Robin Chatterjee
{{Short description|Indian music director and composer (1914–1976)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Robin Chatterjee
|native_name = রবীন চ্যাটার্জি
|birth_date = {{birth-date|8 January 1918}}[https://bangodarshan.com/madhur/madhur_stock/Surakar_Rabin_Chattopadhyay.pdf Surakar Rabin Chattopadhyay] bangodarshan.com
|birth_place = Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
|death_date = {{death-date and age|2 April 1976|8 January 1914}}
|death_place = Calcutta, West Bengal, India
|occupation = Music director, composer
|genre = {{ubl|Bengali Music|Bollywood Music}}
|years_active = 1942-1976
}}
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 Godhuli, Bipasha, Sagarika, Kamallata, Dwiper Nam Tiya Rang, etc.{{cite web |url=http://www.nthwall.com/be/movie/Bipasha-1962/9765400374 |title=Bipasha (1962)-Bengali Movie Reviews, Trailers, Wallpapers, Photos, Cast & Crew, Story & Synopsis- NTH Wall |access-date=2014-10-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024131908/http://www.nthwall.com/be/movie/Bipasha-1962/9765400374 |archive-date=2014-10-24 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicopedia/article-musicdir/Sandhya-Mukhopadhyay/1827 |title=Sandhya-Mukhopadhyay | Music-Directors | Music-Composers | Sandhya-Mukhopadhyay songs | Sandhya-Mukhopadhyay biography |access-date=23 October 2014 |archive-date=12 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112143701/http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicopedia/article-musicdir/Sandhya-Mukhopadhyay/1827 |url-status=dead }}
Career
In 1955, he composed music for the film Godhuli which contained a song "Piya Piya Piya Ke Dake Amare". In 1957, he composed music for Uttam-Suchitra starrer superhit Sagarika. In that film, Shyamal Mitra sang "Amar Swapne dekha Rajkanya".{{Cite web|url=https://raktimsen.com/|title=RaktimSen.com | My World of the Arts...|accessdate=29 April 2024}}
In the 1950s and 1960s, Chatterjee frequently composed scores for director Agradoot, including:{{Cite web|url=http://rustycab.com/contribution-of-music-director-robin-chatterjee-in-agradoots-films/|title=Coming soon page | Register your own domain at GKG.NET}}
- Sabar Uparey (1955). Songs in the film included "Ghum Ghum Chand" sung by Sandhya Mukherjee and "Kataro Aghate Chino Paye Rokto Jhore" sung by Dhananjay Bhattacharya.
- 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".
- Lalu Bhulu – All the songs in the film had been sung by classical singer Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, 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 Hemanta Mukherjee, Manna Dey, Shyamal Mitra, Aarti Mukherjee, Sandhya Mukherjee, Pratima Banderjee, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Geeta Dutt, Arundhati Holme Chowdhury, Utpala Sen and Kishore Kumar.
Filmography
{{See|Robin Chatterjee discography}}
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Category:Hindi film score composers
Category:Indian male film score composers