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Some Lesser Known Facts About Aditi Munshi

• Aditi Munshi grew up in a huge traditional joint family.

• All of her family members follows puratoni music, which is an important part of their daily life.

• Every morning, her family sings Kirtans during the worship of their family deities. This ritual of her family helped her to develop a deep love for devotional music from a very young age.

• As a child, her mother used to guide her during the daily singing of devotional songs, and her father inspired her to learn music professionally.

• When Aditi Munshi grew up, she started practicing and performing Kirtans with devotion and emotion.

• Her parents provided her the first lessons of vocal training.

• Later, Aditi Munshi learnt music from Shubrakanto Chatterjee and Snehashish Chatterjee.

• After that, she was trained under Shrimati Kankana Mitra, Shrimati Saraswati Das, and Timir Baran Bhattacharya. She improved her skills in Kirtan and puratoni music.

• She then started playing musical instruments while singing.

• She learned Tabla from Dhruba Biswas and Shri Khol from Gautam Bhattacharya.

• During the same period, she completed a bachelor’s degree in Performative Art in Kirtan from Rabindra Bharati University.
  

  An old picture of Aditi Munshi while singing

• During her training, Aditi Munshi was guided by many spiritual teachers. Later, their teachings were often seen in her performances.

• In 2010, she began her professional career with her first performance at an All India Merit Contest.

• After her performance, the Governor of Bengal, M.K. Narayanan, praised her singing style.

• In 2012, Akashvani recognised her as a Sangeet Shilpi.

• In 2015, Aditi Munshi became known worldwide after she gave a live performance in the singing reality show Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa, which aired on Zee Bangla.
  

  Aditi Munshi while performing live in an episode of the singing reality show Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa

• She earned the name “Raikishori” from her fans after her performance on the show Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa.

• During the show, she earned the title “Queen of Kirtans.”

• In 2016, the Chief Minister of Bengal presented Aditi Munshi with the Sangeet Samman award for her contribution to the field of music.

• She is an environmentalist. She often participates in various tree plantation drives organised in West Bengal.
  

  Aditi Munshi while planting and watering a sapling

• After that, after Aditi Munshi became well known, she was appointed as the brand ambassador of the Chattagram Bagishik Geet Sansad.

• In 2018, the Shree Chaitanya Institute of Vaishnavite Culture honoured her with the title of Kirtan Samragee.

• In 2020, during the Mirchi Music Awards, Aditi Munshi was nominated in the Emerging Female Vocalist in Bengali category and received the title.

• Apart from being a live performer, she also served as a playback singer for Bengali films and television serials.

• Aditi Munshi has lent her voice to the songs of many Bengali films such as Tushangni (2019), Gotra (2019), Kathamrita (2022), and Bismillah (2022).

• In 2022, the songs of the film Bismillah, which was directed by Indradeep Dasgupta, was nominated for a Filmfare Award.

• Aditi Munshi has been featured in various noted newspapers, magazines, and tabloids.
  

  Aditi Munshi featured in a magazine

• According to her listeners, her devotional songs deeply touch them. During her live performances, many people raise their hands and sing “Haribol” while enjoying.

• In 2021, Aditi Munshi joined the Trinamool Congress before the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.

• She contested from the Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency in West Bengal and won the election. She received 87,650 votes, which was about 49% of the total vote share.

• Aditi Munshi defeated her opponent and the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, Samik Bhattacharya, by 25,296 votes.
  

  Aditi Munshi with Mamata Banerjee during political campaigns

• Sangitam Music House produces and releases music albums.

• After that, during the same year, the Sangitam Cultural Academy was started under the guidance of Pandit Ajoy Chakravarty to train young musicians.

• This academy offers complete music training to its students so that they could learn different styles of music. It helps in building their careers in various fields of music.

• In 2023, she appeared in the television show Dadagiri as a contestant. The show aired on Zee Bangla.
  

  Aditi Munshi in a still from the show Dadagiri (2023)

• During 2024 and 2025, Aditi Munshi focused on her independent music career. She released many of her songs on her YouTube channel and Spotify.

• She composed, recorded, and shared traditional Bengali Kirtan and Hindu devotional songs on these platforms.
  

  Aditi Munshi posing with her brother and YouTube silver button

• In October 2025, Aditi Munshi served as a lead singer for the Chetla Agrani Club Durga Puja theme song, which was composed by Ranodhir Banerjee.

• In 2026, during the assembly elections, she contested from the Rajarhat-Gopalpur constituency on the ticket of All India Trinamool Congress but lost the seat to her opponent.

• According to reports, in March 2026, Aditi Munshi, along with her husband, entered into a major land sale. Reportedly, the couple had made many real estate investments together in 2024 and 2025.

• After that, in June 2026, she made headlines when her husband, Debraj Chakraborty, was arrested by the West Bengal Police in a disproportionate assets case.

• Aditi Munshi was also named as a co-accused in the same case. However, during the court trials, a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court granted her interim anticipatory bail.

• She often performs at live shows and events.
  

  Aditi Munshi while performing at a live show

• Aditi Munshi likes travelling to distant places, dancing, and reading books in her free time.
  

  Aditi Munshi during a trip to Jordan

• She never removes her traditional marriage bangles, called Shakha-Pola.

• Aditi Munshi  once stated in a media talk that she always wore her marriage bangles because she believed that they were a sacred symbol of a lifelong marriage, a value that her mother taught her.
  

  Aditi Munshi while wearing her marriage bangles