Robin Chatterjee was an Indian music director and sound recordist who scored music for about ninety films. Starting from the 1942 film '' Parineeta'', he has composed music for evergreen soundtracks such as ''

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'', '' Bipasha'', ''Sagarika'', ''Kamallata'', ''Dwiper Nam Tiya Rang'', etc.

Career

In 1955, he composed music for the film ''

'' which contained a song "Piya Piya Piya Ke Dake Amare". In 1957, he composed music for Uttam-

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starrer superhit ''Sagarika''. In that film,

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sang "Amar Swapne dekha Rajkanya". In the 1950s and 1960s, Chatterjee frequently composed scores for director

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, including: * '' Sabar Uparey'' (1955). Songs in the film included "Ghum Ghum Chand" sung by

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and "Kataro Aghate Chino Paye Rokto Jhore" sung by

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. * In '' Pathey Holo Deri'' (1957), Sandhya Mukherjee sung Chatterjee's "E Shudhu Gaaner Din", "ei chayaghera logone aaj ke dake amar" and "Tumi Na Hoy Rohite Kachhe". * ''

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'' – All the songs in the film had been sung by classical singer

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, including "ei pranjharona jaglo", "Dukkho Amar Sesh Kore Dao", "Dukher Pothe Namli Jodi", "Akash Mor Alloy Diyecho Bhore", "Jaar Hiya Akasher" and "Surjo Tomar Sonar Toron". * '' Bipasha'', with Sandhya Mukherjee's song "Klantir Path Bujhira Phuralo", and "Ami Sapne Tomay Dekhechhi".

Collaborations

Chatterjee worked with many Bengali singers, such as

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, Pratima Banderjee,

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, Arundhati Holme Chowdhury, and

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Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chatterjee, Robin Hindi film score composers Bengali musicians Indian male film score composers Musicians from Kolkata 1914 births 1976 deaths