Wikipedia User:Mandolin Pradipto

= ABOUT : =

 PRADIPTO SENGUPTA  PRADIPTO SENGUPTA, A personality of whose name speaks volumes for his contribution in the field of music as a leading Mandolin Player, outstanding performer, imaginative, musician, arranger and composer. Born with his outstanding sense of music Pradipto started his musical journey way back in Kolkata. Blessed to be born in a Bengali household he started his musical journey under the guidance of Shri Subhash Pal a renowned artist of All India Radio Kolkata and further continued with his advanced training under the maestro himself, Shri Saroj Barua. An early stepping stone started with his becoming a member of Kolkata Cine Musicians Association and had initiated working with the leading music directors in Bengali Film Industry at a very early age. He is eminently known for his expertise in playing the instrument with equal finesse for both Indian and western classical music.

And with call of the hour Pradipto eventually migrated to Mumbai in the year 1988 and subsequently here too became the life member of Cine Musicians Association Mumbai within no time. It did not take long for a Supremo of saxophone Shri Manohari Singh to identify a musical soul like PRADIPTO who introduced him to the living legend then “R D BURMAN“ and eventually became an integral part of R D BURMANS team. Pradipto’s musical Journey took off with his first recording with R D Burman in the year 29th January 1989 for the film” Jeene Do” and from there after there was no looking back as he was creating milestones with his musical presence and worked with stalwarts like Laxmikant Pyarelal, Ravindra  Jain, Anand Milind, Jatin lalit, Nadeem Shravan, Esmile  Darbar, Viju Shah, Uttam singh and many more.

His contribution to the Mumbai cine world has created history with songs like ‘Mehendi lagake rakhna’, ‘Tumse milke aaisa laga’,’Nimbuda nimbuda’, Tujhe dekha toh ye jana sanam’,and the list continues.The numbers added to his credentials  speaks the story of his success  by itself. His latest piece of solo work which has broken all records is “Mere Rashke Qamar” from the movie Badshaho in the year 2017.

= STRINGS OF JOY = PRADIPTO’S love for his string instruments drives him even further and passion driven man also very efficiently plays instruments like Spanish Guitar, Tenor Banjo, Mandola, Rabab, Dotara, Ruan (Chinese instrument), Charango (Bolivian Instrument), Ukulele, Oud, Marlin and many more with equal ease and expertise.

“Strings of joy” was one such concert where he had performed with different instruments on stage, which won allocates of appreciation both in India and abroad.

His journey of music with passion is beamed with beautiful memories of his innumerable concerts, solo performances, Conducting orchestra of which few have left a mark of love and gratitude in his heart wherein he felt blessed to have shared various stages with legends like O P Nayarji, Asha Bhonsle, Amitabh Bachchan, Viju Shah, Uttam Singh and others.

= PROMOTION OF MANDOLIN = With busy schedule of concerts and composing, he also takes out time to pass on his vast knowledge and expertise to train and guide the next generation with this valuable treasure. He has introduced Mandolin Festival in India from 2017, mandolin players from all over India attended the festival and Pradipto conducted workshop and shared his experience with all the upcoming mandolin players. Many Students from India and Abroad has joined his online Mandolin Academy.

= AWARDS = His continued journey over the years had added many feathers to his cap and he has received prestigious awards like…

‘MANOHARI SINGH AWARD’ from Ajmer (Rajasthan) in the year 2006

‘PANCHAMDA MEMORIAL AWARD’ from Mumbai in the year 2009

‘BATUK NANDI SMRITI SANMAN’ for the best instrumentalist category for the year 2013 for Kolkata.

‘SWARBANDHA SAHAVADAK PURASKAR’ (AWARD) 2014 for the contribution in Indian music industry for more than 25 years

‘INDO AMERICAN SOCIETY’, Mumbai has awarded ‘IAS EXCELLENCE AWARD’ for the best musician category on 2017.

 'SWARSHREE' Award by Swarankur Pratishtan in the year 2019.

= ALBUMS = 1.”UNWIND II” world music album from Ninad Audio,Mumbai.

2.”DRISHTI” Soft listening album from Times Audio,Mumbai

3.”DANCE MASTI” Bollywood Nos. from Sony Music, Mumbai.

4. “CLASSICAL MELODIES FROM INDIAN FILMS” from HMV,Mumbai.

5.”TRIBUTE TO PANCHAMDA” VOL-1, VOL-2 from Worldwide Records.

6.”TOMAR SHURE SHURE” Tagore songs on Mandolin from Worldwide    Records.

7.”AAIMERE DIL KAHI AUR CHAL” A Tribute to Shankar Jaikishan (Production of Shankar Jaikishan MemorialTrust)