Gauriprasanna Majumdar
Born5 December 1925
Died20 August 1986(1986-08-20) (aged 61)
NationalityIndian
EducationPresidency College, Kolkata
OccupationLyricist
AwardsNational Film Awards (1969)
Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards (1962),(1964),(1968),(1974),(1976),(1987)

Gauriprasanna Majumdar (1925–1986)[1] was an Indian 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. Often considered as one of the greatest and most prominent lyricists of the golden era of Bengali cinema, he is a recipient of numerous accolades. 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).

Career

Majumdar was a contemporary of Nachiketa Ghosh, Robin Chattopadhyay, Hemanta Mukherjee, Uttam Kumar and Kishore Kumar. He had also worked extensively with R D Burman, Kishore Kumar, Sandhya Mukherjee and Manna De. He lyrics was known for expressing emotions, sculpt feelings and his command over words.

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, Coffee Houser 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]

Discography

Year Film Song Composer Singer(s) Note
1954 Agni Pariksha "Aaj Achhi Kal Nei" Anupam Ghatak Alpana Banerjee
"Gane Mor Kon Indradhanu" Sandhya Mukherjee
"Jodi Bhul Korei"
"Jibon Nodir Jowar Bhata" Satinath Mukherjee
"Ke Tumi Amare Dako" Sandhya Mukherjee
"Phuler Kane Bhramar
1955 Sabar Uparey "Ghum Ghum Chand" Robin Chatterjee Sandhya Mukherjee
"Janina Phurabe Kobe"
1956 Ekti Raat "O Bashi Dake" Anupam Ghatak Sandhya Mukherjee
"Kakan Bole Shrimoti Tobe"
"Pradiper Sikha Keno Kape"
1956 Trijama "Dhup Chirodin" Nachiketa Ghosh Sandhya Mukherjee
"Jhiri Jhiri Piyaler"
"Matite Chandramallicka"
"Pakhir Kujan Shune"
"Ram Do Sharir" Hemanta Mukherjee
1957 Harischandra
1957 Pathey Holo Deri "Aro Kichukhan Na Hoy Rahita Kache" Robin Chatterjee Sandhya Mukherjee
"E Sudhu Ganer Din"
"Ei Sanjhara Lagane"
"Polash Ar Krishanachura"
"Kakoli Kujane" Alpana Banerjee
1957 Harano Sur "Tumi Je Amar" Hemanta Mukherjee Geeta Dutt
"Aaj Dujanar Duti Path" Hemanta Mukherjee
1958 Indrani "Surya Dobar Pala" Robin Chatterjee Hemanta Mukherjee
"Neer Choto Kshati Nei" Hemanta Mukherjee, Geeta Dutt
"Durer Tumu Aaj" Geeta Dutt
"Bhangre Bhangre Bhang" Hemanta Mukherjee
"Jhanak Jhanak Kanak Knakon Baje" Geeta Dutt
"Sabh Kuch Lutakar" Mohammed Rafi Hindi song
"Ogo Sundar Jano Naki" Geeta Dutt
1959 Abak Prithibi Amal Mukherjee
1959 Chaowa Pawa "Jodi Babo E To Khelaghar" Nachiketa Ghosh Hemanta Mukherjee
"Ei Je Kache Daka" Sandhya Mukherjee
1959 Deep Jwele Jaai "Ei Raat Tomar Amar" Hemanta Mukherjee Hemanta Mukherjee
"Emon Bondhu Aar Ke Aache" Manna Dey
"Aar Jeno Nei Kono Bhabna" Lata Mangeshkar
1959 Marutirtha Hinglaj "Pather Klanti Bhule" Hemanta Mukherjee Hemanta Mukherjee
"Hey Chandrachur"
"Sarbasya Buddhirupena"
"Tomar Bhubane Mago"
1959 Neel Akasher Neechey "O Nadi Re" Hemanta Mukherjee Hemanta Mukherjee
"Neel Akasher Neechey Ei Prithibi"
1959 Sonar Harin "Ei Je Chander Alo" Hemanta Mukherjee Sandhya Mukherjee
"Tomar Duti Chokh" Geeta Dutt
"Ei Mayabi Tithi"
1960 Kuhak "Aro Kache Eso" Hemanta Mukherjee Hemanta Mukherjee
"Bishnupriya Go Ami Chole Jai"
"Hay Hanpay Je Ei Hapor"
"Naolo Kishori Go"
"Peyechhi Parash Manik"
"Sarati Din Dhore"
1961 Saptapadi "Ei Poth Jodi Na Shesh Hoy" Hemanta Mukherjee Hemanta Mukherjee, Sandhya Mukherjee
"Ei Poth Jodi Na Shesh Hoy" (Female Version) Sandhya Mukherjee
"On The Merry Go Round" Suzi Miller
1961 Dui Bhai
1962 Bipasha "Ami Swapne Tomay" Robin Chatterjee Sandhya Mukherjee
"Klantir Path"
"Rajani Pohalo"
1963 Bhranti Bilas Shyamal Mitra
1963 Badsha
1963 Deya Neya "Ami Cheye Cheye Dekhi Saradin" Shyamal Mitra Shyamal Mitra
"Dole Dodul Dole Jhulana" Shyamal Mitra, Manabendra Mukherjee
"Gaane Bhuban Bhoriye Debe" Shyamal Mitra
"Jiban-Khatar Prati Patay"
"Madhobi Modhupey Holo Mitali" Aarti Mukherji
"E Gaane Prajapati" Sandhya Mukherjee
1965 Alor Pipasa "Minati Mor Tomar Paaye" Hemanta Mukherjee Sandhya Mukherjee
"Kaschitkanta Biraha Guruna" Hemanta Mukherjee
"Abke Sawan Ghar Aaja" Rajesh Kumari
"Balam Matware"
"Ghir Aai Badariya" Lata Mangeshkar
"Aaja Piya" Sandhya Mukherjee
"Na Bajaiho Shyam Bairi Bansuri" Lata Mangeshkar
"Bidyudwantang Lalita Banita" Hemanta Mukherjee
"Shrinnante Vishwe Amitatsya Putra"
1965 Rajkanya "E Jeno Ojana Ek Poth" Shyamal Mitra Shyamal Mitra
"Ei Sei Purnima Raat" Shyamal Mitra , Asha Bhosle
1966 Rajdrohi
1967 Antony Firingee Anil Bagchi
1967 Balika Badhu "Aami Kusum Tuliya" Hemanta Mukherjee Bani Dasgupta, Hemanta Mukherjee
"Lag Lag Ranger Bhelki" Hemanta Mukherjee
"Suk Bole Keno Shari" Hemanta Mukherjee, Bela Mukherjee
1967 Nayika Sangbad "Ei Purnima Raat" Hemanta Mukherjee Hemanta Mukherjee
"Aaj Chanchal Mon Jodi" Sandhya Mukherjee
1970 Nishi Padma "Ja Khushi Ora Bole" Nachiketa Ghosh Manna Dey
"Ore Sakol Sona Molin Holo" Sandhya Mukherjee
"Na Na Aj Rate Ar Jatra Sunte" Manna Dey
"Rajar Pakhi Uira Gela" Shyamal Mitra
1972 Andha Atit Shyamal Mitra
1972 Stree Nachiketa Ghosh
1973 Bon Palashir Padabali Rabindranath Tagore, Shyamal Mitra, Adhir Bagchi, Satinath Mukherjee
1973 Shriman Prithviraj "Haridaser Bulbul Bhaja" Hemanta Mukherjee Tarun Banerjee
"Tolpi Tolpa Niye Ebar" Hemanta Mukherjee
"Haridaser Bulbul Bhaja - Reprise" Tarun Banerjee
"Aaji Basante" Aarti Mukherjee
"Noro Dhame Sakhato Ishwar He" Hemanta Mukherjee, Tarun Banerjee
1974 Mouchak Nachiketa Ghosh
1975 Sanyasi Raja "Bhalobasar Agun Jwalao" Manna Dey
"Thori Bhiksha Karke Lana"
"Ghar Sansar Sobai To Chai"
"Se Kotha Ki Jane Indu"
"Puja Ki Go Theme Jay"
"Kato Rasik Dekho Bhagaban"
"Karan Sebay Baran Karo"
"Hujur Bole Selam Kore"
"Ogo Beshi Daam Balo Kar"
"Kaharba Noy Dadra Bajao"
"Tarana"
"Ke Tabo Kanta" Hemanta Mukherjee
1978 Dhanraj Tamang "Ekti Sudhu Naam Dhanraj Tamang" Shyamal Mitra Hemanta Mukherjee
"Dekho Chuti Peye" Shyamal Mitra
"Mon Holo Aaj" Arati Mukherjee
"Tipai Tipai"
"Tora To Sobai Chili" Chaya Devi, Shakti Thakur
"Godhulir Swarnaraagey" Arundhuti Home Chiwdhury
"Jetey Jetey" Manna Dey, Arundhuti Home Chowdhury
"Oi Aakash Khujtey" Manna Dey
"Jetey Jetey Kichu Katha" Hemanta Kumar
"Orey Sujan Naiya"
"Sona Bandhurey"
"Aami Taxi Driver" Shyamal Mitra
"Moner Katha Koi Tomarey" Manna Dey, Sandhya Mukherjee
"Path Jey Aami Pelam" Shyamal Mitra
"Bela Holo Goshthey" Manna Dey
"Jal Nei" Tripti Mitra, Nirmal Biswas
"Nagini Sapinir Je Mon" Arundhati Home Chowdhury
"Oi Tusu" Tripti Mitra
"Par Pirtitir Chor Kanta Sou" Arundhati Home Chowdhury, Dhiren Chowdhury
1978 Nishan Shyamal Mitra
1980 Dui Prithibi "Tumi Tanpura Sure Bandhe Nao" Ananda Shankar Manna Dey, Aarti Mukherjee
"Jhorer Mukhomukhi Darate Hole" Manna Dey

Legacy

On 12 February 2011, marking the 25th anniversary of his death, a musical evening was organized at Nazrul Mancha, Kolkata to pay tribute to his legacy and contribution to Bengali Cinema.[6] Lopamudra, Shaan, Bappi Lahiri, Srikanta Acharya and Arati Mukherjee among others were in attendance. Sovan Chatterjee, the mayor of Kolkata at that time, along with Satabdi Roy and Debasish Kumar set the ball rolling for the evening. In October 2012 he was awarded the prestigious Bangladesh Mukti Yoddha Sammanana Trophy (posthumously) by Sheikh Hasina, 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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