controversy erupted when the 2019 film mahalaya showed the relation between hemanta mukhopadhyay and pankaj mullick the two music stalwarts in a troubled way well it didnt go well with the family members of hemanta mukhopadhyay on the music legends death anniversary we spoke to gautam mukherjee hemanta mukhopadhyays soninlaw ranu mukherjees husband and he shares with us how upset they were over the controversy that insinuated that the legendary singer had a tiff with musical stalwart pankaj mullick the mumbaibased voice trainer who worked with hemanta mukhopadhyay on several occasions said in an exclusive chat with etimes hemantababu used to worship pankaj mullick they shared a fantastic relationship gautam who assisted hemanta on a few projects said that he once had a word with his fatherinlaw about the mahalaya programme debing durgatiharinim that he composed music for hemantababu and i had discussions about it he treated it like an assignment that came his way i remember him saying that mahisasuramardini was a landmark creation by pankajda and like his many other works debing durgatiharinim was just another assignment for hemanta mukherjee nothing more than that i am surprised at him being portrayed in such manner in the film mahalaya gautam revealed according to him hemanta had uninterrupted and undisputed respect for pankaj mullick time and again he mentioned how he had learnt so much from pankajda i am 100 sure he never had any ego or acrimony against pankajbabu if there was any tiff at all he would have expressed it to someone at some point such things cannot be hidden all life added gautam