Free To Sing? The Music of Suman Chatterjee (Part 1)

First 10 mins. of a documentary on Kabir Suman (previously, Suman Chatterjee), made in 1996-97. Directed and edited by Sudipto Chatterjee

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Kabir
• Suman
• Chatterjee
• Bengali
• music
• politics
• and
• urban
• folk
• World
• Music
• Sudipto

[somjithazra]

what a superb documentary..., in the first 5 minutes the way you captured kolkata, i have never seen anybody doing that in any film, poem and even in any song........and suman is the essence of kolkata.

[Sudipto]

Sorry, I should have responded months earlier to your comments. Thank you very much for the kind words. My effort was always to offer a faithful portrait of Suman's achievement and impact. And, of course, Kolkata is an integral part of that. As long as you think the film has done that, I am happy!

[ranitower]

Simply superb...Sumaner gaan aamaader gaan. Can anyone post the video of his song "rashtro"?

[Sudipto]

Actually, the song "rashtro" is partially there in Free To Sing. I don't know if there is a complete version available anywhere.

[Sudipto]

Actually, the song "rashtro" is partially there in Free To Sing. I don't know if there is a complete version available anywhere.

[aroektatanika]

Many thanks for creating this wonderful documentary and more so for publishing it here.

[Sudipto]

Thanks. I should have responded much earlier. Apologies.

[bucketsofrain1]

@sudiptoda

jemonbhabe apni suman,samay ebong kolkata ke dhorechen seta anobadya."Tin satoker sahor" gan tar frame gulo asadharon.Ei holo kolkatar doinondin ar doinondiner kolkata. ar sumaner gan.....amader generation er samporke jadi keo bhobisote keo jante chay...tahole sumaner gan tader jonye tola roilo ....ar amra bolbo amra emon ekta samoye baro hoyechi jakhan suman gan likhechen perform korechen.

[SuperSolomon74]

If anybody can demonstrate any other Bengali song where the tune is dancing like "Nabhir niche shaRi/ IniTer niche ghash/ Songoskritir niche poRe/ Nabobodhur lash..." (in the whole history of Bangla Gaan) , where the notes are chromatically moving downwards, I mean, in Calando, yet sounding very Bengali... I'll give him/her whatever money I have. And we keep words. Coz, we belong to SUMAN'S TIME - PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE. Reminisce T.S.Eliot's Four Quartets ! ~ Som.

[HOTMALEDEEP]

Shotokoti pronam janai apnake Sumanda

[bnayak]

tomar tulona ami khjina kokhono......

[creativeani]

Great one! Really loved it but what I felt at the end it was somewhat short and..and you could have taken some peoples interview who have grown with his songs like us it could have blended some flavours to it. Cheers bro

[manisha360]

Sudipto, could u please just remove the nonsense comments from the stream? and thanks a lot for the precious documentary...

[22vix]

miss the old name.....oh calcutta!!!!

[22vix]

What is religion?.... the religion of the family you were born in....and nandigram and getting converted!!!! probably i'm missing the train of thought..... me being a hindu... do not find my religion something to boast of.... considering the state of the land where hinduism has thrived....

[22vix]

@rakhee1999

absolutely idiotic.... lol

keep it up.....

[ritwik1234]

Rahee apni ki bangali....bhableo kosto hoi