Pralay Nachan | প্রলয় নাচন | Pankaj Kumar Mullick | Rabindranath Tagore

This recording of the song - Pralay Nachan Nachle Jokhon - is Pankaj Mullick’s first recorded Rabindrasangeet. This recording was completely unplanned. C C Saha, the founder of Hindusthan Records, was experimenting with a piece of recording equipment when Pankaj Mullick and another legendary music composer Rai Chand Boral had, gone to visit him for a chat. The trio took an impromptu decision to test out the equipment, which led to Pankaj Mullick singing Pralay Nachan with R C Boral accompanying him on the tabla. The recording turned out to be so good that it was published as a record which, on release, met with great acceptance and became immensely popular. At that time, Pankaj Mullick was about 23 years old. Pankaj Mullick is acknowledged to be the first person who popularised Rabindranath’s songs among the masses earning him the epithet of The First Man of Rabindrasangeet.