Foad Nasser collaborates with 9 artists in Puja songs

Musician Foad Nasser Babu has teamed up with nine promising artists for two brand-new songs on the occasion of Durga Puja, the biggest festival of the Hindu community.

The singers are—Samarjit Roy, Bijon Mistri, Chanda Chakraborty, Utpala Das, Ananya Acharya, Swapnil Sajeeb, AP Shubho, Raka Popi and Sushmita Saha.

Lyricist Sumon Saha penned both songs titled – ‘Sharat-er Nil Akash’ and ‘Bachhar Ghure Tumi Abar Ele Ma’. Babu has composed the music for the songs.

Of the singers, Samarjit Roy, Bijon Mistri, Chanda Chakraborty and Utpala Das have lent their voices to ‘Sharat-er Nil Akash’ while ‘Bachar Ghure Tumi Abar Ele Ma’ have been sung by Ananya Acharya, Swapnil Rajib, AP Shubho, Raka Popy and Sushmita Saha.

Both songs have been produced for a special programme on Bangladesh Television (BTV), ‘Sharad Ananda’, to celebrate the Durga Puja.

Regarding the songs, Foad Nasser Babu said, “Earlier, I had to do composition and music arrangement for many songs which were very close to the category of ‘Kirtan’ (devotional song), while working on movie songs. I worked on a Puja song for the very first time in 2020 which was warmly accepted by the audience.”

“It feels good that we have done the songs nicely. I always love to collaborate with the younger artists. I have enjoyed the teamwork with the performers in the two new songs this time as well,” he told The Business Post.

The celebrated composer expressed gratitude to Sumon Saha and BTV for the collaboration. “Lyricist Suman Saha’s words have influenced the songs a lot. I hope the audience will like the new Puja songs,” he said.

All the performing singers in ‘Sharat-er Nil Akash’ and ‘Bachhar Ghure Tumi Abar Ele Ma’ will be seen in the music videos on ‘Sharad Ananda’ during the Durga Puja. Both songs are also expected to be released on the internet.

Last year, Babu did a Puja song on the occasion of the Hindu festival which was sung by eight singers – Alak Kumar Sen, Champa Banik, Deblina Surr, Sandipan Das, Hoimonti Rakshit Das, Apurba Apu, Abanti Sithi and Monti Sinha.