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Few
are aware that Tapan Bhattacharjee, music director, actor
and singer is the versatile brother of the popular Hindi film
playback singer Kumar Sanu. His father, Pashupati Bhattacharjee
is a renowned music director and teacher, familiar with such
eminent artistes as Hemant Mukherjee, Manna De, Sandhya Mukherjee
and Nirmala Mishra among others.
Although not as high profile as his famous brother Sanu, Tapan
Bhattacharjee is a well-known figure in the world of jatra
and theatre. The play which first brought Tapan to the public
eye was 1977’s Anthony Firingi. Following this, Bhattacharjee
performed in a plethora of plays and jatras with no looking
back.
In fact, two of his jatras — Dhuli and Saathihara —
received the attention of Prabash Fadikar, the Cultural &
Information Minister in 1986, when Tapan and his father Pashupati
were pulled up for notice in the shape of awards for Best
Acting and Music Direction. Tapan took to the jatra to shoulder
the onus of his joint family consisting of two brothers and
three sisters, he being the eldest.
From actor-singer in the world of jatra and theatre, Tapan
entered Tollywood’s tinsel town in 1987. He has acted
in almost a dozen Bengali feature films, two being Tarun Majumdar’s
Sajani go Sajani and Abhimaney Anuraagey. In addition, Bhattacharjee
also featured in the Hindi serial Haste Zakham, and also on
Sony’s super-hit Black Cat, in which he not only acted
but scored music for as well.
In the capacity of music director, Tapan’s first independent
venture was an audio album based on Baba Lokhnath in 1994,
commissioned by Hollywood’s Pan Music (which, incidentally,
produced Gulzar’s Maachis). Tapan’s brother, Sanu
then offered him to compose music for 1995’s Puja production
for HMV, Amar Bhalobasa.
Among his current projects is his involvement as an actor
and music director in the Bengali tele-serial, Bhorer Bhairabi
based on the life of Jadu Bhatta, the Tansen of Bengal. There
are other tele-serials as well, and among them are Jiban Bahasya
(Life’s Mystery) directed by Hollywood’s Basu Chatterjee,
Srikanta and Challenge (directed by Sujit Chatterjee).
Among his music projects are Jajabor Mon and Tomakey Sonabo
Boley, both under the T-Series banner. Meanwhile, Chalo na
Amai Niyeh will be the first Bengali audio album by Bhattacharjee
for G Music.
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