Purabi Dutta was a Bengali female singer from Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
11 Facts About Purabi Dutta
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Purabi Dutta is considered as one of the greatest exponents and an authentic singer of Nazrul Geeti.
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Purabi Dutta was daughter of Bibhuti Dutta, the famous classical vocal maestro.
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Purabi Dutta was undoubtedly one of the noted exponents of Nazrulgeeti.
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Purabi Dutta recorded many songs throughout her music career, mostly the songs composed by Kazi Nazrul Islam, known as NAZRUL SANGEET or NAZRUL GEETI.
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Purabi Dutta selflessly dedicated herself in teaching Nazrul Sangeet for her entire life.
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For many years Purabi Dutta was attached to "Bani Chakra" of Gariahat.
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Purabi Dutta was attached to Bengal Music College, where she was a teacher along with Hemanta Mukherjee, Chinmoy Chattopadhyay, Akhilbandhu Ghosh and others.
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Purabi Dutta was very close to Pandit Jnanprakas Ghosh, Biman Mukhopadhyay, Manabendra Mukhpadhyay, Adhir Bagchi and other eminent artists and singers of Bengal.
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Purabi Dutta appeared for stage performance in the Bangla Sangeet Mela in April, 2004, after keeping herself away for almost one and a half years from the spot light.
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Purabi Dutta died on Sunday, 1 December 2013, in her residence at Sonarpur, far away from the music world she was acquainted with.