Pravesh Mallick

Early life and education

Pravesh was born in Janakpur Dham, Nepal into a middle-class Maithil family. His father, Kameshwar Mallick is a singer with a poetry background. His three elder brothers are musical: Sunil Mallick (professionally worked as a Unit head of Education Department of Dist. Dhanusha) is a singer having knowledge of a wide variety of Maithili language Folk Music. Shailendra Mallick (professionally worked as a science teacher) is a singer and Ramesh Mallick is a tabla and percussion player with singing talent. His younger brother Amresh Mallick is a singer and sound professional. His two elder sisters Basundhara Karn and Babita Karn are also associated with music directly or indirectly.

Pravesh learned his first note of music from his mother Sushila Mallick through Maithili Lalabies. Pravesh began his early musical training under Pandit Laxmi Narayan Das, Pandit Shiv Lal, Pandit Ram Sevak Das in Janakpur dham and started to compose, arrange, perform as a singer, harmonium/keyboard player in different parts of Nepal and Bihar with MINAP (Mithila Natya Kala Parishad) a cultural institution of Mithila situated in Janakpur Dham, Nepal. Pravesh moved to New Delhi with his brother Ramesh Mallick for higher training in Hindustani classical music and obtained admission into the prestigious Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, New Delhi. Here he learned classical vocal music under teachers such as I.S. Bawra, Sujit Ojha, Sudhanshu Bahuguna. Finally, he was noticed by pandit Madhup Mudgal and had the opportunity to learn different aspects of music under his guidance and also started to perform with the Gandharva Choir in India and abroad.

Pravesh is Sangeet Shiromani Diploma holder and has a master's degree in Hindustani classical music from Delhi University and BscIT from SMU in Delhi. Mallick is married to Amrita Karn Mallick and has one child, Parth Mallick.

Music career

Pravesh Mallick (2nd from right) with Salim-Sulaiman, Prakash Jha, Priyanka Chopra, Sukhwinder Singh on the trailer launch of Jai Gangaajal, 2016

Pravesh started teaching music in Step by Step World School, Noida. He formed a choral music group Sparsh and performed in various parts of India. Later, his interest in music by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, A. R. Rahman and others led him to form a band named Sanidhya. It performs Sufi, folk, Classical fusion with his own composition. Pravesh also continues with his recording interest by releasing cassettes in different languages like Maithili, Nepali, Hindi, Punjabi and composing music for regional movies and theater productions. Some of his popular albums in Maithili are Geet Ghar Ghar Ke, Chaura Tora Bazzar Khastau, Lehuaayal Aanchar, Khota Shingaar.

He got his first major break in Prakash Jha's film Jai Gangaajal on which he worked with Salim-Sulaiman and sung a Maya Thagni song in his rustic and raw vocals.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Priyanka Chopra is a Maya Thagni in Jai Gangaajal Song NDTV Movies, February 22, 2016.
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