Bengalis in Hindi Film Music

[shujan]

EMI RECORDED MUSIC'S NORAH JONES LEADS GRAMMY AWARDS
WITH UNPRECEDENTED SWEEP OF ALL MAJOR CATEGORIES:
EIGHT AWARDS OUT OF EIGHT NOMINATIONS

MUSIC COMPANY ALSO SCOOPS UP TWO AWARDS FOR COLDPLAY --
THE FIRST BAND EVER TO WIN BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM TWO YEARS IN A ROW

FEBRUARY 24, 2003, NEW YORK, NY -- EMI Recorded Music swept the 45th Grammy Awards last evening, with Norah Jones taking home an unprecedented eight awards out of eight nominations, including major categories Album of Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist. Coldplay also garnered two awards, including Best Alternative Album, making the band the first to win this award two years in a row. Both artists also performed on the Awards broadcast and captivated the crowd at Madison Square Garden as well as US television audience of more than 27 million and viewers all around the world.

Norah Jones and her debut album, Come Away With Me, has generated sales approaching eight million and is number three in the U.S. charts after hitting number one for two weeks running earlier this year. The artist and the albums' collaborators Arif Mardin (Producer of the Year, non-classical), Jessie Harris (Song of the Year, “Don’t Know Why”), and Mardin, Husky Huskolds and Jay Newland (Best Engineered Album, non-classical) were the toast of the U.S. music industry's prestigious honors.

Alain Levy, Chairman and CEO EMI Recorded Music said, "We are absolutely delighted for all of our artists. Particularly encouraging were the awards given to Norah Jones and Coldplay. Both are wonderful artists with albums of incredible artistic quality.”

EMI Recorded Music Winners at the 45th Annual Grammy® Awards

Record of the Year : “Don't Know Why” - Norah Jones

Album of the Year : Come Away With Me - Norah Jones

Song of the Year : “Don't Know Why” - Jesse Harris, songwriter

Best New Artist : Norah Jones

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance : “Don't Know Why” - Norah Jones

Best Pop Vocal Album : Come Away With Me - Norah Jones

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical : Come Away With Me

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical : Arif Mardin, Come Away With Me

Best Dance Recording : “Days Go By” - Dirty Vegas

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal : “In My Place” – Coldplay

Best Alternative Music Album : A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay

Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album : El Arte Del Sabor - Bebo Valdes Trio With Israel Lopez ‘Cachao’ & Carlos ‘Patato’ Valdes

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album : The Blind Boys of Alabama, Higher Ground.

Best New Age Album : Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel, Acoustic Garden

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Edited on, February 9, 2005, 1:12 PM GMT, by shujan.

[oracle]

Bhupen Hazarika -is he bengali? i know he is from assam but is family bengali? Because I met his nephew and he told me that they were bengali.

Edited on, February 9, 2005, 1:35 PM GMT, by oracle.

[cisco-guy]

Originally posted by Arnab
Alla rakha khan is not bangali.

Yes, u r right. I mixed it up. I had Zakir Hussain on my mind (son of Ustad Allauddin Khan).

[Navarene]

I had Zakir Hussain on my mind (son of Ustad Allauddin Khan)

Zakir Hussain is the son of Ustad Alla Rakha. Ustad Ali Akbar Khan (the famous sarodi) is the son of Ustad Alauddin Khan.

Edited on, February 9, 2005, 2:45 PM GMT, by Navarene.

Edited on, February 9, 2005, 2:46 PM GMT, by Navarene.

[cisco-guy]

Originally posted by fab
Did (Geetashri) Sandhya Mukherjee sing in any hindi films?

She might have done so. I have not had a chance to hear any of her Hindi songs.

This reminds me another yesteryear golden singer from Bengal:

Geeta Dutt

[cisco-guy]

Originally posted by Navarene
Zakir Hussain is the son of Ustad Alla Rakha. Ustad Ali Akbar Khan (the famous sarodi) is the son of Ustad Alauddin Khan.

Thanks for the correction.

[DJ Sahastra]

That's quite a statement.

I think most Indians don't even know how much Bengalis have dominated and shaped the entire Indian cultural identity.

Heck, the national anthem is by a bengali.

Even Vande Mataram is by Bankimchandra.

An Indian gets a nobel prize in Lit. He is a Bengali.
An Indian gets a nobel prize in Economics. Bengali.
An Indian gets an Oscar. Bengali.

Indeed. Call it our ignorance. For long, until like 5 years back, i didn't know that Kishore Da was a Bengali.

Until 2 days back, i didn't know Manna Dey was a bengali. I know that Dey is a bengali last name. Just never really split his name into Manna and Dey. To me, it was a one name, MannaDey.

Bengal, as it stands, was at teh peak of cultural and literary revolution around 18th century. Many a poets, lierary geniouses, artists, reformers and revoltionaries were born. Many a revolutionary ideas originated. All this before Bengal started to stagnate, in part due to the leftist-marxist who confused reforms with dilution of cultural and regional identities, and in part to the inability of the people to carry on the torch.

Even today, Bengalis are one of the most progressive communities in India.

BankimChandra's Vande-Mataram is a classic.

[cisco-guy]

Originally posted by DJ Sahastra
Even today, Bengalis are one of the most progressive communities in India.

Here are few eminent personalities from Bengal:

Science
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Jagadish Chandra Bose
Satyendra Nath Bose
Prafulla Chandra Roy
Meghnad Saha
P C Mahalanbis

Reformer
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Rammohan Roy
Vidyasagar

Leader
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Subhas Chandra Bose

Philosopher
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Swami Vivekananda

[DJ Sahastra]

Cisco-Guy,

On a side note, i worked for Cisco, San Jose (Bldg 21 near Cisco-station) for 2 years before moving to florida .

I was one of the developers of Cisco gateway "Jagger". It sits as a blade in CAT-6K box and provides for any combination of upto 72 FXS port or 18 T1/E1 ports.

I miss Sunnyvale sometimes.

[cisco-guy]

DJ,

Good to know that u r a Cisco veteran!
Jagger is doing great in the market:P
All our VoIp stuff are in BLDG 21. I am at RTP, North Carolina. However, I visit San Jose (Bldg 21) quite often.

[Nasif]

Among the current generation singers of bollywood, following are bengali:
Kumar Sanu,
Abhijeet
Babul Suprio
Shaan (aka Shantanu Chokrabarty)
Shreya Ghoshal

Edited on, February 9, 2005, 9:00 PM GMT, by nasif.

[Mahir]

also Chitra Singh... oh, did anyone mention Asha Bhonsle yet ?

[say]

Originally posted by Arnab
Hemant Mukherjee.

Sachin Dev Burman.

A little known fact that Sachin Dev Burman was technically not a Bengali. He was from Tripura (member of the Tripura Royal Family).

He grew up in Comilla (which was the capital of Hill-Tippera district under the British at that time) and later moved to Kolkata/Bombay to pursue his music career and found all-India-fame.

Growing up among the Bengalis and his passion of East-Bengali folk music led many to mistake him for a Bengali. Nonetheless he is considered an icon of Bengali music and culture.

'TukDhum TakDhum Baja-i Bangladesh-er Dhol..'

P.S. "moved to Kolkata/Bombay to pursue his music career" -- actually it is the other way around. Kolkata/Bombay pursued him for his music!!

Short Bio

[Arnab]

You are right. He is from Tripura. But he nevertheless can be considered a home grown bengali.

[shujan]

Nora excepting an award in 2005 Grammy.



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Edited on, February 14, 2005, 10:12 AM GMT, by shujan.

[Arnab]

What's with the Norah obsession Shujan? She is not Bengali, and she doesn't sing Hindi either.

Edited on, February 14, 2005, 10:37 AM GMT, by Arnab.

[shujan]

If Ravi Shankar is Bengali Norah as his daughter is half Bengali. The thread didn't started as required language Hindi. It was split as such. You were right she wasn't in Hindi film. She sings in English only. Ravi shankar had two daughter with mrs. Jones. Nora stayed with mom and the other sister was with Ravi in India. Ironically it was moms daughter who got fathers voice. She is a Bengali and she has a nice voice. Thats all matter. She has a indian music touch in her song. She used sitter in one of her song in which I think she appealed to her father. The song is 'A little girl with nothing wrong is all alone'

IMO Norah is the best singer America has ever produced. She will get so many Grammy in next couple of years. She has Ravi's Gharana that give her the Bengal connection. Obsession! Oh yeah! I am a fanatic of Norah.

[Navarene]

Originally posted by shujan
If Ravi Shankar is Bengali Norah as his daughter is half Bengali.

Is he a bengali by origin? I doubt so. Rabindra Shankar Chowdery aka Ravi Shankar was born in Varanasi or Banaras(in Uttar Pradesh) into an orthodox, well-off Brahmin family. The only link he had with Bengalis was when he became the disciple of Ustad Allauddin Khan at the age of 14 and eventually got married to Allauddin's daughter Annapurna Devi.

[say]

Originally posted by Navarene

Is he a bengali by origin? I doubt so. Rabindra Shankar Chowdery aka Ravi Shankar was born in Varanasi or Banaras(in Uttar Pradesh) into an orthodox, well-off Brahmin family. The only link he had with Bengalis was when he became the disciple of Ustad Allauddin Khan at the age of 14 and eventually got married to Allauddin's daughter Annapurna Devi.

Nav Bhai, if my memory serves me right - his ancestral home is in Jessore. He visited the village when he was in Bangladesh.

[say]

Originally posted by say

Nav Bhai, if my memory serves me right - his ancestral home is in Jessore. He visited the village when he was in Bangladesh.

after sending this note I did a google search. It confirms what I knew. Check out the following biography. Bio

Kalia is in the Narail district which was a part of Jessore.

[shujan]

Thanks say! Ravi has very close tie to Bangladesh. My uncle was a sitar buff. I remember during 80's Ravi Shankar would stop by Bangladesh almost every year. He also actively arranged 1971 NY 'Concert for Bangladesh' which raised millions of Dollar for refugee.

[Navarene]

after sending this note I did a google search. It confirms what I knew. Check out the following biography.

Thank you for the correction, say. I also did a search after my posting and found out bout his bengali origin described in a short note in one of Kumar Prashad Mukhapaddhaya's book called "Kudrat Rangi Berangi".

[al Furqaan]

rani mukherjee???

[Arnab]

Originally posted by shujan
Ironically it was moms daughter who got fathers voice. She is a Bengali and she has a nice voice.

IMO Norah is the best singer America has ever produced.

Yeah, you are nuts that's for sure. I didn't know Ravi Shankar has a wonderful singing voice that got genetically transferred to Norah.

Yeah, Norah is the best singer America has ever produced. And patriotism induced beliefs are funny.

[AsifTheManRahman]

yes, rani mukharjee. also susmita sen and sourav ganguly. but they don't sing