Kiran Chandra Roy | |
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Genres | Baul |
Occupation | Playback singer |
Instrument | vocals |
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]
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]