Hemant Kumar

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Hemanta Mukhopadhyay
Background information
Birth name	Hemanta Mukhopadhyay
Born	(1920-06-16)16 June 1920 Benares, Benares State, British India
Died	26 September 1989(1989-09-26) (aged 69) Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Genres	Indian classical music filmi playback singing Bengali classical music
Occupation(s)	Singer, music director, producer
Instrument	Harmonium
Years active	1935–1989
Spouse	Bela Mukherjee ​ (m. 1945)​

Hemanta Mukhopadhyay (16 June 1920 – 26 September 1989), known professionally as Hemanta Mukherjee and Hemant Kumar, was a Legendary Indian music director and playback singer who primarily sang in Bengali and Hindi, as well as other Indian languages like Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Assamese, Tamil, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Konkani, Sanskrit and Urdu. He was an artist of Bengali and Hindi film music, Rabindra Sangeet, and many other genres. He was the recipient of two National Awards for Best Male Playback Singer and was popularly known as the "voice of God".^[1]