Hemanta Mukherjee

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Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay (Bengali: হেমন্ত কুমার মুখোপাধ্যায়; Hemonto Kumar Mukhopaddhae) also known as Hemanta Mukherjee (16 June 1920 – 26 September 1989) was an Bengali singer, composer and producer. He sang in Hindi films under the name Hemant Kumar. Hemanta was born in the city of Varanasi, India although his family hailed from a village named Baharu in West Bengal.He joined Jadavpur University to pursue Engineering,however, he quit academics to pursue a career in music, despite parental objection. He briefly tried his hand at literature and also published a short story in a prestigious Bengali magazine called Desh, but by the late-1930s he was committed entirely to music. Under the influence of his friend Subhas Mukhopadhyay, Hemanta recorded his first song for All India Radio in 1933. Hemanta's music career was primarily mentored by the Bengali musician, Sailesh Duttagupta. In an interview on television in the early 1980s, Hemanta had mentioned that he had also received classical music training from Ustad Faiyaz Khan, but his tutelage was cut short by Ustad's untimely death. In 1937, Hemanta cut his first gramophone disc under the Columbia label. Thereafter, every year Hemanta continued to record non-film discs for the Gramophone Company of India (GCI) till 1984. Hemanta is considered a foremost exponent of Rabindrasangeet. His first recorded Rabindrasangeet was in the Bengali film Priya Bandhabi (1944). The song was Pather Sesh Kothaye. In the late 1950s, Hema

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Bengali Monsoon Hits - Hemanta Mukherjee

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Ferano Jaabe Na Aar

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Bollywood - Before The Slumdog Millionaire Years

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Priyatama

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Nostalgic Hits Hemanta Mukherjee

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The Rough Guide to the Music of India

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Bees Saal Baad

Dhanraj Tamang , Swati , Sansarer Itikatha , Sat Maa

Legends (Rabindra Sangeet) - Hemanta Mukherjee

Hemanta Sings For Salil Chowdhury

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Amaaye Prasno Kare

Hemanta Legends Vol-2

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