

She has sung several popular Nazrul Geeti and dedicated her entire life in teaching the songs of this genre. She was associated with All Indian Radio for various programs in her earlier days of life. Purabi Dutta: Purabi Dutta is considered to be the authentic singer of Nazrul Geeti songs. Some of such songs are-‘Bagichay Bulbuli Tui’, ‘Musafeer Mochh Re Ankhi Jol’, ‘Akul Holi Keno’, ‘Britha Tui Kahar Pare’, ‘Aamar Nayone Krishno Nayantara’, ‘Arunkanti Ke Go’ etc. He has sung several popular Nazrul Geeti songs, which are mostly based in Indian Ragas. Being inspired from his uncles, he got trained in Nazrul Geeti by Angurbala Devi and Indubala Devi, who were directly schooled in Nazrul Geeti. Manabendra Mukhopadhyay: Manabendra Mukhopadhyay is one of the great scholars of Nazrul Geeti songs. She was also appointed in All India Radio as a Nazrul Geeti trainer. In her last years of life, she served as Nazrul Geeti trainer.

Nazrul Islam was extremely impressed with Suprabha Sarkar’s work, which later resulted in the popular ‘Kaberi Nodi Jole Je Go Balika’ on January 1941. Her association with Nazrul Islam dates back to 1939 during the making of N.T. Suprabha Sarkar: Suprabha Sarkar is one of the leading exponents of Nazrul Geeti songs. Some of these Nazrul Geeti singers and their contributions are provided in brief below: In India Anup Ghoshal, Manna Dey, Suprabha Sarkar, Manabendra Mukhopadhyay are the most popular Nazrul Geeti singers among other from Bangladesh Firoza Begum is the most prominent persona of this genre. The translated songs have been sung by Namrata Mohanty. Nazrul Geeti songs have even recently been translated and recorded into Oriya language as a studio album. There are almost 4000 songs, which have been sung by several popular singers around these two countries.

Nazrul Geeti or the songs of Nazrul Islam are equally popular in India and Bangladesh.
