Hemanta Mukhopadhyay

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Bengali-language singer Hindi-language singer Rabindra Sangeet singer film producer human music director playback singer

Hemanta Mukhopadhyay was a legendary Indian playback singer and music director, especially renowned for his work in Bengali and Hindi cinema and his contributions to Rabindra Sangeet.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Hemanta Mukherjee	5
Hemanta Mukhopadhyay canonical	2
Hemant Kumar Mukhopadhyay	1
হেমন্ত মুখোপাধ্যায়	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7660257 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hemanta Mukhopadhyay
Context triple: [Tollywood, hasNotableMusicDirector, Hemanta Mukhopadhyay]

A. Sunil Gangopadhyay
Sunil Gangopadhyay was a prominent Indian Bengali poet, novelist, and short story writer known for his influential contributions to modern Bengali literature and his role in the Hungry generation literary movement.
B. Subhasis Chaudhuri
Subhasis Chaudhuri is an Indian academic and electrical engineer known for his research in computer vision and image processing and for serving as director of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
C. Bibhu Bhattacharya
Bibhu Bhattacharya was an Indian actor best known for playing the character Jatayu in Satyajit Ray’s Feluda series of films and television adaptations.
D. Sukhamoy Chakravarty
Sukhamoy Chakravarty was a prominent Indian economist and planner known for his influential work on development economics and his role in shaping India’s economic policy.
E. Niranjan Pal
Niranjan Pal was an Indian playwright and screenwriter associated with early Indian cinema and the Indian independence movement.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hemanta Mukhopadhyay
Target entity description: Hemanta Mukhopadhyay was a legendary Indian playback singer and music director, especially renowned for his work in Bengali and Hindi cinema and his contributions to Rabindra Sangeet.

A. Sunil Gangopadhyay
Sunil Gangopadhyay was a prominent Indian Bengali poet, novelist, and short story writer known for his influential contributions to modern Bengali literature and his role in the Hungry generation literary movement.
B. Subhasis Chaudhuri
Subhasis Chaudhuri is an Indian academic and electrical engineer known for his research in computer vision and image processing and for serving as director of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
C. Bibhu Bhattacharya
Bibhu Bhattacharya was an Indian actor best known for playing the character Jatayu in Satyajit Ray’s Feluda series of films and television adaptations.
D. Sukhamoy Chakravarty
Sukhamoy Chakravarty was a prominent Indian economist and planner known for his influential work on development economics and his role in shaping India’s economic policy.
E. Niranjan Pal
Niranjan Pal was an Indian playwright and screenwriter associated with early Indian cinema and the Indian independence movement.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bengali-language singer ⓘ Hindi-language singer ⓘ Rabindra Sangeet singer ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ music director ⓘ playback singer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1989 ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1940 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Hemant Kumar ⓘ Hemant Kumar Mukhopadhyay ⓘ linked to: Hemanta Mukhopadhyay
associatedWith	Bimal Roy ⓘ Rabindranath Tagore ⓘ Salil Chowdhury ⓘ Satyajit Ray ⓘ
awardReceived	National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer ⓘ Padma Bhushan ⓘ Sangeet Natak Akademi Award ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	India ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1920-06-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1989-09-26 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Bengali cinema ⓘ Hindi cinema ⓘ linked to: Bollywood cinema Rabindra Sangeet interpretation ⓘ
genre	Bengali modern songs ⓘ Hindi film songs ⓘ Rabindra Sangeet ⓘ
hasChild	Jayanta Mukherjee ⓘ Ranu Mukherjee ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Bengali ⓘ Hindi ⓘ
movement	Golden age of Indian cinema ⓘ
nameInBengali	হেমন্ত মুখোপাধ্যায় ⓘ linked to: Hemanta Mukhopadhyay
notableWork	Rabindra Sangeet recordings ⓘ songs in Amanush ⓘ songs in Anandalok (Bengali film songs) ⓘ songs in Anupama ⓘ songs in Balika Badhu (Bengali) ⓘ songs in Bees Saal Baad ⓘ songs in Deep Jwele Jaai ⓘ songs in Do Dooni Chaar ⓘ songs in Harano Sur ⓘ songs in Hospital ⓘ songs in Khamoshi ⓘ songs in Nagin (1954 film) ⓘ songs in Nimantran ⓘ songs in Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam ⓘ songs in Saptapadi ⓘ songs in Shesh Parichay ⓘ
occupation	film producer ⓘ music director ⓘ playback singer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	United Provinces of British India ⓘ linked to: United Provinces of Agra and Oudh Varanasi ⓘ
placeOfDeath	India ⓘ Kolkata ⓘ linked to: Calcutta West Bengal ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
residence	Kolkata ⓘ linked to: Calcutta
spouse	Latika Mukherjee ⓘ

How these facts were elicited