Rimi Basu Sinha

Rimi Basu Sinha (born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India) is one of the very few female music composers in India. She is a trained musician and started training at the age of six. She has done her masters in Hindustani Classical from Allahabad University and then went on to pursue Sangeet Prabhakar and Senior Diploma in Light Music from Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad.

Personal life Born and brought up in a very well known Bengali family of Allahabad, Rimi grew up in an environment of music and theatre. She started learning music at an early age of six years and subsequently started taking part in many cultural programmes. At the age of fifteen she became AIR artiste and took part in several concerts. Presently she is a top graded artiste of All India Radio and Doordarshan. When she was six years old she started learning Hindustani music along with many other genres, with the late Shri B. N. Biswas Jee. Seeing her talent for music and singing, her parents encouraged her to pursue Hindustani Music as a subject in school and at college level. Subsequently, she went on to do her master's degree in Hindustani music at Allahabad University under the supervision of Pt. Ramashrya Jha jee and Smt. Kamla Bose. She was fully encouraged and supported by her family, especially her husband Shri Ramkrishna Sinha, to pursue her career in music.

Career One of the handful female music composers of India, Rimi is a top-graded artiste of AIR and Doordarshan. was produced by Times Music a company of The Times Group, India. is a collection of spiritual and devotional songs for Lord Krishna. The album is dedicated to the fond memory of legal luminary and her father Justice Palok Basu. This has been released by Times Music.

Mann Bawra (2016) Mann Bawra is an all- women endeavour. Sakhi – Celebrating Womanhood, is written and composed by Rimi Basu Sinha and sung by four generation celebrated female artistes – Sunidhi Chauhan, K S Chithra, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Richa Sharma, Usha Mangeshkar, Mahalakshmi Aiyer, Aishwarya Majumdar and Rimi Basu Sinha. Two songs in the album are written by lyricist Pratibha Sharma.

Maiya Ka Darbaar (2008) Maiya Ka Darbaar Sakhi – Celebrating Womanhood (2010) Krishna Krishna (2011) Mann Bawra (2016) Krishna Krishna (2019)