Pankaj Mullick biography

Pankaj Mullick ( পঙ্কজ মল্লিক ), otherwise called Pankaj Kumar Mullick was a famous Bengali Indian music writer and playback vocalist, who was a pioneer of film music in Bengali film and Hindi film at the appearance of playback singing, just as an early type of Rabindra Sangeet.

He was granted the Padma Shri in 1970,[5] pursued by the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (India's most noteworthy honor in film, given by the Government of India) in 1972 for lifetime commitment to Indian cinema.

Early life and preparing

He was conceived in Kolkata in 1905, to Monimohan Mullick and Monomohini, his dad had a profound enthusiasm for customary Bengali music. He began his initial preparing in Indian traditional music under the tutelage of Durgadas Bandyopadhyaya, he learned at the Scottish Church College of the University of Calcutta.[7] A significant defining moment in his life came when, in the wake of completing his examinations, he interacted with Dinendranath Tagore, who was Rabindranath Tagore's terrific nephew; this prompted Pankaj Mullick's enduring enthusiasm for Rabindra Sangeet. Rabindranath Tagore, thus, became partial to him, and soon Mullick wound up known as one of the main examples of Tagore's melodies

Profession

Tagore's tune Nemecche Aaj Prothom Badal turned into his first business recording, with the Kolkata-based Videophone Company in 1926, at eighteen years old; this was the first of numerous collections which made him a commonly recognized name in Rabindra sangeet.

He began his profession with the Indian Broadcasting Corporation in Calcutta in 1927, the precursor of All India Radio (AIR), alongside arranger R. C. Boral, where he contributed as a music chief and craftsman for about fifty years.

He contributed in different abilities to Bengali, Hindi, Urdu and Tamil language films for a long time, beginning in 1931, he functioned as music chief to craftsmen like K.L. Saigal, S.D. Burman, Hemanta Mukherjee, Geeta Dutt and Asha Bhosle. He acted with well known film entertainers like K L Saigal, P.C. Barua and Kanan Devi. Alongside Nitin Bose and his famous sound designer sibling Mukul Bose, Mullick presented playback singing in Indian cinema.[3]

He worked with one of the early film studios, New Theaters Calcutta for a long time.