Eclectic Northeast – July 2019

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tripura

Shilajit Kar Bhowmik

I

t is hard to forget Kishore

Kumar singing the classic ‘Ek

Ladki Bheegi Bhagi Si’ in ‘Chalti

Ka Naam Gaadi’or Dev Anand lip-

syncing to ‘Khoya Khoya Chand’

with Mohammad Rafi lending

voice as the playback singer in

‘Kalabazaar’. Bollywood fans will

Sachin Dev Burman was a skilled composer and his music still touches the

hearts of music lovers around the country

TRIPURA REMEMBERS

THE KING OF MELODY

also fondly remember Waheeda

Rahman dancing to the tune of

‘Piya To Se Naina Lage Re’ sung by

Lata Mangeshkar in the movie

‘Guide’ and Rajesh Khanna lip-

syncing to ‘Meri Swapno Ki Rani

Kab Aye Gi Tu’ in the blockbuster

Bollywood movie ‘Aradhana’. These

super-hit songs of yesteryears still

resonate in the hearts of millions

of Indians. However, the composer

of these songs is often forgotten

as we become too captivated

and charmed by the singers.

Nevertheless, any person from

Northeast India would take pride

over the fact that these songs were

composed by a scion of Tripura’s

royal family, Sachin Dev Burman,

who is also known as the ‘Bard of

Gomati’.

Bharat Ratna for Son of the

Soil

The Government of India

achieved laudatory heights by

taking a decision to confer the

prestigious ‘Bharat Ratna’ upon

Bhupen Hazarika. And, people in

Tripura believe that this should

be followed suit by giving S D

Burman his due as well.

‘Mission Janajagaran’ led by

noted journalist and social activist

Prasenjit Chakraborty wrote a

letter to Prime Minister Narendra

Modi on 12 April, 2019 demanding

the conferment of Bharat Ratna to

S D Barman. Mission Janajagaran

is a civil society that aims to

clinch recognition for eminent

personalities of Tripura.

The letter goes as follows:
‘The whole nation still feels
enchanted and rejuvenated with
the vivid immortal creations of the
melody king of all times and the
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