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DurgaPuja 2020

Snigdhajit Bhowmick
Featured Artist Snigdhajit Bhowmik aka Jit made his presence felt with his musical journey
in ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’. The long-haired singer not only won the second prize
in the competition, he also stole many hearts. He has achieved 1st position
in all over India singing competition called National Harmony on modern
song at Pune. He has received gold medal in all over Asia singing
competition called Global Harmony on modern song at Dubai. He was a
playback singer for songs in the Bengali movie, Cocktail. He has been
a regular performer on various Bengali channels like Zee Bangla, Rupashi
Bangla, R Plus, etc. Achievement that changed his life forever was the giant
TV show, The Voice India. He was the 1st runner-up of the winning team.
Raya Bhattacharya
Raya Bhattacharya is a prominent Bengali language elocutionist and Musical Featured Artist
Artist from Kolkata. She is a great reciter and recites many of the poems of
Ranibranath Tagore, Joy Goswami and Subodh Sarkar. Some of her recitation
albums are Café Corner, Madhumashe, Chitrangada, Daakbaksho etc. Apart
from that her most popular albums are Madhur Ami Nari, Abhisaar but she
mesmerized audiences on her performance in “Abhisaar” where she sang
Ranbindra sangeet too. Raya is a great anchor and hosted first digital Film
Award (FAFDA) with Parambrata Chattopadhyaya. She is also a well-known
performer in NABC and COBCA.
Aditi Gupta, first a Bengali to the core of the heart, was born in Kolkata with
Aditi Gupta music in soul, to Dr. Durga Prosad Basu – Deputy Sherriff Kolkata High Court
Featured Artist and Admiralty Marshall and Smt. Debjani Basu. Completed diploma in music

(Rabindra Sangeet) and stood first, from the renowned private institute of
Rabindra Sangeet, Dakshinee and also received Dakshinee Puroshkar (1989),
critically acclaimed as the most promising Rabindra Sangeet singer of the time
to come and also won the award of Sunil Kr. Roy Smriti Puroshkar (1990).
Graduated as B-HIGH from All India Radio in the year 1994. There-after was
under the tutelage of noted Rabindra Sangeet exponent and Guru Shri. Rano
Guha Thakurata for 11 long years, which was the turning point in life.
From him realized the outstanding chemistry of lyrics and tunes of Rabindra Sangeet and how to
deliver an outward sensation to audience through one's voice and understanding. A regular performer
for Dakshinee almost in all programs in Kolkata and other cities along the length and breadth of the
country on stage and on TV channels, performing Solo Programs as a regular artiste on Doordarshan &
All India Radio and other major TV channels like E-TV (Bangla), TARA MUZIK etc.
Shyam Khyapa is a famous Baul singer from Nadia, he is known for Baul Shyam Khyapa
his ingenious rendition and stage presence and an enviable skill to Featured Artist
put the audience in a trance. He also plays some traditional rhythm
instruments, such as Khol, Dhol, Dugi and Dubki. Apart from several
festivals in West Bengal and other parts of India, Shyam has also
performed at international events, including the World Trade
Market, London, in 2012, the Copenhagen World Music Festival,
Denmark, in 2014, and the Indian Festival in Poland in 2015.

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