Archive · 5 Sep 2026
Debabrata Biswas Remembered Through Music and A Thousand Anecdotes
Two music programmes were held to remember singer Debabrata Biswas on his birth anniversary.
They took place at Sisir Mancha and Rabindra Sadan.
Singers performed songs that Biswas was known for.
Some songs were popular, while others were less often heard.
People also shared stories about Biswas’s life and musical choices.
Srikumar Chatterjee told several anecdotes and sang two songs.
Biva Sengupta, one of Biswas’s students, led the second programme with her own students.
The performances showed how strongly Biswas’s distinctive singing continues to influence musicians.
Two Kolkata tribute programmes marked the birth anniversary of late singer Debabrata Biswas.
The event at Sisir Mancha combined performances with anecdotes about Biswas’s music, remuneration and dislike of bureaucracy.
Malabika Chakraborty, Srikumar Chatterjee and other performers presented several lesser-heard and popular songs associated with Biswas.
The Rabindra Sadan programme, Jete Jete Ekla Pothe, was arranged by Biswas’s student Biva Sengupta and her students.
Sengupta and the participating singers emphasized powerful vocal expression, with choral performances providing an opening prelude.
- Who
- Debabrata Biswas was remembered by singers including Malabika Chakraborty, Srikumar Chatterjee, Arpan Rakshit, Shreetama Roy, Debamalya Chattopadhyay, Biva Sengupta and her students.
- What
- Two tribute programmes combined songs, choral performances and anecdotes about the late singer.
- When
- The programmes were held to mark Debabrata Biswas’s birth anniversary; no specific date is provided.
- Where
- The programmes took place at Sisir Mancha and Rabindra Sadan.
- Why
- They were organized to remember Debabrata Biswas and his musical contribution.
- Occasion
- Tributes marking Debabrata Biswas’s birth anniversary
- Number of programmes
- Two
- First venue
- Sisir Mancha
- Second venue
- Rabindra Sadan
- First programme organizer
- Debabrata Biswas Smaran Committee
- Second programme title
- Jete Jete Ekla Pothe
- Second programme organizer
- Biva Sengupta and her students