Nachiketa Ghosh
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Nachiketa Ghosh
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| Born | 1925 |
| Died | 12 October 1976 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Music director and composer |
Nachiketa Ghosh (1925 – 12 October 1976) was one of the most acclaimed music directors and composers of India. He mainly composed for Bengali, Hindi, and Oriya songs. He gave a new dimension to the Bengali music for both the arenas of Bengali modern song as well as Bengali film song. He was also an excellent singer and there are around five published Gramophone records where his role was just of the singer.
His father's name was Dr. Sanat Kumar Ghosh who was an eminent physician of Kolkata. Sanat-babu was a gold medalist doctor and acted as the attending physician of Dr.Bidhan Chandra Roy, the famous chief minister of West Bengal. Interestingly Sanat-babu was also a student of Dr. B.C.Roy. Sanat Babu inspired his eldest child, Nachiketa, to become a physician and the son behaved accordingly. Nachiketa passed out from R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta, as an M.B.B.S. doctor, but never intended to accept medical science as his profession.
Every Sunday, eminent musicians like Krishna Chandra Dey, Subal Dasgupta, Kamal Dasgupta, Kana Satkari used to gather in the Shyambazar house of Dr. Sanat Kumar Ghosh and that gave little Nachiketa the chance to observe those maestros from a close proximity. At his very childhood he has accompanied many of them as a Tabla player. Gradually Tabla (and music as a whole) became the first love of Nachiketa. A small incident reflects the dedication of the budding musician and the pain he had to accept for that: it was a very cold winter night and young Nachiketa had just returned home playing tabla with the great celibrity dancer Gaharjan Bai . The young boy didn't know what was in store for him. After returning, he found his very conservative grandmother standing for him. She ordered him to take cold bath at past midnight and there was no other option for him.
At the age of 24, he emerged as a young, promising music director and a new wave started to flow in the world of Bengali music. His style of composing music was a revolution in itself.
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