Gautam Chattopadhyay

Anindya Chatterjee is all set to direct a biopic on Bengal’s music legend Gautam Chattopadhyay.

Anindya Chatterjee will make a biopic on Bengal’s music legend Gautam Chattopadhyay, the iconic figure whose independent music ruled the music scenario from the 70s to the 90s.

It was an evening brimming with music and a touch of nostalgia, as Sahajiya Foundation organized the event, Moni Chara Sunyo Lage, as a tribute to late Gautam Chattopadhyay.

Kaushik's brainchild, Nagar Sankirtan, is a project that will focus on ambient live music

Gabu and Bonnie Chakraborty — music makers and music lovers — rekindled old memories of boi mela, as the curtains came down on this year’s Kolkata Book Fair

The team of Gaurav Pandey’s upcoming flick Hanuman.com came together for the music launch at a city mall recently.

In a quick chat, Bonnie Chakraborty talks about where Bangla music is headed. Excerpts...

One year was worth the wait. And music lovers of the city couldn’t agree more as they headed to The Basement, Hotel Samilton, on Thursday evening.

From the rural melas to the city pubs, baul tunes find a home everywhere. It’s a testimony to the versatile repertory of themes and traditions, say musicians

Lakkhichhara and Shonar Bangla Circus collaborated for their first show in Kolkata, performing classic rock and new tracks at a city club. The concert was well-received with the audience passionate and knowledgeable about the music. They played tracks from Moheener Ghoraguli Sampadito albums, including Gautam Chatterjee’s Ei Muhurte. Bodhisattwa Ghosh, lead guitarist of Lakkhichhara, played an extended guitar solo of his favorite song, Prithibi by Gautam Chattopadhyay. The collaboration was brought about by Seth Panduranga Blumberg, guitarist of Shonar Bangla Circus.

Tuesday afternoon saw the cast of Anjan Dutta���s Dutta Vs Dutta gather at a Park Street venue to talk about their latest venture

Jamsteady recently presented Roots Are Funky. The gig, featuring Soumya-Indra and Brahmakhyapa, was a hit from the word go.

Lakkhichhara unveils an exhilarating performance lineup for Durga Puja, showcasing a mix of their classics, Mohiner Ghoraguli tracks, and Bengali folk songs. The tour kicks off in Kolkata and continues in Mumbai and Delhi, following last year's successful US tour.

Arunendu Das, the pioneer of alternative Bengali songwriting, passes away at 81.

It was an event to remember when the top brass of Kolk ata's Bangla bands came together recently.

Once, Pt Ravi Shankar had come to perform at a concert at the Basusree cinema. Some 10,000 people waited outside just to get a glimpse of the sitar maestro and Shankar’s exit has remained in their memory — sitting in a lotus pose, being carried overhead from person to person in a circle

Q, who made a docu on late author Nabarun Bhattacharya, took to social media to remember him on his 70th birthday today

Gautam Chattopadhyay’s Prithibita naki forms the soul of the Prosenjit starrer

There was a time when he would sell fish in the morning and drive an auto rickshaw from evening till night

Nandan was abuzz with folk music on Thursday evening, when a 90 minute documentary Khyapar Mon Brindaban — a journey into Khyapasphere, was screened as a tribute to Gour Khyapa, who passed away on January 23, 2012.

The dwindling live acts in the city are a cause of concern. But musicians are trying hard to not let the glum state of affairs get the better of them.

Tapas Das, one of the founder members of Moheener Ghoraguli (1975), the founder of Moheen Ekhon o Bandhura (2012) and the artist whose images of singing at Gaanmela with a Ryle's tube attached to his nose had gone viral, breathed his last at SSKM on Sunday. Das was 68.

As Prosenjit Chatterjee unveiled his Iceland diary, almost the whole of Tollywood gathered to catch a glimpse of Hanuman.com at a multiplex on Friday evening.

One of William Shakespeare's most romantic texts is all set to get a baul soul. Aparna Sen has roped in renowned baul singer Parvathy Baul to lend her voice to two songs in her upcoming adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, produced by Shree Venkatesh Films.

Students of Presidency University have decided to organise a fundraiser concert to help Bapi-da, co-founder of Moheener Ghoraguli, who is undergoing treatment for lung cancer at SSKM Hospital. The concert scheduled on February 18 at the Presidency greens will have performances by Anindya Chattopadhyay, Upal Sengupta, Rupankar Bagchi, Sidhu, Borno Anonyo, Moheen Ekhon O Bondhura, and others.