Coke Studio Bangla season 1

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Coke Studio Bangla
Season 1
Coke Studio Bangla.jpg
Native nameকোক স্টুডিও বাংলা
সিসন ১
Starring Featured Artists
No. of episodes11
Release
Original network Deepto TV and Webcast
Original release7 February (2022-02-07) 
1 September 2022 (2022-09-01)
Season chronology
Next 
Season 2
List of episodes

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]

Contents

Production

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

Episodes

All songs were produced by Shayan Chowdhury Arnob. [4]

No.
overall
No. in
season
Song TitleSinger(s)Lyricist(s)Composer(s)Original release date
11"Ekla Cholo"Featured Artists Gagan Harkara, Ziaur Rahman & Rabindranath Tagore Arnob February 7, 2022 (2022-02-07) [5]
22"Nasek Nasek"Animes Roy & Pantho Kanai Animes Roy & Abdul Latif Adit Rahman [lower-alpha 1] February 23, 2022 (2022-02-23) [6]
33"Prarthona" Momtaz Begum & Mizan Rahman Bangladeshi fok music, Girin Chakraborty & Ramesh Shil Arnob [lower-alpha 2] April 1, 2022 (2022-04-01) [7]
44"Bulbuli"Rituraj Baidya & Sanzida Mahmood Nandita Kazi Nazrul Islam & Syed Gousul Alam ShaonShuvendu Das Shuvo [lower-alpha 3] April 14, 2022 (2022-04-14) [8]
55"Bhober Pagol" Nigar Sumi & Jalali SetCollected, Jalali Set & K.M. Mehedi Hasan Ansari Arnob & Faizan Rashid AhmadMay 3, 2022 (2022-05-03) [9]
66"Chiltey Roud" Arnob & Ripon Kumar SarkarSaron Datta & Abbasuddin Ahmed Arnob [lower-alpha 4] May 15, 2022 (2022-05-15)
77"Bhinnotar Utshob"Animes Roy, Jannatul Firdous Akbar, Pantho Kanai, Rubayat Rehman, Shayan Chowdhury Arnob, Sunidhi Nayak, Tashbiha Binte Shahid Mila & Zohad Reza ChowdhuryK.M. Mehedi Hasan Ansari, Syed Gousul Alam Shaon, Divash Krishna Biswas & Ruslan Rehman Arnob June 3, 2022 (2022-06-03)
88"Shob Lokey Koy"Kaniz Khandaker Mitu & Soumyadeep Murshidabadi Lalon & Kabir Arnob [lower-alpha 5] June 21, 2022 (2022-06-21) [10]
99"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 (2022-07-13) [11]
1010"Dokhino Hawa"Madhubanti Bagchi & Tahsan Rahman Khan Meera Dev Burman & Syed Gousul Alam Shaon Arnob Shayan Chowdhury Arnob [lower-alpha 7] August 5, 2022 (2022-08-05) [13]
1111"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 (2022-09-01) [14]

Notes and references

Notes

  1. "Nasek Nasek" was originally composed by Animes Roy and "Dol Dol Doloni" was originally composed by Abdul Latif.
  2. "Allah Megh De" was originally composed by Girin Chakraborty and "Baba Maulana" was originally composed by Ramesh Shil.
  3. "Bagichay Bulbuli Tui" was originally composed by Kazi Nazrul Islam.
  4. Bhawaiya "O ki ekbar ashiya" was originally composed by Abdul Karim.
  5. "Shob Lokey Koy" was originally written and composed by Lalon and "Kabira Kaun Ek Hai" was originally written and composed by Kabir.
  6. "Lilabali" was originally composed by Radharaman Dutta and "Bhober Deshe Thako Konna" was originally composed by Bari Siddiqui.
  7. The initial part "Shono Go" was originally composed by S. D. Burman. Tahsan's part "Utture Hawa" was criticised for having "a lot in common" with "Sofia" by Clairo and "Follow You" by Imagine Dragons. [12]
  8. "Hey Samalo Dhan Ho" was originally composed by Salil Chowdhury and "Ora Amar Mukher Bhasha" was originally composed and sung by Abdul Latif.

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