Forgotten Singers - Shankar Das Gupta

kamalakar pasupuleti

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Feb 22, 2003, 8:46:15 PM2/22/03

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I donot know how to spell his name correctly.
Shankardas Gupta or Shankar Dasgupta , the second refers
him to be a bengali.

His voice and rendering were really appealing.His 2 solos

1.Dukh se bhara hua hai dil
2.Hum kya bataye tumse
composed by Khemchand Prakash for JAAN PEHCHAAN gave a feeling
of a prosperous new comer as a play back artist.

The songs were soon forgotten and I think he later rendered
a duet with Suraiya
'Chaahe kitni kathin dagar ho' (dont remember the movie)which
was very popular.

Can someone in the NG mention any other songs by him.
I have no idea if he had composed music for any movie or
rendered songs in other languages.

- kp

Hrishi Dixit

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Feb 23, 2003, 2:13:17 AM2/23/03

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kamalakar pasupuleti wrote:
>
> I donot know how to spell his name correctly.
> Shankardas Gupta or Shankar Dasgupta , the second refers
> him to be a bengali.
>
> His voice and rendering were really appealing.His 2 solos
>
> 1.Dukh se bhara hua hai dil
> 2.Hum kya bataye tumse
> composed by Khemchand Prakash for JAAN PEHCHAAN gave a feeling
> of a prosperous new comer as a play back artist.
>
> The songs were soon forgotten and I think he later rendered
> a duet with Suraiya
> 'Chaahe kitni kathin dagar ho' (dont remember the movie)which
> was very popular.

This was not really a later but an *earlier* song of his, from Anilda's
JEET (1949). Jaan Pehchaan was a 1950 release.

..Hrishi

naniwadekar

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Feb 23, 2003, 4:46:42 AM2/23/03

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"kamalakar pasupuleti" <p_kam...@hotmail.com> wrote -

>
> I donot know how to spell his name correctly.
> Shankardas Gupta or Shankar Dasgupta , the second refers
> him to be a bengali.
>

The name is Shankar Dasgupta. He is from the era when even
Bongs could sing well. His songs can be heard in many Anil
Biswas films. Milan ('upar hai.n baadariyaa kaarii' is just grand),
Girls' School (his beautiful singing is completely overshadowed
by Lata), Jeet, a boring duet in Do Raahaa, plus songs I haven't
heard in Aakaash, Mehmaan and the unreleased Chaand.

For other MDs, he had sung 10 to 20 songs. IIRC he sang
for one D C Dutt. Who was this D C Dutt? I remember browsing
the hfgk one day page by page for 1948-1950 years to find
how prolific Shankar Dasgupta was.

- dn

PS : I searched for 'Dasgupta' and set author=snehal. Sure enough,
up popped a rabbit. Shankar Dasgupta composed music for 'Shiishe
kii diiwaar' - 1954. Mr Oza had covered one song in the film for ATMJH,
# 270, did a bit of Lata bashing (habits die hard) and called it a desert
island soundtrack.

Urzung Khan

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Feb 23, 2003, 6:41:43 PM2/23/03

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darbaan/1946 with Kaushalya

tum ba.De woh ho jii, bas ta.Dapaanaa jaanoo

A very cute song.

Urzung Khan

Shalini Razdan

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Feb 23, 2003, 1:46:21 PM2/23/03

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"kamalakar pasupuleti" <p_kam...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I donot know how to spell his name correctly.
> Shankardas Gupta or Shankar Dasgupta , the second refers
> him to be a bengali.

> Can someone in the NG mention any other songs by him.

> I have no idea if he had composed music for any movie or
> rendered songs in other languages.
>

Roshan's "Do Roti" (1957) has a nice duet by him and Suman: sun lo ji sun lo
fateh ki baat, roti bina jeevan hai kaali raat.

Shalini

> - kp

Gurcharan Sandhu

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Feb 23, 2003, 5:31:29 PM2/23/03

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Shankar Dasgupta, the singer, composed music for the films
Sadmaa(1954), Sheeshe Ki Deewaar(1954) and 'Pehli
Mulaaqaat (1957).

His contribution as a singer, as per HFGK, was for the following
films:

1946: Darbaan; Milan;

1948: Anjanaa; Didi; Huaa Saveraa; Hum Bhi Insaan Hain;
Raambaan; Saajan Kaa Ghar;

1949: Daulat; Girls' School; Jeet;

1950: Aahutee; Jaan Pehchaan;

Non-identifiable years (the forties): Afsaanaa; Chaar Din Ki Chaandni;

1952: Badnaam; Do Raahaa; Izzat;

1953: Aakaash; Baaghi; Gul Sanovar; Husn Kaa Chor; Mehmaan;
Raami Dhoban;

1954: Adhikaar; Khushboo; Naukri; Samaaj; Sheeshe Kaa Ghar;

1955: Andher Nagri Chaupat Raajaa;

1957: Do Roti;

1960: Dil Bhi Teraa Hum Bhi Tere; Return of Superman;

Non-identifiable years (the fifties): Chaand; Piyaa;

1968: Kahin Din Kahin Raat.

Hope this helps. Now just look up your Geet Kosh volumes.

Gurcharan

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naniwadekar

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Feb 23, 2003, 7:05:21 PM2/23/03

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I had written -

>
> The name is Shankar Dasgupta. He is from the era when even
> Bongs could sing well. His songs can be heard in many Anil
> Biswas films. Milan ('upar hai.n baadariyaa kaarii' is just grand),
> Girls' School (his beautiful singing is completely overshadowed
> by Lata), Jeet, a boring duet in Do Raahaa, plus songs I haven't
> heard in Aakaash, Mehmaan and the unreleased Chaand.
>

Shirish Kanekar had mentioned in an article that Lata
requested Anilda to overcome his indifference to Rafi.
Anilda agreed to give him a chance and recorded some
songs in Do Raha in Rafi's voice. But he wasn't satisfied
and asked Talat to sing the final versions. Later, Kanekar
said that Shankar Dasgupta (not Rafi) might have recorded
versions which were discarded. This cannot be ruled out.
But then I won't be surprised if Kanekar changed his story
on request by Anil-da or Rafi's camp. I am just speculating.

I asked Anilda who had sung the discarded versions. He said
he would rather not answer my question at all. The more
I tried to get him to talk, in an essentially brief conversation,
the more guarded he became. I asked whether SOME singer
(never mind his identity) had been given a chance to sing
Talat's songs first. He said it would be better if I dropped
the topic. He said every time he had answered such questions,
they inevitably triggered queries which caused him bother
he could do without.

- dn

kamalakar pasupuleti

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Feb 23, 2003, 7:23:08 PM2/23/03

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"Shalini Razdan" <shalin...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:<1G86a.47541$rq4.3...@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>...

Many thanks to all Harish - Nani -Urzung and Shalini-Ji for updating
the info.

Regards,

- kp

kers...@gmail.com

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On Saturday, February 22, 2003 at 8:46:15 PM UTC-5, Kamalakar Pasupuleti wrote:

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By a stroke of luck I came upon this 'thread' on Shankar Dasgupta just as I was listening to one of my all time favourite solos by this forgotten singer composed by Anil Biswas for the film Do Raha (1952). It is a very touching song, written by Prem Dhawan and soulfully rendered. I will be only too happy to share it with you. Please send me your email address. The song begins thus: Toot Gayi Patvaar Naiya Kaun Lagave Paar.
Kersi N. Mistry
11/15/2016

khalil...@gmail.com

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May 5, 2017, 8:45:13 PM5/5/17

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Check out you tube for one of his best "Ajeeb hai zindagi ki manzil".

Jay

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May 6, 2017, 8:29:51 PM5/6/17

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Hello to All:

When I go across the posts of RMIMERs on s topic like SHankar Dasgupta - whom I feel was very talented in his musical sphere. I would rate him even above G.M.Durrani, Khan Mastana, S.D.Batish...who were powerful contemporaries during his tenure from 1946 to 1957.

Manna Dey told me that he was a 'playboy' - very handsome and earnest about music...always willing. Perhaps, it was this quality that made Anilda compose ALL THE SONGS from Darban ('46) wherein the MD's name is labelled as Shankar. These are real - I had the full set of Darban-46 in 78s.

Around 1949-50 he also composed non-film Geets for HMV - which I have documented in HD format webm in GCloud.

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