Best of Bengali Modern Songs | Utpala Sen | Sudhirlal Chakraborty | Bengali Songs Audio Jukebox

Modern Bengali Songs is a genre of Bengali Film and Pop Music that stretches from the early forties till the eighties. Utpala Sen requires no Introduction to the melodious world of Bengali Songs. This compilation “Hari Naam Likhe Diyo” is primarily a collection of Modern Bengali Songs sung by the legendary Utpala Sen. One of the other legendary figure who has composed most of these beautiful tracks featured here is Sudhirlal Chakraborty.

Sudhirlal Chakraborty is a legend who is held as a pioneer and father figure of Modern Bengali Music. Forties and fifties saw the most amount of experimentation with Bengali Songs as far as musical innovation and stylization is concerned. Sudhirlal Chakraborty is a key figure behind this musical revolution. He was a singer and composer at par excellence. During his sprawling career Sudhirlal Chakraborty composed and sang for many films as well as private pop albums. He was a stalwart when it comes to composing lucid melodies and singing simple yet mesmerizing melody patterns. Sudhirlal Chakraborty was not only a great composer but was also a legendary teacher of his art form. He was the teacher and trained some of the legendary singers of that era like Shyamal Mitra, Manabendra Mukherjee and Utpala Sen. Utpala Sen was one of his greatest students.

Utpala Sen was a prominent Bengali playback singer. She was a very popular playback singer in the 1950s alongside Sandhya Mukherjee, Pratima Banerjee and Alpana Banerjee etc. She has sung numerous duets with prominent male singers such as Hemanta Mukherjee, Manna Dey and also, her husband Satinath Mukherjee. Utpala Sen was born in 12 March 1924 in Dhaka, Bangladesh in a Hindu family. She took her first lessons in music from Hiranbala Devi and then from Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan. She first sang publicly at the age of 11 in Dhaka Radio in 1935. She recorded her first song in 1939. In 1941, she got immense popularity with the devotional song "Ek Hatey Mor Pujar Thali" which was composed by Sudhirlal Chakraborty. This song happens to be a part of this beautiful compilation. The song "Mahishasur Mardinir Shanti Dile Bhari" added her popularity. During the early 1940s, she migrated to Kolkata and since then became associated with Radio Akashvani. In the year 1944. she made her debut with the film Meri Bahen. Then she played back in a few Hindi films till 1954. She sang total 17 songs in 11 Hindi films. She usually sang Tagore songs in films such as Amar Mallikabane in 'Bicharak' (1959). The song "Prantateri Gaan Amar" in 1953 film composed by Salil Chowdhury gave her eternity and is considered to be her best work till date. She also sang some Adhunik songs, most of them with Satinath Mukherjee. She sang "Saptaranger Khela" with Shyamal Mitra in 1957. She married her co-singer Satinath Mukherjee.

This album has some beautiful Modern Bengali Songs sung by Utpala such as Shuktara Go and Champaratir Deshe. This is a compilation from the Golden Era of Modern Bengali Songs. These oldies are still favorites amongst the masses.

=== ALBUM SONG DATA ===
► Ek Haate Mor Pujar 0:00:02
Artist- Utpala Sen
Lyricist- Pranab Roy
Composer- Sudhirlal Chakraborty

► Bon Phool Jage 0:03:05
Artist- Utpala Sen
Lyricist- Anil Bhattacharya
Composer- Sudhirlal Chakraborty

► Bhulechhi Tomare 0:06:10
Artist- Utpala Sen
Lyricist- Anil Bhattacharya
Composer- Sudhirlal Chakraborty

► Priyo Tomar Aamar 0:09:36
Artist- Utpala Sen
Lyricist- Pranab Roy
Composer- Sudhirlal Chakraborty

► Shuktara Go 0:12:45
Artist- Utpala Sen
Lyricist- Anil Bhattacharya
Composer- Biman Ghosh

► Gaan Je Aamar 0:16:05
Artist- Utpala Sen
Lyricist- Anil Bhattacharya
Composer- Nirmal Bhattacharya

► Jodi Bhool Bhenge Jay 0:19:11
Artist- Utpala Sen
Lyricist- Pranab Roy
Composer- Sudhirlal Chakraborty

► Tumi Aamare Cheyechho 0:22:37
Artist- Utpala Sen
Lyricist- Pranab Roy
Composer- Sudhirlal Chakraborty

► Gaaner Balaka 0:25:58
Artist- Utpala Sen
Lyricist- Anil Bhattacharya
Composer- Nirmal Bhattacharya

► Tumi Je Bhalobesechhile 0:29:22
Artist- Utpala Sen
Lyricist- Anil Bhattacharya
Composer- Nirmal Bhattacharya

► Sakarun Beena 0:32:42
Artist- Utpala Sen
Lyricist- Anil Bhattacharya
Composer- Biman Ghosh

► Dure Gele Mone Robe Na 0:36:08
Artist- Utpala Sen
Lyricist- Biswaranjan Bhaduri
Composer- Durga Sen

► Champaratir Deshe 0:39:16
Artist- Utpala Sen
Lyricist- Anil Bhattacharya
Composer- Utpala Sen

► Jago Re Jago Re Mano 0:42:13
Artist- Utpala Sen
Lyricist- Abhoy Brahmachari
Composer- Utpala Sen

► Hari Naam Likhe Diyo 0:45:06
Artist- Utpala Sen
Lyricist- Abhoy Brahmachari
Composer- Utpala Sen

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