Hemant Kumar

Hemanta Mukhopadhyay
Background information
Born
Hemanta Mukhopadhyay

(1920-06-16)16 June 1920
Benares, Benares State, British India
Died26 September 1989(1989-09-26) (aged 69)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Genres
OccupationsSinger, music director, producer
InstrumentHarmonium
Years active1935–1989
Spouse
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(m. 1945)​

Hemanta Mukhopadhyay (16 June 1920 – 26 September 1989), known professionally as Hemanta Mukherjee and Hemant Kumar, was an Indian music director and a playback singer who primarily sang in Bengali and Hindi, along with several other Indian languages, including Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Assamese, Tamil, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Konkani, Sanskrit and Urdu. He was an artist in Bengali and Hindi film music, Rabindra Sangeet, and various other genres. He was the recipient of two National Awards for Best Male Playback Singer and was popularly known as the "Voice of God".

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