Raichand Boral

Raichand Boral
রাইচাঁদ বড়াল
Boral on a 2013 stamp of India
Born	Rai Chand Boral (1903-10-19)19 October 1903 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day West Bengal, India)[1]
Died	25 November 1981(1981-11-25) (aged 78) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Music director

Rai Chand Boral (19 October 1903 – 25 November 1981) was an Indian composer, considered by music connoisseurs to be the Bhishma Pitamah, the father of film music in India.^[2]

He was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest award in Indian cinema, given by Government of India, in 1978, and also in the same year, the Sangeet Natak Akademi award, given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.