Satya Saha | |
Native Name: | সত্য সাহা |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Birth Date: | December 25, 1934 |
Birth Place: | Hathazari Upazila, Nandirhat, Chittagong, Bengal Presidency, British India |
Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Genre: | film score, techno, fusion, folk |
Occupation: | Music director, composer, record producer |
Instrument: | keyboards, vocals, guitar |
Years Active: | 1956–1997 |
Label: | Sangeeta, Ektaar, Deadline music |
Associated Acts: | Khan Ataur Rahman, Amjad Hossain |
Satya Saha (25 December 1934 – 27 January 1999) was a Bangladeshi composer, and musician. His notable composed songs are "Chena Chena Lage" by Shyamal Mitra, "Dukkho Amar Basor Raater Palonko", "Chhiti Dio Protidin" by Sabina Yasmin, "Mon Bole Tumi Asbe", "Rupali Nadire", "Bondho Hote Cheye Tomar" by Subir Nandi, "Akasher Haate Ache" by Shammi Akhter, "Tumi Ki Dekhecho Kobhu" by Abdul Jabbar, "Oi Dur Digonte", "Mago Ma Ogo Ma" etc.[1] He earned three Bangladesh National Film Awards in 1994, 1996, and 2001 in music director and composer categories. In 2013, he was awarded Independence Day Award after his death. He was the father of musician Emon Saha and film director Sumon Saha.
Saha's father was Prasannakumar Saha. He started learning and rehearsing music from his uncle Rabindrapal Saha.[2] He passed B.A. from Vidyasagar College in 1951–1952.[3]
Saha started his career as an assistant of composer Panchanon Mitra at Radio's Dhaka Station in 1956. From 1964 to 1999, he directed music in about two hundred different films and produced twenty films.[2]
See also: Satya Saha discography.
Saha died on 27 January 1999 in Dhaka.[6]