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Sapan Chakraborty or Swapan Chakraborty, is a leading music director of India. Sapan Chakraborty is a renowned Bengali music composer who worked for Bengali films and Hindi movies made in Bollywood.

Works of Sapan Chakraborty - Sapan Chakraborty used to work as a music assistant to Rahul Dev Burman and worked as a playback singer at times. The Bengali films, for which Rahul Dev Burman composed music, had lyrics written by Sapan Chakraborty. He also wrote lyrics for the music albums that were exclusively released for Durga Puja. He also worked as a lyricist in the films, for which he himself composed music. The diversified influence of Rahul Dev Burman, his mentor, was evident in his works as a music director.

Sapan Chakraborty as a composer -

As a music composer Sapan Chakraborty composed music for the Hindi films `36 Ghante`, `Jab Andhera Hota Hai`, `Naya Nasha`, `Ek Ruka Hua Faisla` and `Zameer`. The Bengali films, whose music were composed by Sapan Chakraborty include `Shurer Akashe`, `Choto Bou`, `Tufan`, `Mohonar Dike`, `Nilimay Nil`, `Sarbajaya` and `Kori Diye Kinlam`. Other Bengali films for which Sapan Chakraborty worked as a music director comprise `Monimala`, `Monmayuri`, `Mahajan`, `Mahashoy` and `Bidhilipi`.

Sapan Chakraborty as a playback singer - As a playback singer Sapan Chakraborty worked with several music directors of the Hindi film industry. Some of the most popular songs sung by Sapan Chakraborty are `Golmaal hai bhai`, `Kaida kaida akhir faida`, and `Hum tum aur yeh nasha nasha`.

Association with Rahul Dev Burman - Sapan Chakraborty worked for a long time with Rahul Dev Burman as one of his music assistant. Other members of Rahul Dev Burman`s music team were Manohari Singh, Bausdev Chakroborty, Babloo Chakraborty, Marutirao Singh, Ramesh Ayyar and Bhanu Gupto. He also worked as a playback singer for R.D Burman in a number of films like `Naram Garam` and `Golmaal`. His song in Naram Garam is famous as `Naram naram raat mein` whereas that in Golmaal is popular as `Golmaal hai bhai`.

Rahul Dev Burman - Rahul Dev Burman was a leading music director of Bollywood, fondly known among his near and dear ones as Pancham or Panchamda. His father was also one of the best music directors of Bollywood, Sachin Dev Burman. Rahul Dev Burman is popular even today for his groundbreaking contribution to music in the Indian film industry.

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