Gouri Prasanna Majumdar
Gouri Prasanna Majumdar (Bengali: গৌরি প্রসন্ন মজুমদার; 1924–1986[1]) was a Bengali lyricist.[2] He is most commonly associated with the golden age of Bengali cinema, namely the black and white era, when he penned several enduring classics for the films Anyay Abichar, Maqsad, Tinmurti, Aparupa, Anusandhan, and Aaj Ka Mahatma.
He won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for best lyricist for Swaralipi (1962), Palatak (1964), Anthony Firingee (1968), Bon Palashir Padabali (1974), Sanyasi Raja (1976) and Anurager Chhoan (1987, posthumously).
He was a contemporary of Nachiketa Ghosh, Robin Chattopadhyay, Hemanta Mukherjee, Uttam Kumar, and Kishore Kumar, and worked extensively with R D Burman and Kishore Kumar among others.
His noted works include Akash keno daake, Aj ei dinta moner khatay, Amar swapno tumi, Asha chilo bhalobasha chilo, Eito hethay kunjo chhayay, Ek polokey ektu dekha, Ki ashay bandhi khelaghor, Shing nei tobu naam tar shingho, Aj dujonar duti poth, Ei balukabelay, Ei raat tomar amar, CoffeeHouser Shei Adda, Ei poth jodi na shesh hoy, O nodi re, Neer choto khoti nei, Mou bone jomechey.[3][4]
At the age of 13, Alpana Banerjee was discovered by her father's close friends, Robin Chattopadhyay and Gauriprasanna Majumdar.
25th anniversary of death
On 12 February 2011, the 25th anniversary of his death, a musical evening was organized to pay tribute, held at Nazrul Manch, Kolkata.[5] Lopamudra, Shaan, Bappi Lahiri, Srikanta Acharya, and Arati Mukherjee among others were in attendance. Sobhon Chatterjee, the mayor of Kolkata along with Satabdi Roy and Debasish Kumar MMIC, set the ball rolling for the evening though a little too late by formally lighting the lamp and inaugurating the evening.
86th birthday anniversary
On 5 December 2011, the 86th anniversary of Majumdar's birth was celebrated during 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Uttam Mancha, Kolkata by Gouriarasanna Smriti Sansad. The hall was full with admirer-audience. Banashree Sengupta, Swagatalkshmi Dasgupta,Jayati chakraborty, Monomay Bhattacharyya,Ruparekha Chatterjee were others who presented their songs in homage.