{{short description|Indian playback singer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2023}} <!-- Deleted image removed: thumb|right|200px --> {{Infobox musical artist | name = Bonnie Chakraborty | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB --> | birth_place = | origin = Indian | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date first) --> | death_place = | genre = {{hlist|Indian|Bollywood}} | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|Composer|Songwriter}} | instrument = | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = | associated_acts = Krosswindz | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} or {{Official URL}} --> }} '''Bonnie Chakraborty''' is an Indian playback singer. He was the lead vocalist of Kolkata based band Krosswindz<ref>{{cite news |first=Shamik |last=Bag |title=Songs of the soil, sullied notes |url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=240519 |work=Kolkata Newsline |publisher=Indian Express |date=2007-06-11 |accessdate=2008-02-17 }}{{dead link|date=February 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> until 1998. He has sung many songs in several languages including Hindi, Tamil and Bengali for various films.
==Career== Chakraborty teamed with Neil Mukherjee and formed a band, Kashti which was promoted by Zee Music. They produced an album of 8 songs that came and went unnoticed by the general public, although it was popular in the music circles of Mumbai. After three years the contract ended and the duo separated. Chakraborty moved on with the formation of another band, Oikyotaan<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1110614/jsp/entertainment/story_14109729.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702074916/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110614/jsp/entertainment/story_14109729.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 July 2011|title=Tagore twist|last=Das|first=Arka|date=14 June 2011|website=Telegraph India|access-date=24 August 2018}}</ref> along with Kartick das Baul,<ref>{{cite news |title=HALF A JAZZ FEST IS BETTER THAN NONE |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/11/17/stories/2003111702100300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031224062548/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/11/17/stories/2003111702100300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2003-12-24 |work=The Hindu |date=2003-11-17 |accessdate=2008-02-17 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/an-evening-of-folk-music/article2250474.ece|title=An evening of folk music|date=14 July 2007|work=The Hindu|access-date=24 August 2018|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> a baul singer from Guskara in West Bengal. He has four Bengali albums to his credit including three for the group Mohiner Ghoraguli, led by Gautam Chattopadhyay.{{fact|date=May 2023}}
In 2011 he released ''Tagore Unbound,'' a Rabindra sangeet album with his wife, Usri Banerjee.<ref name=":0" />
==Discography==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Year !! Film !! Song name !! Composer !! Notes |- | 2003 || ''Flavors'' || "Hum Tum" || Mahesh Mahadevan || |- |2005 ||''Mangal Pandey - The Rising''|| Rasiya || A. R. Rahman || |- |2007 ||''Summer 2007''|| Sone Ki Porhi Main || Kalyani Malik || |- |2008 ||''Jodha Akbar''|| Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah || A. R. Rahman || |- |rowspan="4"|2009 ||''Dev D''|| Emotional Attyachar (Rock Version) || Amit Trivedi || |- |''Delhi-6''|| Hey Kaala Bandar || A. R. Rahman || |- |''99''|| Soch Mat Dobara<br/>99 Theme Song || Shamir Tandon & Ashutosh Pathak || |- |''Agyaat''|| Jai Shiv Bum Shambu || Imran Bapi Tutul || |- |rowspan="3"|2010 ||''No One Killed Jessica''|| Aali Re || Shantanu Moitra || |- |''Udaan''|| Motumaster Gas Ka Plastar || Amit Trivedi || |- |''Shukno Lanka''|| Hate Tomar Kaita Rekha || Debojyoti Mishra || Bengali Film |- |rowspan="3" |2012 ||''Bapi Bari Jaa''|| Sahor Toke || Jeet Ganguly || Bengali Film |- |''Satyamev Jayate''|| Nikal pado Re Bandhu || Ram Sampath || TV series Season 1 |- |''Aalaap''|| Paa Paraa Paa<br/>Chadhti Jawani || Agnee || |- |rowspan="2"|2013 ||''C/O Sir''|| Sleeping Piller Raat || Raja Narayan Deb || Bengali film |- |''Bullett Raja''|| Saamne Hai Savera || Sajid–Wajid || |- |rowspan="3"|2014 ||''Thirumanam Ennum Nikkah''|| Rayile Raa || M. Ghibran || Tamil film |- |''Buno Haansh''|| Zindagi Kahin Bhi Thamti Nahi || Shantanu Moitra || Bengali film |- |''Bobby Jasoos''||"Jashn" || Shantanu Moitra || |- | 2016 || ''Bastu-Shaap'' || "Gache Gache Rod" || || Bengali film |- | 2024 || ''Bohurupi'' || "Dakatiya Banshi" || || Bengali film |}
==Awards== * Filmfare Awards Bangla 2025 – Best Playback Singer (Male) for ''Shimul Palash'' from ''Bohurupi'' (Shared with Noni Chora Das Baul)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-bangla-and-glamour-style-awards-2025/bangla-winners|title=Filmfare Awards Bangla 2025 Winners: Complete List Out|work=Filmfare}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://narthaki.com/info/intervw/intrvw56.html Oikyotaan]
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