Deebo Bhattacharya

Deebo was born into a Bengali Hindu family. He arrived in Pakistan from India in 1956 to work as an assistant to Indian music director Timir Baran who was going to compose music for the film Anokhi. While Timir Baran moved back to India after composing for a few Pakistani films, Deebo remained in Pakistan and resided in Karachi.[1]

In 1957, his first film as a solo music director,Maska Polish, was released. The movie was a box office disappointment. The same fate befell his next two movies, Yeh Duniya (1960) and Lakhoun Fasane (1961). With the release of Banjaran (1962), he rose to notoriety, and the song "Na jane kaisa safar hai mera", sung by Noor Jehan, became a hit. The other milestone of Deebo's career was the film Badnaam (1966). One of its songs, "Bare Bemurawat Hain Yei Husn Waale, Kahin Dil Lagane Ko Koshish Na Karna", vocalized by Suraiya Multanikar, is considered one of his most timeless tunes. In 1968, he composed songs for producer Waheed Murad's film Sumandar including the theme song, "Tera Mera Sathi Hai Lehrata Sumandar".

In the 1960s and 1970s, he composed music for several other films, including; Shararat (1963), Beti (1964), Taqdeer (1966), Meray Bachay Meri Ankhen (1967), Bahadur (1967), Jhuk Gaya Aasman (1970), and Tiger Gang (1974).[1][2][3][4]

Deebo moved to Bangladesh after the separation of East Pakistan in 1971. He died in the early 1990s, according to reports, after living for nearly two decades there.[1][3]