Draft:Madhubanti Bagchi

Madhubanti Bagchi (মধুবন্তী বাগচী is an Indian singer and composer musician. A disciple of the Agra Gharana, her repertoire includes the genres of Indian classical, pop and playback singing.

Madhubanti performs as a playback singer for Bollywood films and other Indian film industries. She has collaborated with leading composers like Amit Trivedi, Sachin-Jigar, Pritam, Debojyoti Mishra, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Shekhar Ravjiani, Shantanu Moitra and has rendered her voice in Hindi films such as Uunchai (2022), Doctor G (2022), Good Luck Jerry (2022), Hum Do Hamare Do (2021), Laxmii (2020) and Love Aaj Kal (2020).

She has left a mark of her craft in the Bengali film industry with songs in films like Kuler Achaar (2022), Boudi Canteen (2022), Shah Jahan Regency (2019), Ahare Mon (2018), Shob Bhooturey (2017), Gangster (2016), Shudhu Tomari Jonyo (2015) and Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends (2013).

In 2022, she also featured in the first season of Coke Studio Bangla. The song Dokhino Hawa has garnered 10 million+ views on Youtube.

Early life
Madhubanti was born in Balurghat, South Dinajpur, West Bengal on the 22nd of April. Her father, Subrata Bagchi is a professor and her mother Srabani Bagchi, is a businesswoman.

Education and musical training
Madhubanti holds a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering from the Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata. She completed her master's degree in Laser and Optical Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Madhubanti was introduced to music by her father and received her initial training under his tutelage. When she was in the third standard she started her formal training with the Agra gharana exponent Shrimati Subhra Guha. Later, she had also taken lessons from the renowned thumri singer Vidushi Purnima Chowdhury.

Madhubanti has also been part of a Bengali band called Mrittika.

Discography
In the year 2013, Madhubanti made her debut as a playback singer in the Bengali movie Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends.

Non-film music
Madhubanti released her debut single "Bhool Ja" in 2020.

In the year 2022 Madhubanti released her first independent song "Raat Chhuye Jak".

Web series (OTT)
In the year 2021 Madhubanti made debut on the OTT platforms. She collaborated with National-Award-winning lyricist Swanand Kirkire and Daniel B. George for the OTT web series Grahan. In 2024, she again collaborated with Sanjay Leela Bhansali for his acclaimed web series on Netflix, Heeramandi.