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	\| name = Pratima Baruah Pandey		\| name = Pratima Baruah Pandey
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	\| birth_place = [[Calcutta]]		\| birth_place = [[Calcutta]]
	\| death_date = 27 ~~December 2002~~		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2002\|12\|27\|1934\|10\|3\|df=yes}}
	\| death_place = [[~~Gauripur~~, Assam]]		\| death_place = [[Guwahati, Assam]]
	\| instrument = Vocalist		\| instrument = Vocalist
	\| genre = [[Folk song]] and regional [[filmi]] [[Playback singer\|playback]]		\| genre = [[Folk song]] and regional [[filmi]] [[Playback singer\|playback]]
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	'''Pratima Barua Pandey''' (3 October 1934 – 27 December 2002) was an Indian [[Folk music\|folk]] singer from the [[royal family]] of [[Gauripur, India\|Gauripur]] in [[Western Assam]]'s [[Dhubri district]]. Barua Pandey, a national awardee, best known for her [[Goalpariya Lokgeet\|Goalpariya]] (Koch Rajbongshi / Kamatapuri/ Deshi) songs ''Hastir Kanya'' and ''Mur Mahut Bandhure'', was the daughter of Prakritish Chandra Barua (Lalji) and niece of [[filmmaker]] [[Pramathesh Barua]]		'''Pratima Barua Pandey''' (3 October 1934 – 27 December 2002) was an Indian [[Folk music\|folk]] singer from the [[royal family]] of [[Gauripur, India\|Gauripur]] in [[Western Assam]]'s [[Dhubri district]]. Barua Pandey, a national awardee, best known for her [[Goalpariya Lokgeet\|Goalpariya]] (Koch Rajbongshi / Kamatapuri / Deshi) songs ''Hastir Kanya'' and ''Mur Mahut Bandhure'', was the daughter of Prakritish Chandra Barua (Lalji) and niece of [[filmmaker]] [[Pramathesh Barua]] of ''Devdas'' fame.<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Sarma \|first=Simona \|last2=Monteiro \|first2=Anjali \|date=2019-10-02 \|title=Contemporary ‘Folk’ Dynamics: Shifting Visions and Meanings in the Goalpariya Folk Music of Assam \|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/0015587x.2019.1622923 \|journal=Folklore \|volume=130 \|issue=4 \|pages=331–351 \|doi=10.1080/0015587x.2019.1622923 \|issn=0015-587X\|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
	of ''Devdas'' fame.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Barua Pandey was born on 3 October 1934, in [[Calcutta]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.bipuljyoti.in/music/pratima_barua_pandey.html \|title=~~Archived copy~~ \|access-date=2013-03-02 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031061418/http://www.bipuljyoti.in/music/pratima_barua_pandey.html \|archive-date=2012-10-31 }}</ref> She pursued her early education in the city's Gokhale Memorial School, after which she came to [[Assam]] to study at the Girls’ [[High School]], [[Gauripur, India\|Gauripur]], home of the [[Kamata Kingdom\|royal family]]. She mostly spent her early years in between the din of [[Calcutta]] and the soothing environments of riverside "Gadadhar" at [[Gauripur, India\|Gauripur]]. Although she learned ''[[Rabindra Sangeet\|Rabindrasangeet]]'' at [[school]], but she never took any formal training or teaching in [[music]] except the encouraging words from her father Prakritesh Chandra Barua (Lalji). The most crucial point in her life came when [[Dr. Bhupen Hazarika]] visited [[Gauripur, India\|Gauripur]] in 1955 and attended a ''jalsa'' organised on a social occasion, the shy young Pratima, though tongue-tied with fear, let her voice and the [[lyrics]] of the ''lokageet'' in [[Goalpariya dialects\|Goalpariya dialect]] flow in tune with the strings and [[rhythms]] of the ''[[Dholak\|dhol]]'', ''junuka'', ''dotora'', ''darinda'', ''dhuluki'' and ''[[Flute\|Bashi]]'' which are [[musical instrument]]s in [[Goalpariya people\|Goalpariya ~~Culture~~]] ~~culture~~. Dr. Hazarika was highly impressed and predicted that this voice would definitely take [[Goalpariya lokageet]] to great heights. Indeed, he first presented [[Goalpariya Lokgeet\|Goalpariya]] [[Folk music\|folk]] song in his [[film]] ''Era Bator Sur''. Besides the mahout songs, Barua Pandey used to sing the evergreen hit ''We Are in the Same Boat, Brother''<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Schuman \|first1=Sandy \|title=We're in the Same Boat, Brother \|url=http://tothestory.blogspot.com/2016/07/were-in-same-boat-brother-and-if-you.html \|website=Another Side to the Story \|date=9 July 2016 \|access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref> in stage shows. She married to Ganga Shanker Pandey, a retired [[principal (university)\|principal]] of the [[Gauripur, India\|Gauripur]] P. B. College. She was inspired from the old family traditions of elephant captiving in their family. The ~~Mahuts~~ who catch the elephant use to sing a form of song which she refined and polished to give the form of [[ Goalpariya lokageet]]. This can be found in her song "O Mor Mahut Bondhu re".		Barua Pandey was born on 3 October 1934, in [[Calcutta]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.bipuljyoti.in/music/pratima_barua_pandey.html \|title=Bipuljyoti Saikia's Homepage : Sangeet – Pratima Barua-Pandey \|access-date=2013-03-02 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031061418/http://www.bipuljyoti.in/music/pratima_barua_pandey.html \|archive-date=2012-10-31 }}</ref> She pursued her early education in the city's Gokhale Memorial School, after which she came to [[Assam]] to study at the Girls’ [[High School]], [[Gauripur, India\|Gauripur]], home of the [[Kamata Kingdom\|royal family]]. She mostly spent her early years in between the din of [[Calcutta]] and the soothing environments of riverside "Gadadhar" at hometown [[Gauripur, India\|Gauripur]]. Although she learned ''[[Rabindra Sangeet\|Rabindrasangeet]]'' at [[school]], but she never took any formal training or teaching in music except the encouraging words from her father Prakritesh Chandra Barua (Lalji). The most crucial point in her life came when [[Dr. Bhupen Hazarika]] visited [[Gauripur, India\|Gauripur]] in 1955 and attended a ''jalsa'' organised on a social occasion, the shy young Pratima, though tongue-tied with fear, let her voice and the [[lyrics]] of the ''lokageet'' in [[Goalpariya dialects\|Goalpariya dialect]] flow in tune with the strings and [[rhythms]] of the ''[[Dholak\|dhol]]'', ''junuka'', ''dotora'', ''darinda'', ''dhuluki'' and ''[[Flute\|Bashi]]'' which are [[musical instrument]]s in [[Goalpariya people\|Goalpariya culture]]. Dr. Hazarika was highly impressed and predicted that this voice would definitely take [[Goalpariya lokageet]] to great heights. Indeed, he first presented [[Goalpariya Lokgeet\|Goalpariya]] [[Folk music\|folk]] song in his [[film]] ''[[Era Bator Sur]]''. Besides the mahout songs, Barua Pandey used to sing the evergreen hit ''We Are in the Same Boat, Brother''<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Schuman \|first1=Sandy \|title=We're in the Same Boat, Brother \|url=http://tothestory.blogspot.com/2016/07/were-in-same-boat-brother-and-if-you.html \|website=Another Side to the Story \|date=9 July 2016 \|access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref> in stage shows. She married Ganga Shanker Pandey, a retired [[principal (university)\|principal]] of the [[Gauripur, India\|Gauripur]] P. B. College. She was inspired from the old family traditions of elephant captiving in their family. The mahouts who catch the elephant use to sing a form of song which she refined and polished to give the form of [[Goalpariya lokageet]]. This can be found in her song "O Mor Mahut Bondhu re".

	==Popular songs==		==Popular songs==
	* "Aaji Danrao Kala"		* "Aaji Danrao Kala"<ref>{{Citation \|title=Aaji Danrao Kala {{!}} আজি দানৰাও কালা Song{{!}}Pranita Barman{{!}}Chayanika Goalpariya Folk Songs{{!}} Listen to new songs and mp3 song download Aaji Danrao Kala {{!}} আজি দানৰাও কালাonline on Gaana.com \|url=https://gaana.com/song/aaji-danrao-kala-1 \|access-date=2025-09-10 \|language=en}}</ref>
	* "Afnla Kadamer Tale"		* "Afnla Kadamer Tale"<ref>{{Citation \|title=O Phoola Kadamer {{!}} ও ফুলা কদমেৰ Song{{!}}Pratima Barua{{!}}Best Of Pratima Pandey Barua{{!}} Listen to new songs and mp3 song download O Phoola Kadamer {{!}} ও ফুলা কদমেৰonline on Gaana.com \|url=https://gaana.com/song/o-phoola-kadamer \|access-date=2025-09-10 \|language=en}}</ref>
	* "Bail Machhe Kheil Kare"		* "Bail Machhe Kheil Kare"
	* "Dhick Dhick"		* "Dhick Dhick"
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	==References==		==References==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}
	1. [[The Times of India]], 27 December 2002.{{~~fcn~~\|date=January 2020}}<br />		1. [[The Times of India]], 27 December 2002.{{full citation needed\|date=January 2020}}<br />
	2. [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)\|The Telegraph]], India, 28 December 2002.{{~~fcn~~\|date=January 2020}}<br />		2. [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)\|The Telegraph]], India, 28 December 2002.{{full citation needed\|date=January 2020}}<br />
	3. Sharmah, C. [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)\|The Telegraph]], India, 22 December 2006.{{~~fcn~~\|date=January 2020}}<br />		3. Sharmah, C. [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)\|The Telegraph]], India, 22 December 2006.{{full citation needed\|date=January 2020}}<br />
	4. Barua, N. [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)\|The Telegraph]], India, 22 January 2005.{{~~fcn~~\|date=January 2020}}<br />		4. Barua, N. [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)\|The Telegraph]], India, 22 January 2005.{{full citation needed\|date=January 2020}}<br />
	5. [https://indianfolklore.org/journals/index.php/IFL/article/viewFile/47/49 Jyotirmoi Prodhani, ''Life as lore: the art and time of Pratima Barua Pandey'']{{Dead link\|date=May 2020 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}		5. [https://indianfolklore.org/journals/index.php/IFL/article/viewFile/47/49 Jyotirmoi Prodhani, ''Life as lore: the art and time of Pratima Barua Pandey'']{{Dead link\|date=May 2020 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}

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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{short description|Indian singer}}
{{more citations needed|date=December 2012}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Pratima Baruah Pandey
| image = Pratima Pandey Barua statue.jpg
| caption = Statue of Pratima Barua Pandey at Chanmari, [[Guwahati]]
| image_size = 220px
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name =
| alias =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1934|10|3}}
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]]
| death_date = 27 December 2002
| death_place = [[Gauripur, Assam]]
| instrument = Vocalist
| genre = [[Folk song]] and regional [[filmi]] [[Playback singer|playback]]
| occupation = Singer, Song writer
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}}

'''Pratima Barua Pandey''' (3 October 1934 – 27 December 2002) was an Indian [[Folk music|folk]] singer from the [[royal family]] of [[Gauripur, India|Gauripur]] in [[Western Assam]]'s [[Dhubri district]]. Barua Pandey, a national awardee, best known for her [[Goalpariya Lokgeet|Goalpariya]] (Koch Rajbongshi / Kamatapuri/ Deshi) songs ''Hastir Kanya'' and ''Mur Mahut Bandhure'', was the daughter of Prakritish Chandra Barua (Lalji) and niece of [[filmmaker]] [[Pramathesh Barua]]
of ''Devdas'' fame.

==Early life==
Barua Pandey was born on 3 October 1934, in [[Calcutta]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bipuljyoti.in/music/pratima_barua_pandey.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-03-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031061418/http://www.bipuljyoti.in/music/pratima_barua_pandey.html |archive-date=2012-10-31 }}</ref> She pursued her early education in the city's Gokhale Memorial School, after which she came to [[Assam]] to study at the Girls’ [[High School]], [[Gauripur, India|Gauripur]], home of the [[Kamata Kingdom|royal family]]. She mostly spent her early years in between the din of [[Calcutta]] and the soothing environments of riverside "Gadadhar" at [[Gauripur, India|Gauripur]]. Although she learned ''[[Rabindra Sangeet|Rabindrasangeet]]'' at [[school]], but she never took any formal training or teaching in [[music]] except the encouraging words from her father Prakritesh Chandra Barua (Lalji). The most crucial point in her life came when [[Dr. Bhupen Hazarika]] visited [[Gauripur, India|Gauripur]] in 1955 and attended a ''jalsa'' organised on a social occasion, the shy young Pratima, though tongue-tied with fear, let her voice and the [[lyrics]] of the ''lokageet'' in [[Goalpariya dialects|Goalpariya dialect]] flow in tune with the strings and [[rhythms]] of the ''[[Dholak|dhol]]'', ''junuka'', ''dotora'', ''darinda'', ''dhuluki'' and ''[[Flute|Bashi]]'' which are [[musical instrument]]s in [[Goalpariya people|Goalpariya Culture]] culture. Dr. Hazarika was highly impressed and predicted that this voice would definitely take [[Goalpariya lokageet]] to great heights. Indeed, he first presented [[Goalpariya Lokgeet|Goalpariya]] [[Folk music|folk]] song in his [[film]] ''Era Bator Sur''. Besides the mahout songs, Barua Pandey used to sing the evergreen hit ''We Are in the Same Boat, Brother''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schuman |first1=Sandy |title=We're in the Same Boat, Brother |url=http://tothestory.blogspot.com/2016/07/were-in-same-boat-brother-and-if-you.html |website=Another Side to the Story |date=9 July 2016 |access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref> in stage shows. She married to Ganga Shanker Pandey, a retired [[principal (university)|principal]] of the [[Gauripur, India|Gauripur]] P. B. College. She was inspired from the old family traditions of elephant captiving in their family. The Mahuts who catch the elephant use to sing a form of song which she refined and polished to give the form of [[ Goalpariya lokageet]]. This can be found in her song "O Mor Mahut Bondhu re".

==Popular songs==
* "Aaji Danrao Kala"
* "Afnla Kadamer Tale"
* "Bail Machhe Kheil Kare"
* "Dhick Dhick"
* "Dui Diner Bhalobasha"
* "Dung Nori Dung"
* "Ek Bar Hori Bolo Rasona"
* "Hastir Kanya"
* "Komola Sundori Nache"
* "Matir Manush"
* "Matir Pinjira"
* "O Birikha"
* "O Pare Kamrangar Gachh"
* "Oh Mor Mahut Bandhure"
* "Sonar Chand Chandre"
* "O Shyam Kaliya Re"<ref>{{cite news | title = O Shyam Kaliya Re Best Devotional By Pratima Pandey | url = http://redmux.com/song/o-shyam-kaliya-re/ | access-date = 8 January 2018 | publisher=RedMux.com }}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
Pratima Barua Pandey was awarded the [[Padma Shri]]<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> and [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] for her pioneering efforts in popularising ''[[Goalpariya lokageet]]''.

A documentary film made on her life and works by noted filmmaker Prabin Hazarika, ''Hastir Kanya'', won [[National Film Award for Best Biographical Film]] in [[44th National Film Awards|1997]], earned great appreciation and created waves at the South Asian film festival in 1998. Filmmaker [[Bobby Sarma Baruah]] started filming a full-length feature film based on Barua Pandey's life in late 2015, titled ''[[Sonar Baran Pakhi]]''. Co-produced by [[Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation Ltd.|ASFFDC]] and BB Entertainment, the film was released in December 2016.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/biopic-on-noted-assamese-folk-singer-pratima-barua-pandey-115112200367_1.html | title=Biopic on noted Assamese folk singer Pratima Barua-Pandey | work=[[Business Standard]] | date=22 November 2015 | agency=[[Press Trust of India]] | access-date=4 January 2016 | location=[[New Delhi]]}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
1. [[The Times of India]], 27 December 2002.{{fcn|date=January 2020}}<br />
2. [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]], India, 28 December 2002.{{fcn|date=January 2020}}<br />
3. Sharmah, C. [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]], India, 22 December 2006.{{fcn|date=January 2020}}<br />
4. Barua, N. [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]], India, 22 January 2005.{{fcn|date=January 2020}}<br />
5. [https://indianfolklore.org/journals/index.php/IFL/article/viewFile/47/49 Jyotirmoi Prodhani, ''Life as lore: the art and time of Pratima Barua Pandey'']{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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