Bani Kumar

Kābya Sarasbatī
Bani Kumar
Baidyonath Bhattacharya
Born(1907-11-23)23 November 1907
Kanpur Village, Howrah
Died15 August 1978(1978-08-15) (aged 70)
Kolkata
NationalityIndia
Other namesBani Kumar (in radio station) ‘Ānandabardhana’, ‘Biṣṇu-gupta’ (in literature)
Occupation(s)radio broadcaster, Lyricist, Producers, composer
Known forMahisasuramardini (1931–present)
Parents
  • Bidhu Bhushan Bhattacharya (father)
  • Aparna Bhattacharya (mother)

Baidyonath Bhattacharya (23 November 1907 – 15 August 1978) popularly known as Bani Kumar[1] was a radio broadcaster, playwright, composer, radio script writer from Kolkata, India and a contemporary of Pankaj Mallick and Birendra Krishna Bhadra. He worked for the All India Radio, India's National Radio broadcaster for several years during its early, starting 1930s, and during this period he produced and adapted several plays songs etc.[2]

He is most known for his script writing and composition of India's oldest radio programme, Mahishashura Mardini (1931), a collection of shlokas and songs broadcast by All India Radio Calcutta (now Kolkata) at 4:00 am, in the dawn of Mahalaya.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Inquizzitive". The Telegraph. India. 14 October 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Mahalaya 2018 | Know the brains behind Mahishasuramardini recital — a timeless classic". The Statesman. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. ^ Mahalaya ushers in the Puja spirit The Times of India, TNN 19 September 2009.
  4. ^ Hindustan year-book and who's who, Volume 60. Publisher: M. C. Sarkar., 1992. pp 227, Death date ref.