Pankaj Mullick

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pankaj Kumar Mullick (Bangla: পঙ্কজ কুমার মল্লিক Pôngkoj Kumar Mollik) (10 May 1904 - 19 February 1978) was the fourth recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1973. He is also known as the First Man of Rabindra Sangeet. He had been well known as a music composer and singer. However, he has also acted and penned the lyrics for some films. He was closely associated with Bengali cinema and also Bollywood. He was one of the first artists of All India Radio or Akashvani. He was also associated with the New Theatres Calcutta [1], especially Raichand Boral. He studied at the Scottish Church College in Calcutta in the 1920s.

Also see Indian film music directors.

[edit] Honours and Awards

[edit] External links

 This biographical article related to film in India is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it, and see WikiProject Indian cinema for article coordination.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../p/a/n/Pankaj_Mullick_42e0.html"