Cinemaazi remembers Ninu Mazumdar on his death anniversary

Music director and singer Ninu Mazumdar, son of film producer Nagendra Mazumdar, passed away this day, 3 March in the year 2000. He was a pioneer of popular Gujarati Sugam Sangeet or light music. Mazumdar scored the music for several Hindi films such as Amanat (1943), Kiran (1944), Paristan (1944), Rangile Dost (1944), Main Kya Karun (1945), Gudiya (1947), Jail Yatra (1947), Gopinath (1948), Kuch Naya (1948), Aflatoon (1950), Ajmaish (1950), Raj Ratan (1951), Rami Dhoban (1953), Teen Tasveerein (1954), and Bhai Saheb (1954). Gujarati films which he composed for include Jeevano Jugari, Okha Haran (1975), and Sharad Poonam. He also rendered playback with leading singers such as Sardar Akhtar in Uljhan, and Amirbai Karnataki in Paristan, while, as a music director, he worked with some of the leading singers, such as Geeta Dutt, Suraiya, Pradeepji, C H Atma, Shobha Gurtu, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, and Manna Dey. From 1954, Mazumdar worked as light music producer with all India Radio in Bombay for over 20 years. He endeavoured to introduce a classical touch to film music by borrowing from the old greats like Surdas. He was married a second time to noted singer Kaumudi Munshi.

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