No other director made more dramatic use of Tagore songs in Bangla movies than Ritwik Ghatak. Tagore's song "Amaar Mukti Aloy Aloy" was brilliantly used by Tapan Sinha in "Atithi". He also directed two other films based on Tagore's stories – "Kshudita Pashan" (1960) and "Atithi" (1966).
Chhobi Biswas' portrayal of the lead character is still etched in my memory.Ī popular Tagore song, "Kothao Amar Hariye Jawaar Nei Mana, Mone Mone", formed the theme music of the film. I still remember watching his film based on Tagore's "Kabuliwala" (1957), where an Afghan man from Kabul had to leave his daughter behind and finds a substitute in Mini, a little girl in Kolkata. Tapan Sinha was one of my favourite directors. Sromona Guhathakurta's wonderful rendition of "Baajilo Kaharo Bina", picturised on actress Mamata Shankar in "Agantuk" (1991), is another song that also immediately comes to mind. Kishore Kumar sang "Bidhir Bandhon Baandhbe Tumi". Ray again requested Kishore Kumar to lend his voice in his 1984 film "Ghare Baire". The song "Phooley Phooley Dhole Dhole", filmed on two main characters Amal and Charu, played by Soumitra Chatterjee and Madhabi Mukherjee, remains etched in the memory of many film-lovers. Ray sprang a great surprise by not opting for famous Tagore singers like Hemanta Mukherjee or Debabrata Biswas, but choosing Kishore Kumar, more known for singing in Hindi films, to sing "Ami Chini Go Chini Tomaare" in "Charulata". In "Kanchanjanga" (1962), Amiya Tagore's rendition of "Ei Parabaashe Robe Ke" in the background was so appropriate with the settings.
In 1961, in his "Teen Kanya" based on three short stories of Tagore, the tappa-style song "Baaje Koruno Shurey" was used in "Monihara". Satyajit Ray, arguably the most celebrated Bengali film director, not only adapted several of Tagore's literary creations for his films, but also used several of the bard's songs in these films and also in films which were not based on Tagore's works. Gupta wrote, "After listening to Mullick's tune for 'Diner Seshe Ghumer Deshe', Tagore hugged him and said that if he left any of his songs unfinished or without composition, Dadu would have to set them to tune." Mullick's grandson Rajib Gupta wrote that while Barua was narrating the story of "Mukti", he was repeatedly drawing references to a few lines from "Diner Sheshe Ghumer Deshe".īarua asked Pankaj Mullick to seek permission from Tagore to use it in the film. There goes a story about how Mullick obtained Tagore's permission to use this song in the film.
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