Mobilenews24x7 Bureau
Kolkata, Feb 21: Lyricist and music composer of Bengali songs Abhijit Banerjee, also known as Abhijit Bandyopadhyay, died on Monday due to age-related ailments at his home in the city. He was 90 and is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee condoled the demise of the musician. Singers Saikat Mitra and Rupankar Bagchi posted the news of the demise of the veteran composer on social media respectively.
Banerjee has composed songs for many veteran singers like Hemant Mukherjee, Lata Mangeshkar Sandhya Mukherjee, Shyamal Mitra, Manna Dey, Asha Bhonsle and many other singers. Expressing grief over the demise of composer Abhijit Banerjee, Rupankar Bagchi said, “Mesomshai is gone!” The musician had been suffering from age-related illness for some time. ” Sometimes he was admitted to the hospital. The composer returned home a few days ago. I got the news on Monday morning, he is not there! ” Bagchi wrote. Abhijit Banerjee composed the melody of the famous song ‘Ahajo Sarengita Bajche’ sung by Haimanti Shukla. Asha Bhonsle sang ‘O Pakhi Ude Aay’ in his tune.
