Born in a musical family, Shusmita Anis is the niece and devoted disciple of the legendary Nazrul Sangeet singer Feroza Begum. She is specialised in Nazrul and modern Bengali songs, especially those tuned by her uncle, the renowned composer Kamal Das Gupta.
Having come from such an eminent background, Shusmita Anis has stirred up the Bengali music scene and enthralled her fans in both Bangladesh and around the world with her new album Sound of Seasons, a tribute to Feroza Begum. The album was launched by New Music Paradigm Company in Dhaka and Kolkata. With the release of the album, Shusmita Anis started her musical journey to promote and popularise Nazrul Sangeet, thorough the legacy of Feroza Begum. She presented an array of ten Nazrul songs in the album, her fifth.
Music director Ibrar Tipu composed the songs in the new collection.
On this occasion, Ibrar Tipu said: “Meher, who played the tabla, convinced me to work on this album of Nazrul and I jumped on the first opportunity because I was always very interested in and familiar with Nazrul songs. But I believe that composing Nazrul songs is a very challenging task – every song is from a different genre and different style. To be able to do this well I had to study Arabian scales and study certain Brazilian styles. This project has not only taught me how diverse Nazrul songs are but also portrayed to me why he is who he is. Other than that, of course, I loved working with Shusmita Anis and her voice, which is amazing and simplistic. Her cooperative personality made the work very rewarding and enjoyable.”
The album was released alongside two music videos – Shojol Ghono Borosha and Laal Tuk Tuke Bou. The first song is Kazi Nazrul Islam’s epic homage to the famous monsoon of Bangladesh. The second song, Laal Tuk Tuke Bou is essentially a staple song for all the children in Bangladesh.
Both the videos were directed by Gazi Shubhro, one of the leading directors of the country. He states: “As we always say, when it comes to making a music video, the quality of the music is the main factor to consider. What we do at Red DOT is create a visual representation of the song and the lyrics according to its virtues.”
The videos were shot with Red DOT’s ARRI ALEXA camera by the director of photography Ishtiaque Ahmed Pablo. Red DOT Multimedia Ltd produced the videos and the post was done by their state-of-the-art post-production panel.
