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Deebo Bhattacharya দিবা ভট্টাচার্য دیبو بھٹاچاریہ
Background information
Born	(1930-08-01)1 August 1930 Bengal, British India
Origin	Karachi, Pakistan
Died	1994(1994-00-00) (aged 63–64)
Genres	Film score
Occupation	Music director
Years active	1956 – 1974

Deebo Bhattacharya (1 August 1930 – 1994), also known as Debu Bhattacherjee, was a Pakistani-Bangladeshi musician, painter and singer who worked in Lollywood movies during the era of 1960s and 1970s.

He was one of the well known composers in Bangladesh as well. He is known for composing the classic song, "Bare bemurawat hein ye husn walay kahein dil laganay ki koshish na karna" for the film Badnaam (1966). After 1971, he became a citizen of Bangladesh. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1976 by the Government of Bangladesh.

He earned the first ever Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director for Choritrohin (1975) jointly with Lokman Hossain Fakir. He was conferred Ekushey Padak posthumus in 1997 for his lifetime contribution to Bengali music.

Early life and career

Deebo was born into a Bengali family. He arrived in Pakistan from India in 1956 to work as an assistant to Indian music director Timir Baran who was going to compose music for the film Anokhi. While Timir Baran moved back to India after composing for a few Pakistani films, Deebo remained in Pakistan and resided in Karachi.

In 1957, his first film as a solo music director, Maska Polish, was released. The movie was a box office disappointment but the songs in Ahmed Rushdi's voice gained recognition for Deebo. The same fate befell his next two movies, Yeh Duniya (1960) and Lakhoun Fasane (1961). With the release of Banjaran (1962), he rose to notoriety, and the song "Na jane kaisa safar hai mera", sung by Noor Jehan, became a hit. The other milestone of Deebo's career was the film Badnaam (1966). One of its songs, "Bare Bemurawat Hain Yei Husn Waale, Kahin Dil Lagane Ko Koshish Na Karna", vocalized by Suraiya Multanikar, is considered one of his most timeless tunes. In 1968, he composed songs for producer Waheed Murad's film Sumandar including the theme song, "Tera Mera Sathi Hai Lehrata Sumandar" (singer- Ahmed Rushdi).

In the 1960s and 1970s, he composed music for several other films, including; Shararat (1963), Beti (1964), Taqdeer (1966), Meray Bachay Meri Ankhen (1967), Bahadur (1967), Jhuk Gaya Aasman (1970) and Tiger Gang (1974).

Popular compositions

Discography

Later life and death

Deebo moved to Bangladesh after the separation of East Pakistan in 1971. He died in 1994, after living for nearly two decades there.

Awards

• Ekushey Padak (1997)
• National Film Award (1976)

References

1. ^ Mahbubul Alam (11 June 2015). "Bhattacherjee, Debu". Banglapedia.
2. একুশে পদক : ২০১৪ পেলেন ১৫ জন ব্যক্তিত্ব (in Bengali).
3. ^ Parvez, Amjad (31 January 2019). "Deebo Bhattacharya — a captivating composer". Daily Times.
4. Zafar, Abdul Hafeez (17 August 2020). "بڑے بےمروت ہیں یہ حسن والے، دیبو بھٹا چاریہ کا سنگیت سب سے منفرد تھا". Roznama Duniya.
5. Asif Noorani (18 June 2011). "Runa Laila on Mehdi Hassan". Cineplot Music website. Archived from the original on 1 November 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2022.

• 1994 deaths
• Pakistani composers
• Pakistani film score composers
• Bangladeshi composers
• Bangladeshi film score composers
• Pakistani people of Bengali descent
• 1930 births
• Bangladeshi painters
• Recipients of the Ekushey Padak
• Best Music Director National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners