Guwahati: National-award-winning music director Sher Choudhury died at the B Barooah Cancer Hospital here on Wednesday after prolonged illness.
Choudhury (71), suffering from cancer since last year, was a bachelor. Choudhury received national award for best music director for the Gautam Bora directed film Wosobipo.
Born and brought up amid the verdant locales of Shillong, Choudhury was a great sports enthusiast.
His first film as music director was Prothom Ragini, directed by late Dhiru Bhuyan, for which he received an award from EIMPA. He was also chief assistant director and art director of that film. Choudhury had also composed music for Sanjib Hazarika’s national-award winning film Halodhar.
He gave music for award-winning films like Mimangsha, I Killed Him Sir, Raag Birag, Adajyo, Rongbin, Chakrabehu, Nissihido Nodi, Ahir-Bhairav and Dwaar-The Voyage Out. Choudhury won best music director award for Raag Birag, Adajyo and Nishiddho Nodi in Assam.
He composed music for several documentary films and directed the documentary Sound of the dying Colours which won the best promotional national film award. An excellent mandolin player, Choudhury was closely associated with Bhupen Hazarika.
Our Reporter adds: Meanwhile, Assam Club of Shillong, of which Choudhury was a member, has condoled the death of this noted musician.
