Usha Utthup, Shaan, Babul, Kavita Krishnamurthy stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

Usha Utthup, Shaan, Babul, Kavita Krishnamurthy stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. On 29th April, 2015, celebrities stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. Usha Utthup, Babul Supriyo, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shaan, Tanushree Shankar and Jayati Chakravarty stormed Sourav Ganguly’s Dadagiri Program. Sourav Ganguly asked Babul Supriyo why did he plunge into politics. He won the election under BJP ticket. He said that his market in music was fine. But he wanted to help the poor and the distressed. Recently he released Bengali cassette relating to Rabindrasangeet and other Bengali songs. He sang the song “amar bela je jay saanjhbelate”. Shaan sang his song "bin kuch kahe bin kuch sune hathon me hath liye"

from the hit film PK. He also showed his recent Bengali cassette and CD that was released recently. Sourav Ganguly asked Kavita Krishnamurthy to sing the songs “pyar hua chupke se” from the film 1942 – A Love Story, and “hum dil de chuke sanam” from the film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. She said that she was associated with Kolkata for a long time. She sang many songs with Manna Dey and Hemanta Mukherjee. Kavita Krishnamurthy said she released a rabindrasangeet album recently with great singer Hariharan. Tanushree Shankar talked about different dance forms. She said recently she released a recitation album with table player Bikram Ghosh. She initially said being a trained dancer she never recited anything. But Bikram Ghosh said she could manage it. Ultimately it had been released. Jayati Chakravarty sang a rabindrasangeet. Usha Utthup sang the songs “darling ankhon se ankhe char karne do” and then “sinorita” at the end. Sourav Ganguly himself danced with Usha Utthup. All the participants gave correct answers and ultimately Usha Utthup and Babul Supriyo became joint winners with 35 points. Sourav Ganguly anchored the program very well.

Shaan and Alka Yagnik stormed Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program.

Alka Yagnik. Singers Shaan and Alka Yagnik stormed Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program on 27th August, 2012. Kumar Shanu brought both the singers to the show. Jishu Sengupta was amazed to receive them. Alka Yagnik was one of the judges of the program few weeks back. She used to adjudicate the performances of the contestants along with Kumar Shanu and Joy Sarkar. But for last 2 weeks she was not present. Kumar Shanu and Joy Sarkar were the other two judges who stayed in the show from long time. At the first part of the show Shaan and the other singers in the contest gave tribute to Kumar Shanu. They sang all the hit songs of Kumar Shanu that made him popular. Some of the successful songs included “sansonki zarurat hai jaise” in film Ashiqi, “tujhe dekh mera dil dharka” in film Phool Aur Kante, “mera dil bhi kitna paagal hai” in film Saajan, “kuch na kaho” in film 1942 A Love Story, to name a few. Then the contestants sang their own songs. One of the girl contestant sang the song “solah baraski” from the film Ek Duje Ke Liye which was originally sung by Lata Mangeshkar. The song was composed by Laxmikant Pyarellal. Alka Yagnik showed some areas where the artist could have done differently. Joy Sarkar, Kumar Shanu and Shaan appreciated the song. Jishu Sengupta anchored the program in style.

Sourav Ganguly brought Shaan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Kunal Ganjawala in Dadagiri.

Sourav Ganguly brought Shaan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Kunal Ganjawala in Dadagiri.

Sourav Ganguly brought singing superstars in Dadagiri on 21st October, 2010. He had brought many superstars, both Bengali and national superstars in the program a number of times.

On 21st October, he brought Kavita Krishnamurty, Debojyotida (Salil Choudhury’s assistant), Shaan, Shovam, Kunal Ganjawala and Mitali Singh (wife of Bhupinder Singh) in the program. Kavita Krishnamurthy sang the rabindrasangeet “sakhi kamona kahare bole” from the film Shreeman Prithviraaj in style. She also sang “pyar hua chupke se” from 1942 A Love Story brilliantly. Kavita Krishnamurthy said that her original name was Sharda. But just became singer Sharda who was associated with composer Shankar Jaikishan was famous during the early 70s, she was asked to change her name to Kavita by singer Hemant Kumar. She changed it and created an identity of her own.

Mitali Singh shared the experience of Bhupinder Singh with RD Burman. Both were friends and sometimes due to the friendly quarrel between the two the singer Asha Bhosle had to wait for sometime while a show was in progress. She admitted that her husband Bhupinder Singh had a distinct bass and tone and listeners admired it. She also disclosed that she was from Maymanshingha in Bangladesh. It was music which brought her and Bhupinder Singh together.

Shaan and Shovam had been friends and during the show they enjoyed the communication of one with the other. Shaan sung the song “musumu suhasi” very well. Shovam sang his song. Kunal Ganjawala won the quiz at the end. He sang the song “bheege hoont tere” in style. Debojtoti Babu played the violin in style and played the song “kahin dur jab din dhal jaye” composed by Salil Choudhury in the film Anand.

Sourav Ganguly was brilliant as a host and kept all the celebrities in good humour. Viewers expect Sourav Ganguly continue his great work of bringing together giants from different spheres of life in Dadagiri program in Zee Bangla.

Happy birthday to Shatrughun Sinha.

Happy birthday to Shatrughun Sinha.

The viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to successful actor Shatrughun Sinha on 9th December, 2009. He was considered to be one of the leading angry young man of the 70s after Big B.

Although he started his career as anti-hero in films like Khilouna, where the central characters were played by Jeetender and Sanjeev Kumar, within short time, he showed his metal as an action star and ruled bollywood films for another 20 years. He was successful in films like Gaye Aur Gauri opposite Jaya Bacchan, Bombay To Goa, etc., in the early 70s.

Shatrughun Sinha learned acting Pune Film and Television Institute and his lessons went a long way in his illustrious career. Viewers remember his combination with Reena Roy as both played romantic pair in numerous films. Kalicharan was one of the most popular films amongst them.

Whenever Shatrughun Sinha faced Amitabh Bacchan both the actors tried to supersede the other. The viewers enjoyed the rift between the two actors in contemporary films. Both did a fantastic job in Ramesh Sippy’s film Shaan. Shatrughun Sinha’s charishma in the role of a shooter was as elegant as Big B’s angry young image in killing Goga Kapoor’s men in the film.

The other films where Big and Shotgun (Shatrughun Sinha was called by this name) met included Kala Patthar, Dostana, Naseeb, to mention a few. In all those films both the actors complimented each other. Even in comedy films like Naram Garam, Shotgun showed his comedy elements and was appreciated.

Shatrughun Sinha was given an off-beat role by Goutam Ghosh in Bengali film Antarjali Jatra where he played the role of a cremator. He played a marathon innings in films which include commercial success like Goutam Govinda, Dillagi, etc. Even in political career he achieved a lot by working for the people under the BJP banner. He was member of Rajya Sabha and won elections also under BJP ticket. He is called the stylish Bihari Babu by his admirers.

Both Shatrughun Sinha and Vinod Khanna are considered the greatest competitors with Big B and had succeeded in portraying the role of action heroes in India. Their height, voice and stature helped a lot in portraying those characters. The viewers expect Shotgun to continue the great work in films in future.

Shaan – the effortless singer of bollywood.

Shaan – the effortless singer of bollywood.

Shantanu Mukherjee, better known as Shaan, born in 1972, was born in a musical family with his father Manas Mukherjee being a successful music composer in West Bengal and his sister Sagarika also being a singer. In Parinda, in 1989, he got a scope of singing only a line of the song “kitni hai pyari pyari dosti hamari”, as a child singer.

He created an impression in the minds of music lovers with his performance in music albums like “Q Funk” and “Tanha Dil.” But he stormed into bollywood films with his spirited performance of the song “koi kahe kehta rahe” in the film Dil Chahta Hai.

From there he never looked back. His song “dus bahane” from the film Dus was a very big hit. He won the filmfare award for the best male playback singer for singing the song “chaand sifarish” from the film Fanna, picturised on Amir Khan. The film was successful with strong performance from both Amir Khan and Kajol.


Shaan was also the host of the popular Musical show in TV Channel titled “Sa re ga ma pa” where the talented singers faced each other in musical competition and the judges provided their valuable comments on their singing. Shaan was very supportive towards the participants and became exceeding popular before the audience of TV shows.

Shaan once again showed the magic of his voice with the song “jab se tere naina’ in the film Sawaria, where Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor had made notable contribution in their first film and Shaan also won the filmfare award for the best male playback singer once again in 2008.


Shaan is presently the most promising male playback singer after Sonu Nigam and after facing strong competition from other playback singers for sometime had emerged as one of the leading singers of the present generation. The producers and directors have a lot of faith in Shaan.

With hit songs under his credit in films like Laksh, Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna, Don, etc., Shaan is expected to do even better in the years to come.

By: Supriya Chatterji.