Pulak Bandyopadhyay (Bengali: পুলক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়; 2 May 1931 – 7 September 1999) was a Bengali Indian lyricist and songwriter of Bengali cinema.[1]
Pulak Bandyopadhyay (Bengali: পুলক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়; 2 May 1931 – 7 September 1999) was a Bengali Indian lyricist and songwriter of Bengali cinema.[1]
He was born and brought up in Salkia, Howrah. His family had close links with art circles, in particular in drama, literature, and music. He was a graduate of the Scottish Church College, in Calcutta.[1]
He experimented with various genres and in the process contributed richly to the evolution of musical compositions in Bengali cinema during the 1960s and 1970s.[2] The sheer spontaneity of his compositions made him a much sought after lyricist. Famous Bengali and Bollywood artistes like Akhilbandhu Ghosh, Hemanta Mukherjee, Manna Dey, Geeta Dutt, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Haimanti Shukla, Shyamal Mitra, Bhupen Hazarika, Pratima Bandopadhyay, Utpala Sen, Arundhati Holme Chowdhury, Satinath Mukherjee, Madhuri Chattopadhyay, Anup Ghoshal and Arati Mukherjee sang his compositions.[1][3][4] In 1966 film Sankhabela, he wrote two evergreen songs- "Ke Prothom Kachhe Esechhi" (Lata Mageshkar and Manna Dey) and "Aaj Mon Cheyechhe" (Lata Mangeshkar). In 1969 film Prothom Kadam Phool, he wrote "Ami Shri Shri Bhojo Hori Manna". In 1972 film Basanta Bilap, he wrote "O Shyam Jokhon Tokhon, Khelo Na Khela Emon".
On 7 September 1999, he committed suicide by jumping off a launch into the Hooghly river.[2]