Rana Mazumder

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Rana Mazumder
Also known asRana Muzumdar, Rana Da
BornRaiganj,West-Bengal,India
Genres Film score
Occupation(s) Playback singer, music director
Instrument(s) Keyboard, Vocals

Rana Mazumder (sometimes credited as Rana Muzumdar) is an Indian music director and playback singer. His most recent work includes the 2018 movie Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3 where his arrangement of Lag Jaa Gale was sung by Jonita Gandhi. [1] Mazumder was also nominated at the 63rd Filmfare Awards for his work on the song Khol De Baahein from the movie Meri Pyaari Bindu , sung by Monali Thakur. He also sung many Bengali film songs of Jeet Gannguli compositions. [2] Rana has also composed the song Ye Kya Hua in the web series Broken But Beautiful sung by Shreya Goshal and Dev Negi penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya which then go on to become opening theme of the web series. [3]

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References

  1. Shirram, Iyengar (24 July 2018). "Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster 3 'Lag Jaa Gale' song: Jonita Gandhi's voice saves this passable remake". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. Khateeb, Almas (20 January 2018). "Filmfare Awards 2018". The Quint . Retrieved 4 January 2019. Khol De Baahein, from Meri Pyaari Bindu has been sung by Monali Thakur. The song was composed by Sachin Jigar and the lyrics were penned by Kausar Munir and Rana Mazumder.
  3. Rana, Muzumdar. "Making of Ye Kya Hua". Youtube. Retrieved 17 November 2018.