Shusmita Anis sings

Nazrul Sangeet Nazrul Sangeet ( bn, নজরুল সঙ্গীত), also Nazrul Geeti ( bn, নজরুল গীতি; ), refers to the songs written and composed by Kazi Nazrul Islam, the national poet of Bangladesh. Nazrul Geeti incorporate revolut ...

& Modern Bengali songs covering a wide variety of genres of music including light classical. She is the niece and disciple of renowned Nazrul Sangeet Artist Firoza Begum.

Early life

Shusmita Anis started her training in music from the age of five from her aunt. She specializes in Nazrul's songs and modern Bengali songs, especially songs those are tuned by her uncle and husband of Feroza Begum,

Kamal Dasgupta Kamal Dasgupta (28 July 1912 – 20 July 1974), also known as ''Kamal Uddin Ahamed'' was a Bangla music director, composer and folk artist. Rāga and Thumri were the main elements of his music. Early life and career Dasgupta was born on 28 July ...

. From an early age, Shusmita Anis has been performing regularly in state owned national broadcasting corporation,

Bangladesh Television Bangladesh Television ( bn, বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন), commonly known by its acronym BTV ( bn, বিটিভি), is the state-owned television network of Bangladesh. The network was originally established as the East ...

(BTV). She won the first prize in Nazrul Sangeet in 1976 in the annual national competition on performing arts,

Notun Kuri ''Notun Kuri'' ( bn, নতুন কুঁড়ি, lit=New Bud) is a Bangladeshi reality television competition series for child artistes created by Mustafa Monwar. The show debuted in 1966 which ran on Pakistan Television from 1966 to 1971. Af ...

, produced by BTV.

Singing career

Firoza Begum directed Shusmita Anis' first three albums. Shusmita Anis' first album of modern Bengali songs, ''A tribute to Kamal Das Gupta'', was released in 1998 by Raga Music,

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, India. In 2006, HMV in Kolkata, India, released her second album of Nazrul Sangeet, ''Chand Herichey Chand Mukh Tar''. Agniveena, a record company in

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

, released her third album, ''Sei Gaan Sei Sur'', in 2007. This is an album of modern Bengali songs. In 2008, Gaanchill Music, a record company in Bangladesh, released her fourth album of original Bengali songs, ''Ichche Nupur''. Lyricist Asif Iqbal contributed to the album, while music composition of two of the songs of the album was composed by Bangladeshi singers, Nakib Khan and

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. Her fifth album titled, ''Shishirer Sporshe Gatha / Sound of Seasons'', was released in August 2015 by New Music Paradigm Company. Shusmita Anis dedicated the album to her aunt. The album was released both in Bangladesh and in West Bengal, India. Composer Ibrar Tipu was the music director of this album. The making of the album was supervised by tabla player, Syed Meher Hossain, son of

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. Shusmita Anis conceptualized and designed the album cover art while RED Dot Multimedia Ltd. and eMusic made the music videos of many of the songs of the album. On 9 September 2015, commemorating the first anniversary of Firoza Begum's death, Shusmita Anis published an online Extended Play (EP) titled, ''Mémoire Firoza Begum''. The EP consists of original renditions of three songs, tuned by Firoza Begum. Shusmita Anis has performed in several solo television programs, nationally and internationally, including

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, BTV,

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, and

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She performs regularly on the national Radio Bangladesh and radio stations like Radio Aamar, Radio Today. She has performed several international tours across the US, India and Bangladesh. Her recent Modern Bengali songs like "E Pran Amar Bangladesh", "Keo Januk Ar Nai Januk", "Tomar Akash" which has done well amongst the youth as it is available on her YouTube channel. Shusmita Anis continues to perform with equal popularity in

as well as Bengali Modern songs nationally and internationally.

Feroza Begum Archive

To commemorate the first anniversary of Feroza Begum's death, her life and her works, on 9 September 2015, Shusmita Anis launched the Feroza Begum Archive. Fans have been preserving Begum's works, and recordings of her music and speech, including live performances, amongst other memorabilia. These collections have been released as downloads on Anis' website.

Musicography

Albums

''Modern Bengali Song – A Tribute to Kamal Das Gupta''

''Chad Heriche Chad Mukh Tar''

''Sei Gaan Sei Sur''

''Icche Nupur''

''Shishirer Sporshe Gatha – Sound of Season''

''Esho He Shojol Shyam Ghono Deya''

Extended play

Singles

Music videos

References

External links

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