'''Kamal Dasgupta (?- 1974)'''



Bengali composer born in Dhaka (now
Bangladesh). Début with the Gramophone
Company of India. Became widely known
when his music was performed by the popular
singer Juthika Roy and provided the definitive
musical arrangements for some of [[Kazi Nazrul Islam|Kazi Nazrul Islam]]’s compositions. His use of orchestration typifies the Nazrul gharana, which he helped popularise in the early years of the gramophone industry. Along with [[Anupam Ghatak]] and Anil Bagchi, one of the most popular composers in the interwar years. Worked with [[Barua]] (e.g. [[Shesh Uttar]]/[[Jawab]], Pehchan) and extensively with [[Niren Lahiri]]  ([[Garmil]], Jayjatra). Also scored [[Modhu Bose]]’s Baraley Bandhu; 1961; Sathi Hara.   [[Tagore]]-derived Giribala. Worked with [[Sagar]] directors [[Luhar]] (Bindiya) and [[Badami]] (Manmani) and later with Pranab Roy, also producing Roy’s Prarthana. Later years in Bangladesh where he married the singer Feroza Begum.



FILMOGRAPHY: 1936: Pandit Moshai; 1938: Sarbajanin Bibahotsab; 1939: Debjani; 1942: Shesh Uttar/Jawab; Garmil; 1943: Sahadharmini; Jogajog/Hospital; Chandar Kalanka/Rani; Dampati; 1944: Bideshini; 1945: Nandita; Meghdoot; Bhabhi-Kaal; 1946: Bindiya; Krishna Leela; Pehchan; Zameen Aasmaan; 1947: Faisla; Giribala; Manmani; Chandrasekhar; 1948: Jayjatra/Vijay Yatra; 1949: Iran Ki Ek Raat; Rangamati; Anuradha; 1951: Phulwari; 1952: Prarthana; 1953: Malancha; 1954: Nababidhan; Bhagwan Shri Krishna Chaitanya; 1955: Bratacharini; 1956: Manraksha; Govindadas; 
1957: Madhu Malati; Sandhan; 1967: Bodhu Baran.



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