Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay |
| Born |
16 June 1920 Varanasi, Benares State, British India (now in Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| Died | 26 September 1989 (aged 69) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Genres | World music, Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, music director, producer |
| Instruments | Vocal, singing |
| Years active | 1935–1989 |
Hemanta Mukherjee ((16 June 1920 – 26 September 1989); often credited as Hemant Kumar outside Bengal) was an Indian playback singer, music director and film producer, who sang in Bengali, Hindi and other Indian languages. He is also the greatest artist of Rabindra Sangeet. He won two National awards for the category best male playback singer. He is often credited as one of the greatest Indian singers of all time for his unparalleled manly voice.
Hemanta was born in the city of Varanasi, India in the house of his maternal grandfather who was a leading physician. From the paternal side his family originated from Baharu village in West Bengal. They migrated to Kolkata in the early 1900s. Hemanta grew up there and attended Nasiruddin School and later Mitra Institution school of Bhawanipore area. There he met his longtime friend Subhas Mukhopadhyay who later became a Bengali poet. During this time, he developed a friendship with the noted writer Santosh Kumar Ghosh. At that time, Hemanta wrote short stories, Santosh Kumar wrote poems and Subhash Mukhopadhyay sang songs.
After passing the intermediate examinations (12th grade), Hemanta joined Bengal Technical Institute at Jadavpur to pursue Engineering. However, he quit academics to pursue a career in music, despite objection from his father. He briefly tried literature and published a short story in the prestigious Bengali magazine called Desh, but by the late-1930s he was committed entirely to music.
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