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  "description": "Pankaj Mullick, also known as Pankaj Kumar Mullick (10 May 1905 – 19 February 1978), was a Bengali Indian music director, who was a pioneer of film music in Bengali cinema and Hindi cinema at the advent of playback singing, as well as an early exponent of Rabindra Sangeet.\n\nPankaj Mullick earned legendary fame and popularity as a singer and teacher of Rabindrasangeet. He devoted his whole life to this cause using the media of the film, the radio and the gramophone – he succeeded in endearing himself to music loving Indians all over the country.",
  "birthDate": "1905-05-10",
  "deathDate": "1978-02-19",
  "birthPlace": "India",
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    "পঙ্কজকুমার মল্লিক",
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