Paying tribute is what I feel, is the least I can place in front of the departed soul of the institute called Hemanta Mukherjee. I first heard him physically was when I was just 5 at Bombay, and was an audience to his last recording at Behala, and then a mute audience among the ocean of mourners on his last journey.
His songs were not just lyrics turned into music and then demonstrated, but unheard poetry crafted into a platter of timeless music and then executed to remain immortal
Saibal Sanyal
Kazi Mozammel Haque : Member
Message No : 9
Posted on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 09:04:9 AM
We remember with our heartfelt love to Hemanata Mukherjee. He was agreat Singer.
Vaidyanathan : Member
Message No : 8
Posted on Saturday, March 19, 2005 at 04:58:4 PM
Hemant Dada, and his songs and music is unique.Each of his songs take you down to some part of your past and helps you relive those moments. The immortal music in ANUPAMA is unforgettable. "Kuchi aisi bi bathen hothi hai...."
In tears
Vaidyanathan
John : Member
Message No : 7
Posted on Thursday, March 3, 2005 at 01:46:1 AM
Hi :
i was wondering if someone could send me the lyrics to Ei raat tomar amar....and details of what the song is about?
You can mail me at jtc.fantomas@ntlworld.com.
Thank you.
s.n.burman : Member
Message No : 6
Posted on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at 10:34:10 AM
I cherish to listen the old hit bengali songs of hemanta and shyamal which rings to our ear again and again and they areto remain afresh for the time to come.they are unforgettable.
Suvro : Member
Message No : 5
Posted on Sunday, November 21, 2004 at 09:45:9 AM
My tribute to Hemanta Kumar. The measured presentation of a God gifted voice was the key of making legend for Hemant Kumar (eg. Smaranero ai balukabelay; Ai baluka belay aami likhechinu or Katodin porey ele, ).
Creating music as close as possible to the moods and meanings of the verses using least orchestration made him great musician (eg. Kuch dilne kahan kuchbhi nehi by Lata, Bado saadh jage ekbaar tomay dekhi by Pratima, Oh sham kuch ajibh thi and Hawan o pe likhdo hawa o ki naam by Kishore).
konkona mukherjee : Member
Message No : 4
Posted on Saturday, November 6, 2004 at 07:46:7 PM
I congratulate sangeetbhavan for this great site.I learnt my first songs at the age of 3 from hemanta kaku. he is my uncle.He is my Guru.
We will always remember him. He is immortal to us all...
Sanjoy Bhowal : Member
Message No : 3
Posted on Thursday, October 7, 2004 at 07:03:7 AM
07.10.2004
I must thank you all for creating this site 'sangeet bhuvan'. My best regard to Late Hemantoda ( Hemanto Mukhopadhyay ). I knew him since my childhood life began at Kolkata. I Pay my great homage to Shri Hemanto Mukhopadhyay on his 15th death anniversay. I heard and knew him when I was very young and growing up at Kolkata while doing my education.
He is a venerable person to me/us and to all who had known him personally and seen him. He had sung many Ranbindra Sangeet and Modern Songs, Film Songs ( both in bengali and hindi ). Very recently, I saw the program where Kolkata Doordarsan presented an interview of his wife, Mrs. Bela Mukherjee.
I was very interested in listening to his songs and regard myself as a fan of Hemanto Da. I grew up by listening his song in Radio and Television at Kolkata. My parents are also fond of Hemontoda.
With my best regard,
Sanjoy Bhowal
Ashfia Nahid : Member
Message No : 2
Posted on Saturday, September 25, 2004 at 09:09:9 PM
When Hemanta Mukherjee came to Bangladesh in 1989, I did not realize how grand and great singer he was.
The first song I heard of Hemanta Mukherjee was "Amay proshno kore" sung by another singer. It was few months before he passed away. I was so amused by the tune and lyrics of that song that I wanted to find out who originally sang that song. Our only one and very old cassette player was just got fixed. My mom has had some of her selected songs taped in he collection. She played one of her tapes. Luckily the first song I l listened to was that "Amay proshno kore".
That was the beginning of my discovery of Hemanta back in 1989. I was in 8th grade. I heard about his passing away a few weeks later. Even though I did not hear many of his songs, I fell in love with those songs, tunes, and everything. Since then his songs are the only songs that gave me pleasure in happiness, sorrow, and anytime of my life. His voice, like Lataji said, was definitely made in Heaven. No other voice can copy or get even close to it.
I can't believe it's been 15 years ago that I got to know the best singer in Bangla songs. Day by day I discovered more of his talent and it still going on.
The only regret that I have is I wish I had known him/his voice a long before 1989.
Ashfia Nahid
S. Das : Adminsitrator & Webmaster
Message No : 1
Posted on Thursday, September 23, 2004 at 05:09:5 AM
Welcome to Sangeet Bhuvan Hemanta Commemorative Forum. Sangeet Bhuvan has launched this Forum to commemorate the 15th death Anniversary of ( "Hemanta Mukhopadhyay / Hemanta Mukherjee / Hemant Kumar" ) --- the Legendary Singer of Bengali and Hindi Songs, the renowned Music Director, the Doyen of Indian Music and obviously the foremost exponent of Rabindra Sangeet. His contribution to Music, Bengali and Hindi songs, Rabindra Sangeet is irreparable. Not only was he a Music Legend, but also he was a great Music Director in his own right.
All the Music enthusiastic person and connoisseurs are strongly urged to visit this Forum and share their comments of joy to listen to Hemanta?s songs and share their association with him if any fortunate person may have had in their life while being engrossed in listening to songs in Hemanta's lilting voice --- which drifts us away to the phenomenal bliss and insurmountable delight from all sorts of our routine engagements of our daily lives, pangs, grief accumulated over the year.
By posting messages in memoriam of one of the best singers, probably the best of Bengali singers, you can pay your revered homage to him. Though Hemanta Mukherjee is no more with us, yet his songs will remain reverberated with us all the time when we tend to hear his unforgettable songs with mind, body and soul.
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