Anupam Ghatak

{{Short description|Indian composer (1911-1956)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|04|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Pathrail, Bengal Presidency, British India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|12 December 1956|11 April 1911|df=yes}}

| death_place = Calcutta, West Bengal, India

| occupation = Music director

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Anupam Ghatak was one of the most important composers of Bengali music in India,{{cite book |last1=Hemetek |first1=Ursula |last2=Reyes |first2=Adelaida |title=Cultural diversity in the urban area: explorations in urban ethnomusicology |date=2007 |publisher=Institut für Volksmusikforschung und Ethnomusikologie |location=Vienna |isbn=9783902153036 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=US4JAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Anupam+Ghatak%22 |accessdate=18 December 2018}}{{cite book |last1=Hussain |first1=Aklam |last2=Islam |first2=Sirajul |title=History of Bangladesh, 1704-1971, Volume 1 |date=1997 |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh |isbn=9789845123372 |page=460 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CeNtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Anupam+Ghatak%22 |accessdate=18 December 2018}}{{cite book |last1=Ahmed |first1=A. F. Salahuddin |author-link1=A. F. Salahuddin Ahmed |last2=Chowdhury |first2=Bazlul Mobin |year=2004 |title=Bangladesh, national culture, and heritage: an introductory reader |publisher=Independent University, Bangladesh |page=404 |isbn=978-984-8509-00-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7t5tAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Anupam+Ghatak%22 |accessdate=18 December 2018}} particularly for films.{{cite book |last1=Sarkar |first1=Bhaskar |title=Mourning the Nation: Indian Cinema in the Wake of Partition |date=2009 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=9780822392217 |page=327 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wghFNlpM3PIC&dq=%22Anupam+Ghatak%22&pg=PA327 |accessdate=18 December 2018}} He is best known for the 1954 Bengali-language film Agni Pariksha.