Forgotten Singers - Shankar Das Gupta

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I donot know how to spell his name correctly.
Shankardas Gupta or Shankar Dasgupta , the second refers
him to be a bengali.
His voice and rendering were really appealing.His 2 solos
1.Dukh se bhara hua hai dil
2.Hum kya bataye tumse
composed by Khemchand Prakash for JAAN PEHCHAAN gave a feeling
of a prosperous new comer as a play back artist.
The songs were soon forgotten and I think he later rendered
a duet with Suraiya
'Chaahe kitni kathin dagar ho' (dont remember the movie)which
was very popular.
Can someone in the NG mention any other songs by him.
I have no idea if he had composed music for any movie or
rendered songs in other languages.
- kp

[k***@gmail.com]

I donot know how to spell his name correctly.
Shankardas Gupta or Shankar Dasgupta , the second refers
him to be a bengali.
His voice and rendering were really appealing.His 2 solos
1.Dukh se bhara hua hai dil
2.Hum kya bataye tumse
composed by Khemchand Prakash for JAAN PEHCHAAN gave a feeling
of a prosperous new comer as a play back artist.
The songs were soon forgotten and I think he later rendered
a duet with Suraiya
'Chaahe kitni kathin dagar ho' (dont remember the movie)which
was very popular.
Can someone in the NG mention any other songs by him.
I have no idea if he had composed music for any movie or
rendered songs in other languages.
- kp

[k***@gmail.com]

By a stroke of luck I came upon this 'thread' on Shankar Dasgupta just as I was listening to one of my all time favourite solos by this forgotten singer composed by Anil Biswas for the film Do Raha (1952). It is a very touching song, written by Prem Dhawan and soulfully rendered. I will be only too happy to share it with you. Please send me your email address. The song begins thus: Toot Gayi Patvaar Naiya Kaun Lagave Paar.
Kersi N. Mistry
11/15/2016

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Check out you tube for one of his best "Ajeeb hai zindagi ki manzil".

[Jay]

I donot know how to spell his name correctly.
Shankardas Gupta or Shankar Dasgupta , the second refers
him to be a bengali.
His voice and rendering were really appealing.His 2 solos
1.Dukh se bhara hua hai dil
2.Hum kya bataye tumse
composed by Khemchand Prakash for JAAN PEHCHAAN gave a feeling
of a prosperous new comer as a play back artist.
The songs were soon forgotten and I think he later rendered
a duet with Suraiya
'Chaahe kitni kathin dagar ho' (dont remember the movie)which
was very popular.
Can someone in the NG mention any other songs by him.
I have no idea if he had composed music for any movie or
rendered songs in other languages.
- kp

Hello to All:

When I go across the posts of RMIMERs on s topic like SHankar Dasgupta - whom I feel was very talented in his musical sphere. I would rate him even above G.M.Durrani, Khan Mastana, S.D.Batish...who were powerful contemporaries during his tenure from 1946 to 1957.

Manna Dey told me that he was a 'playboy' - very handsome and earnest about music...always willing. Perhaps, it was this quality that made Anilda compose ALL THE SONGS from Darban ('46) wherein the MD's name is labelled as Shankar. These are real - I had the full set of Darban-46 in 78s.

Around 1949-50 he also composed non-film Geets for HMV - which I have documented in HD format webm in GCloud.

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