Kaushiki Chakraborty | |
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Background information | |
Born | 24 October 1980 |
Origin | Kolkata, India |
Genres | Hindustani classical music |
Occupation(s) | Hindustani Classical Vocalist |
Website | www |
Kaushiki Chakraborty (born 24 October 1980) is an Indian classical vocalist of the Patiala gharana. Her repertoire covers pure classical, Khyals, Dadras, Thumris, Bhajans and several other forms of Indian music. She is the recipient 2005 BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music in the Asia-Pacific category. She is the daughter of noted hindustani classical vocalist, Ajoy Chakraborty. Kaushiki is also a trained Carnatic classical vocalist.
Kaushiki was born on 24 October 1980 in Kolkata. She is the daughter of Chandana Chakraborty and the Padma Bhushan recipient Indian classical singer, Ajoy Chakraborty. She had an interest in music from the age of two. She accompanied her father on world tours of music performances since the late 1980s. She sang her first song in public, a tarana , at age 7, at the Calcutta Rowing Club. [1]
At age ten, she started learning Indian classical music at the academy of Jnan Prakash Ghosh who was also her father's guru. Later, she joined the ITC Sangeet Research Academy from where she graduated in 2004, [2] [3] [4] and was also groomed by her father at his Shrutinandan school of music in Kolkata. She has not only specialized in rendering of Khyals and Thumri but she has also learned Carnatic music from Vidwan Balamurali Krishna from 2002. [3] [4]
She completed her schooling at Patha Bhavan School, Kolkata. In 2002, she graduated from the Jogamaya Devi College, an affiliated undergraduate women's college of the University of Calcutta, in Kolkata with a first class degree in Philosophy. She also obtained a master's degree in philosophy from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. [5] [6]
Chakraborty has participated in many major concerts. Apart from rendering Khyals in her performances, she has occasionally adopted contemporary form of Indian pop music. [7] She performed at the Dover Lane Music Conference from the age of 20 and continued participating for the next 5 years. In her recitals, she presents a mature and rhythmical swing succeeded by unrestrained taans in three and-a-half octaves. [5]
In the two-day celebration in honour of vocalist Kishori Amonkar in recognition of her 60 years contribution to music held at Pune on 14 February 2011, Chakraborty rendered raga Todi . Two other artists, Kalapini Komkali, daughter and disciple of Pt. Kumar Gandharva and Nandini Bedekar of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana, also rendered bandishes in the same raga at the same venue during the morning session. Bharat Kamat on the tabla and Suyog Kundalkar on the harmonium provided support to all three artists. [8] In the unique musical sessions organized by Mumbai's National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), ragas in different time-cycles were presented on 18 September 2011 by three vocalists which included Kaushiki Chakraborty, Ulhas Kashalkar, and Devaki Pandit. This rendering was a departure from the normal evening concerts, and the ragas were sung in time periods appropriate to each raga, starting from early morning till evening. [9]
In the early stages of her career, in August 2003, Chakraborty gave a live performance in London which was released as the record "Pure". Her father had accompanied her on harmonium on this occasion. [7] She also performed at the ITC Sangeet Sammelan in India, the Spring Festival of Music (California), Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Sangeet Mahotsav and Parampara Program (Los Angeles). [10] She has been acclaimed as "torchbearer of the Patiala tradition" for her musical performances. [11]
Chakraborty hosts a weekly talk-show with singers in the entertainment channel, Ruposhi Bangla. The talk-show named "Gaan-Golpo ar Gaan" (Songs, Stories and Songs), aired on Sundays, presents music and gossip. She presents Bengali songs such as Classical, Rabindra Sangeet, Nazrulgeeti, Folk music, Toppa, Adhunik, Bangla Bands, film songs, and remixes. Her guests who have appeared on this show are Banasree Sengupta, Subhamita Banerjee, Lopamudra Mitra, Joy Sarkar, her father, Ajoy Chakraborty, as the guests. [12] Chakraborty presented this musical ensemble with her group at the Carnegie Hall in October 2015; the programme was of 90 minutes duration. [2]
Chakraborty has been the recipient of many awards. She received the Jadu Bhatta award in 1995, favourably mentioned and appreciated after her opening song at the 27th annual ITC Sangeet Sammelan in New Delhi in 1998, and received Outstanding Young Person in 2000. She received the BBC Award (2005) for outstanding achievement in music when she was 25 years old. On receiving this award she was praised "as one of the brightest emerging artists in Indian vocal music" and as critic Ken Hunt said "we are talking superlatives". [7] [5] [3] BBC also made a short film featuring her musical journey – which covered people and places linked with her music. [5] She has also received Sangeet Natak Academy's Ustad Bismillah Khan Puraskar 2010 for Hindustani Vocal Music, [13] and the 2013 Aditya Birla Kalakiran Puraskar. [2] she has also received "Shera Bangali Samman 2017" by ABP ANANDA
Kaushiki married Parthasarathi Desikan, also a hindustani classical vocalist, in 2004 and they have a son, Rishith. [11]
Chakraborty's discography includes "Footsteps," a solo debut in 1998, and "A Journey Begins" (2002). Her album "Pure" in 2004 was a record of her performance in London on 30 August 2003. [3] She has also sung a kirtan at MTV Coke Studio – Season 2 – song name – Lagi Lagi with Shantanu Moitra & Swanand Kirkire. [10] Her other popular song recordings are for movies Water , Thirumanam Enum Nikkah (2014) and Kutti Puli (2013). [14] Rituparno Ghosh had asked her father to permit Chakraborty to act in his films but he refused saying that it would interfere with her musical career.
However, she appeared in only one song sequence in the film Chitrangada which she sang herself. She has sung songs for movies, such as her first song for the film Chaplin, Teen Kanya, a Hindi song Rahoon tere peechhey for Paanch Adhyay, Gulaab Gang. About her performances she says: "But I never try to act like a 60-year-old because I’m not that. Superimposed seriousness would just be a thing of pretense, not me. I like to sit on stage and chat with my audience, not close my eyes and alienate myself." [1]
Chakraborty has released her album titled "The Best of Kaushiki Chakraborty." [15] Some of her other classical audio recordings are: Dhrupad Alap in Poorvi raga, Dhrupad in Poorvi raga, Khayal in Bageshree raga (in teen taal), Khayal in Bageshree raga (in ektaal), and Varnam in Swarashtram raga. [16]
Year | Song | Film | Co-Singer | Composer | Lyricist |
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2022 | Keno Rong Dile Mohey | Bismillah | None | Indraadip Dasgupta | Srijato |
2020 | Teri Arzoo Mein | Shikara | Papon | Sandesh Shandilya | Irshad Kamil |
2018 | Naanaagiya Nadhimoolamae (Tamil)/Tu Srotu Hai (Hindi) | Vishwaroopam II | Kamal Haasan, Master Karthik Suresh Iyer | Ghibran | Kamal Haasan (Tamil)/Prasoon Joshi (Hindi) |
Ruthey Naina | Ek Je Chhilo Raja | None | Indraadip Dasgupta | Srijato | |
2017 | Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata | Rajkahini | Kabir Suman, Rupankar Bagchi, Lopamudra Mitra | Rabindranath Tagore | Rabindranath Tagore |
2015 | Kichu Kichu Kotha | Lorai | Arijit Singh | Indradeep Dasgupta | Prasen and Srijato |
2014 | Thuli Thuliyay | Ramanujan | Ramesh Vinayakam | Ramesh Vinayakam | Na. Muthukumar |
Jaa Urey | Hrid Majharey | None | Mayookh Bhaumik | Kaushik Ganguly | |
Dheemi Dheemi Si | Gulaab Gang | Malabika Brahma | Soumik Sen and Sadhu Sushil Tiwari | Neha Saraf | |
Ankhiyaan | Gulaab Gang | None | Soumik Sen and Sadhu Sushil Tiwari | Neha Saraf | |
Rang Si Hui | Gulaab Gang | None | Soumik Sen and Sadhu Sushil Tiwari | Neha Saraf | |
2013 | Basonar Gaan | Goynar Baksho | None | Rabindranath Tagore / Debojyoti Mishra | Rabindranath Tagore / Debojyoti Mishra |
Chillendra Chillendra | Thirumanam Ennum Nikkah | Sundar Narayana Rao | Ghibran | Kaathal Mathi, Munna Shauqat Ali | |
Hridoy Aamar Nache Re | Shunyo Awnko | None | Rabindranath Tagore | Rabindranath Tagore | |
Aloy Alokmoy Kore | Shunyo Awnko | None | Rabindranath Tagore | Rabindranath Tagore | |
Emoni Barasha Chhilo Sedin | Shunyo Awnko | None | Kamal Dasgupta | Pranab Roy | |
Rabso Neha Laage (Bilaval Bandish) | Shunyo Awnko | Ajoy Chakraborty | Gautam Ghose | Gautam Ghose | |
2012 | Bhalobashi | Teen Kanya | None | Indradeep Dasgupta | Srijato |
Rahoon Tere Peechhe Peechhe | Paanch Adhyay | None | Shantanu Moitra | Swanand Kirkire | |
Bodhu kon alo laglo chokhe | Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish | None | Rabindranath Tagore | Rabindranath Tagore | |
2011 | Paata Jhora Brishti | Chaplin | Shaan | Indradeep Dasgupta | Srijato |
Phire Ja Re Mon Ja | Jaani Dyakha Hawbe | None | Indradeep Dasgupta | Srijato | |
2005 | Vaishnava Jana To | Water | Ajoy Chakraborty | A. R. Rahman (Arranger) | Poet-Saint Narsinh Mehta |
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