by his close friend Subir Hazra was published in 1961 with two tracks: 'কোকিল কাঁদে কেন ফাগুনে’ based on folk tune, and 'লাল লাল চোখে দেখি একে ওকে’ with the tune of jazz.[1]

Composer of Basic Songs

The first Bengali song recorded in Sudhin's composition were in Bechu Dutta's voice: 'কত আশা কত ভালোবাসা'[6] and 'কেন আকাশ হতে'[7] in 1953. In basic Bengali song, Sudhin Dasgupta gifted the audience a number of super-hit tracks, including "Ei Jhir Jhir Batase", "Bhanga Torir Sudhu E Gaan", "Ami Taar Thikana Rakhini", "Ekta Gaan Likho Amar Jonno", "Oi Ujjwalo Din", "Saat Ronga Ek Pakhi", "Akash Eto Meghla", "Naam Rekhechi Bonolata" and many others. Again, he contributed both as composer and lyricist in many of the items. He worked extensively with all the legendary singers like Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Manna Dey, Dwijen Mukhopadhyay, Shyamal Mitra, Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, Satinath Mukhopadhyay, Sandhya Mukhopadhyay, Pratima Bandopadhyay, Arati Mukhopadhyay, Talat Mahmood, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Mohammed Rafi etc. In the year 1967 itself both Sudhin and Salil presented Puja Albums containing ten songs each, such was the popularity of the duo.[8]

Composer/Music Director in Movies

In 1957, Sudhin Dasgupta entered the Bengali Film industry as the music composer for film called "Ulka". His second film was "Dak Harkara" (1958), where famous Bengali novelist, Tarashankar Bandopadhyay contributed the lyrics. Sudhin never looked back and Bengali film industry got a series of mega hits from him like "Antaral", "Shankhabela", "Tin Bhuboner Pare", "Prothom Kodom Phul", "Chaddabeshi", "Picnic", "Har Mana Har", "Basanta Bilap", "Hangsaraj", "Amrito Kumbher Sondhane" and many more. In many of the films he acted both as the lyricist and the composer. He worked for around fifty Bengali films. While composing music for the film "Goli Theke Rajpoth" Sudhin inducted Manne Dey for the first time to make play back song in the lip of Uttam Kumar, in the song "লাগ লাগ লাগ ভেল্কির খেলা". The great trio, Sudhin Dasgupta, Uttam Kumar and Manna Dey produced several magical songs in films "Shankhabela", "Kokhono Megh", "Manjari Opera", "Chhadmabeshi", "Har Mana Har", "Raater Rajanigandha" etc. afterwards.

Experimentation

Sudhin Dasgupta experimented with different forms of music all through his musical career. He used Baul, South Indian Tunes, Folk, and Western Chorus in his various creations. Sometimes he adopted tune of various origin into his creations. In Shyamal Mitra's voice "Kato dur kato dur" he used the tune of "Jingle bells". One such song was "I come from Alabama" which inspired the Bengali song Oi meghe meghe, sang by Gayatri Basu in 1954. In the same year Sudhin composed Mor gaan shishirer khora sure go, sang by Sandhya Mukherjee, which could be inspired by Tchaikovsky's composition Danse Choinoise (1882), having a faint resemblance in the first line only.[9] He created the song "হারিয়ে ফেলেছি মন জানি না তো কোথায় কখন" based on "Casanova".[2]

Advertisement jingles

Sudhin Dasgupta also worked for commercial advertisement jingles. One such composition by Sudhin has become a legend: "Mathar Ghonochul Jokhon, Morubhumi Hoye Jai…”.

Music for Children

Bengali song has got a rich episode for the world of the kids and Sudhin Dasgupta contributed in that field too. He contributed to the music albums for the children, titled "Hingsute Doitto" and "Chotoder Ramayan".

He also composed music for many of the well-known Bengali poems from authors like Sunirmal Basu, Jogindranath Sarkar, Jatindranath Sengupta ('থই থই শাওন এল ওই' by Sandhya Mukherjee), Batakrishna Dey ('কৃষ্ণচূড়া আগুন তুমি’ by Geeta Dutt) and Jatindra Mohan Bagchi ('বাঁশবাগানের মাথার ওপর' by Pratima Bandopadhyay) etc.[1]

Sudhin as a poet

Sudhin Dasgupta wrote lyrics for many songs. Immense popularity of these songs itself speak of the poetical values of these lyrics with their literary value. One of the first of his creations was the song he wrote for Subir Sen in 1954, Eto Sur Ar Eto Gaan, which had become a milestone in Bengali music world:

এত সুর আর এত গান যদি কোনদিন থেমে যায়
সেইদিন তুমিও তো ওগো জানি ভুলে যাবে যে আমায়।

কতদিন আর এ জীবন কত আর এ মধু লগন...
তবুও তো পেয়েছি তোমায় জানি ভুলে যাবে যে আমায়।

আমি তো গেয়েছি সেই গান যে গানে দিয়েছিলে প্রাণ...।
ক্ষতি নেই আজ কিছু আর ভুলেছি যত কিছু তার...
এ জীবনে সবই যে হারায়, জানি ভুলে যাবে যে আমায়।.[4]

Sudhin as a social worker and reformer

Sudhin Dasgupta actively responded through his pen to the distress of people in the time of partition in 1947 and afterwards. He created a few motivational songs during that time for the IPTA. During the Bangladesh war in 1971 too he created unforgettable songs paying homage to the birth of the New Nation and its founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: Bangabandhu phire ele.

Bengali filmography

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List of all Films for which Music or Lyrics were composed by Sudhin Dasgupta

Sudhin Dasgupta Filmography
Year Film Director Casting Playback Singers Lyrics Music Composer
1957 Ulka Naresh Mitra Sunanda Banerjee, Satya Bannerjee, Jiben Bose, Sabita Bose Sudhin Dasgupta
1958 Dak Harkara Biswajeet, Sabitri Chatterjee, Kali Banerjee, Sova Sen Tarashankar Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1959 Goli Theke Rajpath Sudhin Dasgupta
1959 Headmaster Sudhin Dasgupta
1960 Probesh Nisedh Sudhin Dasgupta
1960 Jatri Sudhin Dasgupta
1961 Panka Tilak Sudhin Dasgupta
1962 Kanna Sudhin Dasgupta
1963 Nishithe Sudhin Dasgupta
1964 Tahole Sudhin Dasgupta
1964 Dui Parba Sudhin Dasgupta
1965 Akash Kusum received President's award (Silver Medal) Mrinal Sen Soumitra Chatterjee, Aparna Sen, Shuvendu Chatterjee Sudhin Dasgupta
1965 Antaral Sudhin Dasgupta
1966 Shankhabela Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1967 Akash Chhoa Sudhin Dasgupta
1967 Abhishapta Chambal Sudhin Dasgupta
1968 Kokhono Megh Agradoot Uttam Kumar, Anjana Bhowmick, Kali Banerjee, Subrota Chatterje Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1969 Tin Bhuboner Pare Asutosh Banerjee Soumitra Chatterjee, Tanuja, Kamal Mitra Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1970 Prothom Kadam Phool Sudhin Dasgupta
1970 Manjari Opera Sudhin Dasgupta
1971 Joi Bangla Sudhin Dasgupta
1971 Chhadmabeshi Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Jiban Saikate Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Picnic Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Jabaan Palash Banerjee Samit Bhanja, Radha Saluja, Amitabh Bachchan, Biswajeet, Dharmendra, Shatrughan Sinha Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Har Mana Har Salil Sen Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Pahari Sanyal Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Rater Rojonigandha Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Shajarur Kanta Sudhin Dasgupta
1973 Sonar Khancha Sudhin Dasgupta
1973 Basanta Bilap Dinen Gupta Soumitra Chatterjee, Aparna Sen, Rabi Ghosh, Chinmoy Roy, Sumitra Devi, Anup Kumar, Kajal Gupta Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1973 Nishi Konna Sudhin Dasgupta
1973 Ek Je Chilo Bagh Sudhin Dasgupta
1973 Epar Opar Soumitra Chatterjee, Dilip Roy, Aparna Sen, Shamita Biswas Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1973 Jiban Rahasya Salil Roy Shuvendu Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Pran Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey Pulak Bandopadhyay Abhijit Banerjee (Sudhin Dasgupta composed music for songs)
1973 Shajarur Kanta Sudhin Dasgupta
1974 Prantarekha Sudhin Dasgupta
1974 Sangini Sudhin Dasgupta
1975 Sharmila Sudhin Dasgupta
1975 Sedin Dujone Sudhin Dasgupta
1975 Palanka Sudhin Dasgupta
1975 Hangsaraaj Master Arindam, Kali Banerjee, Sandhyarani Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1976 Aparajita Sudhin Dasgupta
1978 Karunamoyee Sudhin Dasgupta
1979 Dour Sudhin Dasgupta
1979 Job Charnoker Bibi Sudhin Dasgupta
1979 Suvo Sangbad Sudhin Dasgupta
1982 Pipasa Sudhin Dasgupta
1982 Amrita Kumbher Sandhane Sudhin Dasgupta
1983 Suporna Sudhin Dasgupta
1983 Banashree Sudhin Dasgupta

Discography

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List of all songs for which Music or Lyrics were composed by Sudhin Dasgupta

Sudhin Dasgupta Discography
Year Song Singer Language Film/album Lyrics Music
19- Anek durer pranto sheshe Salil Mitra Bengali Akashvani Ramyageeti Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
- Ashather chayatol Sachin Gupta Bengali Sailen Roy Sudhin Dasgupta
1961 Aandhar majhe tomar o rup Lata Mangeskar Bengali Panka Tilak - Sudhin Dasgupta
1976 Aah ki jwala dyakh na sokhi Arundhati Holme Choudhury Bengali - Dinendra Choudhury Sudhin Dasgupta
1963 Aaha mon kemon kemon Satinath Bandopadhyay Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1970 Aaj holi khelbo Shyam Sandhya Mukherjee Bengali Manjari Opera - Sudhin Dasgupta
1966 Aaj mon cheyechhe ami hariye jabo Lata Mangeskar Bengali Shankhabela - Sudhin Dasgupta
1967 Aaj shudhu khela Banasri Sengupta Bengali Puja Album - Sudhin Dasgupta
1961 Aajo mone pore baare baare Hemanta Mukherjee Bengali Shilalipi Subir Hazra Sudhin Dasgupta
1965 Aakash jekhane galpo bale Subir Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1958 Aakashe aaj ronger khelaa (first Bengali song by Asha Bhonsle) Asha Bhonsle Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
19- Aakashe takalam Chorus Bengali Akashvani Ramyageeti Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
19- Aamar baaju bandher jhumko Sandhya Mukherjee Bengali - Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1971 Aamar din kate na Asha Bhonsle Bengali Chadmabeshi - Sudhin Dasgupta
1973 Aami andhakaarer jatri Asha Bhonsle Bengali Epar Opar Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Aami bhalo hote paari Banasree Sengupta Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Aami jeno tar-i alo Arati Mukherjee Bengali Har mana har Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1971 Aami kon pothe je choli Manna Dey Bengali Chadmabeshi - Sudhin Dasgupta
1974 Aami lukate parini Sandhya Mukherjee Bengali - Subir Hazra Sudhin Dasgupta
1973 Aami Miss Calcutta 1976 Arati Mukherjee Bengali Basanta Bilap - Sudhin Dasgupta
1970 Aami Shri Shri Bhajahari Manna Manna Dey Bengali Prothom Kadam Phool Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1968 Aami taar thikana rakhini Manna Dey Bengali Puja Album Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
- Aami toh haat bariyechhilam Sujata Sarkar Bengali Puja Album Dilip Ghosh Sudhin Dasgupta
1976 Aami toh tomar chirodiner Nirmala Mishra Bengali Puja Album Babu Guhathakurta Sudhin Dasgupta
1971 Aaro dure chalo jai Asha Bhonsle Bengali Chadmabeshi - Sudhin Dasgupta
19- Aaro dure dure chalona Banashree Sengupta Bengali Akashvani Ramyageeti Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1966 Aaro kato din ami khunjechhi tomake Arati Mukherjee Bengali - Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1983 Aaswine hok aghraane hok Hementa Mukherjee Bengali Banasree Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
- Aaynate mukh dekhbo na Arati Mukherjee Bengali - Subir Hazra Sudhin Dasgupta
1971 Banchao ke achho Manna Dey Bengali Chadmabeshi Subir Hazra Sudhin Dasgupta
1961 Bandho chokhhe mor dao alo Sabita Choudhury Bengali Pankatilak Subir Hazra Sudhin Dasgupta
1971 Banga Bandhu phire ele Sandhya Mukherjee Bengali Poem converted to song Abidur Rahaman Sudhin Dasgupta
1955 Bansh baganer mathar opor Pratima Bandopadhyay Bengali Poem converted to song Jatindra Mohan Bagchi Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Banyo banyo e aranyo Arati Mukherjee Bengali Puja Album Sunil Baran Sudhin Dasgupta
1968 Bhule jete tumi parbe ki Ila Basu Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1956 Bideshini kaader raani Alpana Bandyopadhyay Bengali Puja Album Bhaskar Basu Sudhin Dasgupta
- Bolte tumi paaro Arati Mukherjee Bengali - Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1973 Chalo aaj kichhu poth Nirmala Mishra Bengali Puja Album Barun Biswas Sudhin Dasgupta
1960 Champa aamar ogo shono Tarun Bandyopadhyay Bengali - Salil Chowdhuri Sudhin Dasgupta
1957 Champaar chokhe jeno kaar maya - Bengali Ulka Gauriprasanna Mazumder and Kanu Ranjan Ghosh Sudhin Dasgupta
1963 ChaaNder aloy raater paakhi Sailen Mukhopadhyay Bengali Puja album Pulak Bandyopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1962 Chaar deyaler modhye nanan drishyo ke Manna Dey Bengali Puja album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1971 Chho chho chho kya sharam ki baaNt Ranjit Roy (comedian) Bengali Chadmabeshi Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1962 China chena mukh Dhananjoy Bhattacharya Bengali Puja album Sunil Baran Sudhin Dasgupta
1971 Chhi Chhi Chhi e ki kando Banasree Sengupta Bengali Barun Biswas Sudhin Dasgupta
1966 Chinechhe chinechhi tomar e mon Arati Mukherjee Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1958 Chokher najar Shyamal Mitra Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1969 Deke deke chole gechhi Asha Bhonsle Bengali Prothom Kadam Phool Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1973 Dekheo je dekhe na Arundhati Home Choudhury Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1969 Dibasa rajani jay jeno emoni Satinath Mukhopadhay Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1969 Dure dure kachhe kachhe Arati Mukherjee Bengali Teen Bhubaner Pare - Sudhin Dasgupta
1961 E amay kothay niye ele Lata Mangeskar Bengali Pankatilak Subir Hazra Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Ei akash natun bathash natun Arati Mukherjee Bengali Har Mana Har Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1958 Ei chhaya bithi tole Utpala Sen Bengali Bhaskar Basu Sudhin Dasgupta
1950 Ei chhaya ghera kalo raat Dwijen Mukherjee Bengali Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Ei pothe pashapashi Manna Dey, Krishna Bhanja Bengali Jaban Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1957 Ei rat nijhhum Nilima Bandyopadhyay Bengali Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1958 Ei rim jhim jhim barosha Talat Mahmood Bengali Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1970 Ei shahar theke aro onek dure Manna Dey Bengali Prothom Kadam Phool Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1967 Ei shahare ei bandare Shyamal Mitra Bengali Puja Album - Sudhin Dasgupta
1973 Ek choretei thanda Arati Mukherjee Bengali Basanta Bilap - Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Ek din dal bendhe Manna Dey Bengali Picnic - Sudhin Dasgupta
1970 Ek din sei din Banasree Sengupta Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1962 Ek jhhank pakhider mato Manna Dey Bengali Puja album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1959 Ek-i onge eto rup Manna Dey Bengali Puja album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1962 Ekta gaan likho aamar jonyo Pratima Bandopadhyay Bengali Subir Hazra Sudhin Dasgupta
1958 Ektu chhNoya aar ektu paaoya Geeta Dutt Bengali Amitava Naha Sudhin Dasgupta
1964 Elomelo haoyay hariye jete chay Shyamal Mitra Bengali Tahole Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1964 Emon madhur dhwani Dhananjay Bhattacharya Bengali Puja Album Sunil Baran Sudhin Dasgupta
1955 Epaare Ganga opaare Ganga Pratima Bandyopadhyay Bengali Akashvani Ramyageeti Bhaskar Basu Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Esechhi Aladin Manna Dey Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1976 Esona tomay kato misti kore Sipra Bose Bengali Haar mana haar Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1967 Eto kore kaachhe daaki Banasri Sengupta Bengali Puja Album - Sudhin Dasgupta
1957 Eto sur aar eto gaan Subir Sen Bengali Puja album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1968 Hariye jete jete Arati Mukherjee Bengali Kakhono Megh Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
19- Hariye phelechhi mon Mrinal Chakraborty Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
19- Hira phele kaaNch Banashree Sengupta Bengali - Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1969 Hoyto tomari jonyo Manna Dey Bengali Teen Bhubaner Pare - Sudhin Dasgupta
19- Ja re ja re barasare Sabita Chowdhury Bengali Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1957 Jhiri jhiri chaitali batase Geeta Dutt Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1967 Jhum jhumke naacho re Manna Dey, Mrinal Chakraborty, Chorus Hindi Abhisapta Chambal Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1967 Jodi akash hoto ankhi Arati Mukherjee Bengali Puja Album Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1957 Jodi e raate tumi thako sathe - Bengali Ulka Gauriprasanna Mazumder and Kanu Ranjan Ghosh Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Jpdi prtem kore tumi Manna Dey Bengali Jaban Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1969 Jibane ki pabona Manna Dey Bengali Teen Bhubaner Pare - Sudhin Dasgupta
1986 Kabe tomay dekhechhi Sujata Sarkar Bengali - Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1953 Kato asha kato bhalobasa Bechu Datta Bengali - Arup Bhattacharya Sudhin Dasgupta
1967 Katodin je khnuje gelam Mrinal Chakraborty Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1958 Kaacher churir chhota Geeta Dutt Bengali Dak Harkara Tarashankar Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1960 Kaachhe ese chole jao Ila Basu Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1956 Kaajol kaajol kumkum Geeta Dutt Bengali - Miltoo Ghosh Sudhin Dasgupta
1970 Kaajol lata sara janam - Bengali Manjari Opera Tarashankar Bandyppadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1974 Kaal tahole ei samoyei Shyamal Mitra Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1968 Kaane kane sei kothati Ila Basu Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1961 Kaar kotha bhebe bhebe Bengali Shila Lipi - Sudhin Dasgupta
1958 Kaar manjiro baaje Shyamal Mitra Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
19- Ke jeno aamar Jatileswar Mukherjee Bengali Subir Hazra Sudhin Dasgupta
1969 Ke jeno duti haate Pratima Bandyopadhyay Bengali Barun Bswas Sudhin Dasgupta
1966 Ke pratham kachhe esechhi Lata Mangeskar & Manna Dey Bengali Shankhabela - Sudhin Dasgupta
1959 Ke go tumi dakle amare Asha Bhonsle Bengali Goli Thekey Rajpath Gauriprasanna Mazumder Sudhin Dasgupta
1969 Ke tumi nandini Manna Dey Bengali Teen Bhubaner Pare - Sudhin Dasgupta
19- Kemone taare daaki Arati Mukherjee Bengali Akashvani Ramyageeti Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1953 Keno akash hote Bechu Datta Bengali - Arup Bhattacharya Sudhin Dasgupta
1967 Keno daako isharay Asha Bhonsle Bengali Abhisapta Chambal Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1965 Keno tumi phire ele Shyamal Mitra Bengali - Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Keno sarbonasher nesha Asha Bhonsle Bengali Picnic Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1965 Ki bhalo laglo chokhe Subir Sen Bengali Puja Album Sunil Baran Sudhin Dasgupta
1961 Ki jaadu jaane Manna Dey, Geeta Dutt Bengali Pankatilak - Sudhin Dasgupta
1967 Ki naame deke Shyamal Mitra Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1955 Klanti jodi naame Supriti Ghosh Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1961 Kokil kande keno phagune[10] Sudhin Dasgupta Bengali Puja album Subir Hazra Sudhin Dasgupta
1976 Kolkata Amit Kumar Bengali Hangsaraj Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1969 Kon se alor swapna niye Asha Bhonsle Bengali Prothom Kadam Phool Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
- Kono ek chena pothe Arati Mukherjee Bengali Teen Bhubaner Pare Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1959 Laag laag velkir khela Manna Dey Bengali Goli theke raajpoth Gauriprasanna Mazumder Sudhin Dasgupta
1958 Lal pagri bedhe mathe Manna Dey Bengali Dak Harkara Tarashankar Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1961 Lal lal chokhe dekhi eke oke[11] Sudhin Dasgupta Bengali Puja album Subir Hazra Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Lekha porata shikey tule Manna Dey Bengali Har mana har Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
- Lolite aagei jodi Arati Mukherjee Bengali - Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1970 Maron tomar haar holo je Manna Dey Bengali Manjari Opera Tarashankar Bandyppadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1959 Meghla meye megheri saaj porechhe Manna Dey Bengali Puja album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
19- Mon jodi hoy kaNcher ghor' Banashree Sengupta Bengali - Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Mon metechhe mon mayurir Asha Bonsle Bengali Picnic Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1958 Mon re amar hay shunli na Manna Dey Bengali Dak Harkara Tarashankar Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1954 Mor gaan shishirer khora sure go Sandhya Mukherjee Bengali Puja Album Sailen Roy Sudhin Dasgupta
1967 Na bole esechhi ta bole Arati Mukherjee Bengali Puja Album Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1958 Naach mayuri naach re (first Bengali song by Asha Bhonsle) Asha Bonsle Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1973 Nao tumi jake ami khunjechhi Manna Dey Bengali Rater Rajanigandha - Sudhin Dasgupta
1967 Naam rekhechhi banolata Shyamal Mitra Bengali Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1958 Neel akasher oi kole Shayamal Mitra Bengali I956-57 Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Neel kagoje bujhina keno Banasree Sangupta Bengali Sunil Baran Sudhin Dasgupta
1960 Neel Neel Neel Hemanta Mukherjee Bengali - Premendra Mitra Sudhin Dasgupta
1963 Neer bhenge jay jaak Robin Bandyopadhyay Bengali Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1955 Nirjhorini jhirjhiriye Supriti Ghosh Bengali Paresh Dhar Sudhin Dasgupta
1957 O amar mayur ponkhi nao - Bengali Ulka Gauriprasanna Mazumder and Kanu Ranjan Ghosh Sudhin Dasgupta
1976 O babumoshai Arati Mukherjee Bengali Hangsaraaj Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
- O chokhe amay dekona Arati Mukherjee Bengali - Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1975 O didimoni Arati Mukherjee Bengali Hangsaraaj Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1973 O shyam jakhon takhon Arati Mukherjee & Sujata Mukherjee Bengali Basanta Bilap - Sudhin Dasgupta
1961 Ore baba baro baro Manna Dey Bengali Pankatilak - Sudhin Dasgupta
19- Ogo bihanga Sandhya Mukherjee Bengali - Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1955 Ogo Sucharita Dhananjay Bhattacharya Bengali - Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1958 Ogo tomar shesh bicharer ashay Manna Dey Bengali Dak Harkara Tarashankar Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1954 Oi meghe meghe Gayatri Basu Bengali Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1957 Oi ujjwalo din Subir Sen Bengali Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1961 Ore baba baro baro chokhhe Bengali Pankatilak - Sudhin Dasgupta
1956 Otho otho Ma Gouri Geeta Dutt Bengali - Bhaskar Basu Sudhin Dasgupta
- Path nirjon chalona ekhon Mrinal Chakraborty Bengali - Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
- Paushali sondhya ghoom ghoom tandra Alpana Banerjee Bengali - Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1968 Paye paye hridoyer Salil Mitra Bengali Akashvani Ramyageeti Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Paye paye joriye rakho Manna Dey Bengali Har mana har - Sudhin Dasgupta
- Phul jaage na jaage na Shyamal Mitra Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1958 Phuler bone laglo je dol Geeta Dutt Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1955 Phuler mato jiban Tarun Bandopadhyay Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1974 Prem kora je eki Shyamal Mitra Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Raat ekhono anek baaki Asha Bhonsle Bengali Jiban Saikate Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
- Raatri je jay swapno phuray Sachin Gupta Bengali Sailen Roy Sudhin Dasgupta
1957 Rumjhum jhum jhum Sandhya Mukherjee Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1958 Rup sagore dub Hemanta Mukherjee Bengali Gauriprasanna Mazumder Sudhin Dasgupta
1961 Rupali chaNd jhile jhilimili Sandhya Mukherjee Bengali Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1955 Rupkathi gnaye shyamoli meyeti Tarun Bandopadhyay Bengali Puja Album Bahskar Basu Sudhin Dasgupta
1975 Sahartar ei golok dhaNdhay Arati Mukherjee Bengali Hangsaraaj Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1963 Saheli rup dekhali Sailen Mukhopadhyay Bengali Puja album Pulak Bandyopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1970 Sajani go rajanike Pratima Bandopadhyay Bengali Puja Album Miltu Ghosh Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Samay kakhan je Hemanta Mukherjee Bengali Puja Album - Sudhin Dasgupta
1955 Sandhya bela nil akasher Tarun Bandyopadhyay Bengali Shajarur Kanta Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1967 Saiya ja re jar Asha Bhonsle Bengali Abhisapta Chambal Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Saagar daake ay Asha Bhonsle Bengali Jiban Saikate Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1957 Saagar theke phera Hemanta Mukherjee Bengali Poem converted to song Premendra Mitra Sudhin Dasgupta
1962 Saagare tumi jaar Satinath Mukherjee Bengali - Pabitra Mitra Sudhin Dasgupta
19- Se chhilo aamar Jatileswar Mukherjee Bengali - Ajay Bhattacharya Sudhin Dasgupta
1977 Shono bose chupchap Manna Dey Bengali Hingsute Daityo Bhaskar Bosu Sudhin Dasgupta
1983 Shudhu ekti premer gaane Arati Mukherjee Bengali Banasree Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
19- Sonar haate sonar kakon Satinath Mukherjee Bengali - Bhaskar Basu Sudhin Dasgupta
1957 Swarno jhora suryo ronge Subir Sen Bengali Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1962 Tapur tupur sara dupur Arati Mukherjee Bengali - Sunil Baran Sudhin Dasgupta
1962 Tar churite je rekhechhi Manabendra Mukherjee Bengali - Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1969 Tere liye aya hain le ke koi dil Geeta Dutt Hindi Goli theke raajpoth Gauriprasanna Mazumder Sudhin Dasgupta
19- Tomar amar thikana Padma Meghna Jamuna Chorus Bengali - Shibdas Bandyopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1972 Tomar deher bhongima ti Manna Dey Bengali Har mana har - Sudhin Dasgupta
1967 Tomar deoya aungurio Pratima Bandopadhyay Bengali Puja Album Miltu Ghosh Sudhin Dasgupta
1965 Tomar samaadhi phule phule dhaka Shyamal Mitra Bengali Antaraal Sunil Baran Sudhin Dasgupta
1958 Tomare parini je bhulite Talat Mahmood Bengali Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1957 Tomare peyechhi bole Shyamal Mitra Bengali N82743 Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1971 Tomaye ekta rumal jakhon Pintu Bhattacharya Bengali Puja Album Barun Biswas Sudhin Dasgupta
1981 Tomay dekhe chhobi eNke Arati Mukherjee Bengali Kakhono Megh Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta
1975 Tiya tiya tiya Shyamasree Mazumder Bengali Hangsaraaj Pulak Bandopadhyay Sudhin Dasgupta
1965 Tumi chole jabar por Shyaml Mitra Bengali Puja Album Sunil Baran Sudhin Dasgupta
1963 Tumi ele chmpa phutechhe tai Mrinal Chakraborty Bengali Puja Album Sudhin Dasgupta Prasanta Choudhury
1967 Tumi je asha nodi Mrinal Chakraborty Bengali Puja Album - Sudhin Dasgupta
1971 Tumi nirjon upokule Pintu Bhattacharya Bengali Puja Album Barun Biswas Sudhin Dasgupta
19- Utho utho maa Gauri Geeta Dutt Bengali Puja Album Bhaskar Basu Sudhin Dasgupta

Memoirs

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  • Manna Dey recalled his first meeting with Sudhin Dasgupta during 1959, which was published in the book, Sudhin Dasgupta - A Collection of Music Essays. During those days Manne Dey was heavily engaged in Bombay (Mumbai) Film Industry. He came down from Bombay (Mumbai) and met Sudhin for his first record in Sudhin Dasgupta's composition that contained two songs (Ek-i onge eto rup and Meghla meye megher-i) released by HMV as Puja Album in 1959.[2] Sudhin made another daring experiment for which Bengal will be ever thankful to him. He inducted playback voice of Manna Dey in the lip of the legendary hero Uttam Kumar in the movie "Goli theke raajpoth" in 1959, which was never thought of before. After this successful pairing became a super hit, Manne Dey sang many famous songs in the lip of Uttam Kumar in later years. However, it was again in 1966 Manna Dey got a proposal from Sudhin Dasgupta to sing for Uttam Kumar in the Bengali film Sankyabela. "I am eternally indebted to Sudhinda for the song 'Ke Prothom Kachhe Esechhi' which started my career in Bengali films", said Manna Dey in an interview[12]..
  • Dwijem Mukhopadhyay recalled that he was introduced to Sudhin Dasgupta in 1954 by Kshitish Basu of HMV. Sudhin composed two songs for him. The record has two tracks: 'ভাঙা তরীর শুধু এ গান' and 'এই ছায়া ঘেরা কালো রাতে'. Later, when Salil Chowdhury was composing songs for Madhumati in Bombay, he requested Sudhin to lend him the tune of "Ei chaya Ghera Kalo Raate" for his new song of Madhumati. Sudhin gladly agreed, and a memorable song was created: "Suhana Safar Yieh Mousam Hain Haseen". Such was the friendship between Salil and Sudhin, as remembered by Dwijen Mukhopadhyay in his memoirs.[2]
  • Arun Kumar Basu, who used pseudo name Bhaskar Basu while writing and publishing lyrics of Bengali modern songs, placed Sudhin Dasgupta as one of the noted lyricists of Bengali modern songs, in his memoirs on Sudhin. The poems written by Sudhin Dasgupta could be described as the epitome of imagery poems, rich in its form, content, mood and rhythm.[2]
  • Jatileswar Mukherjee recalled his frequent visits to the house of Sudhin Dasgupta at D Gupta Lane, SiNthi, on most of the Sundays during the 1960s. Regular visitors of these Majlis were Jatileswar Mukherjee, Sukumar Mitra, Ashok Roy, Debdulal Bandyopadhyay, Ashishtaru Mukherjee, Sunil Baran, Prashanta Choudhury and Parimal Dasgupta (alias Polu, Sudhin's younger brother), among others.[2]
  • Salil Mitra, younger brother of Shyamal Mitra, vividly described various incidents showing the deep friendship between contemporary artists of that time, such as Sudhin, Shyamal, Manabendra, Subir Hazra etc., in his reminiscence. One such incident occurred on the day of the marriage of Sudhin Dasgupta with Manjushree. Lyricist Subir Hazra went to the marriage venue at Paikpara in Shyamal Mitra's car. On the way coming back after attending the party, Subir asked Shyamal to stop the car near Wellington square. After a while when Subir did not return, Shyamal got off his car and went in search of Subir, only to find him writing a song sitting on a bench in the park. The subject of the song was the newly-wed bride, Manjushree and her glamorous dress for wedding. Next day both friends went to Sudhin's house, and after the music was composed by Sudhin, a great song was recorded by Shyamal Mitra: লাল চেলি পরনে কার (Laal cheli parone kaar).[13]

Awards

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Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for best Best Music Director for the film Picnic (1972)

Legacy

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Rabindra Bharati University paid homage to this him by creating an archive, where life and works of three legenderay personalities of Bengal would be portrayed which includes Soumitra Chatterjee, Salil Chowdhury and him.[14]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "পূর্ব-পশ্চিম মিলেছিল তাঁর সুরে". Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Sudhin Dasgupta - A Collection of Music Essays. Ajkal Publishers Pvt Ltd. 2009. ISBN 978-81-7990-082-6.
  3. ^ "Subir Sen Interview: Part 1: KOLKATA GAAN". Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  4. ^ a b "সম্পাদক সমীপেষু: প্রথম রেকর্ড অন্য" (in Bengali). Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  5. ^ Gupta, Samir Kumar (2014). Sail Choudhury's First Life and Mass Songs. Miley Mishe. ISBN 978-93-83356-00-3.
  6. ^ Viewable on YouTube: Kato asha kato bhalobasa - Bechu Dutta on YouTube; (accessed 3 March 2019)
  7. ^ Viewable on YouTube: Keno akash hote - Bechu Dutta on YouTube; (accessed 3 March 2019)
  8. ^ "The Golden Era of Bengali Adhunik: A Reminiscence". Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  9. ^ Viewable on YouTube: Mor gaan shishirer khora sure go - Sandhya Mukherjee on YouTube
  10. ^ Viewable on YouTube: Kokil Kande Keno Phagune - Sudhin Dasgupta on YouTube; (accessed 3 March 2019)
  11. ^ Viewable on YouTube: Lal lal chokhe - Sudhin Dasgupta on YouTube; (accessed 3 March 2019)
  12. ^ "Manna Dey, the man who lived for music – Birth anniversary special". Cinestan. 1 May 2018.
  13. ^ Shyamal Mitra - A Compilation of Essays. Ajkal Publishers Pvt Ltd. 2010. ISBN 978-81-7990-115-1.
  14. ^ "Paying tributes to Tagore's family". Deccan Herald. 18 November 2018.
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