Education
Ghosh"s father worked for the International Red Cross and was posted to Baghdad during the Second World War, where Ghosh was educated in a convent school.
Ghosh"s father worked for the International Red Cross and was posted to Baghdad during the Second World War, where Ghosh was educated in a convent school.
Playback singer Ahmed Rushdi has a notable contribution to Ghosh"s success. Ghosh gained fame in the mid-1960s when Rushdi sang his compositions in films like Chakori (1967), Jahan Tum Wahan Hum, Paisa, et cetera When the Second World War ended in 1945, the six-year-old Ghosh along with his family moved to Dhaka, in Bengal (in pre-partitioned India).
He showed interest in music, collecting gramophone records and playing the harmonium, and finally graduated with music major in Dhaka.
In the early 1960s, film director Ehtesham visited the radio station, and offered Ghosh a contract as composer for his films. His debut was for the Bengali film Raj Dhanir Bookay in 1961, and followed by numerous other Bengali and Urdu films, including Talash (1963) Paisa, Chakori (1967) and Bhaiya.
After the release of Tum Meray Ho, Ghosh moved to Karachi, Pakistan continuing to compose film music into the 1980s. He composed songs for the film Aaina (1977) one of the greatest films ever made in the Pakistani film industry, celebrated its Platinum Jubilee at the Pakistani cinemas.
On 10 February 2016, Ghosh became ill and was admitted to a hospital in Dhaka.
He died on 13 February 2016 due to respiratory failure. He was 76 years old.