Amar Pal | |
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| Born | 19 May 1922 |
| Died | 20 April 2019(2019-04-20) (aged 96) |
Amar Pal (19 May 1922 – 20 April 2019) was an IndianBengali folk singer and author.
Pal was born in 1922 atBrahmanbaria inBritish India. His father Mahesh Chandra Pal died when Pal was 10. He learnedfolk songs from his mother Durga Sundari Devi. He also trained in classical music from Ustad Ayat Ali Khan, brother of legendaryAllauddin Khan.[1] Later Pal received training in folk music from Mani Chakraborty and Suren Chakraborty inKolkata.[2]
Pal went to Kolkata in 1948 with Sachindranath Bhattacharya, a lyricist ofAll India Radio. In 1951, he first got a chance to sing inAkashbani Kolkata. He recorded thousands of folk and modern Bengali songs in the next seven decades. The satirical song "Kotoi Rongo Dekhi Duniyay", inSatyajit Ray'sHirak Rajar Deshe, made him famous. He worked in a number of Bengali films as a playback singer or music director.[3]
Pal attended seminars and workshops on folk music worldwide and became the Vice-Chairman of the Paschim Banga Rajya Sangeet Academy.[2]
He received theSangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2007 from theGovernment of India[4] and theGovernment of West Bengal awarded him the Sangeet Mahasamman in 2012 for his prolonged contribution in folk music.[5] He was honoured by theRabindra Bharati University andBurdwan University.
Pal also wrote two books,Banglar Loksangeet andBanglaar Nadir Gaan.[6]
The notable devotional songs Pal sang are as follows:
Pal died atSSKM Hospital, Kolkata after a cardiac arrest on 20 April 2019 at the age of 96.[5]
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