 She won the first prize in Nazrul Sangeet in 1976 in the annual national competition on performing arts, Notun Kuri , produced by BTV.Firoza Begum directed Shusmita Anis' first three albums.Shusmita Anis' first album of modern Bengali songs, "A tribute to Kamal Das Gupta", was released in 1998 by Raga Music, Kolkata, India.