Calcutta Music Blog

The legendary singer Ramkumar Chattopadhyay (89) passed away today of septicemia and multi-organ failure in Calcutta. He was under treatment at the Belle Vue clinic in south Kolkata. Ramkumar Chottopadhyay was most known for his expertise on “Shyama Sangeet” – a genre of Bengali music dedicated to Goddess Kali. He was also a master of “Tappa” genre songs originally composed by Nidhu Babu. He also did music direction in some of the Bengali movies including “Street Patra (1972)” and “Parikrama (1996)”. Famous singer and music director Hemanta Mukherjee used Ramkumar Chottopadhyay’s voice in the film “Nidhu Babur Toppa” directed by Tarun Majumdar. Lets take a moment and pray for the soul of our beloved singer.