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{{Short description|1978 song by Manna Dey}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Se Amar Chhoto Bon
| cover = Shey Amar Chhoto Bon.jpg
| type = song
| artist = [[Manna Dey]]
| genre = [[Ballad]]<ref name=":0"/>
| album =
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| English_title = She Is My Younger Sister
| released = 1978
| length = 6:40<ref>{{Cite web |title=Se Amar Chhoto Bon - Spotify |url=https://open.spotify.com/track/62sqeKFF3JAlHYKri7GfQT}}</ref>
| label = [[Saregama]]<ref name="Saregama"/>
| composer = [[Suparna Kanti Ghosh]]<ref name="Saregama">{{Cite web |title=Se Amar Chhoto Bon - Saregama |url=https://www.saregama.com/song/se-amar-chhoto-bon_15683}}</ref>
| lyricist = [[Pulak Bandyopadhyay]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Se Amar Chhoto Bon - Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/in/song/se-amar-chhoto-bon/1412644426}}</ref>
| producer = Y. S. Mulkey
}}

"'''Shey Amar Choto Bon'''" (officially "'''Se Amar Chhoto Bon'''") is a [[Bengali-language]] [[ballad]] by the Indian [[playback singer]] [[Manna Dey]]. It was written by [[Pulak Bandyopadhyay]] and composed by [[Suparna Kanti Ghosh]] in 1978. The song is regarded as [[Popular music|popular composition]] and hit song in the Bengali language.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-05-01 |title=জন্মদিনে শুনতে পারেন মান্না দের আলোচিত গানগুলো |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/song/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B |access-date=2026-04-22 |website=Prothomalo |language=bn |agency=বিনোদন ডেস্ক}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-10-23 |title=‘কফি হাউস’ থেকে ‘সে আমার ছোট বোন’ এখনও বাঙালির হৃদয়তন্ত্রীতে বেজে চলেছে মান্না দে’র গান |url=https://bengali.abplive.com/entertainment/special-artical-on-manna-dey-death-anniversary-1018381 |access-date=2026-04-23 |website=ABP Ananda |language=bn}}</ref>

Also known by its lyrics "Boro Adorer Choto Bon," the song is played on [[Raksha Bandhan|Rakhi Bandhan]] and is considered a timeless song for the [[festival]]. The song focuses on the love of a brother and sister. Dey remarks that Rakhi can be celebrated through music and love.<ref>{{Cite web |last=কুন্ডু |first=কস্তুরী |date=2023-08-30 |title='বড় আদরের ছোট বোন', রাখি বন্ধনে মান্না ম্যাজিক আজও সুপারহিট |url=https://eisamay.com/entertainment/tv-news/bengali-song-se-amar-choto-bon-on-the-special-occation-of-rakhi-detail-is-here/103216728.cms |access-date=2026-04-23 |website=Eisamay Online |language=bn}}</ref>

"Shey Amar Choto Bon" was the debut song of [[composer]] [[Suparna Kanti Ghosh]], as the first song composed by him and sung by Dey. Through his debut with this song, he got Dey to sing his next composed song "[[Coffee Houser Sei Addata]]," with lyrics by the lyricist [[Gauriprasanna Mazumder|Gauriprasanna Mazumdar]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 21, 2022 |title=‘কফি হাউজের সেই আড্ডাটা আজ আর নেই ’ এর সুরকার সুপর্ণকান্তি ঘোষ ঢাকায় {{!}} বিনোদন |url=https://www.bssnews.net/bangla/entertainment/39295 |access-date=2026-04-23 |website=BSS}}</ref>

== Composition ==
[[Suparna Kanti Ghosh]]'s father [[Nachiketa Ghosh]] died in 1976. He started playing the [[harmonium]] and made music of songs written by lyricists [[Pulak Bandyopadhyay]] and [[Gauriprasanna Mazumdar]], which Nachiketa Ghosh rejected.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Sen |first=Debolina |date=2019-05-01 |title=Unknown facets of singer extraordinaire Manna Dey |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/music/unknown-facets-of-singer-extraordinaire-manna-dey/articleshow/69113398.cms |access-date=2026-04-22 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

Suparna Kanti Ghosh then lived in Hazra, [[Kolkata]]. One day, he was approached by Ajoy Biswas, an [[event host]] and [[film director]]. He asked Ghosh to play for him. Later, he met Manna Dey on an [[airplane]] to [[Bombay]], where he promptly told him about Ghosh. The year was 1977 or 1978. After he returned to Kolkata, Manna Dey called him and asked Ghosh to visit his place in Hedua, Kolkata. In the morning, Ghosh went to Hedua where Dey asked him to sing his own composed song. After listening, Dey went upstairs and came down with an [[envelope]], saying it was a song "penned by Pulak [Bandyopadhyay]." He said that it was quite long and he composed the tune with two other [[musician]]s. Manna Dey expressed that he was not getting the [[emotion]]s right even after being composed by others.<ref name=":1" /> Later, Ghosh boarded a [[Double-decker bus|double decker 2B bus]] and saw the song written inside the envelope.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Chakraborty |first=Shamayita |date=2018-12-14 |title=Today’s composers are here to do business: Suparna Kanti Ghosh |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/music/todays-composers-are-here-to-do-business-suparna-kanti-ghosh/articleshow/67091471.cms |access-date=2026-04-22 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

Within two or three days, he had composed the whole song. Ghosh commented that he was careful in composing the song so that Dey would not criticize his music. Dey had come back from Bombay and called him for the song.<ref name=":0" /> While singing the song, Dey cried many times and had to retake the song. In the final take, he controlled himself from crying and the song was recorded.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 30, 2016 |title=গাইতে গাইতে কেঁদে ফেললেন মান্নাদা |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/unknown-facts-about-manna-dey-1.423359 |access-date=April 22, 2026 |website=[[Anandabazar Patrika]] |language=bn}}</ref> When the song was taken, he told Ghosh, "You will go very far, but don't be foulmouthed like your father." He gave Ghosh a samosa to eat. Pulak Bandyopadhyay remarked that he did a good job on the long song and this was going to be [[Vishvakarma Puja|Pujor gaan]] (Song for Puja).<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:1978 songs]]
[[Category:1978 singles]]
[[Category:Songs in Bengali]]
[[Category:Manna Dey songs]]
[[Category:Pop ballads]]
[[Category:Indian songs]]

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