Gauriprasanna Mazumder

Gauriprasanna Majumdar (1925–1986)[1] was an Bengali lyricist and writer, known for his work in Indian cinema and Bangladeshi Cinema .[2][3] He is most commonly associated with the black and white era of Bengali cinema, when he penned several enduring classics for films. He won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for best lyricist for Swaralipi (1962), Palatak (1964), Anthony Firingee (1968), Bon Palashir Padabali (1974), Sanyasi Raja (1976) and Anurager Chhoan (1987, posthumously). He also won National Film Awards of Bangladesh for Sesh Porjonto (1969).

Gauriprasanna Majumdar
Born5 December 1925
Pabna, Bangladesh
Died20 August 1986(1986-08-20) (aged 61)
Kolkata, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationLyricist

Career

Majumdar was a contemporary of Nachiketa Ghosh, Robin Chattopadhyay, Hemanta Mukherjee, Uttam Kumar, and Kishore Kumar, and worked extensively with R D Burman and Kishore Kumar, Manna De.

His works include Mago Vabna keno, Akash keno daake, Aj ei dinta moner khatay, Amar swapno tumi, Asha chilo bhalobasha chilo, Aj dujonar duti poth, CoffeeHouser Shei Adda, Eito hethay kunjo chhayay, Ek polokey ektu dekha, Ei balukabelay, Ei raat tomar amar, Ei poth jodi na shesh hoy, Ki ashay bandhi khelaghor, Neer choto khoti nei, Mangal Deep Jwele, Mou bone jomechey, O nodi re, and Shing nei tobu naam tar shingho.[4][5]

Legacy

On 12 February 2011, the 25th anniversary of his death, a musical evening was organized to pay tribute, held at Nazrul Mancha, Kolkata.[6] Lopamudra, Shaan, Bappi Lahiri, Srikanta Acharya, and Arati Mukherjee among others were in attendance. Sovan Chatterjee, the mayor of Kolkata along with Satabdi Roy and Debasish Kumar MMIC, set the ball rolling for the evening. In October 2012 he was awarded the prestigious Bangladesh Mukti Yoddha Sammanana Trophy (posthumously) by the Honourable Prime Minister of Bangladesh for his famous composition "Shono Ekti Mujiburer Theke..." and "Mago Vabna Keno...." which became the anthem for Bangladesh War of Liberation in 1971.[7]

References
  1. Gouri Prasanna Majumder
  2. "Gouri Prasanna Majumdar, the golden man of Bengali 'movie song' nostalgia". Get Bengal. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  3. Partha Chatterjee (16 June 2007). "A master's voice". Frontline. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. He [Manna Dey] shows great affection and respect for Gauri Prasanna Majumdar, a sensitive and versatile lyricist.
  4. Calcuttaweb – Bengali Songs – Hemanta Mukherjee Archived May 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Calcuttaweb – Bengali Songs – Kishore Kumar Archived May 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  6. Deblina Chakravorty (13 February 2011). "A tribute to late Gouri Prasanna". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012.
  7. Ferdous, Fahmim (26 March 2016). "[WATCH] Rockstars unite for "Ma Go Bhabna Keno" cover". The Daily Star. Retrieved 1 September 2022.


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