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Shiladitya-Som Revive Nostalgic Puja Music With Two Songs
Durga Puja has long been a time when people looked forward to new music.
In the past, singers often released whole albums for the festival.
Now, individual songs are more common.
Composer duo Shiladitya-Som has released two new Puja songs.
Chupi chupi is a gentle Bengali song with an old-fashioned, emotional feeling.
Jhoome re phaagun is a lively Hindi-Bangla song meant for dancing.
Anwesshaa sings both songs, and Soham Majumdar wrote the lyrics.
Together, the songs show both the traditional and modern sides of Puja music.
Composer duo Shiladitya-Som has released two contrasting songs for Durga Puja.
Chupi chupi is a melody-driven Bengali song centered on nostalgia, memories and unspoken love.
Jhoome re phaagun is a Hindi-Bangla dance track blending Bengal and Assam’s rustic sounds with electronic beats.
Both songs feature lyrics by Soham Majumdar and vocals by Anwesshaa.
The releases aim to revive the spirit of Puja music catalogues popular in the 1980s and 1990s.
- Who
- Composers Shiladitya Chaudhury and Somnath Chakraborty, singer Anwesshaa, and lyricist Soham Majumdar.
- What
- Two Puja songs, Chupi chupi and Jhoome re phaagun, have been released.
- Where
- Chupi chupi was released by Surinder Films, while Jhoome re phaagun was released by TOSS Music.
- When
- Both songs were released on the day the article was published.
- Why
- The composers wanted to revive the nostalgia of Puja music catalogues while presenting both traditional and contemporary festival sounds.
Key facts
- Songs
- Chupi chupi and Jhoome re phaagun
- Composer
- Shiladitya Chaudhury and Somnath Chakraborty, known as Shiladitya-Som
- Singer
- Anwesshaa sings both songs and appears in the Jhoome re phaagun music video
- Lyricist
- Soham Majumdar wrote both songs
- Chupi chupi
- A melody-driven Bengali song released by Surinder Films
- Jhoome re phaagun
- A Hindi-Bangla dance number released by TOSS Music
- Music video
- Jhoome re phaagun’s video was directed by Jeet Chakraborty
- Title spelling
- The article uses both “Jhoome re phaagun” and “Jhoome re phagun” in different passages
Quotes
Shiladitya-Som
The composing duo Shiladitya Chaudhury and Somnath Chakraborty
“Both these songs are very special to me because they represent two completely different moods of Puja. Chupi chupi has that beautiful old-world charm and nostalgia that reminds us of the Puja songs we grew up listening to, while Jhoome re phaagun is vibrant, contemporary and made to get people dancing. I loved exploring both sides as a singer. Shiladitya-Som have created two distinctive compositions, and Soham Majumdar’s words bring their emotions together beautifully.”
telegraphindia.com
“We composed these songs thinking back to the 1980s and 1990s, when artistes released their Puja catalogues before the festival — that same nostalgia is what we’ve tried to bring into Chupi chupi and the dance number Jhoome re phagun”
telegraphindia.com
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