Autobiography of pahari sanyal music

Indian actor

Pahari Sanyal (22 February – 10 February ) was an Indian actor and singer who is known for his work in Bengali cinema.

Sanyal acted in many Bengali films, such as Harano Sur, Bhanu Goenda Jahar Assistant, and Shilpi. Besides being a supporting character actor, Sanyal has also played lead roles in his portrayal of Bengali reformer Vidyasagar and the poet, playwright and actor Girishchandra Ghosh in "Mahakabi Girishchandra". He played the small role of an ornithologist in Satyajit Ray's Kanchenjungha and later a character role in "Aranyaer Din Ratri". He has also acted in some Hindi films like the Raj Kapoor vehicle Jagte Raho, the dual version of "Aradhana" directed by Sakti Samanta and English films such as the Merchant Ivory Productions venture The Householder.

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“Dipen, ei bhul ami ki kore korlam, ato din kebol Radha ke nurse boleyi janlam, Radhar bhetor meye ti ke ekbar'o dekhlam na”. Pahari Sanyal as Col. Mitter was expressing his soulful regret with a penitent expression. The articulation had such command such impact in the candid confession of a towering personality. The viewers were overwhelmed and Pahari Sanyal was Col. Mitter at his best. He spoke four languages - his mother tongue Bengali, Urdu, Hindi and English - with aplomb. The words he uttered in English in “Deep Jeley Jai” conveyed the impression that he was equally at home in English. He acted in Ivory-Merchant Production's “The Householder ()”. His diction in the languages was impeccable.
In his mother tongue Bengali, his expression was mellifluous. His longest dialogue in “Deep Jeley Jai” was when he was describing the flowering of human psychology holding his pipe and deftly playing with the lamp-shade. His description traversed from a baby's playfulness with his organs, and then when he discovers his appearance in the mirror; self-love develops - it is the narcissistic stage; then the boy starts to love his mother and the girl her father. When he finds that the society does not sanction such attachment he starts seeking his mother or the image of his mother in another woman. Pahari Sanyal's mastery of narration was splendid!
Pahari Sanyal was a robust presence in Bengali film, along with another titan Chhobi Biswas. He was equally comfortable in Hindi films. Some of his popular presence in Bengali movies was in “Bhanu Goyenda Jahar Assistant” (), “Harano Sur” ( as Roma's father), “Shilpi” ( Anjana's teacher), “Sabar Upare' (, Rita's journalist brother) and indeed “Deep Jeley Jai” () as the redoubtable Col. Mitter. Critics acclaim Pahari Sanyal for his iconic role as Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar in “Vidyasagar” (). He also acted in Satyajit Ray's “Kanchenjunga” () and “Aranyer Din Ratri” (). His performances

Pahari Sanyal was, without doubt, one of the finest actors that both, Bengali and Hindi cinema have seen.

He was born in the hill-station of Darjeeling on 22nd February, Though his real name was Nagendranath, he was nicknamed Pahari (one from the hills) and the name stuck throughout his professional career.

From his childhood itself, Sanyal was extremely fond of music and he took training under several famous music teachers of the day. Finishing his school, he joined the engineering course at the Benaras Hindu University but soon left to study Indian classical music at the Morris College of Music in Lucknow. In Lucknow, the young Pahari came in contact with the poet and composer Atulprasad Sen and soon earned fame as one of the best exponents of Atulprasad&#;s songs. In , he joined the service of the Maharaja of Dewar as his private secretary.

In , Sanyal came to Kolkata and got introduced to PC Barua through his friend the cinematographer Krishna Gopal. Sanyal got a chance to act in the New Theatres production Rooplekha but due to contractual problems he was ultimately unable to appear in the film. But he caught the eye of Debaki Bose and joined the New Theatres as an actor on a monthly salary of Rs

Pahari Sanyal finally made his screen debut as a singer-actor in Debaki Bose&#;s musical Meerabai () as Chand Bhatta, a role he also did in the Hindi version Rajrani Meera(). Both the films were very popular and helped in establishing him as one of the major film stars of the day. In the same year, the famous music director Pankaj Mullick used him to re-record all the songs sung originally by SD Burman for Yahudi Ki Ladki, a New Theatres Production, directed by Premankur Atharthi. As he was fluent in both the languages, Pahari Sanyal starred in most of the Hindi/Urdu versions of the Bengali films produced by New Theatres. In the s, he had a string of hits as an actor and singer in Bengali/ Hindi bilinguals like Bhagyachakra/Dhoop Chhaon (), Devdas/Dev