Pankaj Mullick

Pankaj Mullick
Mullick in the film Doctor, 1940
Born(1905-05-10)10 May 1905
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died19 February 1978(1978-02-19) (aged 72)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)musical composer, singer and actor
Known forsinging, music direction, composition and acting

Pankaj Kumar Mullick (10 May 1905 – 19 February 1978) was an Indian music composer, playback singer and actor, who was a pioneer of film music in Bengali cinema and Hindi cinema at the advent of playback singing, as well as an early exponent of Rabindra Sangeet.[1][2][3][4]

He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1970,[5] followed by the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (India's highest award in cinema, given by the Government of India) in 1972 for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.[4][6]

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  2. ^ "Rooted to the core". The Hindu. 20 January 2011.
  3. ^ Biography Archived 9 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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  5. ^ "Padma Awards". Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
  6. ^ Recipients of Dada Saheb Phalke Award. webindia123.com