Goutam Chattopadhyay, the founder of Moheener Ghoraguli

Gautam Chattopadhyay was a musician, singer, and one of the founding members and inspirational leader of the band Moheener Ghoraguli, which was formed in the 1970s. Moheener Ghoraguli or Mohiner Ghoraguli ( Bengali: মহীনের ঘোড়াগুলি, translation Moheen's Horses was a Bengali music He was also a theatre person, filmmaker and ethnographer.

He played many instruments with flair. He used to play the saxophone and especially lead guitar in a band called The Urge, whose members were mostly Anglo Indians, in pubs like Trinca's and Moulin Rouge on the famous Park Street of Kolkata during the 60s. The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind Lead guitar refers to the use of a Guitar to perform Melody lines instrumental fill passages, and Guitar solos within a song structure Note Sometimes the ' 60s is used as shorthand for the 1960s, the 1860s, or other such decades in various centuries Events and

While a student at the Presidency College in Kolkata, he was sucked into the political movement of the late 60s and early 70s in Bengali campuses also known as the Naxal Movement. Note Sometimes the ' 70s is used as shorthand for the 1970s, the 1870s, or other such decades in other centuries Events and Naxalite or Naxalism is an informal name given to Communist groups that were born out of the Sino-Soviet split in the Indian communist movement He wandered around India spending time in Bhopal and Jabalpur as a medical representative. Bhopāl ( Hindi: भोपाल bʰoːpɑːl, Marathi -भोपाळ is a city in central India. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Jabalpur (lang-hi|जबलपुर}} is a city in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India But he continued composing music even during this phase of his life and was just biding his time to get back to the city he so much loved - Kolkata.

After he came back to Kolkata, he formed a band called Saptarshi with his brothers Pradip Chattopadhyay, Biswanath Chattopadhyay, first cousin Ranjon Ghoshal, Biswanath's friend Abraham Mazumder, and family friends Tapesh Bandopadhyay and Tapash Das. Pradip Chatterjee is a founder member of the Bengali band Moheener Ghoraguli. Ranjon Ghoshal is a founder member of the Bengali band ' Moheener Ghoraguli ' Later they went on to christen themselves as Moheener Ghoraguli and made music as was unheard of in Bengal at that time. Moheener Ghoraguli or Mohiner Ghoraguli ( Bengali: মহীনের ঘোড়াগুলি, translation Moheen's Horses was a Bengali music It was a mixture of Baul and jazz, with a liberal sprinkling of English words in between. Bauls (বাউল are a group of mystic Minstrels from Bengal, which comprises Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States

The band came with new energy, sound, stagecraft, and dress code, jolting Bengalis. Chattopadhyay introduced new lyrics and musical instruments like the guitar, saxophone and drum set. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells He made Bengalis aware that any song can be sung accompanied by just the guitar.

Moheener Ghoraguli wasn't commercially successful, and disintegrated in 1981, but it inspired a whole generation of Bengali youth. By the time Gautam returned with the reincarnation of Moheener Ghoraguli in the 90s, he became an icon. Note Sometimes the ' 90s is used as shorthand for the 1990s, the 1890s, or other such decades in various centuries

After the disintegration of the band Goutam continued his musical journey alone, composing new songs, making films like Nagmoti (which won the President's Medal at the National Film Awards in 1983), a tele-film A Letter to Mom, a documentary film about dhakis (drummers) of Bengal called The Primal Call , a short film for an American community television To Love is to Paint. Dhakis (ঢাকি are traditional Drummers who play the dhak ( Drum) during Hindu festivals primarily in Bengal. . . , a musical video series for Kolkata Doordarshan Video Gaan, another film Somoy (which was never released) and Rong-bin, which remained incomplete due to his sudden death in 1999.