5 Responses to "Jeewan hai bekaar bina tumhaare"
October 15, 2013 at 10:34 am
Atul ji, and Khyati ji,
The singer of this song is undoubtedly BINOTA ROY. I am reproducing a part of her Bio,which clearly mentions the above song.
Binota Basu was born in a Brahma family in 1925 on Kojagari Lakshmi Purnima Tithi and was therefore called Lakshmi. Her father Satya Sundar Basu was an advocate in Patna High court. Binota was one of his six daughters. Satya Sundar was a lawyer by profession but his music was his first love and after court hours his routine was to sing and play musical instruments like the Sitar, the organ and many others. Binota’s mother was a good singer too. So Binota had music in her blood and she entered films as a playback artiste in Dikshul (1943). Raichand Boral had introduced her to Pankaj Kumar Mallick, the music director of the film. This happened after the family shifted to Calcutta. While in Calcutta, Binota along with her sisters came in close touch with cousin Chinmohan Sehanbish , who in turn introduced them to the legendary Debabrata Biswas from whom Binota got some early training in music. Under Raichand Boral’s guidance her first major success was in Wapas (1943), where she sang “Albela Mastana”, “Jeevan Hai Bekar” and “Bhool Na Jana”. All the songs became popular. The next year Binota became a star with her acting and singing in Bimal Roy’s Udayer Pathey (1944) and with the Hindi version Humrahi got an all India exposure. Her popularity touched the sky but soon she got married to Jyotirmoy Roy, who had written the story of Udayer Pathey. After marriage she was allowed to work mostly in films associated with her husband. These included Abhijatri (1947), Diner Parey Din (1949), Shankhabani (1951), Nagardola (1956), Taka Ana Pai (1956), Kancha Mithhey (1957).In Abhijatri she was paired with her first hero Radhamohan Bhattacharya again. After her husband’s death in 1961 she withdrew from the film world but came back later to give memorable performances as character artiste in Tapan Sinha’s Jatugriha (1964), Mrinal Sen’s Calcutta 71 (1971), Chhayateer (1972) and finally Hangsharaj (1976). She won the best actress and best supporting actress awards from the prestigious Bengal Film Journalists’ Association a number of times. Binota Roy was inspired to write by her writer husband. She is credited with several short stories which were published in popular Bengali magazines. A collection of her stories was first published as a book titled Mayamukur in 1964. Binota Roy died on the twenty eighth day of July, 1978 and was survived by sons Ramya and Samya and daughter Suchita.
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October 15, 2013 at 11:58 am
Thank you Arunji for the clarification and providing us the valuable information about this artist, Binota Basu/Roy. While reading this article, I felt that in past, you have given us the info about this artist in one of your comment. Am I right?
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October 15, 2013 at 1:26 pm
Khyati ji,
That was Binota Chakraborty aka Vinita Amladi. Binota Basu/Roy appears here first time.
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October 15, 2013 at 10:46 pm
Oh yes! Now I remember. Thank you Arunji for clarification. 🙂
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October 15, 2013 at 9:46 am
Atulji,
As I had doubt about the lyricist and the singers, I asked Sudhirji to throw some light on it. As always, he did provide all the info I needed except the singers for which he is waiting for Shri Harmandirji’s response.
Thanks for posting this song.
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