Mukul Chowdhury ( Bangla:মুকুল চৌধুরী) was a Bangladeshi

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and

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. He has written many songs for radio, television and more than hundreds of films including 'O Madhobi Go Theko Mor Antore,' 'Tumi Accho Sobi Acche,' 'Ek Chor Jay Chole' etc. He has also penned the song ' Ore Nil Doriya Amay De Re De Chhariya.'

Early life and career

Chowdhury was born in Balaganj, Sylhet. He lived in the

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AGB Colony,

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. He and Alam Khan used to play football together in the colony field whereafter they became best of friends. Mukul was good at playing

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and he wrote poems too. One day Alam Khan suggested him to write some songs so the next day Mukul wrote some songs and brought it to him. One of them was 'O Madhobi go Theko mor Antore,' which was then composed by Alam Khan and later sang by Rowshan Ara Mustafiz. Through the following time he wrote many other popular songs including 'Bhalobeshe Gelam Shudhu Bhalobasha Pelam Na' for the film ''Keu Karo Noy'', 'Tumi Accho Sobi Acche' for the film ''

Sokhi Tumi Kar ''Sokhi Tumi Kar'' (English: Darling you're whose?) (Bengali: সখি তুমি কার?) is a 1980 Bangladeshi film starring Shabana, Farooque and Razzak. Shabana earned her maiden National Award for Best Actress for the film. Story ...

'' and 'Hiramoti Hiramoti' for the film

Sareng Bou ''Sareng Bou'' is a 1978 Bangladeshi film directed by Abdullah Al Mamun. The story is based on the novel of the same name by Shahidullah Kaiser. The film received critical acclaim, particularly for the performance given by Kabori Sarwar, who won ...

. Chowdhury is best known for the lyrics of 'Ore Nil Doriya Amay De Re De Chhariya' which is considered one of the most evergreen compositions of Bangladeshi Music. The music in the song was composed and produced by Alam Khan and sang by Abdul Jabbar for the Bangladeshi film

, directed by Abdullah Al Mamun. In 1976-77 when director Abdullah Al Mamun sat with the songs for his movie, Alam Khan asked Mukul to write something for a music he has already composed in 1969 but did not use anywhere. He read the whole story first and then came up with the lyrics of this famous song within two days.

Death

Chowdhury went to Kolkata in the year 2002 for his brother's treatment. On 4 April in the same year, he died of a

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at a local clinic there.

Remembrance

The Pancham cultural events at The Central Public Library in Dhaka on 8th May, 2002 was dedicated to Chowdhury. A memorial period was carried out in remembrance of him. A staging called 'Generation's Cry' by the Vocabulary Recitation Academy started after that. Then the music arrangements for the evening began. Chowdhury's son and daughter along with music director, Alam Khan, attended the event.

Film Discography

Non-film songs

References

External links

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