An
accomplished student of Rabindra Sangeet
from Dakshinee, Alak's professional
approach has been in all types of
Bengali songs, particularly those
popular songs of yesteryears creating a
nostalgia in the mind of his audience.
His specialisation is on modern and old
Bengali songs, while he is equally at
home in Rabindra Sangeet, Nazrul
Geeti,songs from the Puratani Plays,
Comedy, Patriotic and Folk Songs. A
widely traveled artist in
India and countries of Europe and
America, Alak's rich baritone voice,
exquisite diction, impeccable 'Gayaki'
and the total command over the subject
has won him high acclaim wherever he has
performed.
Besides being a distinguished regular
artist of Radio and Television, and as a
composer, Alak has contributed several
articles on Music in leading journals and
written three books - "Ganer Bari",
"Mukhomukhi" and "Gaaner Epare". He writes
regular column at "Dainik Statesman". The
Name Of His Recent Released Book is
"Nirbachito Gaaner Column".
In different moods with
Soumitra Chatterjee, Srikanta Acharya,
Sandhya Mukherjee, Md. Salim, Somnath
Chatterjee, Sumitra Sen,
Srabani Sen and Mrinal Chakraborty.
