In 1937, Hemanta cut his first gramophone disc under the Columbia label. The songs (non-film) on this disc were 'Janite Jadi Go Tumi' and 'Balo Go Balo More' whose lyrics were by Naresh Bhattacharya and music was composed by Sailesh Duttagupta. Thereafter, every year Hemanta continued to record non-film discs for the (GCI) till 1984. His first Hindi songs were 'Kitana Dukh Bhulaya Tumne' and 'O Preet Nibhanewali,' released in 1940 under GCI's Columbia label.
Music for these songs were composed by; lyrics were. In 1947, Hemanta recorded a non-film song called 'Ganyer badhu' ('The rural bride') that had music and lyrics by Salil Chowdhury. The six-minute song recorded on two sides of a 78 rpm disc was sung at a varying pace and lacked the conventional structure and romantic theme of a Bengali song. It depicted an idyllic, prosperous and caring rural woman's life and family and how it gets ravaged by the demons of famine and ensuing poverty. This song generated an unforeseen popularity for Hemanta and Salil in eastern India and, in a way, established Hemanta ahead of his male contemporaries.
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Hemanta and Salil paired again in several songs over the next few years. Almost all these songs proved to be very popular. Around the same period, Hemanta started receiving more assignments for music composition for Bengali films.
Some were for director. When Hemen moved to a few years later, he called upon Hemanta to compose music for his first directorial venture in Hindi titled Anandmath under the banner. Responding to this call, Hemanta migrated to Mumbai in 1951 and joined Filmistan Studios. The music of (1952) was a moderate success. Perhaps, the most notable songs from this movie is 'Vande mataram' sung by, which Hemanta set to a marching tune. Following Anandamath, Hemanta scored music for a few Filmistan movies like Shart in subsequent years, the songs of which received moderate popularity.
Simultaneously, Hemanta gained popularity in Mumbai as a. His songs playbacked for actor under music director in movies like, House No.
44, and Baat ek raat ki became quite popular. Career rise. By the mid-1950s, Hemanta had consolidated his position as a prominent singer and composer. In Bengal, he was one of the foremost exponents of and perhaps the most sought-after male singer. In a ceremony organised by Hemanta Mukhopadhyay to honour Debabrata Biswas (1911–1980), the legendary Rabindra Sangeet exponent, in Calcutta in March 1980, Debabrata Biswas unhesitatingly mentioned Hemanta as 'the second hero' to popularise Rabindra Sangeet, the first being the legendary Pankaj Kumar Mallick. In Mumbai, along with playback singing, Hemanta carved a niche as a composer. He composed music for a Hindi film called (1954) which became a major success owing largely to its music.
Songs of Nagin remained chart-toppers continuously for two years and culminated in Hemant receiving the prestigious in 1955. The very same year, he scored music for a Bengali movie called Shapmochan in which he played back four songs for the Bengali actor. This started a long partnership between Hemant and Uttam as a playback singer-actor pair. They were the most popular singer-actor duo in over the next decade. In the latter part of the 1950s, Hemanta composed music and sang for several Bengali and Hindi films, recorded several Rabindra Sangeets and Bengali non-film songs. Almost all of these, especially his Bengali songs, became very popular. This period can be seen as the zenith of his career and lasted for almost a decade.
He sang songs composed by the major music directors in Bengal such as,. Some of the notable films Hemanta himself composed music for during this period include, Swaralipi, Kuhak, Dui Bhai, and in Bengali, and, and in Hindi.
Movie production. In the late 1950s, Hemanta ventured into under his own banner: Hemanta-Bela productions. The first movie under this banner was a Bengali film directed by, titled (1959).
The story was based on the travails of a street hawker in Calcutta in the backdrop of. The movie went onto win the — the highest honour for a movie from. In the next decade, Hemanta's production company was renamed Geetanjali productions and it produced several Hindi movies such as, Kohraa, Biwi Aur Makaan, Faraar, Rahgir and — all of which had music by Hemanta. Only Bees Saal Baad and Khamoshi were major commercial successes. Back in Bengal, Hemanta scored music for a movie titled Palatak in 1963 where he experimented with merging and light music. This proved to be a major success and Hemanta's composition style changed noticeably for many of his future films in Bengal such as Baghini,.
In Bengali films Manihar and Adwitiya, both of which were major musical as well as commercial successes, his compositions had a light classical tinge. In 1961, for commemorating 's birth centenary, Gramophone company of India featured Rabindrasangeet by Hemanta in a large portion of its commemorative output. This too proved to be a major commercial success. Hemanta went on several overseas concert tours including his trip to the. Overall, in the 1960s decade he retained his position as the major male singer in Bengal and as a composer and singer to be reckoned with in Hindi films.
In the 1960s he was the predominant and lead male voice in many of Tagore's musical dramas like Valmiki Pratibha, Shyama, Sapmochan, Chitrangada and Chandalika. With Kanika Bandopadhyay (1924–2000) and Suchitra Mitra (1924–2010), who were the lead female voices in these, he was part of the triumvirate that was popular and respected. It was referred as 'Hemanta-Kanika-Suchitra' and, with Debabrata Biswas, this quartet was and continues to be most heard exponents of Tagore compositions. Later career. In the 1970s, Hemanta's contribution in Hindi films was nominal.
He scored music for a handful of his home productions, but none of these movies were successful nor their music. In Bengal, however, he remained the foremost exponent of Rabindra Sangeet, film and non-film songs.
His output continued to be popular for most of the decade. Some of them are Jodi jante chao tumi (1972), Sedin tomay dekhechilam (1974), Khirki theke singho duar (stree 1971), Ke jane ko ghonta (1974), Chorono dhorite diyogo amare (1980).
In 1971, Hemanta debuted as a in for his self-produced Bengali movie Anindita. It didn't fare exceedingly well at the box office. However, his rendition 'Diner seshe ghumer deshe' was one of his best Rabindra Sangeet. In the same year Hemanta went to Hollywood by responding famous film director Conrad Rooks and score the music of Conrad's Siddhartha and played back in that film.
He was the first Indian singer to play back in Hollywood. The US government honoured Hemanta by giving him citizenship of Baltimore, Maryland. Hemanta is also the first ever singer of India to get USA citizenship. In the early to mid-1970s, two major music composers in Bengal, and, who had worked closely with Hemanta since the early 1950s, died. Simultaneously, music composed by Hemanta for Bengali films like Fuleswari, Raag Anurag, ' Ganadebata ' and established Hemanta as the major film music composer in the Bengal movie scene. In 1979, Hemanta re-recorded some of his earlier works with composer from the 1940s and 1950s. This album, titled Legend of Glory, vol.
2 was a major commercial success, despite Hemanta's aged and slightly tired voice. In 1980, Hemanta had a that severely affected his vocal capabilities, especially his breath control. He continued to record songs in the early eighties, but his voice was a shade of its rich past.
In 1984, Hemanta was felicitated by different organizations, most notably by the Gramophone Company of India, for completing 50 years in music. That very year Hemanta released his last album with Gramophone Company of India — a 45 rpm extended play disc with four non-film songs.
Over the next few years, Hemanta released non-film songs under small-time labels that had cropped up in the nascent cassette-based music industry. Only a few of these were commercially successful. He composed music for a handful of Bengali movies and one Bengali and one Hindi tele-series. However, by this time he had become an institution, a beloved personality, and a courteous and friendly gentleman.
His philanthropic activities included running a homeopathic hospital in memory of his late father in their native village in Baharu, in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Nearly two decades after his death the Gramophone Company of India releases at least one album by Hemanta Mukhopadhyay every year, repackaging his older songs, because of the commercial viability of his songs. His legacy still lives on through the songs he has recorded, music he has composed, and through many male singers in Bengal and the rest of India who continue to imitate his singing style.
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