Sahana Bajpaie

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Sahana Bajpaie
সাহানা বাজপেয়ী
Born6th February
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Occupationsinger-songwiter
Years active2000-present
Known forRabindra Sangeet
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2001; div. 2008)​
Richard Herrett
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(m. 2008)​
Children1
Musical career
OriginSantiniketan
GenresRabindra Sangeet, fusion, folk
LabelsBengal Music Company, Hindustan Records Inreco
Associated actsShayan Chowdhury Arnob, Anupam Roy, Satyaki Banerjee, Samantak Sinha
Websitesahanabajpaie.com

Sahana Bajpaie (born 6th February) is a Bengali singer-songwriter from Santiniketan and one of the most prominent contemporary Rabindra Sangeet vocalists in West Bengal and Bangladesh.[1]​ By the age of 13, she started singing. She released her debut album Notun Kore Pabo Bole in 2007, which was a collection of Rabindra Sangeet.[2]​ Her second album Shikawr released in 2014 with several musicians from West Bengal. Sahana's second Rabindra Sangeet album Ja Bolo Tai Bolo was released in 2015[3]​ and the latest solo album, Mon Bandhibi Kemone in 2016.[4]​

In 2012, she made her first playback in the Indian Bengali fantasy film Tasher Desh directed by Q. Alongside Shayan Chowdhury Arnob, she has written, composed and produced several popular songs.[5]​

Early life and education[]

Bajpaie was brought up in Santiniketan, West Bengal, India. She spent her childhood at Patha Bhavan School there, and finished her MA in English Literature from Visva Bharati University. Both of her parents were professors of political science at the University of North Bengal. She took her first lessons in music from her father, Bimal Bajpaie and learned to sing at the age of three. Later she started taking learning from eminent musicians of Santiniketan like Bijoy Sinha, Chitra Roy, Shyamali Banerjee, Chandan Munshi, Madhumita Roy and Mita Haque and received training in Indian classical music and Rabindra Sangeet.[1]​ In 2005, Bajpaie joined BRAC University in Dhaka as a lecturer in English. In May 2008, she left for London, to pursue another MA Degree in South Asian Studies at the SOAS, University of London.

Music career[]

Rabindra Sangeet[]

Since her music career Bajpaie released two Rabindra Sangeet albums. Notun Kore Pabo Bole was her debut album which was released on 6 March 2007, from Bengal Music Company, Dhaka.[2]​ The album created quite a stir in the music scenario of Bangladesh and West Bengal, owing to its avant-garde representation and arrangement of Tagore-songs.

She released her second Rabindra Sangeet album Ja Bolo Tai Bolo in September, 2015 in India and Bangladesh, which contained a collection of devotional and folk songs of Tagore.[6]​

Later years[]

Her third solo album Mon Bandhibi Kemone was released in 2016, which was the first of its kind, a collection of hand-picked folk songs of Bengal, which Bajpaie and her associates had painstakingly collected and arranged them in a contemporary format.[4]​ Music arrangement of this album was done by Samantak Sinha and Satyaki Banerjee.[6]​

In 2016, she made a playback for the Bengali film Under Construction.[7]​

Playback[]

In 2012, she made her first playback in the Indian Bengali fantasy film Tasher Desh. In 2013, Bengali comedy film Hawa Bodol which was directed by Parambrata Chattopadhyay. In 2016, she sang for by Mainak Bhaumik, which was a tune by Anupam Roy. In 2018, she sang for two films Ek Je Chhilo Raja, a film by Srijit Mukherjeeand Rainbow Jelly, by Soukarya Ghosal. More recently, in the Shiboprasad and Nandita directed, Kontho, she sang the song, Shawbai Chup.[7]​

Personal life[]

In 2001, Bajpaie married her childhood friend Shayan Chowdhury Arnob, a Bengali musician, singer-songwriter and composer. They got divorced in 2008.[8]​ She now resides in London, where she serves as a senior teaching fellow in Bengali in the Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia at SOAS South Asia Institute.[9]​ She is however currently, on leave, pursuing her PhD in ethnomusicology at King's College London. Later she married Richard Herrett and the couple have a daughter name Rohini Herrett.[10]​

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

Playback[]

Year Title Film Note Ref.
2012 "Bolo Shokhi Bolo" Tasher Desh
2013 "Mor Bhabonare" Hawa Bodol Rabindra Sangeet, with Saptarshi Mukherjee
2014 "Tomay Gaan Shunabo" Rabindra Sangeet [2]​
"Poush Toder" Under Construction Rabindra Sangeet [2]​
2015 "Paralysed" Family Album Original Bengali Song with Anupam Roy
2017 "Meghei Chhilo Thikthikana" Shororipu Original Bengali Song
2018 "Roopkotha" Original Bengali Song
"Maharajo" Ek Je Chhilo Raja Rabindra Sangeet
2019 "Shobai Chup" Original Bengali Song

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Ghosh, Bhaswati (17 October 2015). "An Interview with Sahana Bajpaie" (Interview). Café Dissensus. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Shahana Bajpaie to make comeback after 7 years". The Independent. Dhaka. June 22, 2015. Archived from the original on February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  3. ^ "Sahana Bajpaie launches her second Rabindrasangeet album in Kolkata". India Blooms. 2015. Archived from the original on February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Sahana Bajpaie returns with folk album". The Daily Star. August 30, 2016. Archived from the original on February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  5. ^ "Sahana lends voice to Arnob's music". Dhaka Tribune. February 3, 2014. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Waheed, Karim (November 6, 2016). "Rediscovering Sahana Bajpaie". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on December 23, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Sahana Bajpaie and Arnob sing for film 'Under Construction'". Dhaka On Air. January 11, 2016. Archived from the original on February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  8. ^ "Happy Birthday Arnob". Daily Bangladesh. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  9. ^ "South Asia Department". SOAS, University of London. Archived from the original on May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  10. ^ "Celebs get nostalgic on Father's Day". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 July 2021.

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