HEMANT KUMAR AS A COMPOSER-I । Manish French Studio

HEMANT KUMAR AS A COMPOSER-I (16 June 1920 – 26 September 1989) Hemanta Mukhopadhyay was born in Varanasi in his maternal grandfather’s house. His education took place at Kolkata. While pursuing diploma in engineering, Hemanta decided to quit it midway and devote himself completely to music. He mastered Rabindra Sangeet and started singing in Bengali films. His Bengali songs under the composition of Salil Chowdhury and under his own composition are notable. He composed and leant his voice as a singer under the name Hemant Kumar. He moved to Bombay in 1952 to score the music for ‘Anandmath’, a Hindi film based on a famous Bengali novel of the same name written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya. For the next two to three decades, Hemant Da, as he was popularly addressed, continued to compose music and sing for several Hindi and Bengali films. He also sang for films in many other Indian languages. His compositions for movies like Nagin (1954), Jagriti (1955), Miss Mary (1957), Girl Friend (1960), Bees Saal Baad (1962), Sahab Bibi aur Ghulam (1962), Kohra (1963), Anupama (1965) and Khamoshi (1969) have an everlasting appeal. He even produced some movies. Hemanta Da ran a homeopathic hospital in his native village in 24-Parganas district of West Bengal in the memory of his father. His wife Bela Muhkerjee and daughter Ranu Mukherjee sang infrequently. The well-known heroine Moushumi Chatterjee is married to his other child Jayant. After surviving his first heart attack in 1980, he succumbed to the second in September 1989. A brief description of songs composed by Hemant Kumar used here is presented below: 1. Vrindavan ka Krishna Kanhaiya Film: Miss Mary (1957) Lyricist: Rajendra Krishan Singers: Mohd. Rafi & Lata Mangeshkar 2. Vande Mataram Film: Anandmath (1952) Lyricist: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Singers: Lata Mageshkar & Hemant Kumar 3. Man dole mera tan dole Film: Nagin (1954) Lyricist: Rajendra Krishan Singer: Lata Mangeshkar 4. Jadugar Saiyan Film: Nagin Lyricist: Rajendra Krishan Singer: Lata Mageshkar 5. Mera dil ye pukare Film: Nagin Lyricist: Rajendra Krishan Singer: Lata Mageshkar 6. Na yeh chand hoga Film: Shart (1954) Lyricist: S H Bihari Singer: Geeta Dutt 7. Ao bachcho tumhe dikhayen Film: Jagriti (1955) Singer & Lyricist: Pradeep 8. De di hume azadi Film: Jagriti Singer: Asha Bhosle Lyricist: Pradeep 9. Chalo Chalen Ma Film: Jagriti Singer: Asha Bhosle Lyricist: Pradeep 10. Chali Gori pi se Film: Ek Hi Raasta (1956) Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri Singer: Hemant Kumar 11. Kahan le chale ho Film: Durgesh Nandini (1956) Lyricist: Rajendra Krishan Singer: Lata Mageshkar 12. O Raat ke Musafir Film: Miss Mary (1957) Lyricist: Rajendra Krishan Singers: Mohd. Rafi & Lata Mangeshkar 13. So gaya sara zamana Film: Miss Mary Lyricist: Rajendra Krishan Singer: Lata Mangeshkar 14. Sakhiri sun bole papiha Film: Miss Mary Lyricist: Rajendra Krishan Singers: Lata Mangeshkar & Asha Bhosle 15. Chhup gaya koi re Film: Champakali (1957) Lyricist: Rajendra Krishan Singer: Lata Mangeshkar 16. Phulwa ban mehke Film: Hum bhi insaan hain (1959) Lyricist: Shailendra Singers: Geeta Dutt & Suman Kalyanpur 17. Kashti ka khamosh safar hai Film: Girl Friend (1960) Lyricist: Sahir Ludhianvi Singers: Kishore Kumar & Sudha Malhotra 18. Aaj rona pada toh samjhe Film: Girl Friend Lyricist: Sahir Ludhianvi Singer: Kishore Kumar 19. Aji maine kaha tumse Film: Maa Beta (1962) Lyricist: Prem Dhawan Singers: Mukesh & Lata Mangeshkar @ManishFrenchStudio #ManishFrenchStudio #HindiSongShorts #BollywoodShorts #YouTubeShorts #IndianMusic #BollywoodSongs #RomanticSongs #OldHindiSongs #NewHindiSongs #ShortVideos #VerticalVideos #TrendingShorts #DesiVibes #FilmyShorts #AcrylicPainting #AIArt #BollywoodLoveSongs #EmotionalSongs #IndianEntertainment #shortsind #HemantKumar #HemantKumarComposer #ClassicHindiMusic #OldHindiSongs #GoldenEraMusic #RetroBollywood #EvergreenSongs #BollywoodMusicHistory #VintageHindiSongs #LegendaryComposer #IndianMusicHeritage