Jump to content

Renuka Dasgupta: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Yobot (talk | contribs)
Bots
4,733,870 edits
m Tagging using AWB (10703)
m →top: date format audit, minor formatting
 
(41 intermediate revisions by 18 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{more citations needed|date=March 2010}}
{{Multiple issues|
{{refimprove|date=March 2010}}
{{peacock|date=October 2011}}
{{orphan|date=April 2010}}
}}


{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2013}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2013}}


{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name = Renuka Dasgupta
| name = Renuka Dasgupta
| background = solo_singer
| background = solo_singer
| image = RDGin1949.jpg
| image = RDGin1949.jpg
| imagesize =
| imagesize =
| caption = Year : 1949
| caption = Dasgupta in 1949
| birth_name = Renuka Sengupta
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 22 August 1910
| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|8|22|df=y}}
| birth_place=[[Konnagar]], Bengal Province, [[British India]] (now in [[West Bengal]], [[India]])
| birth_place = [[Konnagar]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 1 January 1991
| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|1|1|1910|8|22|df=y}}
|death_place=[[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India
| instrument =
| instrument =
| genre = Atulprasadi, Thumri, Nazrulgeeti, Rabindra Sangeet, Bhajan
| genre = Atulprasadi, Thumri, Nazrulgeeti, Rabindra Sangeet, Bhajan
| occupation = Singer
| occupation = Singer
| label = Hindustan Records (INRECO), HMV(Saregama)
| label = Hindustan Records (INRECO), HMV(Saregama)
| years_active = 1925 &ndash; 1972
| years_active = 1925–1972|
}}
}}


'''Renuka Dasgupta''' ({{nee|Sengupta}}; 22 August 1910 &ndash; 1 January 1991) was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] singer, best known for the songs of [[Atulprasad Sen]]. She was a direct disciple of [[Atulprasad Sen]], [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] and [[Dilipkumar Roy]].
'''

'''Renuka Dasgupta''' ''née Sengupta''(22 Aug 1910 - 1 Jan 1991, Calcutta,WB ) was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] singer, considered one of the best-known exponents of the songs of [[Atulprasad Sen]]. She was amongst the few singers to learn directly from [[Atulprasad Sen]], [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] and [[Dilipkumar Roy]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
Born in Konnagar, West Bengal Renuka Dasgupta lived in Gaya till the age of 5. Her family then moved to Tikatuli, Dhaka where she remained based till her marriage to Hirendra Chandra Dasgupta a graduate engineer of [[Bengal Engineering College]] which was then affiliated with the [[University of Calcutta]] in the early 1930s. Post marriage she moved and settled permanently in Calcutta. She had 2 children. She was a cousin of [[Sahana Devi]], [[Atulprasad Sen]], Kanak Biswas(née Das).<ref>Interview with Renuka Dasgupta by Subhas Chowdhury</ref> Renuka Dasgupta taught Music in Kamrunnesa Girls High School at Tikatuli, Dhaka in the late 1920s. She also owned and managed a small civil engineering firm for 3 decades.
Born in Konnagar, West Bengal, Dasgupta lived in [[Gaya (India)|Gaya]], [[Dhaka]] and [[Kolkata|Calcutta]]. She was a cousin of [[Sahana Devi]], [[Atulprasad Sen]], Kanak Biswas (née Das).<ref>Interview with Renuka Dasgupta by Subhas Chowdhury</ref> Dasgupta taught music in Kamrunnesa Girls High School at Tikatuli, Dhaka in the late 1920s. She married Hirendra Chandra Dasgupta, a graduate engineer of [[Bengal Engineering College]] in the early 1930s and settled permanently in Calcutta. She was associated with the radio audition committee of [[All India Radio]] (AIR) in Calcutta.


==Early work==
==Early work==
In 1932, three Indian recording companies were born in Calcutta out of a nationalistic urge to compete with the British-owned [[Gramophone Company of India]]. One of these was Hindusthan Records. The owner C.C.Saha requested [[Rabindranath Tagore]] to record some songs and recitations. From those recordings was published the first record H1. Atulprasad Sen recorded two songs which were published in the second record H2. The third record H3 had the songs 'Jodi gokulachandra braje na elo' (kirtan) and 'Pagla montare tui bandh' (Atulprasad) sung by Renuka Sengupta. Sale for this record reached an unprecedented high mark, such was the popularity of these songs.<ref name="book1">A Space of Her Own :Personal Narratives of Twelve Women</ref> Her repertoire ranged from AtulPrasad, Rabindrasangeet, Nazrulgeeti, Bhajan, Kirtan, Shyamasangeet to even Bhatiali.
[[File:Rdg kb.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Pix with Kanak Biswas |With cousin Kanak Biswas, 1985]] In 1932, three Indian recording companies were formed in Calcutta out of a nationalistic urge to compete with the British-owned [[Gramophone Company of India]]. One of these was Hindusthan Records. The owner C.C. Saha requested [[Rabindranath Tagore]] to record some songs and recitations. From those recordings were published the first record, ''H1''. Atulprasad Sen recorded two songs which were published in the second record, ''H2''. The third record, ''H3'', had the songs "{{Lang|bn-latn|Jodi gokulachandra braje na elo|italic=no}}" (''[[kirtan]]'') and "{{Lang|bn-latn|Pagla montare tui bandh|italic=no}}" (Atulprasad) sung by Renuka Sengupta. Sales of this record reached an unprecedented high.<ref name="book1">A Space of Her Own :Personal Narratives of Twelve Women</ref>


[[File:Rdg kb.jpg|thumb |left|alt=Pix with Kanak Biswas |With Cousin Kanak Biswas 1985]]Contrary to popular, belief "Jodi gokulachandra braje na elo" is not written by Atul Prasad Sen. She was also trained by [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] - recorded 2 songs under his tutelage, [[Krishna Chandra Dey]] - the recorded song was "Aye Bhikharin Premnagar Ke Pritam Pritam Bole".In 1935 [[Rabindranath Tagore]] wanted her to sing couple of his songs and instructed [[Dinendranath Tagore]] to train her. However this project suffered a big blow with the untimely death of Dinedranath in the following week. The task was taken up by [[Sailajaranjan Majumdar]], who trained and guided her through the recordings of the 5 Rabindrasangeets she sang in her career.<ref name="album1">Abismaraniyo Rabindrasangeet vol 1</ref>
Dasgupta was also trained by [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] and recorded two songs under his tutelage, [[Krishna Chandra Dey]]. The recorded song was "{{Lang|bn-latn|Aye Bhikharin Premnagar Ke Pritam Pritam Bole|italic=no}}". In 1935 she was trained by [[Sailajaranjan Majumdar]] to sing [[Rabindra Sangeet]] songs chosen for her by [[Rabindranath Tagore]]. She went on to record five Rabindra Sangeets in her career.<ref name="album1">Abismaraniyo Rabindrasangeet vol 1</ref>


=== Recorded Rabindra Sangeets ===
It is a pity that through biographers' efforts, the performers who inspired Albert Einstein are well-known, but people have forgotten this singer who inspired the two greatest physicists of Bengal, [[Meghnad Saha]] and [[Satyendranath Bose]].


# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Diner Pore Din Je Gelo|italic=no}}" (1935)
[[File:RDG wikipedia.jpg|thumb|right|alt=at Age 73 | 1983]]
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Aamaar Ki Bedonaa|italic=no}}" (1935)
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Basante Basante Tomar Kobi Re Dao Dak|italic=no}}"
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Koto Katha Tare Chilo Bolite|italic=no}}"<ref name="album1" />
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Tomaro Shurer Dhara|italic=no}}"


=== Recorded Rabindrasangeet ===
=== Recorded [[Nazrul Geeti]] ===
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Kon rosh jomuner kule|italic=no}}"
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Shukshari tonumon momo|italic=no}}"


=== Recorded songs of Atul Prasad ===
# Diner Pore Din Je Gelo ''(1935)'' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w53tDu1KuFE
# Aamaar Ki Bedonaa ''(1935)''
# Basante Basante Tomar Kobi Re Dao Dak http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRPLNY1KAPk <ref name="album1" />
# Koto Katha Tare Chilo Bolite <ref name="album1" />
# Tomaro Shurer Dhara


# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Pagla Monta Re Tui Bandh|italic=no}}" (1932)
=== Recorded Songs of Atul Prasad (list incomplete) ===
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Emono Badole Tumi Kotha|italic=no}}"
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Nid Nahi Akhi Pate|italic=no}}"
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Esho Dujaney Kheli|italic=no}}"
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Ohe Jagatkaron|italic=no}}" (1969–70)
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Chaa(n)dni Raatey|italic=no}}"
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Amaar Chokh Be(n)dhey Bhober Khelay|italic=no}}"
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Jodi Tor Hrid Jamunaa|italic=no}}"
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Ke Go Gaahiley|italic=no}}"
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Ogo Saathi Momo Saathi|italic=no}}"
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Shuktara Tomar Chholo Chholo Akhi|italic=no}}"
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Amar paran kotha jay|italic=no}}"
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Se dake amare|italic=no}}" (1969–70)
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Ki ar chahibo balo|italic=no}}" (1969–70)
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Tobo ontoro eto monthoro|italic=no}}"
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Srabone ghono ghota|italic=no}}"
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Aaj Amar Shunya Ghore|italic=no}}"
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Krondeshi potho charini|italic=no}}"


=== Recorded songs in other genres (list incomplete) ===
# Pagla Monta Re Tui Bandh 1932
# Emono Badole Tumi Kotha
# Nid Nahi Akhi Pate
# Esho Dujaney Kheli
# Ohe Jagatkaron 1969/70 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev6GETJTcoY <ref>Ohe Jagatkaron</ref>
# Chaa(n)dni Raatey
# Amaar Chokh Be(n)dhey Bhober Khelay
# Jodi Tor Hrid Jamunaa
# Ke Go Gaahiley
# Ogo Saathi Momo Saathi
# Shuktara Tomar Chholo Chholo Akhi
# Amar paran kotha jay
# Se dake amare 1969/70
# Ki ar chahibo balo 1969/70


# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Jodi Gokulochandra Braje Na Elo|italic=no}}" (''[[kirtan]]'')
=== Recorded Songs of Other Genre (list incomplete) ===
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Aye Bhikarin Prem Nagar Ki|italic=no}}"

# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Ki Roop Dekhinu Kaalaa|italic=no}}"{{Spaced en dash}}Jnanadas (''kirtan'')
# Jodi Gokulochandra Braje Na Elo - Kirtan
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Dine dine din je chole jay|italic=no}}" ([[Bhatiali|''bhatiyali'']])
# Aye Bhikarin Prem Nagar Ki
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Nandanandana chande chandana|italic=no}}" (''kirtan'')
# Ki Roop Dekhinu Kaalaa - Jnanadas - Kirtan
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Madhaba tunhu rahali re madhupur|italic=no}}" (''kirtan'')
# Dine dine din je chole jay - Bhatiyali
# "{{Lang|bn-latn|Khomiyo he he shib|italic=no}}"
# Nandanandana chande chandana - Kirtan
# Madhaba tunhu rahali re madhupur - Kirtan


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Refbegin}}
*{{Citation
{{Cite book
| last =
| last = Gulati
| first =
| first = Leela
| title = A Space of Her Own :Personal Narratives of Twelve Women
| authorlink =
| publisher = Sage Publications (CA)
| editor = [[Jasodhara Bagchi]], Leela Gulati
| others =
| year = 2005
| chapter = Matriliny within Patriliny
| title = A Space of Her Own :Personal Narratives of Twelve Women
| quote = Renuka Dasgupta, who took Bengali listeners by storm with her one song *Jodi Gokulochandra Braje Na Elo* that is still remembered by generations even after a passage of eight decades. She shot into fame and became virtually a household name.
|date=May 2005
| url = http://books.google.com/books/about/A_space_of_her_own.html?id=1bzeVJzciF0C
| format = Print
| accessdate = October 2011
| edition =
| publisher = Sage Publications (CA)
| location =
| id = 9780761933151
| pages = 228
| chapter = Matriliny within Patriliny
| chapterurl =
| quote = "Renuka Dasgupta, who took Bengali listeners by storm with her one song *Jodi Gokulochandra Braje Na Elo* that is still remembered by generations even after a passage of eight decades. She shot into fame and became virtually a household name....."
}}
}}


{{cite video
*{{cite video
| title = Abismaraniyo Rabindrasangeet vol 1
| title = Abismaraniyo Rabindrasangeet vol 1
| medium = Audio CD/ Cassette
| medium = Audio CD/ Cassette
| publisher = Saregama
| publisher = Saregama
| date = 2003 }}
| date = 2003 }}
{{Refend}}


{{authority control}}
{{cite video
| title = Interview with Renuka Dasgupta by Subhas Chowdhury
| medium = Video
| publisher = Rajya Sangeet Academy, West Bengal
| date = 1989 }}


{{cite web
| last =
| first =
| authorlink =
| title = Ohe Jagatkaron
| work =
| publisher =
| date =
| url = //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev6GETJTcoY&feature=youtube_gdata
| format = wmv
| doi =
| accessdate = October 2011}}

{{Persondata
| NAME =Dasgupta, Renuka
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Sengupta, Renuka
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Bengali musician
| DATE OF BIRTH = 08/22/1910
| PLACE OF BIRTH = Konnagar, West Bengal
| DATE OF DEATH =01/01/1991
| PLACE OF DEATH =Calcutta
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dasgupta, Renuka}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dasgupta, Renuka}}
[[Category:Bengali singers]]
[[Category:Bengali singers]]
[[Category:1991 deaths]]
[[Category:1991 deaths]]
[[Category:1910 births]]
[[Category:1910 births]]
[[Category:People from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Singers from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Rabindra Sangeet exponents]]
[[Category:Rabindra Sangeet exponents]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian singers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women singers]]
[[Category:Women musicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:20th-century women composers]]

Latest revision as of 03:53, 18 June 2024

Renuka Dasgupta
Dasgupta in 1949
Dasgupta in 1949
Background information
Born(1910-08-22)22 August 1910
Konnagar, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died1 January 1991(1991-01-01) (aged 80)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
GenresAtulprasadi, Thumri, Nazrulgeeti, Rabindra Sangeet, Bhajan
OccupationSinger
Years active1925–1972
LabelsHindustan Records (INRECO), HMV(Saregama)

Renuka Dasgupta (née Sengupta; 22 August 1910 – 1 January 1991) was a Bengali singer, best known for the songs of Atulprasad Sen. She was a direct disciple of Atulprasad Sen, Kazi Nazrul Islam and Dilipkumar Roy.

Early life

[edit]

Born in Konnagar, West Bengal, Dasgupta lived in Gaya, Dhaka and Calcutta. She was a cousin of Sahana Devi, Atulprasad Sen, Kanak Biswas (née Das).[1] Dasgupta taught music in Kamrunnesa Girls High School at Tikatuli, Dhaka in the late 1920s. She married Hirendra Chandra Dasgupta, a graduate engineer of Bengal Engineering College in the early 1930s and settled permanently in Calcutta. She was associated with the radio audition committee of All India Radio (AIR) in Calcutta.

Early work

[edit]
Pix with Kanak Biswas
With cousin Kanak Biswas, 1985

In 1932, three Indian recording companies were formed in Calcutta out of a nationalistic urge to compete with the British-owned Gramophone Company of India. One of these was Hindusthan Records. The owner C.C. Saha requested Rabindranath Tagore to record some songs and recitations. From those recordings were published the first record, H1. Atulprasad Sen recorded two songs which were published in the second record, H2. The third record, H3, had the songs "Jodi gokulachandra braje na elo" (kirtan) and "Pagla montare tui bandh" (Atulprasad) sung by Renuka Sengupta. Sales of this record reached an unprecedented high.[2]

Dasgupta was also trained by Kazi Nazrul Islam and recorded two songs under his tutelage, Krishna Chandra Dey. The recorded song was "Aye Bhikharin Premnagar Ke Pritam Pritam Bole". In 1935 she was trained by Sailajaranjan Majumdar to sing Rabindra Sangeet songs chosen for her by Rabindranath Tagore. She went on to record five Rabindra Sangeets in her career.[3]

Recorded Rabindra Sangeets

[edit]
  1. "Diner Pore Din Je Gelo" (1935)
  2. "Aamaar Ki Bedonaa" (1935)
  3. "Basante Basante Tomar Kobi Re Dao Dak"
  4. "Koto Katha Tare Chilo Bolite"[3]
  5. "Tomaro Shurer Dhara"

Recorded Nazrul Geeti

[edit]
  1. "Kon rosh jomuner kule"
  2. "Shukshari tonumon momo"

Recorded songs of Atul Prasad

[edit]
  1. "Pagla Monta Re Tui Bandh" (1932)
  2. "Emono Badole Tumi Kotha"
  3. "Nid Nahi Akhi Pate"
  4. "Esho Dujaney Kheli"
  5. "Ohe Jagatkaron" (1969–70)
  6. "Chaa(n)dni Raatey"
  7. "Amaar Chokh Be(n)dhey Bhober Khelay"
  8. "Jodi Tor Hrid Jamunaa"
  9. "Ke Go Gaahiley"
  10. "Ogo Saathi Momo Saathi"
  11. "Shuktara Tomar Chholo Chholo Akhi"
  12. "Amar paran kotha jay"
  13. "Se dake amare" (1969–70)
  14. "Ki ar chahibo balo" (1969–70)
  15. "Tobo ontoro eto monthoro"
  16. "Srabone ghono ghota"
  17. "Aaj Amar Shunya Ghore"
  18. "Krondeshi potho charini"

Recorded songs in other genres (list incomplete)

[edit]
  1. "Jodi Gokulochandra Braje Na Elo" (kirtan)
  2. "Aye Bhikarin Prem Nagar Ki"
  3. "Ki Roop Dekhinu Kaalaa" – Jnanadas (kirtan)
  4. "Dine dine din je chole jay" (bhatiyali)
  5. "Nandanandana chande chandana" (kirtan)
  6. "Madhaba tunhu rahali re madhupur" (kirtan)
  7. "Khomiyo he he shib"

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Interview with Renuka Dasgupta by Subhas Chowdhury
  2. ^ A Space of Her Own :Personal Narratives of Twelve Women
  3. ^ a b Abismaraniyo Rabindrasangeet vol 1
  • Gulati, Leela (2005), "Matriliny within Patriliny", A Space of Her Own :Personal Narratives of Twelve Women, Sage Publications (CA), Renuka Dasgupta, who took Bengali listeners by storm with her one song *Jodi Gokulochandra Braje Na Elo* that is still remembered by generations even after a passage of eight decades. She shot into fame and became virtually a household name.
  • Abismaraniyo Rabindrasangeet vol 1 (Audio CD/ Cassette). Saregama. 2003.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Renuka_Dasgupta&oldid=1229680152"