Madhubanti Bagchi is an Indian singer and composer musician. A disciple of the Agra Gharana, her repertoire includes the genres of Indian classical, pop and playback singing.

Madhubanti performs as a playback singer for Bollywood films and other Indian film industries. She has collaborated with leading composers like Pritam, Amit Trivedi, Sachin-Jigar, Debojyoti Mishra, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Shekhar Ravjiani, Shantanu Moitra and has rendered her voice in Hindi films such as Uunchai (2022), Doctor G (2022), Good Luck Jerry (2022), Hum Do Hamare Do (2021), Laxmii (2020), Love Aaj Kal (2020) and Heeramandi (2024).

She has left a mark of her craft in the Bengali film industry with songs in films like Kuler Achaar (2022), Boudi Canteen (2022), Shah Jahan Regency (2019), Ahare Mon (2018), Shob Bhooturey (2017), Gangster (2016), Shudhu Tomari Jonyo (2015) and Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends (2013).

In 2022, she also featured in the first season of Coke Studio Bangla. The song Aaj Ki Raat from Stree 2 has garnered 765 million+ views on YouTube.

Early life and career

Madhubanti was born in Balurghat, West Bengal india. Her father, Subrata Bagchi is a professor and her mother Srabani Bagchi, is a businesswoman. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering from the Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata. She completed her master’s degree in Laser and Optical Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

She was introduced to music by her father and received her initial training under his tutelage. When she was in the third standard she started her formal training with the Agra gharana exponent Shrimati Subhra Guha. Later, she had also taken lessons from the renowned thumri singer Vidushi Purnima Chowdhury.

She has also been part of a Bengali band called Mrittika.