Rabindrasangeet has gone through lots of experiments in last couple of years. Some fusions were heart touching while others were awarded with the tag “Why Rabindrasangeet?”. Fusions that involved Blending Ragas mainly earned acceptance and appreciation from audience, while rock fusion , sufi fusion and others actually raised eyebrows and invited controversy. Some of the contemporary Rabindrasangeet singers are coming up with songs where arrangements have been mordernized. The new generation is taking interest in Tagore songs with mordernized arrangements.
Gram Chhara oi Raanga Matir Poth is an attempt to recreate Tagore’s magic with music
Recently, after the success of fusion Project on Tagore Nisarga Madhuri, singing Sensation Soumita Saha came up with “Gram Chhara oi Raanga Matir Poth“. This project is absolutely an ode to Gurudev on his Birthday. This is absolutely for Audience who love Tagore Songs and Bengali music presented by the best of City of Joy. Soumita sang “Gram Chhara oi Raanga Matir Poth“ with an absolutely different musical arrangement. The Master piece (music ) is a creation of Mr. Tom Bailey and has been used in this unique manner with his permission.
Soumita is one of those Rabindrasangeet exponents who always embraces modern arrangement as long as it does justice to Tagore’s Creation. Soumita is a literary person herself, she is an avid blogger and renowned poet whose poetry and literary pieces have been published on various platforms. Tagore’s creation is a very sensitive territory for music lovers across the world, using instruments like like drums in a song like ‘Gram Chhara oi Raanga Matir Poth” is an eyebrow raising factor indeed. But plunging into the depth of the matter we see Raanga mati which is actually a brick red soil found across regions like Bankura, Birbhum, Purilia in West Bengal. These are the tribal belts where tribal music is heard pretty often. The song Tagore wrote absolutely praises the beauty of Bengal’s red earthed roads. Tagore’s song depicts a picture where the soil has such an enigmatic beauty that drives the a traveler’s fantasy to some unknown destination. As if it is the beauty of red soil that attracts a traveler to walk and explore a place where the path meanders to. Therefore blending the essence of a song that is close to soil, with drums can be treated pretty much as reincarnation of tribal beat instruments as it neither disturbs emotions of the song nor invites any irrelevance. Rather it beautifies the song to another level and the singer’s unique voice meanders through the emotions like chimes of sitar.
Soumita Saha is a noted Singer, and a Fashion Blogger from Kolkata
The Nisarga Madhuri Singer has been in the limelight of Print Media and Electronic Media ever since a very tender age. The architect in making, is already an eminent name in fashion blogging industry. Soumita’s poetic side has been devoid of limelight as she preferred restricting it to herself. She had already won the heart of audience with her performance that later gave her good platforms to exhibit her talent like musical shows in Om Bangla, Channel Vision’s Geet Sangeet and various other shows of RPLUS and other televisions channels. Her recent album Nisarga Madhuri also received immense appreciation. She hails from a family with musical background living in the city of Joy Kolkata. Her father Swapan Saha is a famous Tagore Geet exponent and reputed Play back singer. He is also a successful music director and composer who is assisted by his songbird daughter these days. Her mother Madhumita is also a renowned music critic and writer.