Dwijen Mukherjee

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Dwijen Mukherjee (Dwijen Mukhopadhyay, 12 November 1927 - 24 December 2018) was an Indian singer and composer, with a career spanning more than six decades. He is an accomplished performer of Rabindra sangeet (songs and music composed by Rabindranath Tagore) and Bengali and Hindi film and traditional songs. He has recorded more than 1500 songs, of which about 800 are songs of Rabindranath Tagore. He has also directed music in Bengali feature films and composed music for popular Bengali songs. In the year 1944, Dwijen Mukhopadhyay made his debut as a professional singer. In 1945, he made his first recording of basic Bengali songs from Megaphone Record Company. The year 1946 was very eventful for him, as in that year, he not only started to act as an artist of All India Radio (AIR) but also started recording with HMV-Colombia Recording Company. In the year 1956, he entertained the soldiers of the Indian Army with his songs at Ladakh. Dwijen Mukhopadhyay received his training in music from eminent singers of Bengal including Shri Sushanto Lahiri, Pankaj Mullick, Santidev Ghosh, Santosh Sengupta, Anadi Ghosh Dastidar and Niharbindu Sen. Dwijen Mukhopadhyay was introduced to the folk music of Bengal, and Hindi film music, by the eminent film-music composer Salil Chowdhury. The friendship between Dwijen Mukhopadhyay and Salil Chowdhury started in the late '40s through their common association with IPTA. The duo gave the Bengali audience a number of masterpieces like "Shyamal Bar

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Ganer Jharnatalaya

Baani Tabo Dhay

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Barshar Gaan - Tagore`s Composition on Mansoon

Golden Hour - Dwijen Mukherjeegreatest Hits

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Kopale Shidoor Shidoor

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Bollywood - Before The Slumdog Millionaire Years

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Aamaro Parano Jaha Chai (Rabindra Sangeet)

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Shyamalbarani Ogo Kanya

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Sajal Sajal Megh Korechhe

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Shades of Tagore

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Ghoom Ghoom Ghoom

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Aha, Jouban Tarange

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