Amongst several contemporary legendary composers of his time as Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam, and Atulprasad Sen, Dutta is renowned for his unique and melodious composition of music.

Before reaching his teenage, Himangshu Dutta started singing Brahmasangeet and Bhajan in different local functions at Comilla.

In the year 1922 Himangshu Dutta composed music for a song whose lyric was written by his classmate Subodh Purkayastha.

Beside having a deep interest in music composition, Himangshu Dutta was an avid notation writer from the very young age.

From this point onwards, Sudhamadhab continued singing "Himangshu Dutta-er Gaan", broadcast by All India Radio every Sunday.

In the same year, the company also published another record from its HMV division where Sati Devi was the singer, and Himangshu emerged as a star in the history of so-called modern Bengali songs.

Almost all renowned singers of that time — Haripada Roy, Umapada Bhattacharyya, Sati Devi, Kanak Das, Saila Devi, Sabitri Ghosh, Tarapada Chakraborty, Suprava Sarkar, Supriti Ghosh, Jaganmay Mitra, at some point of their musical career, recorded "Himangshu Dutta-er Gaan".

His compositions for songs like "Aloko Andhar Jetha Kore Khela", "Alo Chaya Dola", Champa Chameli Beli", "Chand Kohe Chameli Go", "Chameli Melo Ankhi", "Tumi Je Andhar", "Tomari Potho Pane Chahi", "Nishithe Chole Himelo Bai", "Boroshar Megh Name", "Bidayer Sesh Bani", "Birohini Chiro Birohini", "Jodi Dokhina Pobono Ashiya", "Rater Deule Jage", and many others will remain as favourites to the audience of Bengali songs forever.