Kolkata: Geetashree Sandhya Mukherjee, a veteran singer who made every romantic at the heart missed the endless trip in togetherness with ‘EI Path Jodi Na Sesh Hoy’, ending his life journey at the city hospital on Tuesday.
He was 90 years old and had been hospitalized with Covid a few weeks ago.
The singer suffered a sudden heart attack at around 7:30 a.m.
and could not be revived.
CM Mamata Banerjee said: “His departure creates an eternal void in our music world and in the heart of millions of followers here and in Diaspora.
I used to look at him as my sister and this was a serious personal loss for me.
He was once a moving spirit in Sangeet Our academy.
“Cm will cut the northern Bengal trip and return to the city on Wednesday to pay tribute.
In the order of condolences, PM Modi said: “Through Gitashree Sandhya Mukhopadhyay Ji makes us all very sad.
Our culture world is much poorer.” Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina proved the death of the legendary singer Sandhya Mukherjee.
Only a few weeks ago, on January 25, the singer rejected Shri Padma.
“Love my listener is my biggest award,” he told Toi.
Two days later, he was hospitalized.
Born in Kolkata, he took music lessons initially from Santosh Kumar Basu, a T right and Chinmoy Lahiri.
Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan gave him a talim in Indian classical music.
His date with the Sinema as a playback singer began with ‘Anjangarh’ Bimal Roy in 1948.
He was also an artist with all Indian radio.
His career in Bengali cinema as a playback singer began with Ratan Chattopadhyay ‘Abu Hossain’ (1952).
For this film, he lent his voice to the lyrics of her husband Shyamal Gupta.
During his career that reached more than seven decades, Sandhya had sang more than 280 songs and worked with the Stalwart music director including the times on Sen, Jnanprakash Ghosh, Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, Pankaj Kumar Mullick, Nachiketa Ghosh, Rabin Chattopadhyay, Salil Chowdhury, Anil Biswas, Anju, Anupam Ghatak, Hemanta Mukhopadhyay and Ustad Ali Root Khan.
Apart from Shyamal Gupta, other famous lyricians such as Pranab Roy, Gouriprasna Mazumdar, Sailen Roy, Bimalchandra Ghosh, Hiren Basu and Sunbound have all written songs for him.
Most of its famous duets for Bengali films with Hemanta Mukhopadhyay.
They sang more than 90 songs together.
His voice was identical to songs that were understood by Suchitra Sen.
“With Lataji and Sandhyadi left, we lost the sun and the moon of our music galaxy,” said PT Ajoy Chakraborty.
“Sandhyadi has a strong base in classical music.
Ihad also heard he sang Thumris and Kheyals at the concert.” He said.
The story about how he gets Salil Chowdhury to write songs for him is often the subject of discussion in the music corridor.
“MA told me the story of what if he was delayed completing the composition for Sandhya Pishi, he would really ask him from the outside and lovingly asked him to finish the song before being spent,” Remember the princess singer Chowdhury Antara.
Mukherjee is also known for the non-film album and tagore songs.
For the song in ‘Jayjayanti’ and ‘Nishipadma’, he gave a national award in 1971.
The state government gave him award to Him in 2011.
Post-independence, the Government of Bangladesh invited him as a guest for his first Bhasha Diawas.
celebration.
In January 1972, when Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returned from prison to a new independent country, he was welcomed by the song “Bangabandhu Paphie Elo Tomar, Swopner Swadhin Banglay …
(Bangabandhu has returned to his dream – an independent country in Bengal)” on Betar Swadhin Bangla.
It was sung by Sandhya Mukherjee.
He also inspired young musicians.
Fossil Frontman Rupam Islam said: “He loves me as a human and as a musician.
He even attended my digital performance last year.”