A lyricist of infinite variety and a composer of creative depth, a scholar of classical music and a human being of humility and piety, Sudhin Dasgupta achieved artistic glory not only with his film songs but also with his non-film renditions. His name is synonymous with sweet, undying music. His lyrics writing acumen is the gift of God. A gift that spoke of sweet pleasures and hurting sorrow.
Notable compositions of Sudhin Dasgupta include "Moyurkonthi rater nile" for Manobendra Mukherjee, "Ei Jhirjhirjhir batashe" for Dhanonjoy Bhattacharya, "Akash eto meghla" for Satinath Mukherjee, "keno tumi phire ele" for Shyamal Mitra, etc. The big challenge of Sudhin Dasgupta was to face Robin Chatterji, who was dominating the Bengali film music, and modern song with his versatile creations. Robin Chatterji had introduced Portugese folk song in the film Deeper naam tiya rong, "o amar sat rajari dhon" and "phiriti bosakor kure gi dise" sung by Shyamal Mitra and Bhaisnav angik bhajan "O mon kokhon shuru kokhon je shesh ke jane"in Uttamkumar's film Kamallata, 1969. Besides he composed prayer song to kirtan to classical song in Lalubhulu, 1958, for Manobendra Mukherjee.
Sudhin Dasgupta changed the horizon of Bengali film song by asking Manna Dey to sing for Uttamkumar whose major songs were previously sung by Hemanta Mukherjee whose voice suited him the most. Sudhin Dasgupta went to Bombay where Manna Dey and Lata Mangeshkar were busy in the recording of songs of film Pakizaa with Gulam Mohammad and Naushad. When Sudhin Dasgupta recorded the song for Uttamkumar's film Shonkhobela, 1966, titled "Dekechi ke age ke diyeche sara" as a duet song for Manna Dey and Lata Mangeshkar, Naushad said the words could not be understood as it was composed in Bengali, for the tune was excellent 3 The film Shonkhobela was a superhit film and Sudhin Dasgupta's composition for Manna Dey "Ami agantuk" and for Lata Mangeshkar "Aj mon cheche ami hariye jabo" was well acclaimed by music lovers across the nation. Sudhin Dasgupta shaped the career of Legendary singer Manna Dey who was busy in Bombay singing different types of songs under the patronage of Shankar Jaikishan, Roshan, Salil Chowdhury and others. After Shonkobela, Manna Dey formed an immortal combination in playback singing with Uttamkumar, providing sensational performance in films like Antony firingi, 1967, Nishipadda,1970, Stri, 1971, Sanyasi Raja, 1975, and winning national awards and Bengal Film Journalist Association (BFJA) awards one after the other.
Forwarded By:Mitul Kansal