Bonobibi | Coke Studio Bangla | Season 2

#Bonobibi is a manifestation of the protective, healing, and nurturing traits of mother nature. In Bangladeshi folklore, she has protected forest dwellers from the paws of Dakshin Rai who used to shapeshift as a tiger. Even today, we witness how nature has nurtured the lives of this beautiful delta we call home. Beyond the chaos of urban life- a part of our hearts still yearns to go back to our lores, legends, and fables we have grown up with.

Bangla music soundscape is not complete without the enriched Bangladeshi Rock Band- and Meghdol binds that soundscape and lends a beautiful space to the wisdom of “Khonar Bochon” (Khona’s Parables) which for hundreds of years taught us Bengalis the way of life bound to nature.

This is why the utopian state of men & nature depicted by the famous artist S.M. Sultan finds its way back to our sets, as have the sounds of grains and dheki- that symbolize the life of Bangladesh.

Our stories, fables, our sounds, strength and grains embody the magic in us- and that is #realmagic

#CokeStudioBanglaS2

*Listen on Spotify:* spoti.fi/CSB_BONOBIBI

Season produced & curated by Shayan Chowdhury Arnob
Music Composed and Produced by Meghdol
Bonobibi Written by Shibu Kumer Shill, Mejbaur Rahman Sumon, and Khonar Bachan
(‘Khonar Bachan: Phrases of Khona’ has been collected and adapted from a wide range of Bengali folklore).
Bonobibi Composed by Shibu Kumer Shill
Choir Arrangement by Rasheed Sharif Shoaib & Armeen Musa
Mixed and Mastered by Amzad Hossain & Rasheed Sharif Shoaib

*Set inspiration art of S M sultan, graciously shared by Abul Khair Litu*

*ARTISTS*

*Meghdol*
Shibu Kumer Shill: Vocals
Mejbaur Rahman Sumon: Vocals
Tanbeer Dawood Rony: Piano, Organ
MG Kibria: Bass
Shourov Sarkar: Flute
Amzad Hossain: Drums
Rasheed Sharif Shoaib: Guitars

*Geet*
Jahura Baul
Shuchona shely
Nabia Mitul
Farzana Iva
Doly Mondol
Priya Biswas

*Ghaashphoring Choir*
Sopranos: Sadia Seraj Saba, Scionara Shehry
Altos: Ariba Tahrim Chaudhury, Armeen Musa, Atkia Sadia Rahman, Noor E Rezia Momo
Additional support: Farah Mehnaz Oyshee

*Instrumentalist*
Mithun Chakra: Percussion
Pavel Wahid: Tar Shehnai
Shuvendu Das Shuvo: Guitar
Imran Ahmed: Guitar
Rahin Haider: Flute
Sayonton Mangsang: Flute
Md. Mobarak Hossain: Percussion
Shirin Akter Shela: Bonobibi Performer
Conceptualization & Costume Design: Mohsina Akhter
Choreography: Amit Chowdhury
Costume Design Assistant: Sujana Payel Susmita
Coordinator & Costume Design Assistant: Tanvir Ahmed

*CREATIVE AGENCY: GREY ADVERTISING BANGLADESH LTD.*

Creative Producer: Syed Gousul Alam Shaon
Project Lead: Jihad Bin Tahzeeb
Creative Lead: Mehedi Hasan Ansari & Jaiyyanul Huq
Strategy Lead: Bitop Das Gupta
Art Lead: Ahsan Ullah
Project Supervisor: Martuza Jalal Antick
Art Supervisor: Mijan Islam
Servicing & Digital: Farsina Rahman
Art: Alefun Naher, Al Nasir
Copywriter: Kazuki Kunimoto
Planning: Naimul Hoque, Nakibur Rahman

*SOUND SQUAD*

Live Audio Engineer: Zakir Hussain
Recording Engineer: Victor Tiash Das
Monitor & System Engineer: Shafayat Faisal Nahid
Assistant: Jamal Hossain, Atikul islam
Recording Assistant: Ifte Khairul Alam (Shuvo)
Head of Audio: Faizan Rashid Ahmad (Buno)
Voiceover: Armeen Musa

*PROJECT COORDINATION*

Project Coordinator & Co-Producer: Shamsur Rahman Alvi
Artist Manager: Amit Pramanik
Background research: Gowtam K Shuvo
Copyright Co-ordination: Zooel Morshed (ZM Studio)

*VIDEO PRODUCTION: DOPE PRODUCTIONS PVT. LTD.*

Director: Krishnendu Chattopadhyay
Director of Photography: Kamrul H. Khosru
Co-Producer: Rumel Chowdhury
Assistant Producer: Shibbir Ahmed Shawon
Line Producer: Sobahan Naim
Asst. Line Producer: Zannatul Zaman Eshi, Tamjid Tonmoy
Cinematographers: Ishtiaque Hossain Pablo, Abdul Mamun, Shohag Chowdhury, Tanveer Ahmed Shovon, Anik Rahman
Team Co-ordinator: Qazi Rahat
Chief Assistant Director: Azmery Kowsser Tushi
Assistant Directors: Will Hridoy, Tawfiq Taaseen
Set Designer: Shadab Zafar
Art Director: Shihab Nurun Nabi
On Set Art Director: MD. Fajle Rabby, MD. Saiful Islam
Artist Appearance Team (Costume, Styling, Hair & Makeup): Nuzhat Khan, Didarul Dipu, Nusrat Srabony)
Artist Co-ordinator: Troyee Islam, P. Joana
Light Designer: Shailesh Kalwar, Ridwan Ahmed
Editor: Sazal Alok
Asst. Editor: Abu Ihsan Rafi
Grade: Vayshak Shiva
Post-production Supervisor: Nazmul Ibne Azam
Online Switching Team: Sharafat Prithu, Drohi R, Sinjoy Saha. (Ecube Inc.) & Rudro Tahsinn

*WARDROBE:*

Geet group costume, Choir costume & styling: Ghaashphoring Choir
Geet group Styling by Shibu Kumer Shil
Houseband: Raw Nation
Jewellery: Rongoboti
Makeover: Persona & Team Tarek
CGI: Studio Titok (Asm Kawsar, A.K. Azad Nobel, Md. Shahenur Alam, Rafayat Hossain Rezvy, Md. Al-Amin)

*TV Media Partner: Deepto Television (Kazi Media Limited)*
*Telco Partner: Grameenphone*
*Audio Streaming Partner: Spotify*
*Digital Distribution partner: Qinetic Music.*

Subtitle: Shafiul Aziz
Subtitler: Anupam Ghagra
Photographer: Zia Uddin