Debajyoti Mishra reveals his last conversation with Pratik Choudhury

Debajyoti Mishra, who gave late

Pratik Choudhury

a break in commercials, said he is missing the singer terribly. Talking about the singer’s early days, he recalled, “When I first came across his voice, I felt it had a distinctive style; it did not come close to the voices that made adhunik gaan famous or that of Kishore Kumar or Mohd Rafi. He was an intelligent singer, who was well aware of what he was singing.”

Pratik also sang the title track for Subrata Sen’s

Ek Je Achhe Kanya

, the music for which was scored by Debajyoti. So what was his last conversation with Pratik? The composer revealed, “I spoke to him two months before he passed away. His music video had come out and I liked the patriotic song. I call him up to compliment him and he was elated. He said, ‘Coming from you, it was truly great’. We even had a hearty laugh after the conversation.” Debajyoti said Pratik was his compatriot when he was consolidating his position in the ad world. “We were like partners. I remember him all the time; I can’t help but miss him,” said Debajyoti.