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| name = Gauriprasanna Majumdar<br />
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| birth_date = 5 December 1924<br />
| birth_place = [[Pabna]], [[Bangladesh]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1986|8|20|1924|10|5}}<br />
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'''Gauriprasanna Majumdar''' (1924–1986)<ref>[http://www.abasar.net/litGoureePrasanna.htm Gouri Prasanna Majumder<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> was an Indian lyricist and writer, known for his work in [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali cinema]].<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Partha Chatterjee |date=16 June 2007 |title=A master's voice |url=http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl2412/stories/20070629001108100.htm |magazine=Frontline |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125071930/http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl2412/stories/20070629001108100.htm |archive-date=25 January 2013 |quote=He [Manna Dey] shows great affection and respect for Gauri Prasanna Majumdar, a sensitive and versatile lyricist.}}</ref> He is most commonly associated with the black and white era of [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali cinema]], when he penned several enduring classics for films. He won the [[Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards]] for best lyricist for [[Swaralipi]] (1962), [[Palatak]] (1964), [[Anthony Firingee]] (1968), [[Bon Palashir Padabali]] (1974), [[Sanyasi Raja]] (1976) and Anurager Chhoan (1987, posthumously).<br />
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==Career==<br />
Majumdar was a contemporary of [[Nachiketa Ghosh]], [[Robin Chattopadhyay]], [[Hemanta Mukherjee]], [[Uttam Kumar]], and [[Kishore Kumar]], and worked extensively with [[R D Burman]] and [[Kishore Kumar]].<br />
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His works include ''{{transl|bn|Akash keno daake, Aj ei dinta moner khatay, Amar swapno tumi, Asha chilo bhalobasha chilo, Aj dujonar duti poth, CoffeeHouser Shei Adda, Eito hethay kunjo chhayay, Ek polokey ektu dekha, Ei balukabelay, Ei raat tomar amar, Ei poth jodi na shesh hoy, Ki ashay bandhi khelaghor, Neer choto khoti nei, Mangal Deep Jwele, Mou bone jomechey, O nodi re, and Shing nei tobu naam tar shingho}}.<ref>[http://www.calcuttaweb.com/gaan/hemanta.shtml Calcuttaweb - Bengali Songs - Hemanta Mukherjee<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524200235/http://www.calcuttaweb.com/gaan/hemanta.shtml |date=May 24, 2011 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.calcuttaweb.com/gaan/kishore.shtml Calcuttaweb - Bengali Songs - Kishore Kumar<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524201213/http://www.calcuttaweb.com/gaan/kishore.shtml |date=May 24, 2011 }}</ref><br />
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==Legacy==<br />
On 12 February 2011, the 25th anniversary of his death, a musical evening was organized to pay tribute, held at [[Nazrul Mancha]], Kolkata.<ref>{{cite news |author=Deblina Chakravorty |date=13 February 2011 |title=A tribute to late Gouri Prasanna |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-13/regional/28547060_1_shomu-mitra-fitting-tribute-provogue |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527143838/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-13/regional/28547060_1_shomu-mitra-fitting-tribute-provogue |work=[[The Times of India]] |archive-date=27 May 2012}}</ref> [[Lopamudra Mitra|Lopamudra]], [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Bappi Lahiri]], [[Srikanta Acharya]], and [[Aarti Mukherjee|Arati Mukherjee]] among others were in attendance. [[Sobhon Chatterjee]], the mayor of [[Kolkata]] along with [[Satabdi Roy]] and Debasish Kumar MMIC, set the ball rolling for the evening. In October 2012 he was awarded the prestigious [[Bangladesh Liberation War Honour|Bangladesh Mukti Yoddha Sammanana Trophy]] (posthumously) by the Honourable Prime Minister of [[Bangladesh]] for his famous composition "''Shono ekti Mujiborer theke...''" which became the anthem for [[Bangladesh War of Liberation]] in 1971.<br />
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