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Pankaj Mullick

Pankaj Mullick was a great popular music composer and singer of Bengal. In this film he talks about his musical journey. In 1925, Rabindranath Tagore heard of young man, who it was said sang one of his poems most beautifully. This led to a meeting at which Pankaj Mullick sang for Tagore.Mullick was one of the pioneers of music broadcasting in India.He held a music teaching programme on radio every Sunday for 45 years untill just before his death. Mullick who introduced KL Saigal to the radio, also composed music for a number of Bengali films produced by the New Theatres. Mullick was a three-in-one : actor, singer and composer. Mullick burst into the limelight with the New Theatres film Mukti for which he composed music. The founder of New Theatres, Mr. BN Sircar also reminisces his association with PankajMullick.

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1980