Robin Chatterjee

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Robin Chatterjee
রবীন চ্যাটার্জি
Born8 January 1918 (1918-01-08) [1]
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died2 April 1976 (1976-04-03) (aged 62)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
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Occupation(s)Music director, composer
Years active1942-1976

Robin Chatterjee was an Indian music director and sound recordist who scored music for about ninety films. Starting from the 1942 film Parineeta , he has composed music for evergreen soundtracks such as Godhuli , Bipasha , Sagarika, Kamallata, Dwiper Nam Tiya Rang, etc. [2] [3]

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Career

In 1955, he composed music for the film Godhuli which contained a song "Piya Piya Piya Ke Dake Amare". In 1957, he composed music for Uttam-Suchitra starrer superhit Sagarika. In that film, Shyamal Mitra sang "Amar Swapne dekha Rajkanya". [4]

In the 1950s and 1960s, Chatterjee frequently composed scores for director Agradoot, including: [5]

Collaborations

Chatterjee worked with many Bengali singers, such as Hemanta Mukherjee, Manna Dey, Shyamal Mitra, Aarti Mukherjee, Sandhya Mukherjee, Pratima Banderjee, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Geeta Dutt, Arundhati Holme Chowdhury, Utpala Sen and Kishore Kumar.

Filmography

References

  1. Surakar Rabin Chattopadhyay bangodarshan.com
  2. "Bipasha (1962)-Bengali Movie Reviews, Trailers, Wallpapers, Photos, Cast & Crew, Story & Synopsis- NTH Wall". Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  3. "Sandhya-Mukhopadhyay | Music-Directors | Music-Composers | Sandhya-Mukhopadhyay songs | Sandhya-Mukhopadhyay biography". Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  4. "RaktimSen.com | My World of the Arts..." Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  5. "Coming soon page | Register your own domain at GKG.NET".