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Shyamal Mitra

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Shyamal Mitra

Sound · 1929–1987 · Naihati, Bengal Presidency, British India

Biography

Shyamal Mitra (14 January 1929 – 15 November 1987) was an Indian versatile playback singer and music director along with Hemanta Mukherjee and Manna Dey. Mitra has also worked in many Hindi and Bengali films as a music director and film producer. He was the most notable musician of the golden era of the Bengali music industry. His baritone voice reflected a range of emotions. Besides recording a huge number of popular Bengali basic songs, he also worked as a playback singer in more than a hundred Bengali films and directed music in more than fifty Bengali films. He also sang in various other Indian languages, like Hindi, Assamese, and Oriya.

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