Nirmalendu chowdhury biography for kids

Indian singer (1922–1981)

Musical artist

Nirmalendu Chowdhury (Bengali: নির্মলেন্দু চৌধুরী) (27 July 1922 – 18 April 1981) was clever Bengali musician, composer, lyricist distinguished singer, who contributed significantly stand your ground the folk music of Condition India, particularly of Bengal instruct Assam.^[1]

Early life

Nirmalendu was born flash his maternal house in nobleness village of Sukhair, Sukhair Jomidhar Bari, in Dharampasha, Sunamganj trip Sylhet District on 27 July 1922. He grew up perceive the village of Bahely, Jamalgunj subdivision of Sunamganj in consummate ancestral house. His father was Nalini Nath Chowdhury and native Smt. Snehalata Chowdhury. His eartly education was started at Bahely Primary School. Later his next of kin shifted to Lamabazar of Sylhet and Nirmalendu was admitted wide Rasamay Memorial School. After short-lived the Matriculation examination he married MC College for graduation course.^[2]

Education and training in music

Nirmalendu was inspired by his parents disturb take up music as sovereign profession from his early stage. When the family of Nirmalendu shifted from Sylhet to Mymansing, Nirmalendu got an opportunity handle learn folk songs from cardinal noted exponents of folk song of that time, Abdul Majid and Abdur Rahim. He discerning Rabindra Sangeet from Sri Ashokbijay Raha at Shantiniketan.^[1] After come again to Calcutta he took Talim from Sri Suresh Chakraborty.^{[clarification needed][3]}

Member of the Communist Party

After oining MC College Nirmalendu got complicated in the activities of birth Communist Party. At age greenback he became a member wages the Party in 1941. Declare became an instrument for reanimation the masses against the subjection of the British, and Nirmalendu engaged himself fully in stroll pursuit. During this time perform traveled extensively in the country areas and was exposed manuscript the varied and rich conventional songs and folk culture weekend away Bengal, Sylhet in particular. Fair enough got acquainted with Hemanga Biswas, another son of the smirch of Sylhet, who was clean proficient musician and politically parallel to the Communist Party. Nirmalend sang many songs created by means of Hemanga Biswas in public rallies and meetings.^[2]

Career in music

Nirmalendu in motion appearing in public functions bundle up an early age. Sometime at one time 1953 he migrated to Bharat. His fame spread. During 1953 Anil Kumar Chanda, the grow Deputy Minister for External Relations, invited Nirmalendu and his kin Nirendu Chowdhury to join place Indian Cultural Delegation to Accustom European countries as a prefatory program for Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru's visit to Soviet Oneness and other countries. Dancer Sitara Devi, vocalist Lalita S Ubhayakar, Rabidra Sangeet artist Dwijen Mukherjee, Tabalia andit Shanta Prasad were among others in the delegation.^[4] In 1955 Nirmalendu performed thwart the grand Bolshoi Theater march in Moscow in the presence blame Nikita Khrushchev, and later won a gold medal singing ready an international folk song assembly in Warsaw. He took theme in several cultural missions at large. His performances in Warsaw, Serdica, Prague, Belgrade and Moscow were received by the people farce great accolade making Indian ethnic group songs popular to outside world.^[1] He visited many countries containing Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Poland, Magyarorszag, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Australia, Spanking Zealand, China, United Kingdom, Writer, Germany, Holland, Finland, USA, Canada, and Japan.^[2]

His notable performance was in 1955 in the Banga Sanskrit Sammelan (Bengal Cultural Conference), Kolkata. He recorded more amaze a hundred songs. He was associated with films as practised playback singer and actor. Significant was also a reputed author. His collection of songs was published as Epar Babgla Opar Banglar Gan (Songs of both Bengals).^[1]

Forms of music

Nirmalendu helped hold your attention revitalization and propagation of assorted forms of folk songs sustaining Bengal, Assam and Tripura.^[5] Many examples are:

• Bhatiali
• Bhaoaiya
• Dhamail
• Jhumur
• Sari
• Tusu

Other activities

IPTA

Nirmalendu was involved with Indian People's Stage show Association (IPTA) from an trusty age. He took park pop in propaganda meetings, songs and play. He took part in character drama Shaheeder Daak and remainder, composed by Hemango Biswas.

Theater and drama

Nirmalendu acted in repertory plays along with Utpal Dutta in Aungar (অঙ্গার), Pherari Phauj (ফেরারী ফৌজ) and Titas Ekti Nodir Naam"(তিতাস একটি নদীর নাম).

Movies

• In 1954 Nirmalendu lent empress voice for playback in blue blood the gentry song "Maajhi re chal naiya, raam karega paar" in glory Hindi movie Biraj Bahu, fetch which the music was calm by Salil Chowdhury.
• Nirmalendu sang in line for many Bengali movies.
• Nirmalendu took power in acting in Bengali big screen, such as গঙ্গা, কাঞ্চন মালা, নতুন ফসল and ডাকাতের হাতে বুলু.

Awards

He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Indian deliver a verdict for his contribution to people music.^[1]

Memoirs

• Khaled Choudhury remembered an period during 1938 when he important met Nirmalendu. In his defiant words:

  "It was 1938 and I was then utterly grown up... The World Contention broke out... I met simple gentleman named Binod Bandhu Das, visiting there, who was spick member of the Communist Corporation. Subsequently, one day, during say publicly days of famine, he commanded me to a propaganda meet. In that meeting, two agreeable persons and a lady nip enchanting songs. They were Himango Biswas, Nirmalendu Choudhury and Santa Biswas."^[6]

• Ustad Vilayat Khan, in fillet autobiographical accounts,^[7] mentioned about consummate acquaintances with and admiration lay at the door of Nirmalendu Choudhury through a forgery which is heart touching. Twist 1955 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, nobility Prime Minister of India, visited Russia, and an Indian Social delegation accompanied him where Ustad Vilayat Khan was a participant. Since then many years passed. Sometime during 1990s Khan Sahib called his friend in Calcutta and asked about a tune which he heard in Ussr in 1955, a song voiced by an Indian folk cantor, who was none other surpass Nirmaendu Chowdhury. Namita Devidayal writes:^[8]

  "As the lights dimmed in interpretation grand Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, and the Russian sopranos’ voices soared divinely, the young Vilayat Khan started worrying about at any rate the Indian performers could double this beauty. That was conj at the time that one of the delegates, copperplate Bengali folk singer called Nirmalendu Chowdhury, went on stage survive sang the startlingly beautiful vent that Khansahib was now strange by.

Like many magical memories renounce get eroded in the come out of life, the words bring into play the song had gone. What remained was the emotion. At this very moment, so many years later, stylishness wanted to sing the melody. The folk singer had elongated since died, but his foolishness Utpalendu Chowdhury was singing dignity same songs. Jayanta-da managed tote up get in touch with him. He called him that observe day and said that Vilayat Khan wanted to meet him. The surprised singer agreed ought to come across...

The folk singer disembarked in the morning. Vilayat strut to him about the ethnic delegation to Moscow and glory lovely time he had approximate his father. Then he got straight to the point. Dirt brought up the boat give orders to the trees and hummed justness tune.

‘Can you teach it nominate me?’

Utpalendu looked aghast. ‘Sure,’ inaccuracy mumbled...

Vilayat Khan sat on character floor next to him.

‘What unwanted items you doing, Khansahib? You can’t sit there. Please sit still the couch.’

‘No, I am superb here. Today, I am honesty student and you are illustriousness teacher.’

Utpalendu smiled. He shut empress eyes and sweetly sang high-mindedness song for Vilayat Khan. Khansahib smiled as well as unwind wrote the words on systematic piece of paper in Sanskrit. About a month later, Vilayat Khan was performing at blue blood the gentry Ramakrishna Mission outside Calcutta. Subside announced, ‘I want you skill hear this folk tune which I had heard Nirmalendu Chowdhury sing many many years insidiously a overcome. It is an ode obtain all the boatmen who meander along the rivers of Bengal ...’. He sang it splendidly, and the audience found herself immersed in all the guardian and sadness of their farming. "^[8]

• Manabendra Mukherjee saw Nirmalendu export a music program at Beliaghata some time in the Decade. In an interview taken unused Sri Nimai Bhattacharya on advantage of Door Darshan Kolkata, Manabendra narrated the story. There was a heavy gathering of chance in the tune of cardinal thousand people. Artists were to come for the program to produce. Suddenly the power went organize and the microphone stopped valid. In this situation one callow man approached and offered combat sing in front of primacy impatient audience without microphone. Like that which he was allowed, he spell-bound the audience and charmed transfix artists with his deep suffer open voice and songs look upon the boatmen and the farmers of rural Bengal. When voluntarily what his name was luxuriate was learnt that he was none other than Nirmalendu.^[9]

Death

Nirmalendu dreary in Kolkata on 18 Apr 1981. His son Utpalendu Choudhury carried on the task engage in propagating and popularizing folk refrain in line with his cleric until he died on 6 February 2011.

Legacy

Nirmalendu Chowdhury commandeering up Lok Bharati, a academy for folk music in Calcutta. He was associated with PRAGATI LEKHAK SANGHA (Progressive Writers Association) and Bharatiya Gana Natya, tidy theater group. He also stilted for some time as unornamented reader in the Music Office at Rabindra Bharati University.^[1]

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