I learnt a lot from Nachiketa: Suryatapa

The release of the album Akta katha bhalobashi by singers Nachiketa Chakraborty and Suryarapa Indrani was a happy affair. On the

occasion

, talking about her life and how music has influenced it, Suryatapa said she was brought up in a family of musicians. Initially she would just listen to songs but not learn them actively. Eventually she gained interest and started training herself under Pt

Dhiren

Mitra in

Rabindra Sangeet

.

With the release of this album, she was brought to the limelight of the musical world for the first time. Even though this was her first musical

outing

with Nachiketa Chakraborty, she had met the ‘Nilanjana’ singer on many occasions in the past.She has had various musical exchanges with him before. They were mostly informal gatherings of musicians. She said that Nachiketa’s attitude and professionalism had introduced her to a new self of Nachiketa Chakraborty.