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He was the son of Pandit Hari Sunder, also known as Bacha Mishra, his grandfather was Pint Pandit Samta Prasad was born on 20 July 1921, in Kabir chaura, Banaras (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh into a family steeped in the tradition of tabla and pakhawaj of Benaras gharana, sometimes referred as Poorab baaj school.
He played tabla in many Hindi films including, Meri Surat Teri Ankhen (1963) and Sholay (1975), and film music composer Rahul Development Burman was one of his disciples. Jagannath Mishra, and his ancestors included Pint Pratap Maharaj, also known as Gudai Maharaj. of India in 1991.
His preliminary taalim (training) began with his father, who died when Samta was seven.
Thereafter, he took the discipleship of Pint Bikku Maharaj, himself a disciple of Pint
Baldev Sahai, and began to practise for long hours daily. Samta Prasad gave his first major performance at the "Allahabad Sangeet Sammelan" in 1942, where he impressed the musicians present there, and soon established himself as an accompanist as well as a soloist.
Throughout his career, he performed in various parts of India, such as Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai and Lucknow.
He also represented the Indian cultural team while abroad, in such places as France, Russia and Edinburgh. He has performed many times with the renowned sarode player Abanindra Maitra. He also played the tabla in Hindi films like, Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje, Meri Surat Teri Ankhen, Basant Bahar, Asamapta and Sholay.
lieutenant is believed that music director, South Dakot Burman postponed the recording of the song, "Nache mora manwa magan tikta dhighi dhighi" being sung by Mohd.
Rafi in the film Meri Surat Teri Aakhen until the arrival of Pandit Samta Prasad from Banaras. He died in May 1994 in Pune, India.
He was on a visit to Pune to conduct a coaching workshop organised by Naad Roop. The workshop was a success, but Panditji"s unexpected demise left a permanent scar on the minds of those who attended the workshop.
Amongst his noted disciples are Pandit Bhola Prasad Singh,Patna, Pandit Shashanka Shekhar Bakshi, Nitin Chatterjee, Naba Kumar Panda, Rahul Development Burman (RDBurman), Gurmit Singh Virdee, Partha Sarathi Mukherjee, Satyanarayan Bashisht,Late Pandit Chandrakant Kamat and Pt.Samta Prasad son, Pandit Kumar Lal Mishra, now a noted tabla player himself.
