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5 With Best Compliments Founding Father (Born-1906) Madhumati and Rajnigandha. Hemanta Kumar, apart from being a successful playback singer with his distinctive voice, scored music in films like Bees Saal Baad, Kohra, Nagin, Sahib, Bibi Aur Ghulam and Khamoshi. Equally distinctive was the voice of Geeta Dutt with unforgettable numbers like Waqt Ne Kiya and Thandi Hawa. After a long break following her marriage to Guru Dutt, she made a charming come back under Kanu Roy's baton in the film Anubhav. Then there was Rahul Dev Burman, the creative dynamo, who revolutionized Hindi film music every few years with paradigmchanging musical landmarks like Teesri Manzil, Padosan, Hare Rama Hare Krishna, Amar Prem and 1942, A Love Story ( his swan song). The list of his outstanding scores would fill pages. The same is the case with Kishore Kumar, the legendary playback singer who displaced Mohammad Rafi from his perch with the remarkable success of Aradhana in 1969, and never looked back. Manna Dey provided a good counterpoint to Kishore with his niche numbers. Though successful with romantic numbers like Aaja Sanam Madhur Chnadni Mein, it was with classical raga-based numbers like Poochho Na Kaise or Jhanak Jhanak More Baaje Paayaliya and dramatic numbers like Zindagi Kaise Yeh Paheli or Hey Bhai Jara Dekha Ke Chalo that Manna really found his true forte. Of course, among this cavalcade of true greats one should not forget Bappi Lahiri, a true music director of the masses, going from one extreme to another, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna to Bombaysi Aya Mera Dost,. Leaving the glory days behind let us take a look at the Bengali's in Bollywood of today. What kind of presence do they have there? Leading the Bong brats in Bollywood is Anurag Basu. Though Saaya came earlier, it was Murder of Mallika Sherawat fame with its huge commercial success that made Bollywood take notice. He proved his directorial mettle with Gangster and Life.. in a Metro and is among the most wanted directors in Mumbai today. Reportedly his next is a romantic crime thriller with Hritik Roshan. Pradeep Sarkar came gave us a brilliant contemporary version of Sarat Chandra's Parineeta only to take a step backward with a disappointing Laaga Chunri Mein Daag. There are many more with limited success, mostly in the low or middle-budget bracket: Sujoy Ghosh (Jhankar Beats, Home Delivery), Dibakar Banerjee (Khosla Ka Ghosla), Onir (My Brother Nikhil, Bas Ek Pal), Saket Chaudhury (Pyaar Ke Side Effects), Ken Ghosh (Ishq Vishk, Fida), Shashank Ghosh (Aisa Bhi Hota hai, Part II) and Shoojit Saircar (Yahaan). Then there is the irrepressible Rituparno Ghosh with his Raincoat and the upcoming The Last Lear as his Bollywood offerings so far. Pritish Nandy and his PNC Communications are keeping the flag of production high. There has been no Bengali male star of note after Mithun. But Rahul Bose is not doing too badly in his brand of films, notable among them being Pyar Ke Side Effects, Mr. and Mrs Iyer and Jhankar Beats. The female stars are doing much better. Half-Bengali Kajol (daughter of Shomu Mukherjee and Tanuja) is Hindi film's most admired actress in recent times, closely followed by Rani Mukherjee, a scion of the famous Sasadhar Mukherjee lineage. Bipasha Basu, Sushmita Sen have been quite successful. And Konkona Sen has made it on the sheer strength of her acting talent, giving a great account of herself in Mr and Mrs Iyer, Page 3, Mixed Doubles, Traffic Signal, Omkara and Life..in a Metro. Between the two daughters of Moon Moon Sen, it is Raima who has shown great promise in films like Chokher Bali, Parineeta, Honeymooon Travels and Manorama Six Foot Under. Rimi Sen is hovering on the sidelines after some success in films like Hungama,Dhoom, Garam Masala, Phir Hera Pheri and Golmaal. Tanushree Dutta and Koena Mitra have made their presence felt as item girls and are trying to move up the hierarchy. But one area where the Bengali talent has found ready takers in Bollywood is music, especially playback singing. Kumar Sanu managed to build himself as a poor man's Kishore, rising rapidly in the heyday of Nadeem-Shravan, and disappearing as fast. Abhijjet gained some success as the voice of Shahrukh in films like Anjaam, Yes Boss and Chalte Chalte and there is Babul Supriyo with an occasional number now and then. London-based Sujata Bhattacharya singing as Madhushree made everyone take note of her dulcet voice in Yuva with Kabhi Neem Neem. Soham Chakraborty too impressed with his In Dino in Life in a..metro. But the leading lights of playback singing in Mumbai are unquestionably Shaan and Shreya Ghoshal. Both of them are versatile, have youth on their side and have notched up enough hits singing for all major stars of today. When it comes to creating music, the man of the moment in Hindi films has to be Pritam Chakraborty, with hot and happening scores like Gangster, Woh Lamhe, Dhoom 2, Life in a.. Metro, Bhool Bhulaiya and Jab We Met. There have been fingers pointed for his generous borrowing from sources as diverse as Pakistani, Turkish Arabic, Indonesian, and even, Korean pop. But there is no denying that he has a grip over today's listener's tastes and adds something of his own to most of what he borrows. At least, he has given due credit to Guatam Chattopadhyay of Mohiner Ghoraguli for Prithvi, the song he popularized with his 'Bheegi Bheegi' adaptation in Gangster. Giving him company, though in a much more selective terrain, is Shantanu Moitra. Making everyone sit up with his evocative and distinctive score in Hazaron Khwiashein Aisi, he followed it up with the excellent Parineeta, Eklavya, Laag Chunri Mein Daag and the exquisite Khoya Khoya Chand. Not bad for someone who started his musical career with the jingle Bole Mere Lips, I Love Uncle Chips! Not quite the glorious days of the 50's and 60's, but at least there is some ground being regained. These are exciting times for Bollywood. Let's hope its Bong connection becomes stronger and the relationship leads to some kind of resurgence of mainstream Bengali cinema in the days to come. Utkal Mohanty With Best Compliments S.S. Electricals Class 1 Electrical Engineering and Contractors Opp. SKF Bearings Co., # 26, 5th Cross, Vidyanagar, Bommasandra Indl. Area Bangalore Ph.: M : Specialists in : Manufacturers of DB Panels, LT/HT Power Sanction

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