August, 2019: Haunted by heartbreak, she mustered the courage to harness her inner demons and transform them into strength by pouring out her feelings into soul stirring lyrics. Currently, the only multilingual singer-songwriter in Kolkata, Malini Banerjee released her original Bengali song “Aami Haarte Raaji Noi” that talks about a woman and her victorious fight against sexual injustice and domestic abuse. Chief guest Chaitali Das, jute revivalist, Mrs International Classic 2018 and Fortune Most Power Women US State Department Alumna and guest of honour Amyt Datta, guitarist, composer, producer and mentor and Sidhu released the song at Topcat CCU on August 7 along with musicians Bodhisattwa Ghosh and Gaurab Chatterjee.

“Aami Haarte Raaji Noi” also brings together a bunch of musicians who are nothing less than a ‘dream rock band’- the kind that ruled the music scene in the late 90s and early 2000s, but hasn’t been heard, of late. The song has been arranged and produced by Bodhisattwa Ghosh, who has also performed guitar duties, while Aakash Ganguly is on bass, Gaurab Chatterjee on drums and Sudipto Paul is on keys.