Shankha Ghosh’s poem adapted as Bengali film song

Young musicians Sayantan Sinha and Souptik Mazurder have scored a romantic number for Pavel’s next film using Shankha Ghosh’s poem, Arale. According to Pavel, this could well be a first in Bengali cinema when a poem has been use as a song.
Souptik, who worked as an assistant to the late Kalikaprasad Bhattacharjee, told us that around three years back, he and Sayantan had composed the music for two of Ghosh’s poems, Arale and Mukh Dheke Jay Bigyapone, as an experiment.Much later, during an adda session, they sang the compositions to Pavel, who liked them instantly. “We had also met Sankha Ghosh last year and played the songs. He liked the compositions, but suggested some changes to make them more meaningful. He also allowed us to use them in films,” Souptik said, adding that they had played the song to Pavel after that and that’s when he showed interest in it.
Sayantan and Souptik are members of Bengali band, Paridhi, which was formed in 2012. Sayantan is the band’s lead vocalist, while Souptik plays the violin and provides backing vocals. Recently, a song composed by the duo has been used in the Jeet-starrer Baccha Shoshur. It’s a Rabindrasangeet, which the duo have experimented with a bit, and has been rendered by singers Srikanto Acharya and Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta. “We were mostly into folk music and have done a number of shows in and outside the country. But at the same time, we had always wanted to compose film music and this opportunity is like a dream come true,” Souptik added.