| Coke Studio Bangla | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
 | |
| Native name | কোক স্টুডিও বাংলা সিসন ১ |
| Starring | Featured Artists |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Deepto TV and Webcast |
| Original release | 7 February – 1 September 2022 |
| Season chronology | |
The first edition of the Bangladeshi music television series Coke Studio Bangla aired starting from 7 February to 1 September 2022. The season was produced by Shayan Chowdhury Arnob and distributed by Coca-Cola Bangladesh. [1] [2]
Speaking at the launch of Coke Studio Bangla Season 1, Shayan Chowdhury Arnob said, [3]
Coke Studio is the embodiment of cultural fusion and soothing mixture of diverse melodies. And being able to join the platform as a music producer is a matter of great pride for me.
— Shayan Chowdhury Arnob, producer Coke Studio Bangla
All songs were produced by Shayan Chowdhury Arnob. [4]
| No. overall | No. in season | Song Title | Singer(s) | Lyricist(s) | Composer(s) | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Ekla Cholo" | Featured Artists | Gagan Harkara, Ziaur Rahman & Rabindranath Tagore | Arnob | February 7, 2022 [5] |
| 2 | 2 | "Nasek Nasek" | Animes Roy & Pantho Kanai | Animes Roy & Abdul Latif | Adit Rahman [lower-alpha 1] | February 23, 2022 [6] |
| 3 | 3 | "Prarthona" | Momtaz Begum & Mizan Rahman | Bangladeshi fok music, Girin Chakraborty & Ramesh Shil | Arnob [lower-alpha 2] | April 1, 2022 [7] |
| 4 | 4 | "Bulbuli" | Rituraj Baidya & Sanzida Mahmood Nandita | Kazi Nazrul Islam & Syed Gousul Alam Shaon | Shuvendu Das Shuvo [lower-alpha 3] | April 14, 2022 [8] |
| 5 | 5 | "Bhober Pagol" | Nigar Sumi & Jalali Set | Collected, Jalali Set & K.M. Mehedi Hasan Ansari | Arnob & Faizan Rashid Ahmad | May 3, 2022 [9] |
| 6 | 6 | "Chiltey Roud" | Arnob & Ripon Kumar Sarkar | Saron Datta & Abbasuddin Ahmed | Arnob [lower-alpha 4] | May 15, 2022 |
| 7 | 7 | "Bhinnotar Utshob" | Animes Roy, Jannatul Firdous Akbar, Pantho Kanai, Rubayat Rehman, Shayan Chowdhury Arnob, Sunidhi Nayak, Tashbiha Binte Shahid Mila & Zohad Reza Chowdhury | K.M. Mehedi Hasan Ansari, Syed Gousul Alam Shaon, Divash Krishna Biswas & Ruslan Rehman | Arnob | June 3, 2022 |
| 8 | 8 | "Shob Lokey Koy" | Kaniz Khandaker Mitu & Soumyadeep Murshidabadi | Lalon & Kabir | Arnob [lower-alpha 5] | June 21, 2022 [10] |
| 9 | 9 | "Lilabali" | Warda Ashraf, Armeen Musa, Sanzida Mahmood Nandita, Masha Islam, Rubayat Rehman, Jannatul Firdous Akbar, Karishma Shanu Sovvota, Tasfia Fatima (Tashfee) & Md. Makhon Mia | Radharaman Dutta & Shahidullah Faraizee | Arnob [lower-alpha 6] | July 13, 2022 [11] |
| 10 | 10 | "Dokhino Hawa" | Madhubanti Bagchi & Tahsan Rahman Khan | Meera Dev Burman & Syed Gousul Alam Shaon | Arnob Shayan Chowdhury Arnob [lower-alpha 7] | August 5, 2022 [13] |
| 11 | 11 | "Hey Samalo" | Bappa Mazumder, Samina Chowdhury, Shayan Chowdhury Arnob, Sunidhi Nayak, Rituraj Baidya, Dilshad Nahar Kona, Warda Ashraf, Armeen Musa, Sanzida Mahmood Nandita, Masha Islam, Rubayat Rehman, Jannatul Firdous Akbar, Sinha Hasan, Ripon Kumar Sarkar, Animes Roy | Salil Chowdhury & Abdul Latif | Arnob [lower-alpha 8] | September 1, 2022 [14] |
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