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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian music director and composer (1914–1976)}}<br />
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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
|name = Robin Chatterjee<br />
|native_name = রবীন চ্যাটার্জি<br />
|birth_date = {{birth-date|8 January 1918}}<ref>[https://bangodarshan.com/madhur/madhur_stock/Surakar_Rabin_Chattopadhyay.pdf Surakar Rabin Chattopadhyay] bangodarshan.com</ref><br />
|birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
|death_date = {{death-date and age|2 April 1976|8 January 1914}}<br />
|death_place = [[Calcutta, West Bengal]], India<br />
|occupation = Music director, composer<br />
|genre = {{ubl|[[Bengali Music]]|[[Bollywood Music]]}}<br />
|years_active = 1942-1976<br />
}}<br />
'''Robin Chatterjee''' was an Indian music director and sound recordist who scored music for about ninety films. Starting from the 1942 film ''[[Parineeta (1942 film)|Parineeta]]'', he has composed music for evergreen soundtracks such as ''[[Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane|Godhuli]]'', ''[[Bipasha (film)|Bipasha]]'', ''Sagarika'', ''Kamallata'', ''Dwiper Nam Tiya Rang'', etc.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nthwall.com/be/movie/Bipasha-1962/9765400374 |title=Bipasha (1962)-Bengali Movie Reviews, Trailers, Wallpapers, Photos, Cast & Crew, Story & Synopsis- NTH Wall |access-date=2014-10-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024131908/http://www.nthwall.com/be/movie/Bipasha-1962/9765400374 |archive-date=2014-10-24 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicopedia/article-musicdir/Sandhya-Mukhopadhyay/1827 |title=Sandhya-Mukhopadhyay &#124; Music-Directors &#124; Music-Composers &#124; Sandhya-Mukhopadhyay songs &#124; Sandhya-Mukhopadhyay biography |access-date=23 October 2014 |archive-date=12 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112143701/http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicopedia/article-musicdir/Sandhya-Mukhopadhyay/1827 |url-status=usurped }}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
In 1955, he composed music for the film ''[[Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane|Godhuli]]'' which contained a song "Piya Piya Piya Ke Dake Amare". In 1957, he composed music for [[Uttam Kumar|Uttam]]-[[Suchitra Sen|Suchitra]] starrer superhit ''Sagarika''. In that film, [[Shyamal Mitra]] sang "Amar Swapne dekha Rajkanya".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://raktimsen.com/|title=RaktimSen.com &#124; My World of the Arts...|accessdate=29 April 2024}}</ref><br />
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In the 1950s and 1960s, Chatterjee frequently composed scores for director [[Agradoot]], including:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rustycab.com/contribution-of-music-director-robin-chatterjee-in-agradoots-films/|title=Coming soon page &#124; Register your own domain at GKG.NET}}</ref><br />
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* ''[[Sabar Uparey]]'' (1955). Songs in the film included "Ghum Ghum Chand" sung by [[Sandhya Mukherjee]] and "Kataro Aghate Chino Paye Rokto Jhore" sung by [[Dhananjay Bhattacharya]].<br />
* In ''[[Pathey Holo Deri]]'' (1957), Sandhya Mukherjee sung Chatterjee's "E Shudhu Gaaner Din", "ei chayaghera logone aaj ke dake amar" and "Tumi Na Hoy Rohite Kachhe".<br />
* ''[[Lalu Bhulu]]'' – All the songs in the film had been sung by classical singer [[Manabendra Mukhopadhyay]], including "ei pranjharona jaglo", "Dukkho Amar Sesh Kore Dao", "Dukher Pothe Namli Jodi", "Akash Mor Alloy Diyecho Bhore", "Jaar Hiya Akasher" and "Surjo Tomar Sonar Toron".<br />
* ''[[Bipasha (film)|Bipasha]]'', with Sandhya Mukherjee's song "Klantir Path Bujhira Phuralo", and "Ami Sapne Tomay Dekhechhi".<br />
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==Collaborations==<br />
Chatterjee worked with many Bengali singers, such as [[Hemanta Mukherjee]], [[Manna Dey]], [[Shyamal Mitra]], [[Aarti Mukherjee]], [[Sandhya Mukherjee]], [[Pratima Bandopadhyay|Pratima Banderjee]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Geeta Dutt]], [[Arundhati Holme Chowdhury]], [[Utpala Sen]] and [[Kishore Kumar]].<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
{{See|Robin Chatterjee discography}}<br />
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[[Category:Hindi film score composers]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali musicians]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male film score composers]]<br />
[[Category:Musicians from Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:1914 births]]<br />
[[Category:1976 deaths]]</div>Surendra