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Puja 2007 Cultural Program Highlights
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| Amit Kumar |
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Amit
Kumar's name needs no introduction. A child
prodigy, he was singing and acting in his father's
films while kids his age were still sucking
thumbs! He cut his teeth watching the antics of
his hugely successful comedian father, the one and
only Kishore Kumar. Acting in his father's films
and singing along with him on stage, has given
Amit a confidence found in few of his
peers.
Amit has done concerts in every part
of the world singing his own hits along with hits
of his father. Not just in the Hindi film
industry, but even in the Bengali film industry.
Amit Kumar is a name to reckon with. He has
gigantic hits to his credit. His non-filmi albums
like 'Mad' have shown that he is an ace composer
and an innovative singer just like his father.
Truely, a chip of the old block!
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| Rupankar Bagchi |
He has the
wonderful gift from God - his music, his voice ! He has
the intensity to explode - on stage! He has the power
that rushes your adrenaline - through the various
numbers he delivers. He is the versatile singer of the
day - Rupankar. Rupankar Bagchi.
"Music flows
in my blood", Rupankar reminisces " From my childhood, I
learnt classical vocal from my father Sj. Ritendra Nath
Bagchi and at the same time, Rabindra Sangeet from my
mother Smt. Sumitra Bagchi." "Soon I was ready for
formal training from my Guru Sj. Sukumar Mitra in
Classical Music and from Sj. Jatileswar Mukhopadhyay in
Modern Songs ." " My first stage performance was at the
age of eleven, with my mother beside me." And thus the
journey began through the rough water.
Today he is
in the limelight - all over the media. It is like a
voyage through the ocean of music which has engulfed his
days and nights. Now the music studio is his home - the
musicians are his family members. To meet the rising
demand, he needs to record every hour - for albums,
title music of serials or films, advertising jingles.
During the nights he is on the move from one town to
another to perform on-stage for his innumerable fans. At
times he is even at TV Channel studios - either for
performance or for anchoring. Today Rupankar is the
heart-throb of the young and loved by
all.
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Achievements:
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Best Playback Singer in Soap - 'Sonar Harin'
(ETV Bangla) from Sunfeast Pratidin Tele-Samman,
2007.
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"UTTAM KUMAR AWARD" 2006.
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'Best Lyricist' Award from Ananda Bazar Group
at 'Ananda Puroshkar' in 2001.
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'Best Album' by Snowcem Ananda Durgotsav Arghya
for 'Bhokatta' in the year 2002.
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'Best Album' by Bangio Sangeet Prachar Samiti
for 'Meghe Roddure' by Prime Music in the year
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Stage Shows/Shows
& other performances:
He has been constantly
performing in various cities all over India like,
Mumbai, Jaipur, Delhi, Bangalore apart from the towns of
West Bengal.
Performed During Durga
Puja, 2006 at New Jersey - arranged by
"KALLOL", Dallas and
California .
Performed in
London, UK as a member of famous Mega Magazine show TVS
SaReGaMa and participated in functions with renowned
artists such as, Ghulam Ali, Jagjit Singh, Sonu Nigam,
Runa Laila etc. and with groups like
Osibisa.
Title and
other songs in Films, Tele Films &
Soaps:
- 'Bong
Connection' - a film directed by Anjan Dutta.
- 'Janmobhumi' - by Prabhat Roy
- 'Sunglass' - by Rituparno Ghosh.
- 'Tista'
- Abhinetri - a film by Satabdi Roy.
- 'Tin
Ekke Tin' -a film by Black Magic Motion
Pictures.
- 'Annya
Bhuban' - a film directed by Sri Mrinal Sen, the
renowned and legendary film director of Bengal.
- 'Mrs.
Universe' - a film, music directed by Sri Kalyan Sen
Barat.
- 'Chokher
Bali' - an award winner film, directed by famous
director Sri Rituparna Ghosh.
- Andarmahal - Soap in Aakash Bangla.
- Sonar
Harin - Soap in ETV Bangla.
- Anchoring in 'Tarana' - a title championship in
music, TARA Music.
- 'Antaraley' - Soap in Doordarshan.
- 'Megh O
Charai' - Soap in Akash Bangla.
- 'Shudhu
Tomari Jonnya' - Soap in ETV Bangla.
- 'Sroat'
- Soap in Doordarshan.
- 'Ek
Poshla Brishti' - Soap in ETV Bangla.
- 'Borishaler Bor Kolkatar Kone' - Soap in ETV
Bangla.
- 'Swapner
Rang Neel' - Soap in Tara Bangla.
- 'Antakshari' - Anchoring in Tara Bangla Channel
in this magazine Programme with school/college
students.
- 'Rojgere
Ginni' - Anchoring in this magazine programme in ETV
Bangla
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Albums:
- Nil
- Ganer
Jharnatalay
- Highway
- Poth
Bhola
Recent
Releases:
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| Krosswindz Band |
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Primarily a progressive world/fusion
band, now focusing on world music and soulful songs,
lyric oriented. Professionally performing concerts all
over india for the last fourteen years. Krosswindz is a
crosspollinatiom of rural folk music of india with the
sounds of folk traditions from around the world. The
result, a potpouri of sounds deeply rooted in the soil
that touches the heart and speaks the common language of
humankind.
Music Style- world,
folk, ambient progressive fusion Musical Influences Pat
Metheny, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Joni Mitchell, Basudev
Baul, Ghulam Ali, Eric Johnson, Sting, Brian Eno, etc.
Similar Artists- Suzanne Vega,
Protima Barua(folk singer), yossou n dour, u2, sting,
cranberries, santana.
Artist
History- Band was formed in 1990, has toured
all over india and playing at all major college
festivals and stadium concerts. The band is still busy
gigging all over the country. The band has performed and
collaborated with internationally reputed names like
HERBIE HANCOCK(USA), SKY HIGH(SWEDEN), TIZIAN
JOST(GERMANY), PANDIT RAMESH MISHRA(INDIAN SARENGI
PLAYER OF INTERNATIONAL REPUTE), THE JAZZ
AMBASSADORS(USA), the music of krosswindz has been
featured in numerous documentary films and commercials.
Presently the award winning film THE WAY BACK HOME by
film maker SUPRIYO SEN featured the vocals of
CHANDRANI(KROSSWINDZ) prominently as a background score
for the film. Supriyo Sen has received a grant from the
prestigious Jan Vrijman Fund (of the The International
Documentary Festival of Amsterdam (IDFA) on the basis of
a worldwide competition of scripts for the production of
his fourth film “Way Back Home”.
Group
Members-
Vikramjit(tuki)lead guitar backing vocals/songwriter
producer, chandrani-lead vocals/songwriter, ratanjit-keyboards.
Instruments guitar, nylon string guitar, mandolin,
khamak, dotara(indian folk instruments), dhol, djembe,
khol, drums, congas, timbales, cabasa, guiros,
triangles, shakers, bass guitar, keyboards, computer
based sequencers, samplers etc.
Albums(discography)- Singles -
BMG Crescendo(India), Poth Geche Benke - Sagarika, One
World - Kosmic Music, Bhebe Dekhecho ki - Kosmic Music.
Compilations - Aabar Bochor Kooree porey - Mohiner
Ghoraguli, Khyapar Gaan - Mohiner Ghoraguli, Moni Chara
Shunno Laagey various artists, THE MUSIC OF THE
GLOBE-JOE ANTHONY PRODUCTIONS(USA)
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| Shantanu Bhattacharyya |
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A notable young
classical vocalist from Kolkata Shantanu
Bhattacharya is known as doyen of the Patiala
gharana gayaki and for his excellent performances
in India and abroad. He believes that the
raga-music has the innate power of taking the
listeners to the higher realms of psychic
consciousness. He tries to focus on this aspect in
his performance too.
Initiated into classical music by
his mother, Shantanu was groomed in Patiala gayaki
by the stalwarts of this style like Pandit Prasoon
Banarji, Meera Banerji and Pandit Ajoy
Chakravorty. As a scholar of the I.T.C. Sangeet
Research Academy (S.R.A.), Kolkata, his
association with great maestros exposed him to the
best in other styles as well. This has enriched
his singing, which is focused centrally on the
gayaki of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan of the
Patiala Gharana.
Notable
achievements
- Top ranker at Dover Lane
Music Conference Talent Search competition,
Khayal & Thumri; 1986 & 1987
- First position at West
Bengal State Music Academy Annual Competition;
1987
- India No.1 at the All
India Radio Music Competition 1989 for Khayal
& Thumri. Awarded the President's Gold Medal
for this unique feat (of coming first in two
subjects), yet unbroken in the history of All
India Radio
- All India First at the
Bharatiya Sanskriti Samsad's Annual Competition,
1996
- ·Awarded Sanskriti Mani
Award, 2007, in the category of outstanding
young performer
- ·Record number of
broadcasts from Akashvani (All India Radio)
Kolkata
- ·Record number of
telecasts from Doordarshan (Television) National
& State Channel
- ·Performed at the major
music conferences of the country, in Mumbai,
Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Pune, Patiala,
Ambala, Chandigarh, Surat, Kanpur, Lucknow,
Bhopal and Maihar, among other places
·Performed in USA,
UK, France, Germany, Finland &
Singapore
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| Aa(N)dhaar Raaneer Deshey - Drama by
students of Pathsala Bengali
School
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In the "Alor Desh" (land of light),
people are happy. They are always singing and
dancing. They often have
festivals for no reason at all ("Akaaron
Utsab"). They also talk in “chhando”
(rhymes).
In the "Aa(N)dhaar Raaneer Desh"
(Dark Queen's land), there is no laughter, no song
and no rhyme. The Dark Queen rules with an iron
fist. All violators of her rules are punished
and thrown into the
dungeon.
The drama takes you from the land of
light to the land of darkness where three
brave fighters challenge the Dark Queen. They
are helped by an wise old lady who
shows them how a sweet princess turned
into the Dark Queen. She also tells
them how to conquer the
Dark Queen - not by killing but by
bringing out the "light" that lives deep
inside.
Written and directed by Soumya
Mukherjee. Direction assistance by Pratik Deb,
Soumitra Guha, Pallab Haldar, Subhra
Banerjee and Anasua Kushari. Dance
choreography by Samita (Mimi) Sarkar. Costumes,
set and props by Sarbani Mallick, Meera Ganguly,
Pratik Deb, Sudip Chakraborty and many
more. Lights by Ujjayan Banerjee and
Jyoti Kushari. Sound by Soumya Mukherjee.
Logistics and coordination by Shelley Deb. Prompt
assistance by Saumi Nandy and Anjali
Banerjee. Made possible by all Pathsala
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