Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Suchitra Mitra - Beyond Rabindrasangeet



With the sad demise of Suchitra Mitra, the noted exponent of Rabindrasangeet, the cyberspace is loaded with obituaries about the legend. All these are essentially the same; often copied from one to another with little originality.
Despite being known all over the world as a doyen in the field of Rabindrasangeet, Suchitra Mitra started her career with Bengali modern songs (Adhunik Gaan) and songs for the IPTA. Suchitra even sang songs of Atul Prasad Sen, Jyotirindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam and Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
This is my way of paying homage to this great artiste by providing you with some of these songs, other than Rabindrasangeet, which the singer had recorded in her voice.

The first playlist is of Bengali modern songs (Adhunik Gaan) with two songs by Suchitra Mitra.

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The second playlist consists of the four songs of IPTA in which Suchitra Mitra has featured.

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The third playlist has five songs of Atul Prasad rendered to perfection by Suchitra Mitra. 

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The fourth playlist consists of three songs by Suchitra Mitra, one each by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay; Kazi Nazrul Islam and Jyotirindranath Tagore in that sequence.

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Apart from these fourteen songs in the four playlists, there are some more non Rabindrasangeets by Suchitra Mitra which are not in my collection. I would remain indebted to the readers of this blog if they are able to enrich my collection. The missing songs are i) Phirey Tumi Aasbey - Adhunik, ii) Aaj Banglar Bukey - IPTA, iii) Se Daake Aamare - Atul Prasad. 
Please send in your comments and suggestions.

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