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==Early work==
==Early work==
[[File:Rdg kb.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Pix with Kanak Biswas |With Cousin Kanak Biswas 1985]]In 1932, three Indian recording companies were born in Calcutta out of a nationalistic urge to compete with the British-owned [[Gramophone Company of India]]. One of these was Hindusthan Records. The owner C.C.Saha requested [[Rabindranath Tagore]] to record some songs and recitations. From those recordings was published the first record H1. Atulprasad Sen recorded two songs which were published in the second record H2. The third record H3 had the songs 'Jodi gokulachandra braje na elo' (kirtan) and 'Pagla montare tui bandh' (Atulprasad) sung by Renuka Sengupta. Sale for this record reached an unprecedented high mark, such was the popularity of these songs.<ref name="book1">A Space of Her Own :Personal Narratives of Twelve Women</ref>
In 1932, three Indian recording companies were born in Calcutta out of a nationalistic urge to compete with the British-owned [[Gramophone Company of India]]. One of these was Hindusthan Records. The owner C.C.Saha requested [[Rabindranath Tagore]] to record some songs and recitations. From those recordings was published the first record H1. Atulprasad Sen recorded two songs which were published in the second record H2. The third record H3 had the songs 'Jodi gokulachandra braje na elo' (kirtan) and 'Pagla montare tui bandh' (Atulprasad) sung by Renuka Sengupta. Sale for this record reached an unprecedented high mark, such was the popularity of these songs.<ref name="book1">A Space of Her Own :Personal Narratives of Twelve Women</ref>


Contrary to popular, belief "Jodi gokulachandra braje na elo" is not written by Atul Prasad Sen. She was also trained by [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] - recorded 2 songs under his tutelage, [[Krishna Chandra Dey]] - the recorded song was "Aye Bhikharin Premnagar Ke Pritam Pritam Bole".In 1935 she was trained by [[Sailajaranjan Majumdar]] to sing Rabindrasangeet chosen for her by [[Rabindranath Tagore]]. She went on to record 5 Rabindrasangeets' in her career.<ref name="album1">Abismaraniyo Rabindrasangeet vol 1</ref>
Contrary to popular, belief "Jodi gokulachandra braje na elo" is not written by Atul Prasad Sen. She was also trained by [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] - recorded 2 songs under his tutelage, [[Krishna Chandra Dey]] - the recorded song was "Aye Bhikharin Premnagar Ke Pritam Pritam Bole".In 1935 she was trained by [[Sailajaranjan Majumdar]] to sing Rabindrasangeet chosen for her by [[Rabindranath Tagore]]. She went on to record 5 Rabindrasangeets' in her career.<ref name="album1">Abismaraniyo Rabindrasangeet vol 1</ref>
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