"Shono Ekti Mujiborer Theke" is a 1971

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Indian song first broadcast from Akashvani Kolkata on April 22. The

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and

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of this modern music was Anshuman Roy.

Gauriprasanna Mazumder Gauriprasanna Majumdar (1925–1986) was an Indian lyricist and writer, known for his work in Indian cinema and Bangladeshi Cinema . He is most commonly associated with the black and white era of Bengali cinema, when he penned several enduring c ...

was

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of the song. The song was recorded in Hindusthan Record. This is the second song about

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that became popular in

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and

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. The song inspired the people of Bangladesh during the

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Background

On April 13, 1971, vocalist Anshuman Roy, lyricist Gouriprasanna Majumdar, vocalist Dinendra Chowdhury and Upen Tarafdar who was producer of Akashbani Kolkata were sitting and chatting over tea at a tea shop located near a movie theater called Padmashri in

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. At that time they were discussing the situation in

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during the 1971 war. During the chat, Upen Tarfdar played

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on the tape recorder to everyone. He then expressed his desire to play a song during the broadcast of the speech from radio station due to its short length. Then Gouriprasanna Majumdar wrote the lyrics. Anshuman Roy then decided to sing a song based on the lyrics, which he composed himself.

Broadcast and record

After the song is completed, Anshuman sang the song at the residence of Devdulal Banerjee, a news reader of Akashvani at Purndas Road. While singing, Upen Tarafdar recorded the song using a spool recorder. He decided to play the song from Aakashvani Kolkata's radio station during the broadcast of the speech at "Sangbad Bichitra" program in the same day the song was recorded. Nine days after its airing, the song was officially recorded at a studio named Hindusthan Record. At that time the song, directed by Dinendra Chowdhury, was recorded separately in

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Achievement

References

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