Singing was always my first love: Surangana Bandyopadhyay launching maiden lyrical video Aachi Aami

The video was released this summer.

Speaking exclusively to IBNS over her passion for singing, Bandyopadhyay says, "I have always taken singing seriously because music is something which was there in my family from the very beginning. I started acting later. I grew up with music. Later, I looked at singing from a profession's perspective.

"Singing was always my first love. I learned to act slowly. I had fallen in love with the craft much later."

Aachi Aami, an Indian fusion and a contemporary piece composed and also sung by Debanjan Biswas, hinges upon the story of two souls who met briefly, and came to know each other through their shared thoughts; but with time and distance they grew apart without verbalizing their emotions towards each other, and all that remained between them were their past memories.

Bandyopadhyay had recorded the song during the Covid-19 pandemic that had left the entertainment industry like many other spheres to a grinding halt.

Revisiting her tough time during the pandemic, Bandyopadhyay, who caught the limelight with 2015 Bengali film Open Tee Bioscope, says, "It was a difficult time for all of us. Pandemic, when the song was planned to be recorded, was difficult for me because my father was not well at that point of time. Also me and some other artists from Bengal were doing Covid interim relief centres.

"So I was really preoccupied there and Debanjan da and Advait ji really cooperated with me. The recording date was postponed but they were so nice and warm. So the experience was really wonderful because they are such wonderful people."

Surangana Bandyopadhyay and Debanjan Biswas

Produced by Debanjan Biswas under the label of Times Music Company, the song has been written and composed by Debanjan and Shakya Tarafdar, and produced by Mumbai-based music producer Advait Sawant.

"Aachi Aami is a song about solace and an undefined love. This song was composed by me way back in 2019 and finally has been completed and is ready to be launched," Biswas said on his song.