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Sahana Bajpaie (born 6 February) is an Indian singer-songwriter and a contemporary Rabindra Sangeet vocalist in Bengali.[1] Born in Santiniketan, by the age of three she started singing. She released her debut album Notun Kore Pabo Bole in 2007 from Dhaka, Bangladesh, 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]

Sahana Bajpaie
Born
Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
Alma mater
  • SOAS
  • King's College London
OccupationSinger, music researcher
Years active2000–present
Known forRabindra Sangeet
Spouses
Children1
Musical career
OriginSantiniketan
Genres
LabelsBengal Music Company, Hindustan Records Inreco
Websitesahanabajpaie.com

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 several songs.[5]


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 contained 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 released in 2016, was a collection of folk songs of Bengal, which Bajpaie and her associates had collected and arranged them in a contemporary format.[4] Music arrangement of this album was done by Samantak Sinha and Satyaki Banerjee.[6]


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 made a playback for the Bengali film Under Construction, and sang for Family Album 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 Mukherjee and 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 from Bangladesh. 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" Under Construction 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" Rainbow Jelly Original Bengali Song
"Maharajo Eki Saje" Ek Je Chhilo Raja Rabindra Sangeet
2019"Shobai Chup"KontthoOriginal Bengali Song
2022 "Rong Dhoreche" Mahananda Original Bengali Song
"Amr E Path" Rabindra Sangeet
"Baynabilashi" X=Prem Original Bengali Song

References


  1. Ghosh, Bhaswati (17 October 2015). "An Interview with Sahana Bajpaie" (Interview). Café Dissensus. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  2. "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. "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. Waheed, Karim (November 6, 2016). "Rediscovering Sahana Bajpaie". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on December 23, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  7. "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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