Sayani Palit

Sayani Palit
Sayani Palit
Background information
Birth name	Sayani Palit
Born	(1989-07-05) 5 July 1989 Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Genres	Classical, Semiclassical, Fusion
Occupation(s)	Classical and Semi-classical Vocalist, Composer, Playback Singer, Arranger

Sayani Palit (Bengali: সায়নি পালিত; born 5 July 1989) is an Indian classical and semi-classical vocalist, playback singer, music composer and performer from Kolkata, West Bengal. Working as a playback singer in Tollywood for the last 5 years, In 2015, Sayani made her Bollywood debut, singing the song, Ove Janiye Reprise for Katti Batti under the direction of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. Her biggest break in her musical career took place, when she won the Benadryl Big Golden Voice Season 2 judged by Shankar Mahadevan.

Early life

Sayani Palit started her musical career when she was just 4 years. She continued her musical tutelage for 20 years under Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty and her wife Chandana Chakraborty. Later, when she was a scholar of ITC Sangeet Research Academy, she took taleem from Padma Bhushan Girija Devi.A first class first in Bachelor's and Master's degree in Classical Music from Calcutta University, Sayani is a regular performing artist of All India Radio. Currently she is a Ph.D research scholar in 'Influence of Thumri in film music'

Professional career

Sayani has worked as playback and background singer for the following tracks:

Discography

Singles

1. Ruh Mein Hain-Sur Prabaha(2012) - Self Composed Sufi Song
2. Naa Jaane Kyun: Ghazal(2015) - Self composed Ghazal
3. Ishq Ki Inteha: Ghazal(2015) - Self composed Ghazal
4. Kabhie Kabhie: Indipop(2015)
5. Raat Ke Saaye feat. Abhay Jodhpurkar and Sayani Palit(2016)
6. Wo Jab Bhi Udaas: Ghazal(2016) - Self Composed Ghazal
7. Reliving Rahman - Celebrating 50 (2017) -A journey through 50 Rahmanious compositions in approx. 1000 seconds
8. Garv Se Jiyenge Hum - Shankar Mahadevan feat. Sayani Palit (2017) - This production is in support for Enable India

First Album: Khwahishain

Khwahishain is the first full-fledged self-composed Hindi contemporary album of Sayani Palit released in 2014. This album is a melodic saga which depicts hues of romance through songs of different genres like Indipop, Folk, Ghazal, Experimental and others. The album consists of 6 tracks with Unn Bina being the most popular out of them. Unn Bina is an exclusive 11 beat song which got much popularity due to its creative music video.

Track List:

Track 1 - Ab Jao Na Mohan Mere

Track 2 - Unn Bina

Track 3 - Rahon Mein Humsafar

Track 4 - Khwahishein Dil Mein Jo Thi

Track 5 - Khushiyan Yun Chalke Hain

Track 6 - Dil Mein Khamoshiyan

Awards & Recognitions

• Sayani received the State Award for the role model category from the honourable Governor of West Bengal.
• National scholarship award for the young artists. 2010/2011 from the ministry of culture Govt of India.
• 1st class 1st in bachelor's degree in 2011 & Masters’ in 2013 under CU
• Currently pursuing PhD in Music from CU
• Received Telegraph award for excellence in 2006
• Sayani has been awarded the Benadryl Big Golden Voice of India Season 2 title (judged by Shankar Mahadevan).
• Sayani has recently been nominated as the 'Best Budding Playback Singer' at the Mirchi Music Awards Bangla 2014
• Her recent video "Reliving Rahman" has been appreciated by Music Maestro A. R. Rahman himself

References

• 'Pendulum Music Launch', Tollywood Dhamaka, Feb 17, 2014
• 'Sayani Palit to make it big in Tollywood', Sholoana Bangaliana, Jun 08, 2015
• 'Sayani Records for Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy', Ei Samay, Jul 15, 2015
• 'Sayani Palit interviewed by The Statesman after winning Benadryl Big Golden Voice Season 2', The Statesman, Sep 05, 2015
• 'Mentioning of Sayani Palit in TOI Review of Katti Batti', Times of India, Sep 11, 2015
• 'Sayani Palit wins ticket to Bollywood', Radio and Music, Sep 18, 2015
• 'An Afternoon with Sayani Palit', On The Rox E-magazine, Apr 2, 2015
• 'Review on Big Golden Voice', Jan 15, 2015
• 'Music review of Movie Katti Batti', Aug 28, 2015
• 'Shankar Mahadevan Plays Mentor To These Lucky People!', Sep 11, 2015
• 'A Fitting Tribute to Rahman', Hindustan Times, Dec - 31, 2016
• 'Sayani Palit: Learnt a lot by listening to A.R. Rahman's songs', Times of India, Jan - 3, 2017
• 'রহমানের জন্মদিনে সায়নির সুরেলা শ্রদ্ধা', এই সময়, Jan - 6, 2017
• 'Music Maestro A. R. Rahman appreciates Reliving Rahman on twitter', Jan 11, 2017
• 'A Salute to Sayani Palit', Colors TV Mar 03, 2017
• 'Press release of the performance at Music Mojo Kappa TV',

External links

• Official Website
• Facebook Fan Page
• Twitter
• YouTube Official Channel