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	'''Pulak Bandyopadhyay''' পুলক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় (2 May 1931 – 7 September 1999) was a [[Bengali people\|Bengali]] [[India]]n lyricist and songwriter of [[Cinema of West Bengal\|Bengali cinema]].<ref name=Personalities>{{Cite web \|url=http://shibpurinternational.com/sublink/Personalities/html/Pulak%20Bandyopadhyay.html \|title=Pulak Bandyopadhyay \|access-date=12 January 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512204128/http://shibpurinternational.com/sublink/Personalities/html/Pulak%20Bandyopadhyay.html \|archive-date=12 May 2015 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>		'''Pulak Bandyopadhyay''' পুলক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় (2 May 1931 – 7 September 1999) was a [[Bengali people\|Bengali]] [[India]]n lyricist and songwriter of [[Cinema of West Bengal\|Bengali cinema]].<ref name=Personalities>{{Cite web \|url=http://shibpurinternational.com/sublink/Personalities/html/Pulak%20Bandyopadhyay.html \|title=Pulak Bandyopadhyay \|access-date=12 January 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512204128/http://shibpurinternational.com/sublink/Personalities/html/Pulak%20Bandyopadhyay.html \|archive-date=12 May 2015 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

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[[File:Pulak Bandyopadhyay.jpg|thumb|Pulak Bandyopadhyay]]
'''Pulak Bandyopadhyay''' পুলক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় (2 May 1931 – 7 September 1999) was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] [[India]]n lyricist and songwriter of [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali cinema]].<ref name=Personalities>{{Cite web |url=http://shibpurinternational.com/sublink/Personalities/html/Pulak%20Bandyopadhyay.html |title=Pulak Bandyopadhyay |access-date=12 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512204128/http://shibpurinternational.com/sublink/Personalities/html/Pulak%20Bandyopadhyay.html |archive-date=12 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Early life==
He was born and brought up in [[Howrah]]. His family had close links with art circles, in particular in drama, literature, and music. He was a graduate of the [[Scottish Church College]], in Calcutta.<ref name=Personalities/>

==Career==
He experimented with various genres and in the process contributed richly to the evolution of musical compositions in Bengali cinema during the 1960s and 1970s.<ref name=Kolrob>[http://www.washingtonbanglaradio.com/content/91077610-ek-mutho-jolshar-kolorob-memory-pulak-bandyopadhyay-may-1931-september-7-1999 Article by Kohinoor Dasgupta]</ref> The sheer spontaneity of his compositions made him a much sought after lyricist. Famous Bengali and [[Bollywood]] artistes like [[Akhilbandhu Ghosh]], [[Hemanta Mukherjee]], [[Manna Dey]], [[Geeta Dutt]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Asha Bhonsle]], [[Haimanti Sukla|Haimanti Shukla]], [[Shyamal Mitra]], [[Bhupen Hazarika]], [[Pratima Bandopadhyay]], [[Utpala Sen]], Arundhati Holme Chowdhury, [[Satinath Mukherjee]], [[Madhuri Chattopadhyay]], [[Anup Ghoshal]] and [[Aarti Mukherji|Arati Mukherjee]] sang his compositions.<ref name=Personalities/><ref name=Geeta>{{Cite web |url=http://www.anmolfankaar.com/specials/interviews/304-experience-with-geeta-dutt-during-her-last-years-memories-of-pulak-bandyopadhyay |title=Pulak Bandyopadhyay Remembers Geeta Dutt |access-date=12 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923172255/http://www.anmolfankaar.com/specials/interviews/304-experience-with-geeta-dutt-during-her-last-years-memories-of-pulak-bandyopadhyay |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Hazarika>[http://bhupenhazarika-news.blogspot.com/2008/04/pulak-bandyopadhyay-on-bhupen-hazarika.html Pulak Bandyopadhyay on Bhupen Hazarika]</ref> In 1966 film Sankhabela, he wrote two evergreen songs- "Ke Prothom Kachhe Esechhi" (Lata Mageshkar and Manna Dey) and "[[Aaj Mon Cheyechhe]]" (Lata Mangeshkar). In 1969 film [[Prothom Kadam Phool]], he wrote "[[Ami Shri Shri Bhojo Hori Manna]]".

==Death==
On 7 September 1999, he committed suicide by jumping off a launch into the [[Hooghly River|Hooghly]] river.<ref name=Kolrob/>

==Notable songs==
* "Ke Jaane Ka Ghanta"
* "Bristi Bristi Bristi"
* "Tomar Daake Sara dite"
* "Ja Re Ja Ure Rajar Kumar"
* "Jani Na Kakhon Tumi"
* "Jakhon Keu Amake Pagol Bole"
* "Ami Agantuk"
* "Ami Gaan Shonabo Ekti Asha"
* "Ke Prothom Kache Esechi"
* "Jato Bhabna Chilo"
* "Khopar Oi Golap Diye"
* "Ei Chhanda E Ananda"
* "Amar Bhalobasar Rajprasade"
* "Tumi Shatodal Hoye Phute"
* "Tapur Tupur Bristi Jhore"
* "Phuleshwari"
* "Jeo Na Darao Bondhu"
*''Doore doore kachhe kachhe''
*''Ami sri sri Bhojohori Manna''
*''Agoon legechhe''
*''Dau dau dau jole duranto bonh''i
*''Lajboti nupurer rini jhini jhini''
*''Kotodin pore ele, ektu bosho''
*''Shedin tomay dekhechhilam''
*''Ogo kajol noyona horini''
*''Shei to abar kachhe ele''
*''O Lolita, oke aaj chole jete bolna''
*''Jani tomar premer jogyo ami to noi''
*''Abar hobe to dekha''
*''Dorodi go''
*''Kothay kothai je raat hoye jai''
*''Amar bolar kichhu chhilona''
*''Aaj mon cheyechhe''
*''Dweep jwele oi tara''
*''Ami tomar kachhei phire ashbo''
*''Sobuj Pahar dake''
*''Esho pran bhorono doinyo horono he''
*''Tomay keno laagchhe eto chena''
*''Meghla bhanga rod uthechhe''
*''Tomar du chokhe amar swapno aanka''
*''Boro saadh jaage ekbar tomai dekhi''
*''Tumi onek jotno kore amay dukkho dite cheyechho''
* " Basrai Golap Haate Dilam"
* " Tomar Bhubane Phuler Mela Ami Kadi Sharaye"

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|3059997|Pulak Banerjee}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150512204128/http://shibpurinternational.com/sublink/Personalities/html/Pulak%20Bandyopadhyay.html Pulak Bandyopadhyay]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150923172255/http://www.anmolfankaar.com/specials/interviews/304-experience-with-geeta-dutt-during-her-last-years-memories-of-pulak-bandyopadhyay Pulak Bandyopadhyay remembers Geeta Dutt]
*[http://bhupenhazarika-news.blogspot.com/2008/04/pulak-bandyopadhyay-on-bhupen-hazarika.html Pulak Bandyopadhyay on Bhupen Hazarika]
*[http://www.raaga.com/channels/bengali/lyricist/Pulak_Bandyopadhyay.html Some songs]

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