 His first movie as a music director was the Bengali film "Abhiyatri" in 1947.Although many of the songs Hemanta recorded during this time received critical acclaim, major commercial success eluded him until 1947.Some contemporary male singers of Hemanta in Bengali were Jaganmay Mitra, Robin Majumdar, Satya Chowdhury, Dhananjay Bhattacharya, Sudhirlal Chakraborty, Bechu Dutta and Talat Mahmood.