Hemant Kumar's Bengali Songs
Afzal A. Khan
There is an ongoing thread about Hemant Kumar as
a singer. Quite a few Hindi songs sung by the
late master-composer have been mentioned. But I am
sure there are many more such songs in Bengali,
about which RMIMers (like Yours Truly) may not be
aware.
Nearly 15 years back, I happened to see a Bengali
movie on TV (Dordarshan). It was called "Dadar
Kriti" (Brother's Tale, or perhaps Elder Brother's
Tale ?). The film was about a simple young man
from a village who comes to Calcutta. His simple
demeanour evokes scorn and fun. Even the leading
lady ignores him totally. How the townspeople
(including the heroine) realise his true worth
forms the theme of the movie. To me, it was a
simple, heartwarming, "feel-good" movie. There
were a couple of fabulous songs sung by Hemant Kumar
who probably scored the music too. I would love
to hear those songs again.
Can any of our (Bengali) friends (Surajit Bose
--- where is he these days ? --- or Arunabh
Roy) point out some URL where one can listen to
Bengali songs online ?
Another noted Bengali singer was Nandini Sen.
On my last visit to Calcutta six years back,
I had bought a cassette of hers, which contained
some delightful numbers. Any info about her
would be welcome.
Afzal
Srinivas Ganti
>"Afzal A. Khan" <il_...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> There is an ongoing thread about Hemant Kumar as
> a singer. Quite a few Hindi songs sung by the
> late master-composer have been mentioned. But I am
> sure there are many more such songs in Bengali,
> about which RMIMers (like Yours Truly) may not be
> aware.
Checkout
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/030104
some of my favourites from this site are
ai raat tomar amar
amar gaaner swarolipi
(Hemantda is god !!!!)
ami duur hote tomaar dekhichi
dhitang dhitang bole
ek gocha rojanigandha
o aakash prodeep jelo naa
Also checkout
http://www.ganguly.de/hemanta/
Some more all time favourites are the Rabindrosangeet song
(a duet with Lata)
madhu gondhe bhara
(which was adapted by anilda as "mere chanchal naina")
And a beautiful chorus song
"palki chole gogan tale"
Not sure if the last two are available online though.
sg.
Afzal A. Khan
Srinivas Ganti wrote:
Many thanks
Afzal
Surma Bhopali
>
>
> http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/030104
>
> some of my favourites from this site are
>
> ai raat tomar amar
>
> amar gaaner swarolipi
> (Hemantda is god !!!!)
>
> ami duur hote tomaar dekhichi
>
> dhitang dhitang bole
>
> ek gocha rojanigandha
>
> o aakash prodeep jelo naa
>
>
> Also checkout
>
> http://www.ganguly.de/hemanta/
>
>
> Some more all time favourites are the Rabindrosangeet song
> (a duet with Lata)
> madhu gondhe bhara
> (which was adapted by anilda as "mere chanchal naina")
>
> And a beautiful chorus song
>
> "palki chole gogan tale"
>
> Not sure if the last two are available online though.
>
> sg.
If you are really serious about Hemant's Bengali songs, I suggest buy
the recently released CD "Golden Hour: Hemanta Mukherjee" which
contains some of his best like:
- katodin pare ele ekaTu boso (my favourite)
- kon paakhi dharaa dite chaay
- sedin tomaay dekhechhilaam bhorbelaay
- moner jaanaalaa diye u.Nki diye gachhe (a Salil gem)
- surjo Dobaar paalaa aase jodi aasuk besh to
You may also look for these songs in other albums:
- megh kaalo aa.Ndhaar kaalo
- tumi ele anek diner pare jano briShti elo (a Nachiketa Ghosh gem)
- path haaraabo bolei ebaar (Salil)
- aami jhorer kaachhe rekhe gelaam (Salil)
There are many more. In fact he is to Bengali music what Kishore or
Rafi is to HFM.
Srinivas Ganti
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/030104/?140
shapno jagano raat
sg.
Surma Bhopali
Also from the same site:
- Shurer akashe tumi je go shuktara
- Shurjyo dobar pala ashe jodi ashuk besh to (mentioned by me before)
- Tarpar? Tar ar par nei
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/030104/?160
- Tumi ele onek diner paure jeno brishti aelo (mentioned by me before)
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/030104/?0
- Aamay proshno kaure neel dhrubotara (Hindi version: kahii.n duur jab
din)
- Ae Meghla Deena Ekla
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/030104/?20
- Ami jharer kachhe rekhe gelam
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/030104/?40
- Dhitang dhitang bole
- Ei path jodi na shesh hoy (Hindi ver: ek baar zaraa phir kaha do)
- Gayer bodhu (a beautiful Salil tune to a famous poem)
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/030104/?60
- Jakhon daklo banshi takhon radha (a MUST listen)
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/030104/?80
- Kachhe rabe kachhe rabe
- Katodin Pare Elay (my favourite)
- Ke jeno go dekechhe amaye
- Kon pakhi dhara dite chaye
- Megh kaalo andhar kaalo
- Moner janala dhore
- Neel akasher neche ei prithibi
- O akash prodeep jelo na
- O nodire ekti kautha shudhai shudhu tomare (This song was used in
film Siddhartha)
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/030104/?120
- Olir katha shune bokul hashe (Hindi 'na jaao saiyaa chhu.Daake' is
loosely based on this.)
- Palkir gaan (another of Salil's great tune for an existing piece of
poetry)
- Path harabo bolei abar
- Raanar (that famous 'Daakiyaa' song composed by Salil; this one is
an amazing composition given the poem; Gulzar mentioned somewhere that
L-P based their 'Daakiyaa Daak laayaa' on this.)
- Sedin Tomai Dekhachilum
Well, that's a huge list. You can spend few weekends on them. My
apologies as I could not visit this site suggested by Ganti before
posting the earlier post. It would be interesting to have feedback on
these songs by someone who is listening to them for the first time.
Satish
Here is a sheer delight of a Hemanta melody :
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/03010N06
peniltumate song. Long dialogue.. why couldnt they cut that out ? But
a wonderfully cheering number..
Cheers,
Satish