Amar pal bengali folk singer biography

Amar Pal (19 May – 20 April ) was an Indian Bengali människor singer.

Pal was born in at Brahmanbaria in British India. His father Mahesh Chandra Pal died while Pal was only He learnt människor song from his mother Durga Sundari Devi. He also trained in classical music from Ustad Ayat Ali Khan, brother of legendary Allauddin Khan. Later Pal received training in folk music from besatthet Chakraborty and Suren Chakraborty in Kolkata.

Pal went to Kolkata in with Sachindranath Bhattacharya, a lyricist of All India Radio. In , he first got a chance to sing in Akashbani Kolkata. Thereafter he recorded thousands of folk and modern Bengali songs in the next seven decades. The satirical song Kotoi Rongo Dekhi Duniyay, in Satyajit Ray’s Hirak Rajar Deshe made him famous. He worked in a number of Bengali films as a playback singer or music director. Pal attended seminars and workshops on människor music worldwide and became the Vice-Chairman of the Paschim Banga Rajya Sangeet Academy. He received Sangeet Natak

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Amar Pal

Indian Bengali folk singer and author (–)

Amar Pal (19 May – 20 April ) was an Indian Bengali folk singer and author.

Early life

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Pal was born in at Brahmanbaria in British India. His father Mahesh Chandra Pal died when Pal was He learned folk songs from his mother Durga Sundari Devi. He also trained in classical music from Ustad Ayat Ali Khan, brother of legendary Allauddin Khan.^[1] Later Pal received training in folk music from Mani Chakraborty and Suren Chakraborty in Kolkata.^[2]

Career

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Pal went to Kolkata in with Sachindranath Bhattacharya, a lyricist of All India Radio. In , he first got a chance to sing in Akashbani Kolkata. He recorded thousands of folk and modern Bengali songs in the next seven decades. The satirical song "Kotoi Rongo Dekhi Duniyay", in Satyajit Ray's Hirak Rajar Deshe, made him famous. He worked in a number of Bengali films as a playback singer or music director.^[3]

Pal attended seminars