Coke Studio Bangla is a Bangladeshi music series and the Bangladeshi edition of the Coke Studio franchise. It features studio-recorded music performances by established and emerging Bangladeshi artists, with the goal of promoting Bangladeshi music. [1] As the digital-first music platform under the Coke Studio franchise, it was launched in Bangladesh on 7 February 2022. [2] The second season began airing on 14 February 2023, and the third season started airing on 13 April 2024. [3] [4]
Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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First released | Last released | |||
1 | 11 | February 7, 2022 | September 1, 2022 | |
2 | 12 | February 14, 2023 | September 9, 2023 | |
Special: Murir Tin Animation | October 10, 2023 | |||
Special: Victory Day | December 15, 2023 | |||
3 | 11 | April 13, 2024 | present |
No. overall | No. in season | Song Title | Singer(s) | Lyricist(s) | Composer(s) | Original release date |
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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] |
No. overall | No. in season | Song Title | Singer(s) | Lyricist(s) | Composer(s) | Original release date |
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12 | 1 | "Murir Tin" | Pollob Vai, Riad Hasan & Towfique Ahmed | Riad Hasan, Pollob Vai & Towfique Ahmed | Shuvendu Das Shuvo [lower-alpha 9] | February 14, 2023 [15] |
13 | 2 | "Bonobibi" | Jahura Baul & Meghdol | Shibu Kumer Shill, Mejbaur Rahman Sumon & Khonar Bachan [lower-alpha 10] | Meghdol | March 3, 2023 [16] |
14 | 3 | "Nahubo" | Animes Roy & Daughter of Coastal | Animes Roy & Daughter of Coastal | Sayonton Mangsang | March 18, 2023 [17] |
15 | 4 | "Darale Duaarey" | Mukul Mojumder Ishaan & Sanzida Mahmood Nandita | Kazi Nazrul Islam | Shuvendu Das Shuvo [lower-alpha 11] | April 21, 2023 [18] |
16 | 5 | "Deora" | Ghaashphoring Choir, Islam Uddin Palakar & Pritom Hasan | Pritom Hasan & Fazlu Majhi | Pritom Hasan | May 7, 2023 [19] |
17 | 6 | "Nodir Kul" | Arnob, Idris Rahman & Ripon Kumar Sarkar | Jasimuddin | Arnob [lower-alpha 12] | May 25, 2023 [20] |
18 | 7 | "Kotha Koiyo Na" | Arfan Mredha Shiblu & Aleya Begum | Hashim Mahmod & Maimansingha Gitika | Emon Chowdhury | June 10, 2023 [21] |
19 | 8 | "Dewana" | Fuad Al Muqtadir, Soumyadeep Murshidabadi, Shuchona Shely & Tasfia Fatima | Pagol Goni Mastan & Srijato | Fuad Al Muqtadir [lower-alpha 13] | June 24, 2023 [22] |
20 | 9 | "Shondhatara" | Arnob, Adit Rahman & Sunidhi Nayak | Divash Krishna Biswas | Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan | July 8, 2023 [23] |
21 | 10 | "Ghum Ghum" | Fairooz Nazifa & Shuvendu Das Shuvo | S.M Hedayat | Lucky Akhand | July 23, 2023 [24] |
22 | 11 | "Anondodhara" | Adity Mohsin & Bappa Mazumder | Rabindranath Tagore | Rabindranath Tagore | August 6, 2023 [25] |
23 | 12 | "Dilaram" | Arnob & Hamida Banu | Hason Raja | Shamarin Dewan | September 9, 2023 [26] |
No. overall | Song Title | Singer(s) | Directed by | Composed by | Animated by | Original release date |
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24 | "Murir Tin" | Pollob Vai, Riad Hasan & Towfique Ahmed | Antik Mahmud | Shuvendu Das Shuvo | Antik Animated Studio | October 10, 2023 [27] |
No. overall | Song Title | Lyricist(s) | Translated by | Original release date |
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25 | "Karar Oi Louho Kopat" | Kazi Nazrul Islam | Sajed Kamal | December 15, 2023 [28] |
No. overall | No. in season | Song Title | Singer(s) | Lyricist(s) | Composer(s) | Original release date |
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26 | 1 | "Tati" | Arnob, Jaya Ahsan, Md. Gonjer Ali & Oli Boy | Oli Boy, Md. Gonjer Ali & Shatarupa Thakurta Roy | Shayan Chowdhury Arnob | April 13, 2024 [29] |
27 | 2 | "Ma Lo Ma" | Aly Hasan, Arif Dewan, Pritom Hasan & Shagor Dewan | Aly Hasan, Baul Rashid Uddin & Md. Khalek Dewan | Pritom Hasan | May 3, 2024 [30] |
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