Anweshaa

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Anwesha Mitra Dattagupta (born 15 December 1993) is an Indian singer and composer who performs in Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, and Marathi.

Early life and education

Anweshaa was born on 15 December 1993 in indian, Maharashtra. At the age of three she moved to Kolkata. Her mother was a singer. At the age of four Anweshaa started training under composer Shri Jayanta Sarkar.

Anweshaa attended Lycée School, Kolkata, and later graduated from Amity University.

Music career

Anweshaa gained recognition as a contestant on the Amul STAR Voice of India reality TV spinoff Chhote Ustaad at the age of 13. She participated in several musical reality TV shows. Her career as a playback singer began with a cover of the song "Ek Je Achhe Raja" in the Bengali film Khela (2008). Anweshaa's first breakthrough in Bollywood was in Golmaal Returns for composer Pritam Chakraborty at the age of 14. Since then, her body of work has primarily involved composing music for films. She received the Filmfare Award East in 2014 in recognition of her accomplishments in regional cinema music.

In January 2003, she was a finalist in the Tarana music competition broadcast on ETV Bangla.

In 2023, she composed music and background score for the Marathi film Pahije Jatiche and made her debut in Marathi cinema.

Compositions

Anweshaa composed and scripted the lyrics for the following singles:

• Kagojer Nouko Acoustic guitar – Rhythm Shaw, Sound engineer – Kohinoor Mukherjee
• Devaa Vocals – Anweshaa and Kaustuv Kanti Ganguly
• Dhun Bihu ki pukare Vocals – Trijoy Deb and Anweshaa
• Maahiya Vocals – Anweshaa, Music producer – Akshay Akash
• Khaamoshiyaan Vocals – Anweshaa, Arrangement – Akshay Akash, Piano – Akshay Menon, Table – Amit Choubey, Mixing – Kohinoor Mukherjee
• Gotihara Dupur Music Producer – Shamik Chakravarty, Mixing & Mastering – Ananjan Chakraborty, Video – Visual Diary Motion Picture
• Swapno bari (Acoustic guitar – Rhythm Shaw, Sound engineer – Kohinoor Mukherjee)
• Mizaaj-e-ishq – Hindi Indi-pop album
• Aye chol – Vocals: Anweshaa and Sharmishtha
• Mehek – Vocals: Anweshaa, Sound engineer – Kohinoor Mukherjee, Producer – Akshay Menon
• Balcony – Vocals: Anweshaa
• Teri kami – Vocals: Anweshaa and Abhay Jodhpurkar, Sound engineer – Kohinoor Mukherjee, Producer: Akshay Menon
• Mere Khuda – Vocals: Kinjal Chatterjee, Producer: Nayan Mani Barman, Mixing: Kohinoor Mukherjee
• Dooriyaan – Vocals: Anweshaa
• Mere Khuda – Vocals: Kinjal Chatterjee
• Swapno Michhil – Vocals: Anweshaa and Shovan Ganguly
• Bhalo Theko – Vocals: Durnibar Saha
• Intezaar – Vocals: Anweshaa
• Smritir Poth Beye – Vocals: Anweshaa
• Swag Wala Pyaar – Vocals: Hriti Tikadar
• Adhure Chithhi – Vocals: Anweshaa
• Besabri – Vocals: Anweshaa & Abhay Jodhpurkar, Producer: Akshay Menon
• Elomelo Din – Vocals: Manomay Bhattacharya & Anweshaa
• Samandar – Vocals: Anweshaa
• Hote Paari – Vocals: Anweshaa

Filmography (partial list)

Albums

• Nachiketa Ebar Safar
• Neel Dariya
• E-pothe Anweshaa
• Priyotomasu
• Nana Range Anweshaa
• Aaradhana (One of several artists)
• Nilathattam (One of several artists)
• Antaranga (One of several artists)
• Ekla Tor – Sarata Din
• Aarzoo (One of several artists)
• Dil Ki Baatein (One of several artists)
• Krishnaruupa (One of several artists), song – "Shreenathji Darshan"
• Lafz Ankahe (Various artists)
• Bollywood Unwind (Various artists)
• Mizaaj-e-Ishq
• Uma Elo
• Tagore for Today
• Mere yaar julahe

Singles

• Tum Sang (Composer: Swapnil Mistry – Nominated for Artists Aloud Best song)
• Sukh Dukh (Composer: Swapnil Mistry, Unreleased)
• ONTARI NE KAANAYYA | DD Anand | Pranam Kamlakhar | anweshaa |
• Masoom Sapney (Composer: Ananjan Chakraborty)
• Kuch thikana nahi (Composer: Abhishek Ray)
• Sukha patta (Composer: Abhishek Ray)
• Raat Din – 2021 (Composer: Ashok Raaj, co-songer: Sujoy Bhowmik)
• Phir kyun bhoola tu insaniyat (one of several artists, Composer: Sandeep-Ashutosh)
• Tere sang (Composer: Vinay Patil)
• Akash hote chai (Composer: Asheq Manzur)
• Kuch baatein yuhin hain na (Composer: Ajay Singha)
• Larzish (Composer: Abhishek Ray, Lyricist: Avinash Tripathi)
• Reshmi dhaage (Composer: Abhishek Ray, Lyricist: Avinash Tripathi)
• Saiyaan re (Composer: Prasun Das)
• Tuzya Vina (Marathi Composed By Prasad Phatak – Award for best singer, Marathi single)
• Sajan ghar aao re (Composition: Prasad Phatak; Lyrics: Sameer Samant)
• Laage buke laage (Composer: Imran Mahmudul)
• Ichhe Kore (Singer: anweshaa; Lyricist: Prabir Mukhopadhyay; Music Direction and Composition: Anjan Majumdar; Music Arrangements: Pt.Debojyoti (Tony) Bose; Sound Recordist: Gautam Basu, Sanjay Ghosh; Studio: Vibration & Resonance Music Video : Milton)
• Manbasiyaan (Singers: anweshaa & Abhishek Ray, Lyrics – Avinash Tripathi)
• Yaadon ke panchhi (Composer: Abhishek ray; Vocals – anweshaa & Abhishek, Lyrics – Manvendra)
• Kontya Kshani Haravati ashya (Marathi Composed By Jeevan Marathe Lyrics: Vaishali Marathe)
• Abol gandh premacha (Singers: anweshaa, Jeevan Marathe; Composition: Jeevan Marathe; Lyrics: Vaishali Marathe)
• Man He Vede Ka Punha (Marathi Composed By Jeevan Marathe Lyrics: Vaishali Marathe Producer : Shrinivas G. Kulkarni)
• Premamruthi Krupanidhi (Composer: Kamlakar Rao, Vocals: anweshaa, Mohan veena: Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Tabla: Ojas Adhiya, Harmonium: Feroz Khan and other talented artists)
• Saiyaan ree (Singer: anweshaa, Composition – Prasun Das)
• Dushwaari (Vocals: anweshaa & Abhishek Ray, Composition: Abhishek Ray, Lyrics: Avinash Swaroop)
• Aanch Laagi (Singers: anweshaa & Abhishek Ray, Lyrics/composition – Abhishek Ray)
• Kotha roilo (Singer: anweshaa, Composition – Asheq Manzur)
• Ninnu vidachi (Composer: Ashirwad Luke, Vocals: anweshaa)
• Entha madhuram (Composer: KY Madhuram, Vocals: anweshaa)
• Chitthiyon Wala yar (Singer: anweshaa & Abhay Jodhpurkar, Composition – Ajay Singha)
• Naman karu (Composer: Mukesh Jodhwani)
• Kehkasha (Composer: Abhishek Ray, Lyrics: Abhishek Ray)
• Ek Subah (Composer: Ananjan Chakraborty, Lyrics: Anasmita Ghosh)
• Bismil (Composer: Abhishek Ray, Lyrics: Syed Gulrez Abhishek Ray)
• Bhalobasha kare koy (Composer: Sandeep Banerji, Lyrics: Sampa Chatterjee)
• Beintehaan (Composer: Dabbu, Lyrics: Rajiv Dutta)
• Tasavvur (Composer: Abhishek Ray, Lyrics: Avinash Tripathi)
• Tera Mera (Composer: Ananjan Chakraborty, Lyrics: Anasmita Ghosh)
• Yesayya Yesayya ne Mata chalayya (Composer: K Y Ratnam, Lyrics:Prasad Nelapudi)
• Gunj (Composer:Dr. Amit Kamle, Lyrics: Amit Kamle)
• Teri Inayat (Composer: Ulhas V, Raviraj, Lyrics: Raviraj)
• Cheyecho ja dite amay (Composer: Syed Monsoor Raviraj, Lyrics: Ellora Ameen)
• Unnadu Devudu (Composer: K Y Ratnam, Lyrics: KR John)
• Neel Aakash (Composer: Som Chakraborty, Lyrics: Soham Majumdar)
• Padhe Paadana (Composer: Pranam Kamlakar, Lyrics: Joshua Shaik)
• Vadhimpabadina (Composer: Pranam Kamlakar, Lyrics: Anand Tirugulla)
• Aadharinchagarava (Composer: Pranam Kamlakar, Lyrics: Joshua Shaik)
• Jeena (Composer: Som Chakraborty, Lyrics: Priyo Chatterjee)
• Amra Korbo Joy – 2020 (Composer: Joy-Anjan, Lyrics: Traditional)
• Sara Dao – (Composer : Amit Banerjee, Lyricist : Rajiv Dutta)
• Gustakhiyaan – (Music : Som Chakraborty)
• Abol gandha premacha – (Composer: Jivan Marathe, Vaishali Marathe)
• Gumshuda – (Music : Malhar Yash, Lyrics : Malhar Mahavir, vocals : anweshaa)
• Wo Ishq – (Music & lyrics: Abhishek thakur, vocals: anweshaa)
• Ishq mein doob jaunga – (Music: Avishek Majumder, Lyrics: Jairaj Selvan, Singers: KK & anweshaa)
• Wo Kashish – (Music & lyrics: Abhishek thakur, vocals: Javed Ali & anweshaa)
• Boka Ghuri – (Music & lyrics: Prajna Dutta, vocals: anweshaa & Prajna Dutta)
• Brishti – (Music: Shiladitya- Som, Lyrics: Sohum, vocals: anweshaa)
• SHARODIYA SUR – (Music: Ashok Bhadra, Lyrics: Priyo Chatterjee, vocals: anweshaa)
• Krupayu Samadhanamu – (Music: Jonah Samuel, Lyrics, tune: Jasper Kunapo, Vocals: anweshaa)
• Rai Jago – (Traditional.. Arrangement: Sainik Dey, vocals: anweshaa)

Television songs

Anweshaa sang the title tracks of these serials:

Amul STAR Voice of India Chhote Ustaad

In 2007–2008, she participated in the junior version of the popular musical reality show Amul STAR Voice of India named Chhote Ustaad. Aishwarya Majmudar was the winner, and Anwesha was the runner-up in the competition.

After Chhote Ustaad

• On 6 May 2008, Anwesha recorded her second playback song for a Bengali film Khela, directed by the Bengali film director Rituparno Ghosh.
• Anwesha got her first break as a commercial playback singer in the film Golmaal Returns (Music Director – Pritam) where she sang for Amrita Arora/Kareena Kapoor.
• She sang the title song for the TV show Waar Parriwar by Gajendra Singh alongside Shaan.
• She will be recording a Bengali Album, which would release during the Pooja.
• Anwesha recorded a song with Planman Motion Pictures in the 2012 romantic comedy I M 24 with music director Jatin Pandit.
• Anwesha also participated in NABC-2009 held at San Jose, California where she delivered soulful numbers with Shaan
• Anwesha Tamil debut with the song called "Megam Vanthu Pogum" (Cloud comes and disappears) from the movie called Mandhira Punnagai (Mandhra of Smile), music by one of the greatest music director Vidhyasagar. For the same music director, she has recorded a new song for the new Tamil movie Ilaignan. The song title goes as Mazhaiyil Kulitha along with Karthik
• She received best female upcoming singer of the year award for the debut Tamil song in music mirchi awards 2010.
• She sang, as promised by Himesh Reshammiya (during "Music Ka Maha Muqabala"), one of the songs of the movie Dangerous Ishhq (Vikram Bhatt 2012).
• Anwesha sang the song "Banarasiya" with Shreya Ghoshal and Meenal Jain from the 2013 film Raanjhanaa with music composed by AR Rahman.
• In 2016, Anwesha made her Kannada debut with the most expected film Santheyalli Nintha Kabira (to be released) where she has sung 3 songs for Ismail Darbar.

MTV Coke Studio

She performed a ghazal "Benaam Khwahishein" at Coke Studio on the fifth episode under the music direction of Papon.

Collaborations with Abhishek Ray

• Kehkasha
• Bismil
• Reshmii dhaagey
• Tasavvur
• Aanch lagi
• Kuch thikana nahi
• Sukha patta
• Dushwari
• Manbasiyaa
• Yaadon ke panchi
• Let it rain
• Larzish

Awards and nominations

She has received the Filmfare Award East and three Mirchi Music Awards.^{[additional citation(s) needed]}

References

External links

• Official website
• Anweshaa at IMDb