Sudhin Dasgupta (October 1929 –January 1982) was one of the most powerful music director and lyricist of India. He is mostly known as a Bengali music director, lyricist, and singer. He has also worked on different other Indian languages like Hindi, Assamese and Oriya. His works opened a new horizon to the Bengali music for both the arenas of Bengali modern song as well as Bengali film song.
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The years of 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s are considered as the golden era for Bengali modern song as well as Bengali basic song. During this period, Bengali music industry saw numerous great music directors and lyricists like Gouri Prasanna Majumdar, Shaymal Gupta, Pronob Roy, Robin Chattopadhya, Pabitra Chattopadhya, Anol Chattopadhya, Anupam Ghatak, Anil Bagchi, Gyan Prokash Ghosh, Salil Chowdhury, Nachiketa Ghosh, Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Shyamal Mitra and obviously Sudhin Dasgupta.
In 1957, Sudhin Dasgupta entered the Bengali Film industry as the music composer for film called “Ulka”. His second film was “Dakharkara”, where famous Bengali novelist, Tarashankar Bandopadhyay worked as the lyricist. He never looked back and Bengali film industry got a series of mega hits from him like “Antaral”, “Shankhabela”, “Tin Bhuboner Pare”, “Prothom Kodom Phul”, “Chaddabeshi”, “Sonar Khancha”, “Picnic”, “Har Mana Har”, “Basanta Bilap”, “Hangsaraj”, “Antony Phiringi”, “Amrito Kumbher Sondhane” and many more. In many of the films he acted both as the lyricist and the composer. He worked for around fifty Bengali films.
In basic Bengali song, Sudhin Dasgupta gifted the audience a number of super-hit tracks. Nobody can forget the songs like, “Ei Jhir Jhir Batase”, “Bhanga Torir Sudhu E Gaan”, “Ami Taar Thikana Rakhini”, “Ekta Gaan Likho Amar Jonno”, “Oi Ujjolo Din”, “Saat Ronga Ek Pakhi”, “Akash Eto Meghla”, “Naam Rekhechi Bonolata” and many others. Again, he contributed both as composer and lyricist in many of the items.
The trio Sudhin Dasgupta, Uttam Kumar, and Manna Dey produced several immortal combination in playback singing in films like “Shankhabela”, “Antony Phiringi”, “Nishipadda”, “Stri”, and others. He worked extensively with all the legendary singers like Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Manna Dey, Dwijen Mukhopadhyay, Shyamal Mitra, Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, Satinath Mukhopadhyay, Sandhya Mukhopadhyay, Pratima Bandyopadhyay, Arati Mukhopadhyay, Talat Mahmood, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Mohammed Rafi, and Kishore Kumar.
Sudhin Dasgupta experienced with different forms of music all through his musical carrier. He successfully used Baul, South Indian Tunes, Folk, and Western Chorus in his different creations.
He was also an excellent player of different Indian and Western musical instruments like Tabla, Sitar, Piano, Harmonium and others.
Sudhin Dasgupta also worked for advertisement jingles. His composition “Mathar Ghonochul Jokhon, Morubhumi Hoye Jai…” is a never forgettable one.
Bengali song has got a rich episode for the world of the kids and Sudhin Dasgupta contributed in that field too. “Hingsute Doitto”, “Chotoder Ramayan” carry his golden touches and became immortal. He also composed music for many of the well-known Bengali poems from authors like Sunirmal Basu, Jogindranath Sarkar etc.
Sudhin Dasgupta was married to Smt. Majushree Dutta. They have got one son, Soumya, and one daughter, Saberi. Soumya is an architect by profession and Saberi is a fashion designer.
| Film Name | Year |
|---|---|
| Ulka | 1957 |
| Dakharkara | 1958 |
| Goli Theke Rajpath | 1959 |
| Headmaster | 1959 |
| Probesh Nisedh | 1960 |
| Jatri | 1960 |
| Pankatilak | 1961 |
| Kanna | 1962 |
| Nishithe | 1963 |
| Tahole | 1964 |
| Dui Parba | 1964 |
| Akash Kusum | 1965 |
| Antaral | 1965 |
| Sushanta Sha | 1966 |
| Sankhabela | 1966 |
| Akash Choa | 1967 |
| Avisapta Chambal | 1967 |
| Kokhono Megh | 1968 |
| Tin Bhuboner Pare | 1969 |
| Prothom Kodom Phul | 1970 |
| Manjari Opera | 1970 |
| Joi Bangla | 1971 |
| Chaddabeshi | 1971 |
| Jibon Saikate | 1972 |
| Picnic | 1972 |
| Jaban | 1972 |
| Har Mana Har | 1972 |
| Rater Rojonigandha | 1972 |
| Sonar Khancha | 1973 |
| Basanta Bilap | 1973 |
| Nishi Konna | 1973 |
| Ek Je Chilo Bagh | 1973 |
| Epar Opar | 1973 |
| Prantarekha | 1974 |
| Sangini | 1974 |
| Sajarur Kanta | 1974 |
| Sharmila | 1975 |
| Sedin Dujone | 1975 |
| Palanka | 1975 |
| Aparajita | 1976 |
| Hangsaraj | 1976 |
| Karunamoyee | 1978 |
| Dour | 1979 |
| Job Charnoker Bibi | 1979 |
| Suvosangbad | 1979 |
| Pipasa | 1982 |
| Amritakumver Sondhane | 1982 |
| Suparna | 1983 |
| Banashree | 1983 |