Kaushiki Chakrabarty

Kaushiki Desikan
Background information
Birth name Kaushiki Chakraborty
Born 1980 (age 34–35)
Origin Kolkata, India
Genres Hindustani classical music
Occupation(s) singer
Years active 1992–present
Website http://www.kaushiki.net

Kaushiki Chakraborty (Bengali: কৌশিকী চক্রবর্তী) (born 1980) is a prominent Indian classical vocalist.[1][2][3]

Early life

Chakraborty was born 1980 in Kolkata, India. She is the daughter of Chandana Chakraborty and the renowned Indian classical singer Ajoy Chakraborty. At age seven, she started learning Indian classical music at the academy of Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh, later joining ITC Sangeet Research Academy.[4]

She completed her schooling at Patha Bhavan school, Kolkata.

In 2002, she graduated from the Jogamaya Devi College, an affiliated undergraduate women's college of the University of Calcutta, in Kolkata with a first degree in philosophy.[5]

Career

Kaushiki has participated in many major concerts, including the Dover Lane Music Conference, the ITC Sangeet Sammelan in India, the Spring Festival of Music (California), Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Sangeet Mahotsav and Parampara Program (Los Angeles).

Talk show

She hosts a weekly talk-show with singers in the entertainment channel Ruposhi Bangla.[6] The talk-show named "Gaan-Golpo ar Gaan" (Songs, Stories and Songs), aired on Sundays, has had Banasree Sengupta, Srikanta Acharya, Lopamudra Mitra, her father, Ajoy Chakraborty, as the guests.

Personal life

She is married to Parthasarathi Desikan and they have a son.

Awards and recognitions

Performances

MTV Coke Studio - Season 2 - song name - Lagi Lagi ( With Shantanu Moitra & Swanand Kirkire )

Kaushiki singing in Pune in 2011
Kaushiki Chakraborty performing in Sawai Gandharva in 2013

Movies

Year Song Film Co-Singer Composer Lyricist
2014 Thuli Thuliyay Ramanujan Ramesh Vinayakam Ramesh Vinayakam Na. Muthukumar
Jaa Urey Hrid Majharey None Mayookh Bhaumik Kaushik Ganguly
2013 Chillenra Chillenra Thirumanam Ennum Nikkah Sundar Narayana Rao M. Ghibran Kaathal Mathi, Munna Shauqat Ali
Hridoy Aamar Nache Re Shunyo Awnko None Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore
Aloy Alokmoy Kore Shunyo Awnko None Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore
Emoni Barasha Chhilo Sedin Shunyo Awnko None Kamal Dasgupta Pranab Roy
Rabso Neha Laage (Bilaval Bandish) Shunyo Awnko Ajoy Chakraborty Gautam Ghose Gautam Ghose
2012 Bhalobashi Teen Kanya None Indradeep Dasgupta Srijato
Rahoon Tere Peechhe Peechhe Paanch Adhyay None Shantanu Moitra Swanand Kirkire
2011 Paata Jhora Brishti Chaplin Shaan Indradeep Dasgupta Srijato
Phire Ja Re Mon Ja Jaani Dyakha Hawbe None Indradeep Dasgupta Srijato
2005 Vaishnava Jana To Water Ajoy Chakraborty A. R. Rahman (Arranger) Poet-Saint Narsinh Mehta

References

  1. ↑ http://www.thefridaytimes.com/beta3/tft/article.php?issue=20130322&page=24
  2. ↑ http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_the-blend-of-three-gharanas-a-musical-experience-beyond-words_1507614
  3. ↑ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/An-experience-of-Dawn-to-Dusk-raags/849735/
  4. ↑ http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/05/29/stories/2009052950150300.htm
  5. ↑ History of the College
  6. ↑ http://ruposhibangla.in/index.php?bmkey=20
  7. ↑ Lusk, Jon. "WINNER 2005 KAUSHIKI CHAKRABARTY (INDIA)".

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