Pulak Bandyopadhyay


Pulak Bandyopadhyay পুলক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় was a Bengali Indian lyricist and songwriter of Bengali cinema.

Early life

He was born and brought up in Howrah. His family had close links with art circles, in particular in drama, literature, and music. He was a graduate of the Scottish Church College, in Calcutta.

Career

He experimented with various genres and in the process contributed richly to the evolution of musical compositions in Bengali cinema during the 1960s and 1970s. The sheer spontaneity of his compositions made him a much sought after lyricist. Famous Bengali and Bollywood artistes like Akhilbandhu Ghosh,Hemanta Mukherjee, Manna Dey, Geeta Dutt, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Haimanti Shukla, Shyamal Mitra, Bhupen Hazarika, Pratima Bandopadhyay, Utpala Sen, Arundhati Holme Chowdhury, Satinath Mukherjee, Madhuri Chattopadhyay, Anup Ghoshal and Arati Mukherjee sang his compositions. In 1966 film Sankhabela, he wrote two evergreen songs- "Ke Prothom Kachhe Esechhi" and "Aaj Mon Cheyechhe". In 1969 film Prothom Kadam Phool, he wrote "Ami Shri Shri Bhojo Hori Manna".

Death

On 7 September 1999, he committed suicide by jumping off a launch into the Hooghly river.

Notable songs