Madhubanti Bagchi () is an Indian singer and composer musician. A disciple of the

Agra Gharana The Agra gharana is a tradition of Hindustani classical vocal music descended from the Nauhar Bani. So far, Nauhar Bani has been traced back to around 1300 AD, during the reign of Emperor Allauddin Khilji of Delhi. The first known musician o ...

, her repertoire includes the genres of Indian classical, pop and playback singing. Madhubanti performs as a playback singer for Bollywood films and other Indian film industries. She has collaborated with leading composers like

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, Sachin-Jigar,

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and has rendered her voice in

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films such as ''

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'' (2022), '' Doctor G'' (2022), ''

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'' (2022), ''

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'' (2021),

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(2020), '' Love Aaj Kal'' (2020), ''

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'' (2024) and ''

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'' (2024). She has left a mark of her craft in the Bengali film industry with songs in films like ''

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'' (2022), ''Boudi Canteen'' (2022), '' Shah Jahan Regency'' (2019), ''

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'' (2018), ''

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'' (2017), ''

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'' (2016), '' Shudhu Tomari Jonyo'' (2015) and '' Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends'' (2013). In 2022, she also featured in the first season of

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. The song '' Aaj Ki Raat'' from ''

'' has garnered 765 million+ views on

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Early life and career

Madhubanti was born in

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India. Her father, Subrata Bagchi is a professor and her mother Srabani Bagchi, is a businesswoman. She holds a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering from the

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, Kolkata. She completed her master's degree in Laser and Optical Engineering from

Jadavpur University Jadavpur University ( abbr. JU) is a public state funded research university with its main campus located at Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established on 25 July in 1906 as ''Bengal Technical Institute'' and was converted into ...

, Kolkata. She 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 The Agra gharana is a tradition of Hindustani classical vocal music descended from the Nauhar Bani. So far, Nauhar Bani has been traced back to around 1300 AD, during the reign of Emperor Allauddin Khilji of Delhi. The first known musician o ...

exponent Shrimati

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. Later, she had also taken lessons from the renowned

thumri Thumri () is a vocal genre or style of Indian music. The term "thumri" is derived from the Hindi verb ''thumuknaa'', which means "to walk with a dancing gait in such a way that the ankle-bells tinkle." The form is, thus, connected with dance, dram ...

singer Vidushi Purnima Chowdhury. She has also been part of a Bengali band called Mrittika.

Discography

Film songs

Bengali

Hindi

Other languages

Non-film

Madhubanti released her debut single "Bhool Ja" in 2020. In the year 2022 Madhubanti released her first independent song "Raat Chhuye Jak".

Web series (OTT)

In the year 2021 Madhubanti made debut on the OTT platforms. She collaborated with National-Award-winning lyricist

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and Daniel B. George for the OTT web series Grahan. In 2024, she again collaborated with

for his acclaimed web series on

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References

External links

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madhubantibagchi on YouTube

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