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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Rathindranath Roy : Most Prominent Folk Singer


Rathindranath Roy was one of most prominent performers of the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra. Recalling his early singing career, Roy mentioned inspirational songs such as “Purbo digantey shurjo uthechhey” and “Nongor tolo tolo” (composed by Samar Das), “Rokto diye naam likhechhi” (composed by Shujeo Shyam) and more.
He also sang some Rabindra Sangeet such as “O amar desher mati,” which motivated B...engalis during the Liberation War. In Roy’s view there are few parallels to these patriotic songs.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

MITALI MUKHERJEE

Mitali, was born in Mymensingh a place in Bangladesh which is culturally a very aware area. Her father late Mr. Amulya kumar Mukherjee was an officer in Police Department and her mother Mrs. Kalyani Mukherjee was a housewife, but was a very good singer when she was young . Among the seven children she is the sixth one. All her brothers and sisters were musically inclined. From a very young age she was trained in classical music under her Guru Shri Mithun Dey in Mymensingh. She did her schooling in Vidya Moyee School and her Intermediate from Muminunisa College. While studying in school she had won many Awards in the children group competitions. Besides classical music she used to sing Nazrul geet, Kirtan, Modern Bengali Songs and Semi Classical Songs.