WEB DESK: Renowned musician and music composer of South Asia, Robin Ghosh is being remembered on the occasion of his third death anniversary on Wednesday.
Music composer Robin Ghosh was born in 1939 in Baghdad and was the husband of ace-Pakistani film actress Shabnam. Famous playback singer Ahmed Rushdi had a notable contribution to Ghosh’s success. Ghosh gained fame in the mid-1960s when Rushdi sang his compositions in films like Chakori, Jahan tum wahan hum, Paisa.
He was also widely known for his great contributions to Bengali and urdu film music.
In his lifetime, he had composed many popular romantic songs like “Tomare Legeche Eto Je Bhalo” (Rajdhanir Buk-e), “Ami Roop Nogorer Rajkonna” (Harano Din) and “Ke Shoronero Prantorey”. Ghosh, who had moved to Karachi in the 1980s, also contributed greatly to the Pakistani film industry.
He composed songs for the film Aaina, one of the greatest films ever made in the Pakistani film Industry. He died of respiratory failure in Dhaka at the age of 79 in 2016.
