Jatileshwar Mukhopadhyay to perform at The Daily Star Centre

Eminent Indian singer-musician Jatileshwar Mukhopadhyay is set to perform at a special musical programme to be held at AS Mahmud Seminar Hall of The Daily Star Centre at 6:30pm on September 20.The Star has joined hands with “Simantic Creative Concern” to organise the musical event. Bengal Foundation is assisting the programme.The event, titled “Kotha O Gaaney Jatileshwar Mukhopadhyay-er Sathey” is to be hosted by noted Bangladeshi singer Syed Abdul Hadi.Born on December 13, 1934 at Chandannagar, West Bengal, India, Mukhopadhyay received music lessons from eminent singer-composer Satinath Mukhopadhyay, Chinmoy Lahiri and Sudhin Dasgupta.After starting out as a singer, he began to write and compose songs as well from the 60s. Mukhopadhyay’s first recorded song was “Ekti Rangin Phool” (1963), written and composed by Sudhin Dasgupta. Later he recorded “Pagol Hawa”, written and composed by Salil Chowdhury.“Bo(n)dhua Aamar Chokhey” was the first hit song that he wrote, composed and recorded in 1968, and released in 1970. His hit numbers include “Keu Boley Phalgun” (1973), “Tomar Shongey Dekha Na Holey”(1973), “E Kon Shokal” (1974) and “Haye Sajan Tomar Moton Sujan” (1975).He has worked with the likes of Sudhin Dasgupta, Salil Dasgupta, Dilip Mukherjee, Subhas Mukherjee and Shanti Chaterjee, and has written and composed songs 1300 songs, many of which for eminent singers, including Sandhya Mukhopadhyay, Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Pintu Bhattacharya, Banasree Sengupta, Arundhuti Holme-Chowdhury and Srikanta Acharya.
For his lifetime contribution to music, the artiste has received numerous awards and honours, including “Sangeet Samman”, given by the West Bengal Government, and “Jnan Prakash Ghosh Award” by the Paschimbanga Sangeet Academy.
The musical event is open to invited guests only.