Sanjeeb Choudhury

Sanjeeb Choudhury ( _bn. সঞ্জীব চৌধুরী "Shonjib Choudhuri") (December 25, 1962 - November 19, 2007 [http://www.bdnews24.com/bangla/details.php?cid=15&id=13345 চলে গেলেন সঞ্জীব চৌধুরী] , BDNews24.com, November 19, 2007.] ) was a Bangladeshi singer, lyricist and journalist. He is one of the two main member of famous Bengali Band Dalchhut with Bappa Mazumder. Sanjeeb was instrumental in Dalchhut's four albums and wrote and tuned many songs with his singing and has one solo album named "Swapnobaji". He is also a famous journalist and worked for the newspaper Ajker Kagoj, Bhorer Kagoj and Jaijaidin. On November 19, 2007, he died at the Intensive Care Unit of Apollo Hospital in Dhaka after a sudden sickness on 15 November 2007.cite news
title =জীবন-মৃত্যুর মাঝে সঞ্জীব চৌধুরী | work =Prothom Alo | pages =14 | language =Bengali
publisher =Mahfuz Anam | date =18 November 2007
url = | accessdate =2007-11-18] He was an activist during the mass upsurge against the autocratic regime of Hossain Mohammad Ershad.

Music

Sanjeeb Choudhury was born at Baniachang Upazila in Habiganj on 25 December 1962. He graduated from the journalism department of Dhaka University and orgainsed various cultural programs and taught his classmates many songs during his time at the university.cite news
last=Gayen | first=Kaberi | title =সঞ্জীবদা 'ভুল দরজায়' আর কড়া নাড়বেন না | work =Prothom Alo
pages=11 | language =Bengali | publisher =Mahfuz Anam | date =20 November 2007
url = | accessdate =2007-11-18] During the mass movement against Ershad his poems gained popularity as he was known to his Dhaka University colleagues as "Sanjeebda" or "Brother Sanjeeb". He initially sang at a band group named "Shongkhochil".cite news
title =সঞ্জীবদ চৌধুরীকে অশ্রু আর ফুলেল শ্রদ্ধায় শেষ বিদায় | work =Prothom Alo
pages=20 | language =Bengali | publisher =Mahfuz Anam | date =20 November 2007
url = | accessdate =2007-11-18] During the mid 90's he and Bappa Mazumder formed their band "Dalchhut" which within a short time gained immense popularity. In 1996, Dalchhut released their first album "Ahh". The duet song in the album "Shada Moila Rongila Pale" become an instant hit. Dalchhut's second album was "Hridoypur", which happened to be their most popular album. In the album Bappa and Sanjeeb sang the song "Gari Chole Na" of Shah Abdul Karim which was shown on famous magazine Ittadi. Sanjeeb's solo "Ami Tomakei Bole Debo" was another popular song of that album. In Dalchhut's third album "Aakaashchuri", folk tuned song "Bioscope" was again shown on Ittadi and became famous. Sanjeeb's solo album "Swapnobaji" was released in 2005. In 2007, Dalchhut's final album "Jochhnabihar" was released after a long break. Sanjeeb wrote the title song "Jochhnabihar" and tuned and sang some others.

Journalism

After his graduation from the journalism department of Dhaka University, Sanjeeb Choudhury worked in a number of dailies. He started off at "Ajker Kagoj" and later joined 'Bhorer Kagoj" and established himself as a feature writer. He was the departmental editor of "Mela" which was a popular supplement of the paper. Subsequently he became the editor of "Istikutum" and "Pathok Forum" which brought the readers of the newspaper to a place where they had the chance to express their views. He taught and trained many young journalists and run many workshops. He also worked in Jaijaidin for a while.

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