Padmashree Shri Suresh Wadkar’s latest release is a Bengali semi-classical cum ghazal titled ‘Saanjhpakhi’. The melodious track has been composed by popular singer Debojit Dutta and the lyrics are by ...

A turbulent political time had emerged by the middle of the 1920s within the Indian national movement and in Bengal. Poet, writer, and musician Kazi Nazrul Islam was pained at the time by the widening ...

Shahana Shome is back with what she does best – doing justice to a soulful number, this time a Ghazal classic – ‘Mohabbat Karne Waale Kam Na Honge’! This nostalgic and heart-touching number is perhaps ...

Kolkata, Feb 16 (PTI) Popular poet-film lyricist Srijato and singer Subhamita Banerjee have teamed up for “Ghalibnama”, a compilation of some of Ghalib’s timeless numbers in Bengali. “We have ...

The life journey of Nadira Begum is one of South Asian music’s more remarkable tales of individual will and gutsy courage. Fans of the ghazal will know Nadira as Munni Begum, a name given to her by ...

RAJKUMAR RIZVI met Indrani Chatterji while they were part of a government delegation to Russia. Music was an instant attraction for both. But for Rajkumar Rizvi it was the ‘typical Bengali’ features ...

Nazrul, The National Poet of Bangladesh, was a harbinger of secularism, liberalism, and interfaith harmony at a time when the sub-continent was mired in religious discord. But that's not all, there ...