Srikanta Acharya is a

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

-based modern

Bengal Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...

i singer . Acharya is one of the most prominent exponents of

Rabindra Sangeet ''Rabindra Sangeet'' ( bn, রবীন্দ্র সঙ্গীত; ), also known as Tagore Songs, are songs from the Indian subcontinent written and composed by the Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize in ...

Early life

Srikanta Acharya was born in

, India and is the son of Rohini Nandan Acharya and Kana Acharya. He received formal training in

Rabindrasangeet ''Rabindra Sangeet'' ( bn, রবীন্দ্র সঙ্গীত; ), also known as Tagore Songs, are songs from the Indian subcontinent written and composed by the Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize in Li ...

from Dakshinee. He also received training in tabla from Ustad Ali Ahmed Khan. He quit his job as a sales professional and then Utpal Chakravarty, proprietor of an old music store, convinced him to send his cassettes to Sagarika Music.

Music career

He is a qualitative songs-tan of Bengal music. He made many music albums which contains various types of Bangla songs...'ak jhank pakhi' is one of the popular albums of Srikanta Acharya.

Awards

Discography

Bengali albums

''Ek Jhank Pakhi'' (1998, Sagarika) ''Swapno Dekhao Tumi'' (1999, Sagarika) ''Brishti Tomake Dilam'' (2000, Sagarika ) ''Nadir Chhobi Aanki'' (2001, Sagarika) ''Mone Pore'' (2002, Sagarika) ''Sudhu Valo Theko'' (2003, Atlantis Music) ''Kachhei Achhi'' (2003, Sagarika) ''Ghuri'' (2004, Sagarika) ''Sonar Meye'' (2005, Prime Music) ''Roddur'' (2006, Sa Re Ga Ma) ''Aami Noi'' (2008, Srikanta Acharya Productions) ''Ghum Nei Raat'' (2008, Saregama, with Kavita Krishnamurty, Rupankar) ''Musafirana'' (2011, Orion Entertainment) ''Musafirana 2'' (2016, Srikanta Acharya Productions)

Rabindrasangeet albums

''Hey Bandhu Hey Priyo'' (1996, Sagarika) ''Anubhabe Jenechhilem'' (1997, Sagarika) ''Nivrito Praner Debota'' (1998, Sagarika ) ''Nirabo Nirjane'' (1999, Sagarika) ''Prem Esechhilo'' (2000, Sagarika) ''Hridoy Aamar'' (2001, Sagarika) ''Roudro Chhayay'' (2002, Sagarika) ''Pather Dhare'' (2006, Bhavna Records) ''Chirosakha'' (2009, Sagarika) ''Bajao Tumi Kabi'' (2010, T-Series) ''Anek Diner Gaan'' (2014, Picasso Entertainment) ''Ei Niralai'' (2014, Bhavna Records)§≠≠≠≠

Rabindrasangeet Duet albums

''Valobasi'' (2001, Sagarika, With Sriradha Bandyopadhyay) ''Milechho Mor Prane'' (2002, Sagarika, With Lopamudra Mitra)

Rabindrasangeet Other albums

''Aapon Gaan, Vol – 1'' (2000, Bhavana, With Soumitra Chatterjee) ''Aapon Gaan, Vol – 2'' (Bhavana, With Soumitra Chatterjee) ''Chitrangada'' (2002, Sagarika, Geeti Natya) ''Pather Sathi'' (2003, Sagarika, With Dr. Rajib Chakraborty) ''Uttaran'' (2011, Srikanta Acharya Productions, With Sraboni Sen & Ratna Mitra)

Cover albums

''Moner Janala'' (1996, Sagarika) ''Neel Dhrubatara'' (1997, Sagarika) ''Kono Ekdin'' (1998, Sagarika) ''Uttaradhikar '' (2003, Sagarika)

Cover Duet albums

''Sudhu Dujone '' (1998, Sagarika, With Sadhana Sargam) ''Enkechi Dujone '' (1999, Sagarika, With Sadhana Sargam)

Devotional albums

''Ma Aamar'' (1999, Sagarika) ''Sri Sri Ramkrishnayan'' (2000, Sagarika) ''Sadhananjali'' (2001, Sagarika) ''Amar Prem'' (1998, Sagarika) ''Offering'' (2001, Rhyme Records)

Films

References

External links

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