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Shyamal Mitra শ্যামল মিত্র | |
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| Born | 14 January 1929 Naihati, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Kolkata, India) |
| Died | 15 November 1987 (aged 58) Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
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Shyamal Mitra (14 January 1929 – 15 November 1987) was an Indian versatile playback singer and music director along with Hemanta Mukherjee and Manna Dey. Mitra had also worked in many Hindi and Bengali films as a music director and film producer. He was the most notable musician of the golden era of Bengali music industry. His baritone voice reflected a range of emotions. Besides recording a huge number of popular Bengali basic songs, he also worked as a playback singer in more than a hundred Bengali films and directed music in more than fifty Bengali films. He also sang in various other Indian languages, like Hindi, Assamese, and Oriya.[1]
- ^ Shyamal Mitra, Aajkal, ISBN 978-81-7990-115-1