About Manabendra Mukhopadhyay
Manabendra Mukhopadhyay was an Indian singer and music composer in Bengali films. Coming to limelight in the early 1950s Manabendra was an innovative and stylish singer who had a strong foundation in Indian classical music. With his distinctive voice, Manabendra was an instant hit with the audience. demonstrating great talent also as a composer, using the lyrics and melody of a song with good effect. At that time Bengali modern song world had the presence of some outstanding performers like Dhananjay Bhattacharya, Manna Dey, Satinath Mukherjee, Akhilbandhu Ghosh, Kishore Kumar, Shyamal Mitra, Hemanta Mukhopadhyay to name a few. It is considered that during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s the Bengali modern songs reached their peak and that period is usually called the "Golden age of Bengali Adhunik Songs". At that time Bengal had a unique mix of singers which inspired composers and lyricists to create innumerable treasure of creative music. Each singer had their own inimitable style, and compositions were made to match their individual ability. Bengali non-film modern songs were in fact as popular, if not more, than film songs which also reached a level of popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. Being inspired by uncle Sidheshwar Mukherjee and Ratneswar Mukherjee, Manabendra impressed the listeners with his first basic disc in 1953, titled Nai Chondon Lekha Sriradhar Chokhe Nai Nai Shyamo Rai. Manabendra was the first man who scored in his disc record of Nazrul's songs as Nazrulgeeti in the mid-1960s. However, Manabendra credits a song in 'Nabajanma' — 'Ore Mon Majhi' to be his first hit in films.
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