Madhubanti Bagchi | |
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![]() Madhubanti Bagchi | |
Born | Madhubanti |
Education | B.E. |
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Years active | 2013–present |
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Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Madhubanti Bagchi [1] is an Indian singer and composer musician. [2] A disciple of the Agra Gharana, her repertoire includes the genres of Indian classical, pop and playback singing. [3] [4]
Madhubanti performs as a playback singer for Bollywood films and other Indian film industries. [5] She has collaborated with leading composers like Amit Trivedi, Sachin-Jigar, Pritam, Debojyoti Mishra, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Shekhar Ravjiani, Shantanu Moitra and has rendered her voice in Hindi films such as Uunchai (2022), Doctor G (2022), Good Luck Jerry (2022), Hum Do Hamare Do (2021), Laxmii (2020), Love Aaj Kal (2020) and Heeramandi (2024). [6]
She has left a mark of her craft in the Bengali film industry with songs in films like Kuler Achaar (2022), Boudi Canteen (2022), Shah Jahan Regency (2019), Ahare Mon (2018), Shob Bhooturey (2017), Gangster (2016), Shudhu Tomari Jonyo (2015) and Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends (2013).
In 2022, she also featured in the first season of Coke Studio Bangla. [7] The song Aaj Ki Raat from Stree 2 has garnered 20 million+ views on YouTube. [8] [9]
Madhubanti was born in Balurghat, South Dinajpur, West Bengal. Her father, Subrata Bagchi is a professor and her mother Srabani Bagchi, is a businesswoman.
Madhubanti holds a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering from the Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata. She completed her master's degree in Laser and Optical Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Madhubanti was introduced to music by her father and received her initial training under his tutelage. When she was in the third standard she started her formal training with the Agra gharana exponent Shrimati Subhra Guha. Later, she had also taken lessons from the renowned thumri singer Vidushi Purnima Chowdhury.
Madhubanti has also been part of a Bengali band called Mrittika. [10]
In the year 2013, Madhubanti made her debut as a playback singer in the Bengali movie Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends.
Year | Song | Film | Singer(s) | Lyricist(s) | Composer(s) | Language |
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2013 | "Na Na Shey Phirbey Na Aar" | Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends | Madhubanti Bagchi | Anindo Bose | Neel Dutt | Bengali |
2013 | "Mannequin" | Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends | Madhubanti Bagchi | Anindo Bose | Neel Dutt | Bengali |
2015 | "Lilabali" | Cross Connection 2 | Madhubanti Bagchi | Traditional | Neel Dutt | Bengali |
2015 | "Kanamachhi" | Cross Connection 2 | Madhubanti Bagchi | Souvik Misra | Neel Dutt | Bengali |
2015 | "Egiye De" | Shudhu Tomari Jonyo | Madhubanti Bagchi, Arijit Singh | Prasen | Arindom Chatterjee | Bengali |
2016 | "Item Bomb" | Kelor Kirti | Madhubanti Bagchi,Rana Mazumder | Prasen | Indraadip Dasgupta | Bengali |
2016 | "Tomake Chai - Reprise" | Gangster | Madhubanti Bagchi | Prasen | Arindom Chatterjee | Bengali |
2016 | "THE CRY...Ami Devi" | Teenanko | Madhubanti Bagchi | Bithin Das | Arko | Bengali |
2016 | "Ki Gabo Ami" | Teenanko | Madhubanti Bagchi | Rabindranath Tagore | Rabindranath Tagore | Bengali |
2018 | "Tor Premer Brishtite" | Chaalbaaz | Madhubanti Bagchi, Armaan Malik | Anyaman | Savvy Gupta | Bengali |
2018 | "Aish Kori" | Chaalbaaz | Madhubanti Bagchi, Savvy | Savvy Gupta | Savvy Gupta | Bengali |
2019 | "Tanha Tanha" | Yours Truly (2018 film) | Madhubanti Bagchi | Amitabh Varma | Debojyoti Mishra | Hindi |
2019 | "Kichchu Chaini Ami" | Shah Jahan Regency | Madhubanti Bagchi | Dipangshu Acharya | Prasen | Bengali |
2020 | "Madhu Mashey Phul Photey" | Maayakumari | Madhubanti Bagchi | Subhendu Dasmunshi | Bickram Ghosh | Bengali |
2020 | "Burjkhalifa" | Laxmii | Madhubanti Bagchi, Nikhita Gandhi, Shashi | Gagan Ahuja | Shashi - Dj Khushi | Hindi |
2021 | "Barbaadiyan" [11] | Shiddat | Madhubanti Bagchi, Sachet Tandon, Nikhita Gandhi,Sachin-Jigar | Priya Saraiya | Sachin - Jigar | Hindi |
2021 | "Bansuri" | Hum Do Hamare Do | Madhubanti Bagchi, Asees Kaur, IP Singh, Dev Negi,Sachin-Jigar | Shellee | Sachin - Jigar | Hindi |
2021 | "Shayad (Film Version)" | Love Aaj Kal | Madhubanti Bagchi | Irshad Kamil | Pritam | Hindi |
2022 | "Ek Boond" | Doctor G | Madhubanti Bagchi, Abhay Jodhpurkar | Puneet Sharma | Amit Trivedi | Hindi |
2022 | "Savera" | Uunchai | Madhubanti Bagchi, Javed Ali, Deepali Sathe | Irshad Kamil | Amit Trivedi | Hindi |
2022 | "Bhul Koreche Bhul" [12] | Kuler Achaar | Madhubanti Bagchi, Mahtim Shakib | Prasen | Prasen-Mainak | Hindi |
2022 | "Vairaagi Re" | Chabutro | Madhubanti Bagchi, Siddharth Amit Bhavsar | Niren Bhatt | Siddharth Amit Bhavsar | Gujarati |
2022 | "Jhand Ba" [13] | Good Luck Jerry | Madhubanti Bagchi,Parag Chhabra | Raj Shekhar | Parag Chhabra | Hindi |
2023 | "Ek Taara" [14] | Mast Mein Rehne Ka | Madhubanti Bagchi,Vishal Mishra | Vijay Maurya | Anurag Saikia | Hindi |
2023 | "Bachpan Ki Galiyan" | Goldfish | Madhubanti Bagchi | Kausar Munir | Tapas Relia | Hindi |
2023 | "Aami Jaani Re" | Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway | Madhubanti Bagchi | Kausar Munir | Amit Trivedi | Hindi |
2023 | "Zara Hat Ke" | Lost (2023 film) | Madhubanti Bagchi | Swanand Kirkire | Shantanu Moitra | Hindi |
2024 | "Jheeli Le" | Vanilla Ice Cream | Madhubanti Bagchi, Siddharth Amit Bhavsar | Niren Bhatt | Siddharth Amit Bhavsar | Gujarati |
2024 | "Harakhta Malakta" | Vanilla Ice Cream | Madhubanti Bagchi,Divya Kumar,Raghav Kaushik | Niren Bhatt | Siddharth Amit Bhavsar | Gujarati |
2024 | "Mann Lovely" | Tera Kya Hoga Lovely | Madhubanti Bagchi, Abhay Jodhpurkar | Irshad Kamil | Amit Trivedi | Hindi |
2024 | "Aaj Ki Raat" | Stree 2 | Madhubanti Bagchi | Kausar Munir | Amit Trivedi | Hindi |
Madhubanti released her debut single "Bhool Ja" in 2020. [15]
In the year 2022 Madhubanti released her first independent song "Raat Chhuye Jak".
Year | Song | Singer (s) | Lyricist(s) | Composer(s) | Language |
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2019 | " Hamari Atariya Pe" | Madhubanti Bagchi | Traditional | Music Produced & Arranged By: Nilanjan Ghosh & Pradyut Chatterjea | Hindi |
2019 | " Naam Ada Likhna" | Madhubanti Bagchi, Shreyas Puranik | Gulzar | Music Re-created by Shreyas Puranik | Hindi |
2019 | " Rehne Do Zara" [16] | Madhubanti Bagchi | Kunaal Vermaa | Anurag Saikia | Hindi |
2020 | "Ab Ke Saawan" [17] | Madhubanti Bagchi | Bhargav Purohit | Sachin-Jigar | Hindi |
2020 | " Bhool Ja" | Madhubanti Bagchi | Siddharth Amit Bhavsar | Siddharth Amit Bhavsar | Hindi |
2022 | " Raat Chhuye Jak" [18] | Madhubanti Bagchi | Aviman Paul | Rupak Tiary | Bengali |
2022 | " Rootha Re" | Madhubanti Bagchi, Vivek Hariharan | Sufi Khan | Romy | Hindi |
2022 | " Dokhino Hawa" [19] | Madhubanti Bagchi, Tahsan Rahman Khan | Meera Dev Burman | S D Burman, music recreated for Coke Studio Bangla by Shayan Chowdhury Arnob | Bengali |
2022 | " Siva Tere" [20] | Madhubanti Bagchi | A.M. Turaz | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Hindi |
2023 | "Khamakha" | Madhubanti Bagchi | Akshayraje Shinde | Madhubanti Bagchi | Hindi |
2023 | "Labon Se Baat" | Madhubanti Bagchi | Priya Saraiya | Shekhar Ravjiani | Hindi |
In the year 2021 Madhubanti made debut on the OTT platforms. She collaborated with National-Award-winning lyricist Swanand Kirkire and Daniel B. George for the OTT web series Grahan. [23] In 2024, she again collaborated with Sanjay Leela Bhansali for his acclaimed web series on Netflix, Heeramandi. [24]
Year | Song | WebSeries | Singer(s) | Lyricist(s) | Composer(s) | Language |
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2021 | " Harjaayi" | " The Bombay Begums" | Madhubanti Bagchi | Ginny Diwan | Anand Bhaskar | Hindi |
2021 | " Zindagi" | " Ajeeb Daastaans" | Madhubanti Bagchi | Tanishk Bagchi | Tanishk Bagchi | Hindi |
2021 | " Teri Parchayee" | " Grahan" | Madhubanti Bagchi, Swanand Kirkire | Swanand Kirkire | Daniel B. George | Hindi |
2022 | " Jogiye" | " Masoom" | Madhubanti Bagchi, Anand Bhaskar | Ginny Diwan | Anand Bhaskar | Hindi |
2024 | " Nazariya Ki Maari" | Heeramandi | Madhubanti Bagchi, Anand Bhaskar | Traditional | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Hindi |
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