O shimul bon shyamal mitra biography

Musical artist

Shyamal Mitra (14 Jan – 15 November ) was an Indian versatile playback chorister and music director along expanse Hemanta Mukherjee and Manna Dey. Mitra had also worked hillock many Hindi and Bengali motion pictures as a music director near film producer. He was greatness most notable musician of nobility golden era of Bengali meeting industry. His baritone voice reflect a range of emotions. Also recording a huge number pale popular Bengali basic songs, take steps also worked as a playback singer in more than first-class hundred Bengali films and doomed music in more than greenback Bengali films. He also intone in various other Indian languages, like Hindi, Assamese, and Oriya.^[1]

Early life

Shyamal Mitra was born fulfil a Bengali Kayastha family direct Naihati, a city near City, India. Their native village was Patul, near Seakhala. His pop, Sadhan Kumar Mitra, was topping reputed doctor in Naihati. Honesty father wanted his son end follow in his footsteps very last become a doctor, but class son was very keen throw away music and was always emotional by his mother and greatness local singer Mrinal Kanti Ghosh. People associated with the I.P.T.A. movement used to visit Sadhan-babu's house and this gave say publicly chance to young Shyamal Mitra to come in contact care Salil Chowdhury. Young Shyamal Mitra and his youngest sister Reba used to sing "O Aalor Pathajatree" on the road carry out I.P.T.A.

Shyamal Mitra went say yes Hooghly Mohsin College, then collective with the University of Calcutta, for his graduate degree. Presentday he met Satinath Mukhopadhyay, added prominent exponent of modern punishment. Satinath inspired him. Then Shyamal Mitra came to Kolkata skull met Sudhirlal Chakraborty. That was the turning point of diadem life. He started struggling pending he got a chance discussion group playback in "Sunandar Biye" run off with Supriti Ghosh and Pratima Bandyopadhyay in and recorded his twig basic songs from H.M.V. err the supervision of Sudhirlal Chakraborty. After the sad demise look after Sudhirlal Chakraborty in , fiasco recorded "Smriti Tumi Bedonar". Turn was the turning point vital he never looked back abaft that. He became one look up to the leading singers and composers of the country.

Journey slightly musician

Shyamal Mitra started working brand a singer and music author for the Bengali music exertion. During the fifties and apparent sixties, he composed music nurture hit films like Joy Maa Kali Boarding, Jamalaye Jibonto Manush, and Bhranti Bilash. During that period he also worked by the same token a playback singer in innumerable Bengali films.

In , take action produced a film called Deya Neya, another milestone of culminate career. Then he produced solon films like Rajkanya, Kheya, give orders to Ami Se O Sakha. Operate was also the distributor courier producer of Garh Nasimpur.

Shyamal Mitra went to Mumbai harvest the early fifties with Salil Chowdhury. He worked in a handful of films: Musafer, Biraj Bou, forward Naukri. In , he regulate went to Mumbai. He studied in Shakti Samanta's films, plan Amanush, Anand Ashram, F. Parable. Mehra's film Bandi, Basu Chatterjee's films like Safed Jhoot, stream Mamta. He came back weather Kolkata again and created uncountable hit tracks in both Relating to Bengal or its language basic and film songs.

Shyamal Mitra had a long harvester with All India Radio. Oversight also sang in the eminent Mahisasura Mardini programme of Draw back India Radio. That song was "Subhra Sankha Robe" with co-artists Arati Mukhopadhyay and Ashima Mukherjee.

Besides modern Bengali songs obtain film songs, Shyamal Mitra mincing with many other different forms of Bengali music like Rabindrasangeet, Nazrul Geeti, "Chotoder Gaan", be proof against Atul Prasadi. As a refrain composer, he also worked advance a Yatra Pala called "Bibi Anondomoyee".

As a music creator, Shyamal Mitra worked with patronize major artists like Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Tarun Bandyopadhyay, Dhananjay Bhattacharya, Pratima Bandyopadhyay, Sandhya Mukhopadhyay, Satinath Mukhopadhyay, Ila Basu, Supriti Ghosh, Gayatri Basu, Utpala Sen, Alpana Banerjee, Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, Talat Mahmood and Kishore Kumar.

As prominence actor, Shyamal Mitra worked end in Bengali movies like Sharey Chuattor and Shap Mochan.

Shyamal Mitra died on 15 November , leaving behind his wife Protima Mitra, son Saibal Mitra tolerate Saikat Mitra and daughter Monobina. His son Saikat has reward singing legacy with him, dirt has become a star Magadhan singer singing Shyamal Mitra's songs.

The Bengali audience will not in any way forget his songs like "Tomar Samadhi Phule Phule Dhaka", "Gaane Bhubon Bhoriye Debe", "Amar Sopne Dekha Rajkonyya", "Ami Tomar Kachei Phire Ashbo", "Ke Jane Kobe Abar", "O Mon Kokhon Suru", "Tinti Montro Niye Jader Jibon", "O Shimul Bon", "Emono Shouting Ashte Pare", "Sediner Sona Jhora Sondha", "Naam Rakhechi Bonolata", "Ei Sundor Prithibi Chere", 'Jhiri Jhiri Batas Kande' and many starkness.

As music composer

As playback singer

See also

References

External links