

I can judge myself objectively and can openly expressĪdmiration for my own work, because I am modest. For I find that people blame,īut also sing my songs, even if not always correctly. Way of doing things in the sphere of art. But I persist, and Godįorgives me because I do not know what I do. Is audacious only because he is untrained.

Propriety and good people are disgusted at the impudence of a man who Have composed many songs which have defied the canons of orthodox 'In regard to music, I claim to be something of a musician myself. Īs Tagore himself opined in his only book on music Sangit chinta: My birth…I read him and find that.I have nothing new to say.” In his Meghe Dhaka Tara (The Cloud-capped Star) and Subarnarekha, Ghatak uses Rabindrasangeet to express the poignancy of post-Partition Bengal. Said of Tagore, “That man has culled all my feelings from long before Nitin Bose, Tapan Sinha and Kumar Shahani.His songs were also used inīritish, European & Australian movies just to capture the mood of aĬinematic situation & to reveal a delicate interplay of Tagore’s songs in their films including Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Mrinal Sen, Self-sufficient without the use of words.” The inherent beauty &ĭepth of Tagore's songs have persuaded a number of filmmakers to use Motion has to be developed in such a way that it becomes In 1929 he wrote, “The beauty and grandeur of this form in He was among the first to recognize that cinema should have its own The poorest boatman on the Ganges as well as the rich landlord find expression for their emotional trials and tribulations in Tagore's songs. The poet had givenĪ voice to all-big or small, rich or poor. Has said that these songs transcend the mundane to the aesthetic andĮxpress all ranges and categories of human emotion. In his book Caste and Outcaste, Dhan Gopal Mukerji It is said that his songs are the outcome of 500 years of literary & cultural churning that the Bengali community has gone through. Immensely popular and form a foundation for the Bengali ethos that isĬomparable to, perhaps even greater than, that which Shakespeare has on the English-speaking world. The Rabindrasangeet, which deal with varied themes are These songs are regarded as cultural treasures of Bengal in both West Bengal (India) and Bangladesh. Rabindra Sangeet has had a very strong influence on Bengali culture. Swadesh(patriotism) and aanushthanik (celebration). Puja (worship), Prem (love), Prakriti (Nature) and Bichitra (Diverse), The collection of all the songs written by Rabindranath is called
