Nazrul Geeti

Nazrul Geeti, literally "Nazrul Music," refers to songs written and composed by Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bangladesh's national poet. Nazrul Geeti combines revolutionary ideas with spiritual, philosophical, and romantic themes. Nazrul wrote and composed nearly 4,000 songs (including gramophone records), many of which are well-known in Bangladesh and India. 

Nazrul displayed early signs of keen poetic and musical talent and began writing songs while a member of a Leto group (Folk Musical Group). Following in the footsteps of his uncle Kazi Bazle Karim, the leader of a Leto group, he became an expert in composing songs and setting them to tunes. Joining the Leto group boosted his musical career and had a significant impact on his musical future. Apart from Bengali, he excelled at composing songs in other languages from a very young age. He met Satish Kanjilal, a Searsol School teacher who was interested in classical music and had some mastery over it.

Nazrul used music to spread his revolutionary ideas, primarily through the use of strong words and powerful, but catchy, tunes. Among the revolutionary songs, Karar Oi Louho Kopat (Prison-doors of Steel) is the most well-known and has been used in several films, particularly those made during Bangladesh's pre-independence period.

Nazrul Geeti was recently translated and recorded as a studio album in Oriya (an Indian language).

Notable songs

• Dolan Chapa (name of a faintly fragrant monsoon flower), poems and songs,
  1923
• Bisher Bashi (The Poison Flute), poems and songs, 1924
• Bhangar Gan (The Song of Destruction), songs and poems, 1924 proscribe in 1924
• Chhayanat (The Raga of Chhayanat), poems and songs, 1925
• Chittanama (On Chittaranjan), poems and songs, 1925
• Samyabadi (The Proclaimer of Equality), poems and songs, 1926
• Puber Hawa (The Eastern Wind), poems and songs, 1926
• Sarbahara (The Proletariat), poems and songs, 1926