Shreya guhathakurta biography
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Born in 1975 at Kolkata to a musical family with her grandfather Late Subho Guhathakurta being the founder of renowned Rabindra Sangeet training institutes—Gitabitan and Dakshinee, Ms. Guhathakurta trained under legends of Rabindra Sangeet such as Late Suchitra Mitra, Late Konika Bandopadhyay and her “mentor, teacher and guide” Shri Sudeb Guhathakurta who is her paternal uncle and the current Principal of Dakshinee. Following formal training, Ms. Guhathakurta has performed in concerts alongside veterans such as Soumitra Chattopadhyay, Aparna Sen, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Farooq Sheikh, Saswati Guhathakurta, Bratati Bandopadhyay and Srikanta Acharya. She has also lent her voice to noted Tagore dance dramas like Shyama, Chandalika etc. She is also a play back singer and has sung for Bengali films such as “Deepar Prem” and “Antardhan”. She has released several CDs by SaReGaMa, HMV. She has won awards such as “Shyamal Sen Smriti Sanman”. She is a regular artist for the Tara Muzik Channel o
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Shreya Guhathakurta
Indian Rabindra Sangeet singer (born 1975)
Shreya Guhathakurta (শ্রেয়া গুহঠাকুরতা) (3 February 1975) is an Indian Rabindra Sangeet singer.
Early life
[edit]Shreya Guhathakurta was born into a family of renowned musicians. Her orientation with music started at the age of four. She is the daughter of film and television actress, Saswati Guhathakurta and Bhishma Guhathakurta. She lent her voice as a playback artist at the age of six for the film, "Deepar Prem", directed by late Arundhuti Devi. Shreya also acted in this film.
Later at the age of 15, she lent her voice as a playback singer for the National Award-winning film ‘Antardhan’ directed by late Tapan Sinha. Shreya is the granddaughter of late Suvo Guhathakurta,[1] founder of two of the Rabindrasangeet institutions in Kolkata - Gitabitan & Dakshinee. She received formal training and diploma from Dakshinee, graduating in 1994.[2]
Shreya passed out with distinction and cont
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Actor Bhishma Guhathakurta dead
A multi-faceted personality, Guhathakurta was an accomplished singer, a great pianist and a good cricket player too. His död eller bortgång comes as a anställda loss for the Ray family.“In the 50s, my father had drawn the cover of a book on music by his father, Subho Guhathakurta (the founder of Dakshinee). That’s how far our family association goes. He had great contacts and would quietly help people tapping them. If we needed a house for shooting, he would help us find one. The ending of ‘Agantuk’ was shot at the Guhathakurta’s Santiniketan house,” said director Sandip Ray who had directed him in ‘Phatikchand’ and ‘Goopy Bagha Phire Elo’.
The actor’s oeuvre also included Satyajit Ray’s ‘Ganashatru’ and ‘Shakha Prashakha’, Tapan Sinha’s ‘