Prabhudutta Pradhan, the music composer of the all time great Sambalpuri song "Rangabati", breathed his last in the wee hours today, 28.05.2018. He was 75. Prabhudutta breathed his last at 4 am this morning at his residence in Sambalpur Road, his family informed.
As early as at the age of three years Prabhudutta started learning music under the mentor-ship of his father. In the year 1969 he joined All India Radio - Akashvani (AIR) at Sambalpur station as an instrumentalist. But it was only in the year 1975 he got a breakthrough when he composed the music for Rangabati song.
The popular Sambalpuri song was written by Mitrabhanu Gauntia and composed by Prabhudatta Pradhan and originally sung by Jitendra_Haripal and Krishna_patel. It has been recreated in many Indian languages.
PB parivar condoles the demise of Shri Prabhudatta Pradhan and prays to the almighty for the peace of the departed soul.
Source : Anirudha , Ashok Kumar Panigrahi
