Bangla songs...

Bangla songs have great reputation in this subcontinent. Bangla songs thrived widely at the hands of Rabinadranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam. Subsequently, a large number of famous songs especially modern songs, patriotic songs, folk songs and religious songs were composed. Then two great singers named Abbas uddin and Abdul Alim emerged as the blessing to us with unparalleled voice and charmed the people of our country through their songs. Afterwards, Ferdousi Rahman, Sabina Yesmin, Runa Laila, Sayed Abdul Hadi, Khurshed Alam, Mahmudunnabi, Bashir Ahmed, Subir Nandi, Andrew Kishore, Shakila Jafar earned fame as singers.

But this trend lost its momentum from the early eighties. Of late, light lyrics have made the songs of Bangla films rather insipid. All meaningless and obscene songs are being included in Bangla films except a few good ones. On the other hand, Hindi films are still rich in good and melodious songs, which divert the attention of our young generation from Bangla songs. Nowadays most of the children in urban areas prefer Hindi songs to Bangla ones. They are extremely influenced by the Hindi songs. Of course, every body is at liberty to hear songs of his choice and taste but not forgetting the native ones.

I think it will be possible to find out talented singers from different places of the country through the programmes initiated by the TV channels. Besides, eminent personalities in music and dedicated composers or lyricists should come forward with a commitment to making our music arena rich by regaining our lost tradition.