S. D. Burman Biography by Girindra Majumdar - Part V - (Final)

Whenever Sachin Karta visited Tripura with his family, Brajen Biswas would accompany him. At the time of Kiran Karta’s death, he travelled with Karta and Meera Devi to their Tripura. On the way, the steamer halted at Tarpasha. Karta saw a young girl crying, asking around if anyone had seen her parents and her brother. Sachin Karta learnt that she had been married off at a very young age. After marriage, she had refused to go to her in-laws’ house. Her parents had forced her to go, promising to bring her back soon. Realising that this was good situation for a song, Sachin Karta asked Brajen to write down the lyrics as dictated by him. The song was ‘Ke jash re, Bhati gang baiya.’ It became a memorable song. ‘Ke jash re, bhati gang baiya’, sung and composed by Sachin Karta.