Every connoisseur of Bengali music remembers Pannalal Bhattacharyya, as one of the finest exponents of devotional songs dedicated to Goddess Kali. Born in 1930, he was the younger brother of another great singer Bengal has produced - Dhananjay Bhattacharyya. Both the brothers were great singers of Bengali modern songs and later diversified to singing only Kali bhajans, popularly known as "Shyama Sangeet" in Bengal.
Pannalal started early, at a young age of 17, and before concentrating only on devotional songs of Kali he sang quite a handful of Bengali modern songs. He was more famous as a great exponent of Shyama Sangeet and therefore the modern songs recorded by him have gradually faded into oblivion. Below is a playlist of the Bengali modern songs sung by him.
Pannalal started early, at a young age of 17, and before concentrating only on devotional songs of Kali he sang quite a handful of Bengali modern songs. He was more famous as a great exponent of Shyama Sangeet and therefore the modern songs recorded by him have gradually faded into oblivion. Below is a playlist of the Bengali modern songs sung by him.
In his mid twenties Pannalal took to singing only devotional songs. The reason for such a shift is largely unknown. Such was the devotion and dedication in his singing that he expected to have "Darshan" (holy sighting) of Goddess Kali. On the other hand, his elder brother, Dhananjay was also a great singer of Kali songs. It is alleged that one fine day Dhananjay had the "Darshan" of Kali and he shared his experience with his younger brother. It is said that Pannalal suffered an extreme bout of depression following this episode and told that he does not want to continue living if he does not have the privilege of the "Holy Sighting" before his elder brother. "Ma Tui Dhana Da Ke Dekha Dili, Aamay Dili Na", is what he said in Bengali meaning thereby, "Mother, you have appeared before Dhananjay Da and you have eluded me despite my devotion". Shortly thereafter he committed suicide on 27th March 1966 at his home in Calcutta. Below is a playlist of all the devotional songs by him.
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In our childhood we had heard that after singing in a function he returned home cheerfully. But he was found hanging in the morning. It was not a case oof suicide but it was an unnatural death. However, even his elder btother was not as popular parti ularly in the renderings of Shyama Sangeet, for which Pannalal' s songs more appealing and he is still in our hearts even after his mysterious death after 53 years and a half.
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