Many great personalities time to time were born who enriched Indian culture with songs music and films. One of the great personalities, the legendry singer who was born in Varanasi of UP was Hemanta Mukherjee also known as Hemant Kumar (16 June 1920 – 26 September 1989). He was a music director and singer who sang in Bengali, Hindi and many other Indian languages.
For his extraordinary performance in music, he was nominated for Padmabhushan which he refused politely, as he turned down earlier Padmashree.
Hemant Kumar sang in many languages and won many awards. Few of the awards are – Filmfare Best Music Director Award (1956), National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer (1971), National Film Award for Best Male Playback (1987), etc. Also, he was awarded many times BFJA Best Music Director Award .
Pronam to such great personality and legendry singer on the occasion of his birth anniversary.
