Kingbodonti A musical tribute to Sanjeeb Chowdhury

Artiste Ila Majumdar and Sanjeeb Chowdhury's daughter Kingbodonti launch the album. Also seen in the photo are Sanjeeb's widow Shilpi Chowdhury (right-first row), Bappa Majumdar (centre) and Shankar Shawjal.

“Tui je amar mon munia
Kingbodonti chander kona
Buker bhitor lukiye achhish
Chirokaaler chirochena...”
--- A song by the late artiste-musician-journalist Sanjeeb Chowdhury for his daughter Kingbodonti.
“Kingbadonti,” the much-awaited album featuring the last song recorded by Sanjeeb Chowdhury, was launched on December 25. The album, which is named after the five-year-old daughter of the late artiste, is a tribute to the memory of Sanjeeb Chowdhury.
The album launch was held at the seminar hall of Central Public Library. The album features two popular bands of the country, Dalchhut (Sanjib Chowdhury was one of the founder members of the band) and Souls.
Media personality Shankar Shawjal; renowned classical artiste Ila Majumdar; popular artiste and Sanjeeb Chowdhury's band-mate Bappa Majumdar; Sanjeeb's widow Shilpi Chowdhury; and keyboardist Masum of the band souls, among others, were present at the programme. Rage Records has released the album.
“Even after a year, it is still not easy for us to get over Sanjeeb's untimely demise. However, this is a joyous occasion. This album is something that we all wanted dearly; this is actually an expression of our love for Sanjeeb. We are glad to be able to release this album on his birthday.” Bappa Majumdar said on the occasion.
On behalf of the band Souls, Masum said, “We have been working on this album for about a year. As Partha (The lead vocalist of the band) rightly puts it, 'there was a tremendous emotional attachment to the album from all of us.'”
Apart from the title song "Kingbodonti," six songs featured in the album are adaptations of poems written by the deceased artiste. The poems were found in Sanjeeb's journal after his death. Dalchhut and Souls have composed the songs. The songs titled “Jalkumari,” “Biponno nogorey” and “Porey cigarette” have been recorded by Souls, while Dalchhut has recorded songs titled “Tinjon,” “Achin brikkho” and “Tinjon-2”.
The event concluded with an announcement from Rage records that the proceeds from sales of the album will go to Kingbodonti's personal account.