Jodi Raat Pohale Shona Jeto

"Jodi Raat Pohale Shona Jeto" is a song from the 1991 Bangladeshi music album named Jonotar Nouka (lit. 'Boat of People'). The lyricist of this modern music was Hasan Motiur Rahman. Moloy Kumar Ganguly composed sang originally this song to the tune with music arrangement of Almas Ali. The song is considered to be the most popular song about Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The song was released under label of Chenasur along with other songs from the audio album.^[1]

"Jodi Raat Pohale Shona Jeto"
Song by Moloy Kumar Ganguly
from the album Jonotar Nouka
Language	Bengali
English title	If you could hear it when the night was over
Written	1990
Published	1990
Released	1991
Recorded	1991
Studio	Jhankar Studio
Venue	Dhaka
Genre	Modern music
Length	4:27
Label	Chenasur
Composer(s)	Moloy Kumar Ganguly
Lyricist(s)	Hasan Motiur Rahman
Producer(s)	Hasan Motiur Rahman
External audio "Jodi Raat Pohale Shona Jeto by Moloy Kumar Ganguly" on YouTube "Jodi Raat Pohale Shona Jeto by Sabina Yasmin" on YouTube

Background

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the favorite personality of singer Moloy Kumar Ganguly. After assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, he suffered psychologically. Malay wanted to make a song about him from that pain.^[2] Singer Moloy Kumar Ganguly was given the task of singing at the party conference of Awami League to be held in France in 1990. He then asked Hasan Motiur Rahman to write two songs, one each about Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Sheikh Hasina. Writing a song about Mujib was difficult in terms of responsibility as he did not agree at first but was forced to do it later. When he remembered his assassination in dawn, he got some ideas for the lyrics and wrote down.^[3] Then in the morning he went to Malay Kumar Ganguly and showed him the lyrics. He immediately composed the song. It was then sung by Moloy at that conference. The audience at the conference liked and appreciated the song.^[4] A year after Sheikh Hasina became Prime Minister of Bangladesh in the June 1996 Bangladeshi general election, she planned to have Sabina Yasmin sing the song. At that time, the song Sabina sang was directed by Farid Ahmed as per the plan.^[1]

Record and release

Fearing the threat of the then military junta, no studio in Dhaka wanted to record the song, Moloy recorded the song in France for the first time. The military government fired Malay Kumar Ganguly from his job and evicted him from his government residence for recording the song.^[2] Preparations for a general election began after Hussain Muhammad Ershad resigned as a result of the 1990 Mass Uprising in Bangladesh. Then Hasan Matiur Rahman recorded the song in Jhankar studio for the second time under Chenasur label. The song was released in the album titled Jonotar Nouka.^[1] The song became popular after the album released for the Awami League election campaign reached the public.^[2][5] The album became so popular in 1991 that people got into fights trying to buy its cassette.^[4]

Remake

The remastered new version of the song was released on 15 August 2021 on Gaan Bangla and YouTube, directed by Kaushik Hossain Taposh.^[6]

Achievement

Year	Award	Nomination	Category	Result	Ref
2020	Natyajan Shyamal Adhikari Memorial Medal	Hasan Motiur Rahman	Best Music	Won	[7]

References

1. "'যদি রাত পোহালে শোনা যেত...': একটি গানের জন্মকথা" ['Jodi Raat Pohale Shona Jeto...': The story of birth of a song]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 15 August 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
2. Saad, Saimum (15 August 2021). "বিরূপ পরিস্থিতিতে যেভাবে সৃষ্টি হল 'যদি রাত পোহালে শোনা যেত বঙ্গবন্ধু মরে নাই'" [How did adverse circumstances create 'Jodi Raat Pohale Shona Jeto, Bangabandhu More Nai']. Bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
3. Akbar, Jahid (15 August 2021). "যেভাবে লেখা হলো 'যদি রাত পোহালে শোনা যেত বঙ্গবন্ধু মরে নাই' গানটি" [As the song 'Jodi Raat Pohale Shona Jeto, Bangabandhu More Nai' was written]. The Daily Star (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
4. "গানের গল্প: যদি রাত পোহালে শোনা যেত" [Song Story: Jodi Raat Pohale Shona Jeto]. Bhorer Kagoj (in Bengali). 11 August 2018. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
5. "'এখনকার শিল্পীরা মনে করেন গানের কথা ও সুর একটা হলেই হলো'" ["Today's artists think that lyrics and music has no significance."]. Ittefaq (in Bengali). 13 September 2020. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
6. "বঙ্গবন্ধু স্মরণে নতুন করে 'যদি রাত পোহালে শোনা যেত'" [In memory of Bangabandhu, a new 'Jodi Raat Pohale Shona Jeto']. Dhaka Post (in Bengali). 14 August 2021. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
7. "বঙ্গবন্ধু গানে পুরস্কৃত হলেন গীতিকার হাসান মতিউর রহমান ও সুজন হাজং" [Songwriter Hasan Matiur Rahman and Sujan Hajong were awarded for Bangabandhu song]. Amader Shomoy (in Bengali). 4 March 2020. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2022.