• Rajib Gupta, Secretary 

• Jhinuk Gupta, Chief Advisor

They maybe contacted as follows:

Mailing address: 2/2 Sebak Baidya Street, Kolkata – 700 029 
Contact nos.: 98310 95935 & 98317 52252
Fax: (033) 4069 6153
Email: info@pankajmullick.org
Web site: www.pankajmullick.org

 PMMAF - OBJECTIVES

1.    Archiving & Preservation: Pankaj Mullick has left behind a vast musical legacy that, preserved properly, shall enrich the students and followers of music alike. These include published and unpublished songs and tunes in the form of recordings and score-sheets as well as documents of research that led to his compositions. Then there are the photographs and the movies he featured in that bear visual testimony of his genius and popularity as a singer, composer, actor, teacher, scholar and administrator. These are with his family and fans. The Foundation is in the process of collecting them from fans and private collectors stationed locally and abroad and collating and cataloguing them. Attempts are on to have them restored and preserved digitally so that there is no further degeneration.

2.   Promotion & Propagation: The legacy of Pankaj Mullick has survived the ravages of time and the Foundation is trying its level best to keep it that way. Processes are in motion and the progress satisfactory.

3.   Dissemination: The Foundation is trying to spread awareness about the myriad creative works of Pankaj Kumar Mullick through various forms of media and by following various methodologies. 

4.   Social Welfare: Through the Pankaj Mullick Music and Art Academy, the Foundation is trying to make children and adults from the poorer strata of society aware of the rich cultural heritage of the region as well as of the nation.

PMMAF – ACTIVITIES TILL DATE

2004: PRE-FORMATION YEAR 

• Musical evening at Rabindrasadan, Kolkata featuring a host of eminent artistes remembering Pankaj Kumar Mullick through songs and speeches

2005: YEAR OF FORMATION 

• Programme at Sisir Mancha featuring renowned singer/composer and currently Member of Parliament - Kabir Suman and Jhinuk Gupta (granddaughter-in-law of Pankaj Mullick) reminiscing about Pankaj Mullick through his songs and compositions.

• Seminar at Bangla Academy, Kolkata on the contribution of Pankaj Mullick in the field of Indian music with special focus on Rabindrasangeet, Bangla Adhunik and Indian Film songs, involving several eminent speakers and intellectuals.

• Photo-exhibition on the life & times of Pankaj Kumar Mullick at Gaganendra Gallery, Kolkata.

• Cultural programmes at Kala Mandir & Sisir Mancha, Kolkata – featuring a galaxy of eminent artistes

• Musical evening at Rabindrasadan, Kolkata, organised in association with the Department of Information and Culture, Government of West Bengal featuring all the top-notch artistes of  West Bengal

• Music workshop at Rajya Sangeet Academy, Kolkata, organised in association with the Department of Information and Culture, Government of West Bengal featuring songs and compositions of Pankaj Mullick.

• Music concert featuring songs and compositions by Pankaj Mullick at The Habitat Centre, New Delhi by Jhinuk Gupta and Rajib Gupta (granddaughter-in-law and grandson of Pankaj Mullick).

• Music concert featuring songs and compositions by Pankaj Mullick at the Chittaranjan Park Kali Bari grounds, New Delhi, during their golden-jubilee celebrations by Jhinuk Gupta and Rajib Gupta.

2006: 

• Music concert featuring Bengali and Hindi songs and compositions by Pankaj Mullick at India International Centre, New Delhi by Jhinuk Gupta and Rajib Gupta.

• Release Function of the Commemorative Postage Stamp on Pankaj Kumar Mullick at G D Birla Sabhaghar, Kolkata, organised in association with the Department of Posts (Philately), Ministry of Communications and IT. The stamp was released by Dr. Shakeel Ahmed, Hon. Minister of State for Communications & IT. His Excellency, Sri Gopal Krishna Gandhi, Hon. Governor of West Bengal was the Chief Guest.

• Screening of a documentary on Pankaj Mullick, produced by the Foundation and directed by Rajib Gupta at G D Birla Sabhaghar, Kolkata. His Excellency, Sri Gopal Krishna Gandhi, Hon. Governor of  West Bengal was again the Chief Guest.

2007:

• Music concert featuring Bengali and Hindi songs and compositions by Pankaj Mullick at India International Centre, New Delhi by Jhinuk Gupta and Rajib Gupta

• The Netaji Subhas Foundation invited the Pankaj Mullick Music and Art Foundation to present a programme at Sisirmancha to mark the birth-anniversary of late Sarat Bose. Apart from Jhinuk and Rajib Gupta the presentation featured budding artistes groomed by the Foundation as well.

2008:

• The launch of the Pankaj Mullick Academy of Music & Art. The inaugural programme had the Hon. Mayor of Kolkata, Sri Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya as the Chief Guest.

• The launch was followed by renditions of Pankaj Mullick’s songs and compositions in Bengali and Hindi as well as Rabindrasangeets by Jhinuk and Rajib Gupta.

• Regular classes started at the Pankaj Mullick Academy of Music & Art premises. Classes include singing, dancing, music, art & elocution in various languages.

• Tapur Tupur 2008 – the annual monsoon programme organised by the Pankaj Mullick Academy of Music & Art supported by the Pankaj Mullick Music and Art Foundation was held at Kalakunj to showcase the multifarious talent of the students of the Academy. The Chief Guest for the occasion was the eminent painter Sri Paritosh Sen.

2009:

• Saroj Nalini Dutt Memorial Association invited the Foundation to present a programme during its Holi celebrations. Jhinuk and Rajib Gupta presented Pankaj Mullick’s songs and compositions accompanied by the elocution of poems written by Rabindranath Tagore and Rajib Gupta.

• Kolkata Municipal Corporation invited the Foundation to present a programme during the inauguration of its annual Flower Show competition. Jhinuk Gupta presented Rabindrasangeets and Bengali songs and compositions of Pankaj Mullick.

• Music concert featuring Bengali and Hindi songs and compositions by Pankaj Mullick at India International Centre, New Delhi by Jhinuk Gupta and Rajib Gupta.

• Music concert featuring Bengali and Hindi songs and compositions by Pankaj Mullick at CCRT, Dwarka, New Delhi by Jhinuk Gupta and Rajib Gupta 

• University Women’s Association of India invited the Foundation to present a programme during its Rabindrajayanti celebrations. Jhinuk and Rajib Gupta presented Pankaj Mullick’s songs and compositions in the form of a dance drama, Kothay Amar Hariye Jaowar Nei Mana – Tales of a Wandering Soul, with script by Rajib Gupta and dance performances by the teachers and students of the Pankaj Mullick Academy of Music & Art.

• Tapur Tupur 2009 – the annual monsoon programme organised by the Pankaj Mullick Academy of Music & Art supported by the Pankaj Mullick Music and Art Foundation was held at Kalakunj, as it was last year, to showcase the multifarious talent of the students of the Academy. 

• The Foundation held a programme once again at Kalakunj to present a dance drama, Jajabar o Kokil – The Vagabond and the Cuckoo, with script by Rajib Gupta and songs by Rajib and Jhinuk Gupta along with dance performances by the teachers and students of the Pankaj Mullick Academy of Music & Art.

• Jhinuk Gupta accompanied by Rajib Gupta presented a gamut of bhajans composed by Pankaj Mullick at a congregation in Alipore (Kolkata) in the presence of the venerable Shankaracharya of Dwarka & Jyothi (Uttarakhand) Peeths. 

2010:

• May 10: Official Website of Pankaj Kumar Mullick launched at G. D. Birla Sabhagar, Kolkata 

• May 12: Statue of Pankaj Kumar Mullick unveiled at Maddox Sqaure Park on Pankaj Mullick Sarani, Kolkata

• August 08: Release of Kindred Spirits (Volume 1) - He Nutan, an audio CD comprising hitherto unpublished Rabindrasangeets by Pankaj Kumar Mullick at G. D. Birla Sabhagar, Kolkata 

• Staging of musical drama ‘He Nutan’, conceived and written by Rajib Gupta - at the same venue

• Release of ‘Amar Praner Manush’ an audio CD comprising Rabindrasangeeets by Jhinuk Gupta, produced by Pankaj Mullick

• Music and Art Foundation - at the same venue

• October 11: Premiere of the documentary film titled ‘Mahishasuramardini - A passage through time’ produced by Films Division, Government of India, made by Pankaj Mullick Msuic and Art Foundation and directed by Rajib Gupta at Satyajit Ray Auditorium, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, Kolkata