Sahana Bajpaie
{{Short description|Indian singer, songwriter and contemporary Rabindra Sangeet vocalist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sahana Bajpaie
| native_name = সাহানা বাজপেয়ী
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| birth_place = Siliguri, West Bengal, India{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
| education = PhD in Music{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
| alma_mater = {{plainlist|
- Patha Bhavana, Santiniketan
- MA in English Literature,{{citation needed|date=December 2023}} Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan
- MA in South Asian Studies,{{citation needed|date=December 2023}} SOAS University of London
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- PhD in Music,{{citation needed|date=December 2023}} King's College, University of London
| occupation = Singer, music researcher
| years_active = 2000–present
| known_for = Rabindra Sangeet
| parents = Shri Bimal Bajpaie
Smt. Uma Das Bajpaie{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
| website = {{URL|sahanabajpaie.com}}
| module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes
| origin = Santiniketan
| genre = {{ubl|Rabindra Sangeet|fusion|folk}}
| label = Bengal Music Company, Hindustan Records Inreco
| associated_acts = Samantak Sinha, Satyaki Banerjee, Shamiul Bashar Siam, Anupam Roy, Bickram Ghosh, Indradeep Dasgupta
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Sahana Bajpaie (born 6 February) is an Indian singer-songwriter and a contemporary Rabindra Sangeet vocalist in Bengali.{{r|Ghosh}} Born in Siliguri and brought up in Santiniketan, Sahana started singing by the age of three. She released her debut album Notun Kore Pabo Bole in 2007 from Dhaka, Bangladesh, which was a collection of Rabindra Sangeet.{{r|7 years}} 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{{r|indiablooms}} and the latest solo album, Mon Bandhibi Kemone in 2016.{{r|Bajpaie returns}}
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.{{r|Sahana lends}}
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.{{r|7 years}} The album contained representation and arrangement of Tagore-songs.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
Bajpaie's second solo album, Ja Bolo Tai Bolo, was released in September 2015. It is a collection of twelve Rabindra Sangeet recorded in London and Kolkata.{{r|Ja Bolo Tai Bolo}} Guitarist Oliver Weeks, pianist Zoe Rahman, and her brother, wind instrumentalist Idris Rahman, arranged three of the songs.{{r|Lakhotia}}
=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.{{r|Bajpaie returns}} Music arrangement of this album was done by Samantak Sinha and Satyaki Banerjee.{{r|Waheed}}
Playback
In 2012, she made her first playback in the Indian Bengali fantasy film Tasher Desh.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}} In 2013, Bengali comedy film Hawa Bodol which was directed by Parambrata Chattopadhyay.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}} 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.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}} More recently, in the Shiboprasad and Nandita directed, Kontho, she sang the song, Shawbai Chup.{{r|dhakaonair}}
Personal life
Sahana 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.{{r|SAD}} She has been awarded PhD in Music at King's College London.{{r|nostalgic}}{{failed verification|date=December 2023}}
Discography
{{BLP sources section|date=December 2023}}
= Studio albums =
- Notun Kore Pabo Bole (2007)
- Shikawr (2014)
- Ja Bolo Tai Bolo (2015)
- Mon Bandhibi Kemone (2016)
= Playback =
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| Year
! Title ! Film ! Note ! Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012
| "Bolo Shokhi Bolo" | | | ||||
| 2013
| "Mor Bhabonare" | Rabindra Sangeet, with Saptarshi Mukherjee | | ||||
| rowspan="2"| 2014
| "Tomay Gaan Shunabo" | Rabindra Sangeet | {{r|7 years}} | ||||
| "Poush Toder"
| Under Construction | Rabindra Sangeet | {{r|7 years}} | ||||
| 2015
| "Paralysed" | Family Album | Original Bengali Song with Anupam Roy | | ||||
| 2017
| "Meghei Chhilo Thikthikana" | Original Bengali Song | | ||||
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| "Roopkotha" | Original Bengali Song | | ||||
| "Maharajo Eki Saje"
| Rabindra Sangeet | | ||||
| 2019 | "Shobai Chup" | Konttho | Original Bengali Song | |
| rowspan="3" |2022
|"Rong Dhoreche" | rowspan="2" |Mahananda |Original Bengali Song | | ||||
| "Amr E Path"
|Rabindra Sangeet | | ||||
| "Baynabilashi"
|X=Prem |Original Bengali Song | |
References
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{{cite news |date=June 22, 2015 |title=Shahana Bajpaie to make comeback after 7 years |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/4604 |newspaper=The Independent |location=Dhaka |access-date=February 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206184620/http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/4604 |archive-date=February 6, 2017 |url-status=live }}
{{cite news |date=August 30, 2016 |title=Sahana Bajpaie returns with folk album |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/music/sahana-bajpaie-returns-folk-album-1277530 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=February 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207031313/http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/music/sahana-bajpaie-returns-folk-album-1277530 |archive-date=February 7, 2017 |url-status=live }}
{{cite news |last=Waheed |first=Karim |date=November 6, 2016 |title=Rediscovering Sahana Bajpaie |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/rediscovering-sahana-bajpaie-1310002 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=February 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223133534/http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/rediscovering-sahana-bajpaie-1310002 |archive-date=December 23, 2016 |url-status=live }}
{{cite news |date=February 3, 2014 |title=Sahana lends voice to Arnob's music |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/entertainment/2014/feb/03/sahana-lends-voice-arnobs-music#sthash.uWl3z4ld.dpuf |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=February 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220094112/http://www.dhakatribune.com/entertainment/2014/feb/03/sahana-lends-voice-arnobs-music#sthash.uWl3z4ld.dpuf |archive-date=December 20, 2014 |url-status=live }}
{{cite news |title=Celebs get nostalgic on Father's Day |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/celebs-get-nostalgic-on-fathers-day/celebs-get-nostalgic-on-fathers-day/photostory/47770188.cms |access-date=30 July 2021 |work=The Times of India}}
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External links
- {{Official website}}
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{{Notable singers of Rabindra Sangeet}}
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Category:Singers from West Bengal