During the golden era of Bengali Modern Songs and even Bengali Film Songs, which is between early 1950s to mid 1970s, Sudhin Dasgupta has been one of the key composers of this era. However, he is still one of the most significant music directors in the industry. Sudhin Dasgupta`s westernized compositions changed the course of the Bengali modern and film songs to a substantial extent. Alike
Salil Chowdhury, Hridaynath Mangeshkar or Dr. Nachiketa Ghosh, his compositions carried an identity of their own.
Films with Sudhin Dasgupta`s Music -
| Job Charnker BiBi |
Bombaiyer Bombete (2003) |
Priya Bandhabi (1943) |
Jalsaghar (1958) |
Chhadmabeshi (1971) |
| Pratham Kadam Ful |
Haar Mana Haar (1972) |
Rater Rajanigandha (1973) |
Basanta Bilap (1973) |
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| Jiban Saikate (1972) |
Gali Theke Rajpath (1959) |
Akash Kusum (1965) |
Teen Bhubaner Pare (1976) |
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Some of the immortal compositions of composer Sudhin Dasgupta are "Moyurkonthi Rater Nile" for Manabendra Mukherjee, "Ei Jhirjhirjhir Batashe" for Dhanonjoy Bhattacharya, "Akash Eto Meghla" for Satinath Mukherjee, "Keno Tumi Phire Ele" for Shyamal Mitra and many others. Sudhin Dasgupta was credited for changing the course of Bengali film song by inviting
Manna Dey to sing for
Uttam Kumar whose major songs were earlier sung by
Hemanta Mukherjee.
Sudhin Dasgupta went to
Mumbai for the recordings of Sankhyabela. During those days
Manna Dey and
Lata Mangeshkar were busy recording the songs of Pakizaa with Gulam Mohammad and Naushad. When Sudhin Dasgupta recorded the song "Ke Prothom Kaache Eshechi", a
Manna Dey and
Lata Mangeshkar duet,
Naushad heard the song and marked it one of the best compositions he has ever heard.
The film Shonkhobela (1966) was declared as a superhit. Sudhin Dasgupta`s compositions rendered by
Manna Dey "Ami agantuk" and "Aj mon cheche ami hariye jabo" sung by Lata Mangeshkar was very well appreciated by music lovers and is still some of the most remembered songs of those period. After Shonkobela, Manna Dey created an immortal combination in playback singing with the legendary actor Uttam Kumar. He provided outstanding performances in films like Antony Firingi (1967), Nishipadma (1970), Stri (1971), Sanyasi Raja (1975) and so on.
Sudhin Dasgupta composed music in notable Bengali films like Dak Harkara (1958), Shonkhabela (1966), Choddhobeshi (1971), Har Mana Har (1972), Teen Bhubaner Pare and many more. Sudhin Dasgupta had unbeatable skills in the usage of westernized chorus and harmonization that was a rare usage during those days. He has also used baul, a type of folk song in rural Bengal in the song "ogo tomar shesh bicharer asay" for Manna Dey. He included a Karnatic touch in the song "bachao ke acho" in Chaddabeshi. Folk effect was heard in Sudhin Dasgupta`s "rangila ranga dehe bhab jegeche" for Manabendra Mukherjee. Sudhin Dasgupta was also a brilliant lyricist. Some of his lyrics were as colorful as his compositions.