Bhaskar Jyoti Talapatra
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Hi
Friends
There was a time when songs were released on various formats ,vinyls, cassettes and CDs in Bengal during Durga puja. Then renowned artists like Hemanta Mukherjee, kishore Kumar, Lata Manghesker, Asha Bhonsle ,and many more sang songs . The vinyls were sold prior to puja and people here collected those. In different community pujas in Kolkata and in the suburbs those songs were played round the clock. Those days the HMV used to release the lyrics of those songs recorded in a magazine entitled SHAROD ARGHYA and educated people bought it. Later, cassettes and CDs were released in 90's .After the demise of the legendary artists the then young generation also carried the baton of their predecessors. I had heard that once Lataji recorded a song and the music was created by Kishore Kumar for puja and that particular vinyl was liked by all. Rahul Dev Burman also made puja songs and people received all the songs happily. I can remember those puja numbers being played at different community pujas when I was a child and was going to my ancestral house to attend Durga puja which has been going on for 300 years. But these days songs made specially for puja can't be heard. Even don't know whether any song is made now for puja as it happened in past. On the auspicious day of MAHAASTHAMI I am writing this and hope prosperity and happiness for all the members of HFV .
REGARDS
Bhaskar
Friends
There was a time when songs were released on various formats ,vinyls, cassettes and CDs in Bengal during Durga puja. Then renowned artists like Hemanta Mukherjee, kishore Kumar, Lata Manghesker, Asha Bhonsle ,and many more sang songs . The vinyls were sold prior to puja and people here collected those. In different community pujas in Kolkata and in the suburbs those songs were played round the clock. Those days the HMV used to release the lyrics of those songs recorded in a magazine entitled SHAROD ARGHYA and educated people bought it. Later, cassettes and CDs were released in 90's .After the demise of the legendary artists the then young generation also carried the baton of their predecessors. I had heard that once Lataji recorded a song and the music was created by Kishore Kumar for puja and that particular vinyl was liked by all. Rahul Dev Burman also made puja songs and people received all the songs happily. I can remember those puja numbers being played at different community pujas when I was a child and was going to my ancestral house to attend Durga puja which has been going on for 300 years. But these days songs made specially for puja can't be heard. Even don't know whether any song is made now for puja as it happened in past. On the auspicious day of MAHAASTHAMI I am writing this and hope prosperity and happiness for all the members of HFV .
REGARDS
Bhaskar
Please share few songs you liked. There is this song sung by Kishore Kumar "Amar Deep Nebhano Raat" which is one of my favorites. Was this song part of the albums released during the festival?
