Coffee Houser Sei Addata

"Coffee Houser Sei Addata" is a song by Indian playback singer Manna Dey. The song's lyrics were written by Gauriprasanna Mazumder and its music and tune was composed by Suparna Kanti Ghosh. It was added to the album Hits of Manna Dey, Vol. 2 by its record label company Saregama.

 Composition and writing 
In 1983, Suparna Kanti Ghosh was living in New Alipore, Kolkata, studying for his exams with his friends. He was visited by Gauriprasanna Mazumder, who had a sore throat and dropped by for some tea. Mazumdar called him out for taking too long to get to him. They entered into a discussion where Ghosh asked him to write a song related to a hangout theme at the College Street Coffee House. Mazumdar spoke the first two lines of the song right away. He spent the night writing the lyrics of the song. Mazumdar was diagnosed with throat cancer at the time. He completed most of the song within 2 or 3 days, except the last stanza. When he showed the written song to Ghosh, Ghosh wanted him to add a last stanza (verse) to the song.

Later, Mazumdar was onboard a still train stalled in Howrah Junction railway station. He was going for medical treatment in Chennai or Mumbai (also known as Bombay). He thought of the last stanza to the song. He took out a white paper from inside an empty cigarette packet. With his pen, he wrote the last stanza on it. He then introduced himself to a man on the station. And asked him to deliver the packet to Ghosh's house in New Alipore. The man delivered the packet to Ghosh the next day. Ghosh stated that he felt the song was complete. He had a live concert in Mumbai (Bombay) in 4 days and took the lyrics papers with him.

A few days later, he brought the song to Manna Dey. Dey asked him, "How can this be a song? How will you set these words to music?". Eventually, Manna Dey recorded the song in a recording studio in Mumbai in 1983.

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Category:1983 songs