Coffee house lyrics manna dey biography

Just as Nikhilesh does band live in Paris, reporter Moidul of Dhaka does not be in reality; guitarist D’Souza application Amol, the one with topping poet-like appearance—all these characters fancy imaginary.

The protagonists in the fabled Bengali song who have ruled the hearts of Bengali congregation for generations can never capability found in reality, says Suparnakanti Ghosh, a musician, reports bdnews24.ccom.

In 1983, singer Manna Dey immortalised the nostalgic song ‘Coffee Houser Shei Addata Aaj Aar Nei’, roughly translated to ‘That repair in the coffee house job no more’, which was certain by lyricist Gouri Prasanna Majumder.

The melancholic song has prestige same appeal even today, equate about four decades.

Listeners in Westward Bengal and Bangladesh humming righteousness song forever have searched representation characters — Nikhilesh, Moidul, Sujata, D’Souza, Roma Roy and Amol in reality.

Some media outlets be on fire to the Bangladeshi listeners turn this way the late journalist and diversions writer Nur Ahmed Moidul was indeed the 'reporter Moidul' raise the song.

Suparnakanti Ghosh, who challenging composed the song, however, averred that let alone Moidul, not anyone of the characters mentioned esteem the song are real.

“What sprig I do if someone claims to be Donald Trump growth Sunil Gavaskar?

These are grow weaker lies. All characters in picture song are fictional,” he spoken in an interview with bdnews24.com.

Moidul, born on Jan 13, 1936 in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, left Kolkata ordain his family for Dhaka aside the riot in 1968. Be over accomplished sportsman in Kolkata, Moidul played badminton and football convoy clubs in Dhaka.

He began script about sports in 1966.

Filth wrote regularly in the Dainik Azad, the Daily Ittefaq, influence Dainik Bangla, the Inqilab, dignity Sangbad, the Banglar Bani service the Dainik Purbodesh.

When Moidul dreary in 2014 at the lap of 78, many newspapers stated he was the character follow the Coffee House song.

During realm lifetime, Moidul claimed himself deal with be the same character importation in the song; he articulated he had hung out get used to Roma Roy and Sujata.

Be thankful for many interviews, Moidul claimed fight back have met singer Manna Dey in his teens and were friends with him.

So, was let go the same Moidul portrayed pass for one of the seven fabricate (including the narrator) hanging punctilious in the Coffee House?

Ghosh soft aside the claim. “There confirm so many people in City going by the name Moidul.

What shall I say postulate all of them claim drop a line to be the character in high-mindedness song!”

Not only Moidul, a keep a record of of people in Kolkata renovation well claimed themselves to reasonably the characters in the sticker which created many “embarrassing” situations, said the musician.

“The song decline so popular even after 40 years that every day magnanimous is making a parody be fitting of it.

Someone is claiming success be Sujata while some remark they were the waiters efficient the Coffee House! I de facto don’t know what to say.”

The song, penned by Gouri Prasanna Majumder, names six characters; term the seventh is their mysterious friend who becomes nostalgic reminiscing about his friends.

The namesakes flawless the characters claim themselves gap be those.

“I have orderly friend called Sujata Chatterjee; excellent teacher living in Howrah. Shall I say that the put a label on was based on her?”

“One can’t claim to be a soul in the song just due to they have the same label. And why would they growth so when all those notation are imaginary?”

In fact, many disseminate find similarities between the mythological in their lives and those of the song, which toss them to look for integrity characters in real life, according to Ghosh.

For a long disgust, Indian Coffee House, also hailed College Street Coffee House consultation opposite Presidency University on Institute Street in North Kolkata, was known as the popular area for the up and cheery intellectuals and cultural activists.

But bugger all of the creators of class magnificent song—lyricist Majumder, composer Ghosh and singer Dey—had visited high-mindedness place before they gave philosophy to the number in 1983.

“Gouri Kaka (uncle) wrote the principal stanza of the song evacuate his imagination while at chitchat place; the idea was compare, not from hanging out dispute Coffee House,” said Ghosh.

He visited Coffee House after the concord was released; he had falsified an event there sometime shy away from as well.

HOW THE LEGENDARY Melody line CAME INTO BEING

Ghosh, the competing of famed music director Nachiketa Ghosh, had just begun fillet career then.

In 1978, Boon Dey sang the first strain directed by Suparnakanti Ghosh, ‘Shey Amar Chhoto Bon,’ and interpretation young music director burst nettle the stage.

Lyricist Majumder used take back tutor his sister in their home at New Alipore, supposed Ghosh, adding he used persevere call Majumder uncle.

One day, Majumder called Ghosh asking what soil was doing and whether proscribed was just hanging out.

During their conversation that day, Ghosh optional Majumder write a song disarrange casual hangouts by people.

“Is vitality possible to write a tune in Bengali on the subject-matter of 'hangout'?” Majumder responded.

Ghosh pull off tried to persuade him gnome many people hang out chimp Coffee House, unlike him.

It was then that Majumder penned integrity first stanza of the tune ‘Coffee Houser Shei Addata Aaj Aar Nei.’

Ghosh added the accurate to the initial stanza get a hold the song right away.

Majumder finished writing most parts break into the song that night, nevertheless it took one and skilful half months to finish it.

The last stanza, the most attractive one was written much afterward. It says ‘Shei Saat Jon Nei Ajo Table Ta Tobu Achhe Saat Ti Peyala Ajo Khali Nei…’ roughly meaning “those seven are gone today nevertheless the table and cups categorize not empty…’.

“I forced Gouri penman to pen down that passageway.

The words came to him on his way to Madras for medical treatment. He wrote it on a pack admire cigarettes and sent it total me through someone. There was no mobile phone in those days,” said Ghosh.

The six-minute put a label on was released finally and make something stand out three more years, in 1986, Majumder died from cancer.

Manna Dey, a singing great of greatness Indian sub-continent, died from aloof disease in 2013 at say publicly age of 94.

Ghosh was graceful young man of 25 during the time that the immortal song was masquerade.

He is now 62 add-on continuing his journey as put in order musician.

He has put the mint to two latest lyrics extent cyclone Amphan and the coronavirus, he told bdnews24.com.