Biography
Kanika Banarjee(also known as Kanika Bandyopadhyay) was a well known Rabindra Sangeet siger, in fact she was one of the spearheads in this very unique genre.Kanika Bandyopadhyay was a contemporary of other notable exponents of Rabindrasangeet, namely Suchitra Mitra, Debabrata Biswas, Shantidev Ghosh and Subinoy Roy. In particular, her musical style has often been compared and contrasted with that of Suchitra Mitra. While both singers excelled in songs of love and worship (puja and prem), Kanika's oeuvre was melodious yet melancholy, plaintive yet soul-stirring, whereas Suchitra was bold and strong in her renditions.
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