- Dhananjay Bhattacharya
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Dhananjay Bhattacharya 
Born 10th September, 1922
West BengalDied 27th December,1992
KolkataNationality India Occupation Singer Known for Adhunik Bangla Gaan (Bengali Modern Songs), Shyama Sangeet Dhananjay Bhattacharya,son of Surendranath Bhattacharya was one of the finest Bengal singers. He was a great versatile Shyama Sangeet singer. He was eight years elder than his younger brother Pannalal. He studied in Rivers Thompson School, Bally, Howrah.
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Singing career
He started his career by singing modern Bengali as well as Hindi songs. His first song was "Jodi bhule jao more/janabo na abhiman..." in the year 1940, recorded from Pioneer Company. His first playback however was in the year 1943. He was best known for singing Shyama Sangeet. Out of the total 24 songs in the movie Sadhak Ramprasad(1956), Dhananjay sang 23 songs.He had the rarest of rare quality of singing any type or form of songs including Modern Bengali, Hindustani Classical Music, Rabindra Sangeet, Kirtan, Bhajan, Baul, Ramprasadi(of Ramprasad Sen), Nazrul Geeti, Shyama Sangeet etc. . He had a unique voice quality that is unparallel with a range incomparable with any vocalist till today. May be for this reason nobody dares to sing his songs which are not only unique but also very difficult to render yet they are catchy and soothing and seem to be very simple when we hear him. His singing career lasted more than fifty years. No. of records of his songs is 500. He was also a lyricist and wrote near about 400 songs in the name of "Shri Partha" and "Shri Ananda". He acted in a few films like "Nababidhan", "Pasher Bari", etc.
Personal life
Dhananjay was married. Some people say that he and Pannalal both wanted to please Kali by offering her their songs. According to them Dhananjay received the grace of the divine mother, but Pannalal didn't, and so he committed suicide, and after his death, Dhananjay bore the responsibility of Pannalal's family, along with his own. In his last days, Dhananjay stayed in a mess away from his house due to some unknown reasons. He had three sons and out of them only Dipankar has taken the onus upon him to carry the legacy of his father.
Selected career
As Playback singer
- Mahaprasthaner Pathey(1952)
- Yatrik(1952)
- Swamiji
- Sharey Chuattor(1953)
Dhananjay in Sharey Chuattar(1953)
- Naba Bidhan(1954)
- Rani Rashmoni(1955)
- Shreebatsa Chinta(1955)
- Godhuli(1955)
- Sadhak Ramprasad(1956)
- Tansen(1958)
- Bandhan(1962)
- Debitirtha-Kamrup(1967)
As Actor
- Naba Bidhan(1954) as Abinash
- Sharey Chuattor(1953)
- Pasher Bari
- Shoshur Bari
References
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Categories:- 1922 births
- Indian singers
- Bengali singers
- 1992 deaths
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