Pather Panchali, the Apu-Durga masterpiece, was brought to life by Satyajit Ray. Though he had given the work of the film’s music direction to Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ray did use his originality when he made Chunibala Devi sing as Indir Thakrun. While speaking to music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyktxVGvsSI Kumar Sanu is back with a soulful Pujo Album Kheyali Din. Exclusive GB interview with composer Kinjal Chatterjee, who has composed for Kumar Sanu’s pujo song album. The other co-composers of this album are Shovan and Ankan. • The name Kumar Sanu needs no introduction.
I met Bishnupada way back in 2009 in the middle of an Aila-ravaged Sunderbans. The super-cyclone had destroyed both lives and homes in a whiff, but somehow could not dampen the free-spirited baul, who I met in the middle of nature’s fury.His dedication in bringing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPMP15qDSE8 • There was an era in Bengal Music, when songs had rich lyrics. Are lyrics still important? My world of songs is centred around my father Salil Chowdhury’s music. I mostly listen to Western and Indian classical music. However, the last time I heard Bengali songs
She was not just a superb singer, but also a great human being. I am lucky to have her as my sister-in-law. Krishna Chattopadhyay was a soft-spoken person and never used a bad word. I am lucky to have Krishna di as my family member
Bengali is not his mother tongue, but he loves the language that happens to be one of the world’s sweetest languages. No wonder Vivek Kumar, Principal Secretary of state higher education department loves to speak and sing in Bangla, that is dear to his heart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igLxfCH8GF8 ‘Bengali Aunty/Metronome’ famed Sawan Dutta speaks to Saheli Mitra on how she has created a sensation in the online music world with her exceptionally hilarious music videos that carry important messages • You have been using songs that you write and sing yourself to spread important
Here is a new musical instrument for all music lovers. It is called Taramandal and is a fusion of Dotara and Surmandal. A stringed instrument this new Taramandal can be used for both folk and classical renditions. It has around 20 strings and the music
Famous Bengali singer Sabita Chowdhury is no more. She often fought with her husband, famous music composer, Salil Chowdhury, on who would leave this world first? May be her husband knew he would die before her and hence wrote the song: Tumi ki kokhono shei
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU6FJ79UByA Singer Rupankar Bagchi in an exclusive interview to GB speaks on his singing and acting career and his take on modern music • Hardly any Pujo albums are being launched these days, instead we find launches on Youtube. What is your take on this shift? I think