▁used ▁to ▁follow ▁the ▁famous ▁Beng ali ▁singer ▁P ank aj ▁Mul lick . ▁For ▁this ▁he ▁was ▁nick named ▁as ▁" Ch h oto ▁P ank aj ". ▁In ▁an ▁interview ▁on ▁television ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁Hem anta ▁had ▁mentioned ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁also ▁received ▁classical ▁music ▁training ▁from ▁U stad ▁F ai y az ▁Khan ' s ▁student ▁Ph an ib hus an ▁Ban er je e , ▁but ▁his ▁tut el age ▁was ▁cut ▁short ▁by ▁the ▁U stad ' s ▁un tim ely ▁death . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 7 , ▁Hem anta ▁cut ▁his ▁first ▁gram oph one ▁disc ▁under ▁the ▁Columbia ▁label . ▁The ▁songs ▁( non - film ) ▁on ▁this ▁disc ▁were ▁" Jan ite ▁J adi ▁Go ▁T umi " ▁and ▁" B alo ▁Go ▁B alo ▁More " ▁whose ▁lyr ics ▁were ▁by ▁N ares h ▁Bh attach ary a ▁and ▁music ▁was ▁composed ▁by ▁S ail esh ▁D ut tag upt a . ▁There after , ▁every ▁year ▁Hem anta ▁continued ▁to ▁record ▁non - film ▁disc s ▁for ▁the ▁Gram oph one ▁Company ▁of ▁India ▁( G CI ) ▁till ▁ 1 9 8 4 . ▁His ▁first ▁H indi ▁songs ▁were ▁" Kit ana ▁D uk h ▁Bh ul aya ▁T um ne " ▁and ▁" O ▁P reet ▁N ib han ew ali ", ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁under ▁G CI ' s ▁Columbia ▁label . ▁Music