Epoch-making Bangali singers of yesteryears

Long before the arrival of Uttam Kumar (1926-80), actor-director-screenwriter Pramathesh Barua (1903-51) was the first male heartthrob of Bangla cinema. His movie version of Devdas (1935) was most authentic. Like the Cumilla-born and raised, Victoria College-educated singer-musician Sachin Dev Burman (1906-75), the Assamese Pramathesh Barua was a prince.  Kanan Devi:...