Satya Saha | |
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Native name | সত্য সাহা |
Born |
Patia, Chittagong, Bangladesh |
December 25, 1934
Origin | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Died | January 27, 1999 Dhaka, Bangladesh |
(aged 64)
Genres | film score, techno, fusion, folk |
Occupation(s) | Music director, composer, record producer |
Instruments | keyboards, vocals, guitar |
Years active | 1956–1997 |
Labels | Sangeeta, Ektaar, Laser Vision, Deadline music |
Associated acts | Khan Ataur Rahman, Amjad Hossain |
Satya Saha (Bengali: সত্য সাহা; 25 December 1934 – 27 January 1999) was a Bangladeshi composer, and musician. His son Emon Saha is also a musician and Sumon Saha is a film director. His notable composed songs are "Chena Chena Lage" by Shyamal Mitra, "Dukkho Amar Basor Raater Palonko", "Chhiti Dio Protidin" by Sabina Yasmin, "Mon Bole Tumi Asbe", "Rupali Nadire", "Bondho Hote Cheye Tomar" by Khurshid Alam, "Akasher Haate Ache" by Shammi Akhter, "Tumi Ki Dekhecho Kobhu" by Abdul Jabbar, "Oi Dur Digonte", "Mago Ma Ogo Ma" etc. Satya Saha won National Film Awards thrice in 1994, 1996, and 2001 in music director and composer categories.
Saha's father was Prasannakumar Saha. He started learning and rehearsing music from his uncle Rabindrapal Saha. He passed B.A. from Calcutta Bidyasagar College in 1951–1952.
Saha started his career as assistant of composer Panchanon Mitra at Radio's Dhaka Station in 1956. From 1964 to 1999, Satya Saha directed music in about two hundred different films and produced twenty films.
Satya Saha died on January 27, 1999 in Dhaka.