Bonnie Chakraborty

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Bonnie Chakraborty
OriginIndian
Genres
  • Indian
  • Bollywood
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • Composer
  • Songwriter

Bonnie Chakraborty is an Indian playback singer. he was the lead vocalist of Kolkata based band Krosswindz[1] until 1998. He has sung many songs in several languages including Hindi, Tamil and Bengali for various films.

Career[edit]

Chakraborty teamed with Neil Mukherjee and formed a band, Kashti which was promoted by Zee Music. They produced an album of 8 songs that came and went unnoticed by the general public, although it was popular in the music circles of Mumbai. After three years the contract ended and the duo separated. Chakraborty moved on with the formation of another band, Oikyotaan[2] along with Kartick das Baul,[3][4] a baul singer from Guskara in West Bengal. He has four Bengali albums to his credit including three for the group Mohiner Ghoraguli, led by Gautam Chattopadhyay.[citation needed]

In 2011 he released Tagore Unbound, a Rabindra sangeet album with his wife, Usri Banerjee.[2]

Discography[edit]

Year Film Song Name Composer Notes
2005 Mangal Pandey - The Rising Rasiya A. R. Rahman
2007 Summer 2007 Sone Ki Porhi Main Kalyani Malik
2008 Jodha Akbar Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah A. R. Rahman
2009 Dev D Emotional Attyachar (Rock Version) Amit Trivedi
Delhi-6 Hey Kaala Bandar A. R. Rahman
99 Soch Mat Dobara
99 Theme Song
Shamir Tandon & Ashutosh Pathak
Agyaat Jai Shiv Bum Shambu Imran Bapi Tutul
2010 No One Killed Jessica Aali Re Shantanu Moitra
Udaan Motumaster Gas Ka Plastar Amit Trivedi
Shukno Lanka Hate Tomar Kaita Rekha Debojyoti Mishra Bengali Film
2012 Bapi Bari Jaa Sahor Toke Jeet Ganguly Bengali Film
Satyamev Jayate Nikal pado Re Bandhu Ram Sampath TV series Season 1
Aalaap Paa Paraa Paa
Chadhti Jawani
Agnee
2013 C/O Sir Sleeping Piller Raat Raja Narayan Deb Bengali film
Bullett Raja Saamne Hai Savera Sajid–Wajid
2014 Thirumannam Ennum Nikkah Rayile Raa M. Ghibran Tamil film
Buno Haansh Zindagi Kahin Bhi Thamti Nahi Shantanu Moitra Bengali film
Bobby Jasoos Shantanu Moitra Hindi Film
2016 Bastu-Shaap "Gache Gache Rod" Bengali film

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bag, Shamik (11 June 2007). "Songs of the soil, sullied notes". Kolkata Newsline. Indian Express. Retrieved 17 February 2008.[dead link]
  2. ^ a b Das, Arka (14 June 2011). "Tagore twist". Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  3. ^ "HALF A JAZZ FEST IS BETTER THAN NONE". The Hindu. 17 November 2003. Archived from the original on 24 December 2003. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
  4. ^ "An evening of folk music". The Hindu. 14 July 2007. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 August 2018.

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