New Delhi (PTI): Its not only Bengali beauties but the Bengali rock and fusion music too is catching the fancy of Hindustani Cinema music directors but some bands feel their compositions are being 'lifted', leaving them in limbo.

Rabindranath Tagore's compositions have always been popular in the tinsel town but now with the growing popularity of Bengali rock and fusion bands, this genre of music from the region also seems to finding favour from bollywood music directors.

While composers like Shantanu moitra are still successfully using Rabindra Sangeet in films like "Parineeta" and "Lage Raho Munnabhai, the new age composers like Pritam Chakrabarty are ripping in Bengali rock to cater to the changing taste buds of bollywood music aficionados.

"Bangla band music has now become a mainstream entertainment form. We strike a chord with the youth and progressive thinkers. Industry has accepted bands as a genre in itself. It gained recognition in Kolkata in the 90's and now even bollywood has also woken up," says Vikram Banerjee, guitarist of 'Krosswindz', the band which originally released the song, "prithibi ta...", which was later adapted as 'Na jane koi...' in Anurag Basu's 'Gangster'.

Pritam, who has so far composed two Hindi songs based on Bengali rock music, is also upbeat about the trend.

"People are enjoying the music and now even many band singers are also singing in Bollywood. For example, Rupam, the lead vocalist of Fossils, a rock band in Kolkata has sung a song for my upcoming film, Jannat," he says.

However, there are some bands who feel let down.

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