Pankaj Mallick... Milestone Songs.

Описание: He became a part of Indian cinema right from the silent era, since 1931
He was a part of the star studded New Theatres Studio team for nearly 25 years
Luminaries like K L Saigal, S D Burman, Hemanta Mukherjee, Geeta Dutt and Asha Bhosle sang under his music direction as did several other prominent artistes from Bengal and the rest of the country
He was the first music director who introduced Rabindrasangeet successfully in films
He introduced interlude and interlinking music for the first time in Indian film-songs
At a time when movie-making was not as prolific as it is now, he sang in, composed music for and occasionally acted in close to 100 movies
He was a part of Indian cinema from 1931 to 1969, a period of about 38 years
The movies he was associated with were in Bengali, Hindi, Urdu and Tamil
He along with director Sri Nitin Bose was instrumental in the introduction of playback singing in Indian cinema
He recorded his first song when he was only 18 years old
He was the first person to popularise Rabindrasangeet by unleashing the magic of Tagore’s songs amongst the masses
His music career spanned an awe-inspiring 50 years
He officially composed over 5,000 songs in those 50 years
Singers like K L Saigal, S D Burman, Hemant Kumar, Kanan Devi, Geeta Dutt and Asha Bhosle amongst others sung his compositions
His co-stars in films included K L Saigal, P C Barua and Kanan Devi amongst others
He was appointed as the Honorary Advisor to the Folk Entertainment Section of the Government of West Bengal, from 1953 to 1968, by the Chief Minister of West Bengal
He was regarded as one of the founding fathers of Bangla Adhunik Gaan, a sub-genre of Bengali songs
He had several popular non-film songs in Hindi, Urdu and Bengali to his credit
He was the first to introduce elements of Western Music to Indian cinematic & non-cinematic songs.