Mukul Chowdhury (

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:মুকুল চৌধুরী) was a Bangladeshi lyricist and

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. He wrote many songs for radio, television and more than hundreds of films including 'O Madhobi Go Theko Mor Antore,' 'Tumi Accho Sobi Acche,' 'Ek Chor Jay Chole' and ' Ore Nil Doriya Amay De Re De Chhariya.'

Early life and career

Chowdhury was born in Balaganj, Sylhet. He lived in the

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AGB Colony, Dhaka. He and Alam Khan used to play football together in the colony field and became best of friends. Mukul played

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and wrote poetry. Alam Khan suggested he write lyrics for songs and the next day Mukul wrote 'O Madhobi go Theko mor Antore,' which was then set to music by Alam Khan and later sung by Rowshan Ara Mustafiz. Other works he wrote include 'Bhalobeshe Gelam Shudhu Bhalobasha Pelam Na' for the film ''Keu Karo Noy'', 'Tumi Accho Sobi Acche' for the film ''

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'' and 'Hiramoti Hiramoti' for the film Sareng Bou. Chowdhury is best known for the lyrics of 'Ore Nil Doriya Amay De Re De Chhariya'. The music was composed and produced by Alam Khan and sung by

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for the Bangladeshi film Sareng Bou, directed by

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Death

Chowdhury went to Kolkata in 2002 On 4 April 2002 he died of a heart attack at a local clinic there. The Pancham cultural events at The Central Public Library in Dhaka on 8th May, 2002 was dedicated to Chowdhury.

Film Discography

Non-film songs

References

External links

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at Bangla Movie Database__FORCETOC__ {{DEFAULTSORT:Mukul Chowdhury Bangladeshi lyricists Bengali-language lyricists Bangladeshi radio personalities Bangladeshi male singers Bangladeshi folk musicians Bangladeshi male songwriters Bangladeshi screenwriters 1946 births 2002 deaths