Shusmita Anis is a Bangladeshi singer, designer, and business executive. She sings Nazrul Sangeet and modern Bengali songs. She is the niece of the artist Firoza Begum.

Early life

Shusmita Anis started playing music at the age of five with her aunt. She specializes in her uncle's (husband of Feroza Begum, Kamal Dasgupta) songs. Since an early age, Shusmita Anis has been performing on Bangladesh Television (BTV). She won the first prize in Nazrul Sangeet in 1976 in the annual national competition of performing arts, Notun Kuri, produced by BTV.

Career

Firoza Begum directed Shusmita Anis' first three albums. Shusmita Anis' first album of modern Bengali songs, A Tribute to Kamal Das Gupta, was released in 1998 by Raga Music, Kolkata, India. In 2006, HMV in Kolkata, India, released her second album of Nazrul Sangeet, Chand Herichey Chand Mukh Tar.^[1]

Agniveena, a record company in Bangladesh, released her third album, Sei Gaan Sei Sur, in 2007.

In 2008, Gaanchill Music, a record company in Bangladesh, released her fourth album of original Bengali songs, Ichche Nupur. Lyricist Asif Iqbal contributed to the album, while the music composition of two of the songs on the album was composed by Bangladeshi singers, Nakib Khan and Kumar Bishwajit.

Her fifth album, titled Shishirer Sporshe Gatha / Sound of Seasons,^[2] was released in August 2015 by New Music Paradigm Company. Shusmita Anis dedicated the album to her aunt. The album was released both in Bangladesh and in West Bengal, India. Composer Ibrar Tipu was the music director for this album. The making of the album was supervised by tabla player Syed Meher Hossain, son of Ustad Zakir Hussain.

Shusmita Anis designed the album cover art, while RED Dot Multimedia Ltd. and eMusic made the music videos for some of the album's song.

On 9 September 2015, commemorating the first anniversary of Firoza Begum's death, Shusmita Anis published an online extended play (EP) titled Mémoire Firoza Begum. The EP consists of original renditions of three songs, tuned by Firoza Begum. Shusmita Anis also launched the Feroza Begum Archive.^[3] These Begum's works collections have been released as downloads on Anis' website.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]}

Discography

Albums

Modern Bengali Song – A Tribute to Kamal Das Gupta

Chad Heriche Chad Mukh Tar

Sei Gaan Sei Sur

Icche Nupur

Shishirer Sporshe Gatha – Sound of Season

Esho He Shojol Shyam Ghono Deya

Extended play

Singles

Music videos