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Varied Voice
For one thing,Suranjana Bose does not attempt Rabindrasangeet on a public platform.Which, she says, does not mean that she is not haunted by the Tagorean music. That is part of her musical passion that is more concentrated on the development of Nazrulgeeti, Thumri, kheyal, ragprodhan and bhajans- a wide choice that does credit to any solo recital.

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Appealing recital
The following vocalist Suranjana Basu has a rich voice. Her Khayal in Bageshri Vilambit was well-contemplated and appealing. The drut ektal tarana part was better performed than the teental bandish. A student of Patiala gharana, Basu has a very mature approach to thumri, which transpired in her demonstration based on raga Khamaj.

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A Refreshing Compilation
SURANJANA Bose has a natural and melodious voice. It is also shows that she is trained over the years and Bhorer Pratiksha (Atlantis) a commendable compilation of Bengali modern songs. She moves freely in all the three scales and thought at times the tunes are a bit repetitive, she makes that monotony doesn't creep in. Ogo amar janya,Chand je amar and Reshmi rup dhore, whose music is scored by Ajoy Chakroborty.sound refreshing. Another interesting composition is Ei antabiheen path, composed by Arun Bhaduri.

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An evening with Suranjana Bose
Chhandam is a group whose aim is to create interest and awareness about Indian music, dance and rythms among Indian children.Dr. Raka Mukhopadhya, eminent Indian dancer, is at the helm of Chhandam and the children trained by her gave amixture of Indian classical and folk dances. Chhandam organized an evening with Suranjana Bose - an exponent of Patiala Gharana, who is one of the rising stars on the horizon of Indian classical music. She is a very versatile singer, and is proficient not only in Kheyal , but also in Thumri, Dadra, Bhajan and Bengali songs, which we were privileged to hear last Saturday at the Commenwealth Institute, London.
Mrs.Sudakshina Bose-Mullick accompanied her on Tanpura. Dr. Indranath Chowdhury, Director of Nehru Centre, London was the Chief Guest.
Suranjana started the evening with Thumri, then sang Dadra, followed by folk style tunes. She also sang one Najrul song in Bengali and another famous Bengali song of Begum Akhtar Kuhelia Gan Thamao Ebar.

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Review Album
A disciple of Sukumar Mitra, Suranjana Basu shows every sign of maturing into an accomplished artiste. She possesses a fairly good vocal modulation and a pleasant style of rendition.
What is laudable is that her style is devoid of certain mannerisms that occasionally accompany commercial rendition, specially Nazrulgeeti. She has successfully kept aside these unnecessary ornamentations at a time when some established singers too like liberty with Najrul songs.

This collection has a lot of variety; it includes numbers like Phire gechho shoi and Hey priyo aamaare dibo na bhulite as well as the devotional , Shyama naamer laglo agun. Each and every number bears the stamp of her long years of practice. Such sincerity, specially among the newcomers, is rare.Tejendranarayan Majumdar's music arrangement also contributes to the album's success.

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Suranjana Enchants British Indians
In London,Liverpool, Glassgow, Birmingham and Harrow people sat mesmerised listening to classical Indian vocal music rendered by Suranjana Bose; accompanied on tabla by Shyamal Kr. Kanjilal from Calcutta.