Raka Bhattacharya

{{short description|Indian playback singer}}

{{Orphan|date=August 2023}}

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{{Use Indian English|date= December 2017}}

{{Infobox musical artist

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| birth_name = Raka Bhattacharya

| birth_date = 19 May 1985

| birth_place = Krishnanagar, Nadia

| origin = Krishnanagar, Nadia, West Bengal

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| genre = Bengali Modern, Rabindra Sangeet, Ganasangeet, Bengali Folk

| occupation = Playback singer, singer, composer, lyricist

| instrument = Vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonium

| years_active = 2016–present

| label = Kaleidoscope Bioscope, Amara Muzik

| associated_acts = Kabir Suman

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Raka Bhattacharya is an Indian playback singer from Kolkata, West Bengal. She primarily sings Bengali songs.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A0E9DwAAQBAJ|title=Grihosobha Bangla : November 2017 edition|last=|first=|publisher=Delhi Press|year=2017|isbn=|location=|pages=}}{{Cite news|url=https://ebela.in/entertainment/music-release-of-guhamanab-dgtl-1.668575|title=Music Release of Guhamanab|date=13 September 2017|work=Ebela.in}}

She shot to fame in 2016, with her first single release, 'Brishti Pagol'. Brishti Pagol was a love song that she sang as a duet, with legendary Bengali musician Kabir Suman. The song was composed by Anindya Bhattacharya while Kabir Suman and poet Joyasish Ghosh penned down the lyrics. The song, initially released through YouTube, was well appreciated by the Bengali listeners.

Bhattacharya debuted as a playback singer in the Chiranjeet Chakraborty starred romantic drama Guhamanob (2017), directed by Paromita Munsi.{{Cite news|url=https://ebela.in/entertainment/music-release-of-guhamanab-dgtl-1.668575?ref=entertainment-ft-stry|title=গুহামানবের মিউজিক রিলিজে বসল চাঁদের হাট।|date=3 September 2017|work=Ebela.in}} The soundtrack of the film included two songs by Raka, one a solo rendition of Rabindranath Tagore's Sesh Ganeri Resh and Shedin Dujone, another Rabindrasangeet that she sang with Kabir Suman. Kabir Suman scored the music for the film.{{Cite news|url=http://www.sangbadpratidin.in/guhamanab-an-unique-portrayal-of-a-woman-and-her-father-in-laws-affair/|title=শ্বশুরমশাই আর বউমার প্রেমের অন্য গল্প বলবে 'গুহামানব'|date=24 November 2016|work=Sangbad Pratidin}} The movie received mixed reviews from critics, but the Soundtrack was uniformly appreciated.{{Cite news|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/supplementary/anandaplus/director-have-shown-courage-over-selection-of-topic-in-his-debut-1.721748|title=গুহাবন্দি হয়ে থাকলো গুহামানব|date=11 December 2017|work=Anandabazar Patrika}}