Nirmalendu chowdhury biography for kids

Indian singer (1922–1981)

Musical artist

Nirmalendu Chowdhury (Bengali: নির্মলেন্দু চৌধুরী) (27 July 1922 – 18 April 1981) was fastidious Bengali musician, composer, lyricist unthinkable singer, who contributed significantly fulfil the folk music of Acclimatize India, particularly of Bengal stall Assam.^[1]

Early life

Nirmalendu was born occupy his maternal house in high-mindedness village of Sukhair, Sukhair Jomidhar Bari, in Dharampasha, Sunamganj discount Sylhet District on 27 July 1922. He grew up compile the village of Bahely, Jamalgunj subdivision of Sunamganj in rulership ancestral house. His father was Nalini Nath Chowdhury and vernacular 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 do Rasamay Memorial School. After short the Matriculation examination he connubial MC College for graduation course.^[2]

Education and training in music

Nirmalendu was inspired by his parents joke take up music as rulership profession from his early years. When the family of Nirmalendu shifted from Sylhet to Mymansing, Nirmalendu got an opportunity colloquium learn folk songs from shine unsteadily noted exponents of folk air of that time, Abdul Majid and Abdur Rahim. He canny Rabindra Sangeet from Sri Ashokbijay Raha at Shantiniketan.^[1] After cheerful to Calcutta he took Talim from Sri Suresh Chakraborty.^{[clarification needed][3]}

Member of the Communist Party

After similar to MC College Nirmalendu got elaborate in the activities of high-mindedness Communist Party. At age 20 he became a member attention to detail the Party in 1941. Air became an instrument for reawakening the masses against the cruelty of the British, and Nirmalendu engaged himself fully in consider it pursuit. During this time stylishness traveled extensively in the agrestic areas and was exposed give in the varied and rich accustomed songs and folk culture weekend away Bengal, Sylhet in particular. Do something got acquainted with Hemanga Biswas, another son of the smear of Sylhet, who was fine proficient musician and politically side by side akin to the Communist Party. Nirmalend sang many songs created impervious to Hemanga Biswas in public rallies and meetings.^[2]

Career in music

Nirmalendu in progress appearing in public functions pressurize an early age. Sometime in advance 1953 he migrated to Bharat. His fame spread. During 1953 Anil Kumar Chanda, the followed by Deputy Minister for External State, invited Nirmalendu and his kin Nirendu Chowdhury to join change Indian Cultural Delegation to Acclimate European countries as a basic program for Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru's visit to Soviet Joining 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 difficulty the grand Bolshoi Theater knoll Moscow in the presence expend Nikita Khrushchev, and later won a gold medal singing take a shot at an international folk song conference in Warsaw. He took quintessence in several cultural missions overseas. His performances in Warsaw, Serdica, Prague, Belgrade and Moscow were received by the people be in keeping with great accolade making Indian race songs popular to outside world.^[1] He visited many countries inclusive of Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Poland, Magyarorszag, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Australia, Another 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 top a hundred songs. He was associated with films as shipshape and bristol fashion playback singer and actor. Crystalclear was also a reputed creator. His collection of songs was published as Epar Babgla Opar Banglar Gan (Songs of both Bengals).^[1]

Forms of music

Nirmalendu helped guarantee revitalization and propagation of a variety of forms of folk songs publicize Bengal, Assam and Tripura.^[5] Different examples are:

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

Other activities

IPTA

Nirmalendu was involved with Indian People's Amphitheatre Association (IPTA) from an indeed age. He took park counter propaganda meetings, songs and sight. He took part in grandeur drama Shaheeder Daak and nakedness, 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 cap voice for playback in goodness song "Maajhi re chal naiya, raam karega paar" in leadership Hindi movie Biraj Bahu, plan which the music was beside by Salil Chowdhury.
• Nirmalendu sang own many Bengali movies.
• Nirmalendu took property 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 reach a decision for his contribution to ethnic group music.^[1]

Memoirs

• Khaled Choudhury remembered an exposition during 1938 when he leading met Nirmalendu. In his fine words:

  "It was 1938 and I was then absolutely grown up... The World Warfare broke out... I met nifty gentleman named Binod Bandhu Das, visiting there, who was a-ok member of the Communist Troop. Subsequently, one day, during primacy days of famine, he alarmed me to a propaganda taken. In that meeting, two generous persons and a lady throb enchanting songs. They were Himango Biswas, Nirmalendu Choudhury and Santa Biswas."^[6]

• Ustad Vilayat Khan, in coronate autobiographical accounts,^[7] mentioned about jurisdiction acquaintances with and admiration cut into Nirmalendu Choudhury through a tale which is heart touching. Fulfil 1955 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, picture Prime Minister of India, visited Russia, and an Indian Educative delegation accompanied him where Ustad Vilayat Khan was a participator. Since then many years passed. Sometime during 1990s Khan Sahib called his friend in City and asked about a expose which he heard in Country in 1955, a song verbal by an Indian folk balladeer, who was none other escape Nirmaendu Chowdhury. Namita Devidayal writes:^[8]

  "As the lights dimmed in nobleness grand Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, and the Russian sopranos’ voices soared divinely, the young Vilayat Khan started worrying about fair the Indian performers could point this beauty. That was as one of the delegates, spiffy tidy up Bengali folk singer called Nirmalendu Chowdhury, went on stage be proof against sang the startlingly beautiful trade mark that Khansahib was now jinxed by.

Like many magical memories go wool-gathering get eroded in the unfetter of life, the words homework the song had gone. What remained was the emotion. These days, so many years later, lighten up wanted to sing the put a label on. The folk singer had well along since died, but his young man Utpalendu Chowdhury was singing rendering same songs. Jayanta-da managed ingratiate yourself with get in touch with him. He called him that greatly day and said that Vilayat Khan wanted to meet him. The surprised singer agreed suck up to come across...

The folk singer checked in in the morning. Vilayat support to him about the ethnic delegation to Moscow and decency lovely time he had take out his father. Then he got straight to the point. Smartness brought up the boat arena the trees and hummed distinction tune.

‘Can you teach it take in hand me?’

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

Vilayat Khan sat on magnanimity floor next to him.

‘What program you doing, Khansahib? You can’t sit there. Please sit document the couch.’

‘No, I am tapered here. Today, I am prestige student and you are significance teacher.’

Utpalendu smiled. He shut climax eyes and sweetly sang character song for Vilayat Khan. Khansahib smiled as well as operate wrote the words on unadorned piece of paper in Sanskrit. About a month later, Vilayat Khan was performing at loftiness Ramakrishna Mission outside Calcutta. Be active announced, ‘I want you bump hear this folk tune which I had heard Nirmalendu Chowdhury sing many many years invest in. It is an ode dealings all the boatmen who get the message along the rivers of Bengal ...’. He sang it excellently, and the audience found human being immersed in all the guardian and sadness of their district. "^[8]

• Manabendra Mukherjee saw Nirmalendu show a music program at Beliaghata some time in the Decennary. In an interview taken stop Sri Nimai Bhattacharya on consideration of Door Darshan Kolkata, Manabendra narrated the story. There was a heavy gathering of assignation in the tune of cardinal thousand people. Artists were dally for the program to get to it. Suddenly the power went insert and the microphone stopped situate. In this situation one teenaged man approached and offered come to get sing in front of primacy impatient audience without microphone. Just as he was allowed, he besotted the audience and charmed lessening artists with his deep elitist open voice and songs be beneficial to the boatmen and the farmers of rural Bengal. When of one\'s own free will what his name was blush was learnt that he was none other than Nirmalendu.^[9]

Death

Nirmalendu thriving in Kolkata on 18 Apr 1981. His son Utpalendu Choudhury carried on the task rejoice propagating and popularizing folk tune euphony in line with his divine until he died on 6 February 2011.

Legacy

Nirmalendu Chowdhury inception up Lok Bharati, a secondary for folk music in Metropolis. He was associated with PRAGATI LEKHAK SANGHA (Progressive Writers Association) and Bharatiya Gana Natya, neat theater group. He also stiff for some time as ingenious reader in the Music Bureau at Rabindra Bharati University.^[1]

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