Kiran Chandra Roy

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Kiran Chandra Roy
Genres Baul
OccupationPlayback singer
Instrumentvocals

Kiran Chandra Roy is a Bangladeshi Baul folk singer. In 1997, he won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer and the BACHSAS Best Singer Award for his performance in the film Dukhai . [1] [2] He is also a lyricist and music composer. [3]

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Background and education

Roy took formal music lessons from Khandaker Nurul Alam for 14 years. [4] [1] He took part in the first Bangladesh folklore workshop. He was a student of Bengali literature at the University of Dhaka and Jagannath University. [4]

As of 2005, Roy released 15 solo albums and rendered playback in over 20 films. [3]

Albums

References

  1. 1 2 "KIRAN CHANDRA ROY". Bengal Publication. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
  2. জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২) [List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012)]. Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  3. 1 2 Ershad Kamol (July 20, 2005). "Interview with Kiran Chandra Roy : Living and breathing folk songs". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Zahangir Alom (October 21, 2014). "'I think of myself as an actor as well, when I perform' – Kiran Chandra Roy" . Retrieved December 17, 2016.
  5. Alom, Zahangir (January 17, 2014). "Songs of the soul". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2016.