Pankaj Mullick's music composition held a unique position right from the early thirties to the present day, maintaining an unfailing popularity for both young and old.Mullick also brought the concept of the 'tonga song' to the Indian screen for the first time with the immortal ‘Piya Milan Ko Jaana’. He was also responsible for bringing down the pitch of Saigal's voice and toning its attractive sonorous quality.

Pankaj Mullick was born in Calcutta to Manimohan Mullick in the year 1905. His father was greatly interested in traditional music and would invite eminent singers and instrumentalists to perform during religious festivals.He was initially trained by Durgadas Banerjee and Dinendranath Tagore.He dropped college to cherish his first love music.In the year 1927 his career started when he got the opportunity of being a musician in the Indian Broadcasting Company.

Pankaj Mullick was introduced to the Tagore family, which was to have an everlasting influence upon him. Rabindra Sangeet became his forte, and he is the only man who has tuned a Rabindranath poem to music with the great poet's total approval. Through Pankaj Mullick's songs that Rabindra Sangeet became popular in every Bengali household, even raising great interest among Western music connoisseurs.

Mullick first joined Calcutta's famous New Theatre's where he trained and conducted rehearsals for artists like K C Dey and Saigal.His first break was Yahudi Ki Ladki (1933). Here, he shared the credits with R C Boral. Later he worked with R. C. Boral for P C Barua's legendary tragedy, Devdas (1935), where Saigal rendered ‘Dukh Ke Din Ab Beetat Nahin’. Their other joint hits included Barua's Maya and Grihadah (both 1936), Hem Chunder's Karodpati (1936) and Nitin Bose's President (1937).

Later on Mullick got his first opportunity as an independent music director in P C Barua's Mukti (1937). It had Mullick's composition for Tagore's poem ‘Diner Sheshe Ghumer Deshe’, which became a huge hit.

In 1944, Mullick composed and even sang ‘Do Naina Matware Tihare’, ‘Ai Kaat Be Taqdeer’ and ‘Chupo Na Chupo Na’ for Chunder's Meri Bahen.The songs became instant hits.He scored many of Saigal's best songs, including ‘Soja Rajkumari’ and ‘Main Kya Jaanoo Kya Jaadoo Hai’.He passed away in the year 1978.He is the author of four books on music, which illustrated the correct structure of Ragas, the rukes and canons of Indian classical music. His autobiography has been published whose title is 'Amar Jug Amar Gaan'.