Unparalleled George da (Debabrata Biswas )

Unparalleled George da (Debabrata Biswas )

I become nostalgic while speaking or writing about George da.I consider myself extremely fortunate for having an opportunity to meet him in 1970.

At that moment both of us were upset for having lost Close relatives.  Our meeting continued for a short period and the same was restricted to personal matters.

It is extremely difficult for a common man like Me to write about him. He was like Himalaya.He was meant for Rabindra Sangeet though he sang from other areas also specially Gana  Sangeet while he was in IPTA .

He visited China as a member of cultural team  of the Government of India . Maw se Tung himself listened to Abak  prithibi  sung by George da and appreciated.

Without Rabindra Sangeet George da is incomplete. To me he was the most popular Rabindra Sangeet singers who earned highest royalty.He  was the monarch of Rabindra Sangeet.His magical voice spelled bound listeners.

The highest popularity also brought black clouds in  his life.So called some singers who became vindictive at this popularity of George da , were jealous, conspirators, notorious and they were united with only one  point programme to finish him.

The life of George da was possibly a  threat in their hands. Fortunately he escaped from the hands of the said criminals.unfortunately these devils suddenly got an excellent opportunity to finish him.

After the death of Sailaja Ranjan Mazumder who was the head of the viswa Bharati Music Board the golden chance appeared before the devils who fully utilised the opportunity and came to a direct confrontation with him by withholding approval of reading of George da on the plea of silly ground.

George da had strong sense of self respect. He explained the technical points but did  surrender to the notorious fellows.He  himself stopped recording  . At this decision of George da It was expected that the devils would stop their  fighting against him instead they started personal attacks and got the company of one so called Journalist and also got the support of a renowned Bengali daily newspaper.

The devils thought they were successful in finishing George da.  It is true this war was a very hard On one side a good number of notorious while on the other side George da alone who fought like a true hero without bowing down.

The listeners were the main  strength. The devils group despite having been successful in stopping his recording , they  couldn't damage his  popularity to the slightest extent. He recommended huge number of songs in tape recorder which we listen.  It is surprising and unbelievable that he seems to be still highest Royalty earner even after the thirty six years of death.

What about the devils group? After the long passage  of time all members of the group have expired.It was expected that after the death of all the devils permanent piece would be restored and the soul of George da will be getting peace but unfortunately the disciples of devils group are still active and have been playing darty games like their masters.

Something should be said about the devils group.They were so called reputed singers but they had no moral right to sing the same since basically they were criminals, notorious, antisocial  what not ! On the other hand George da was the undeclared monarch of Rabindra Sangeet. He will be remembered So long Rabindra Sangeet will be there. My warmest regards to George da...