Isheeta Ganguly

Isheeta is an acclaimed Tagore fusion singer with nine acclaimed albums to her credit. She is also a playwright–director. Her musical theatre productions, Three Women, Sundays with Chitra & Chaitali, and Shakuntala Awaits, have garnered international recognition for blending contemporary feminism, history, mythology and pop culture with 19th-century classic heroines in a modern-day, dram-com format. Shakuntala Awaits had an acclaimed Off-Broadway run with the HERE theatre in NYC, and Three Women had collaborations with Bollywood actresses Juhi Chawla, Lisa Haydon, Shilpa Shetty and Mandira Bedi.

Her most widely known fusion album, Damaru, was arranged by Shantanu Moitra and featured a renowned voice-over by Bollywood actor John Abraham on Tagore’s Where the Mind is Without Fear for the hit track Bande Mataram.

Prior to creating Three Women, Isheeta collaborated on a number of acclaimed multi-media Tagore fusion projects, including Chiranthan with Amitabh Bachchan and Tanushree Shankar, Still I Rise with danseuse Mallika Sarabhai, A Tribute to Tagore with the late Ustad Vilayat Khan and Riot with actresses Shabana Azmi and Madhur Jaffrey.

Isheeta recently gave opening performances for Lakme Fashion Week with Tarun Tahiliani, the Jaipur Literary Festival and Art Mumbai, as well as at the Lincoln Center, the Intrepid Museum, and the Asia Society in New York City.

Isheeta has a BA from Brown University and a Master’s degree in Public Health from Columbia University. She is also a management consultant of many years and served as the Country Head for Sesame Street India. She is currently on the global board of The Antara Foundation, Columbia University Entertainment and is a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellow.

Isheeta lives in Mumbai with her husband Jit, her two sons Adarsh and Akaash, and their beagle Rio.