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Haimanti Rakshit Das Mesmerizes The Audience
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Nilanjana Rakhit and Ranen Chatterjee 08/21/2019
Haimanti Rakshit Das – a renowned singer from Bangladesh mesmerized the audience with her melodious voice on the evening of August 11, 2019 at McDevitt Middle School in Waltham, MA. Haimanti sang both Bengali and Hindi film songs including a few songs from her own album.
She delighted her audience with 9 Bengali songs ‘Ei shundar sharnaliâ€, “Dekhini tomayâ€, “Sagorer tir thekeâ€, “Ekla akaashâ€, “Kon she alorâ€, “Duti mon râ€, “Tomar akash dutiâ€, “Saat bhai champaâ€, and a Nazrul Geeti “Amar aponar cheyeâ€.
Haimanti charmed her audience with 6 Hindi songs “Lag ja galeâ€, “Ek pyar ka nagmaâ€, “Tujse narajâ€, “Tumhi meri mandir’, “Bachpan ki mohabbatâ€, and “Oh lal meriâ€.
Haimanti was accompanied by her husband Ashim Das on Octapad, and our local talents Sagar Dey in Tabla and Jewel in synthesizer.
Within two successive days on March 21-22, 2019, Haimanti received two National awards “Aamra Kunri Award†and “Sanko Telefilm Award†in Bangladesh. Haimanti had a very early start in singing and has many other prestigious awards to her credit for her outstanding performance and contributions to music including playback singing in Bangladeshi films and TV programs.
Haimanti performed playback singing in Bangladeshi film “Sajgharâ€, “Moner Sathe Juddhoâ€, “Shotru Shotru†and “Maatalâ€. Her first album “Dakpion†released in 1994 when Haimanti was in her fifth grade. Since then she released numerous albums – “Mone Pore Tomakeâ€(1998), “Premer Chonyaâ€(2000), “Smritir Canvasâ€(2005), “Phire Dekhaâ€(2008), duet album with Asif Akbar “Swapno Dekhiâ€(2010), “Prothom Premâ€(2017) and “Deyal Kahiniâ€(2018). In 2004, Haimanti stood first at a “Jatin-Lalit Talent Hunt†contest on Tara Bangla TV.
Voice and Taal run in her family. Her father Manas Rakshit played tabla. Grand mother Chitra Rakshit was a renowned classical singer and when she was age 13, Columbia in Bombay released her long-playing record “Mirar Bhajanâ€.
Before coming to the U.S. this time on invitation by FOBANA 2019, Haimanti has performed in various shows in Bangladesh, India, Australia, Singapore, Netherlands, Lebanon and the U.S.
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