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In memory of Bengali melody makers

Kavita, New Delhi
Bengali composers of yesteryears RC Boral, Pankaj Mullick and Kamal Dasgupta were widely regarded as the founding fathers of Indian film music. To pay homage to these brilliant Calcutta-based composers, the KL Saigal Memorial Circle recently organised a programme, “In memory of Melody Makers of Bengal: Homage to eminent music composers of Bengal”
The evening kicked off with a brief run down on the trio by author-scholar Pran Nevile, founder-convenor of KL Saigal Memorial Circle. "My aim was to keep alive the memory of the great artistes of yesteryears for the large set of people who love to hear these old melodies. I also wanted to inform the audience about the life and times of these artistes,” said the music connoisseur.
The relatively less known Boral is considered to be the father of Bollywood film music. After a four-year stint at the Indian Broadcasting Company, in 1931 he shifted to New Theatres, Calcutta in the era of silent films. Boral and Mullick are some of the famous
musicians who worked at New Theatres, a creative hub of that
Boral, who rose to become an established name as actor-singer-composer in Calcutta-New Theatres is widely credited with discovering and mentoring Saigal and Kanan Devi. Pankaj Mullick joined hands with Boral to promote Saigal.
Boral composed music for films like “Vidyapati”, "Chandidas” and “Humrahi”. He directed the music for "Hamrahi”, which incorporated the Indian national anthem, written by Rabindranath Tagore.
Bengali music director, actor and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Pankaj Mullick was a familiar name in the music scene of the time. The turning point in Mullick’s life was when he met Dinendranath Tagore, Rabindranath's great-nephew. The meeting spawned a deep interest in Rabindra Sangeet.
His first commercial recording was Tagore's song "Nemechhe Aaj Prothom Badal”, the first of many albums that made him a popular name in Rabindra Sangeet.
He is regarded as the first artiste to popularise Rabindra Sangeet among the masses and to introduce
Rabindra Sangeet in the medium of Hindi — the film in question, "Mukti”, a title apparently given by Gurudev.
The erudite Mullick also introduced Sanskrit shloka in some of his films.
Of the three great composers, it is Kamal Dasgupta who had the closest connection with Bangladesh. Born in a family from Jessore, he began his career in Calcutta with the Gramophone Company of India, composing for music greats like Pankaj Mullick, Juthika Roy, Kanan Devi and Hemanta Mukhopadhyay. He had a long line up of films for which he directed the music — “Jawab”, “Hospital" being the most memorable.
On the side of non-film music he composed Talat Mahmud's hit song "Tasveer Teri Dil Mera Behla Na Sakegi” (your picture alone will not please my heart), with Faiyaz Hashmi as the lyricist. His greatest achievement was apparent in Nazrul Sangeet rendered by famous Bangladeshi singer Feroza Begum, whom he later married. Disillusioned by the neglect of his talent in India's post independence years he left Calcutta in the 1960s for Dhaka.