Anupam Roy

Anupam Roy
Anupam Roy
	Anupam Roy
Background information
Birth name	Anupam Roy
Born	March 29, 1982; Kolkata, India
Genres	pop, rock,
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, composer, musician
Years active	2007 - present
Labels	V Music

Anupam Roy (Bengali: অনুপম রায়) is a Bengali lyricist, composer, singer and a guitarist. He is best known for his song Amake amar moto thakte dao (আমাকে আমার মত থাকতে দাও ), which appeared on the soundtrack to the 2010 film Autograph. He is also known for the songs "Ekbar Bol", "Gobhire Jao", "Tistaan" and "Beche Thakar Gaan" among others. Anupam has written and composed more than 150 Bengali songs.^{[citation needed]}

Early life

Born and brought up in Calcutta ( Ancestral Home in Berhampore, West Bengal ), Anupam completed his schooling from St. Paul's Boarding & Day School, Kidderpore(Class X) and MP Birla Foundation, Behala (Class XII). He did his graduation in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He was the gold medalist of his batch. He used to work for Texas Instruments India, Bangalore as an analog circuit design engineer from 2004 (July) to 2011 (March).

Music

Anupam has been writing songs from his childhood. His biggest break was having two of his songs featured in the Bengali film, Autograph (2010) by Srijit Mukherji. Anupam wrote and composed Bneche Thakaar Gaan (বেঁচে থাকার গান), sung by Rupam Islam and Amake Amar Moto Thakte Dao (আমাকে আমার মত থাকতে দাও ), which he sung himself. This song, though sung very off key, has a pathos in his voice, went on to become one of the biggest hits of recent times and fetched him numerous awards. Anupam, subsequently debuted as music director for the Bengali movie "Chalo Paltai" (2011). In the same year movies like Baishe Srabon, Rang Milanti released where he continued his work as a music director, lyricist & vocalist. The songs "Gobhire Jao", "Ekbar Bol", "Ei Shrabon", "Je Kota Din" from the fiml Baishe Srabon has become very popular. He recently released "Durbine Chokh Rakhbona", his first solo album which contains the hit "Tistaan" and also the original version of "Beche Thakar Gaan".

The Anupam Roy Band

Anupam is backed by The Anupam Roy Band which consists of :

Anupam Roy - Vocals
Subhodip Banerjee - Guitar
Roheet Mukherjee - Bass
Nabarun Bose - Keyboards
Sandipan Parial - Drums
Rana Singharoy - Manager

Discography

Autograph (2010 film) - singer/lyricist/music composer (2010)
Chalo Paltai - singer/lyricist/music director (2011)
Baishe Srabon - singer/lyricist/music director (2011)
Rong Milanti - singer/lyricist/music director (2011)
Jani Dekha Hobe - singer (2011)
Bedroom - singer (2011)
Durbine Chokh Rakhbona - singer/lyricist/music composer (2012)

Awards and Recognitions

Anandalok Special Jury Award for 'The Most Popular Singer, 2010'
Heritage Samman For Legendary Personalities, (Best upcoming talent, 2010)
Bangla Sangeet Award (Anandabazar Patrika) - Best Lyricist (2010), Best Song (2010) - Amake Amar Moto Thakte Dao (আমাকে আমার মত থাকতে দাও)
Big Bangla Movie Awards 2011 - Best Lyricist - Amake Amar Moto Thakte Dao (আমাকে আমার মত থাকতে দাও)
Zee Bangla Gourab Award 2011- Best Lyricist - Amake Amar Moto Thakte Dao (আমাকে আমার মত থাকতে দাও)
Bose Tele Cine Awards (Pulok Bandopadhyay Memorial Award) 2011 - Best Lyricist - Amake Amar Moto Thakte Dao (আমাকে আমার মত থাকতে দাও)
Star Jalsa Entertainment Award 2011- 'Agami Diner Star'
STAR Ananda Shera Bangali Award 2011 - 'Notun Mukh (Best Newcomer)'
Big Bangla Rising Star Award 2011 - 'Best Singer (Male)' & 'Role Model'
Anandalok Best Song Award 2011 for 'Bariye Daao Tomar Haat (Chalo Paltai)'
Mirchi Music Awards 2012 - 6 awards, upcoming lyricist (Ekbar Bawl), best lyricist (jury & popular) for Bangla Films, best film album 'Baishey Sraabon' (jury and popular) and best song "Gobheere Jao"
Bangla Sangeet Puroshkar 2012 (Anandabazar Patrika & Friends 91.9FM) - Best music director (Baishey Sraabon), Best song (Je Kota Din), Best film album (Baishey Sraabon)

Writings

Anupam's writings have been featured in various online magazines. He has helped in the running of an online bangla portal named Boipara(বইপাড়া) along with visual artist, Samit Roy, who was highly influential in shaping Anupam's writing style and skills. Anupam maintains his own blog, Alternative Bangla Print. Published in print - (a) The Bengali magazine, Kaurab(কৌরব) published his work, Amader Beche Thaka (আমাদের বেঁচে থাকা), in the open prose category of its August, 2010 issue. (b) Kaurab(কৌরব) published his work, Paati Lebu (পাতি লেবু), in the open prose category of its August, 2011 issue. (c) Kaurab(কৌরব) published his poems in its February, 2012 issue. (d) "Sara Raat Kete Jaay Tor Kawtha Bhebe" - his first book of poems was published by Saptarshi Prakashani, in Kolkata Book Fair, 2012.

Other Activities

Anupam has two short films to his credit - Tiebreaker (2009) and Mind Radio (2010), both produced by TIIMMC. Both films are available online for public viewing.

References

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External links

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[1] ttp://www.juresultdirectory.org/

[2] ttp://www.venkateshfilms.com/microsite/autograph/

[3] ttp://anupamroybanglalyrics.blogspot.com/

[4] ttp://www.mukhosh.org/content/view/1/1/

[5] ttp://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-19/news-and-interviews/29676468_1_anupam-roy-song-neel-dutt

[6] ttp://www.mybangalore.com/article/0909/nariyal-paani-by-sandeep-shikhar.html

[7] DeccanHerald

[8] ttp://www.scribd.com/doc/31663084/Naariyal-Paani-Play-in-Bangalore

[9] ttp://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-06/regional/30366325_1_star-studded-event-amake-amar-moto-celebs

[10] ttp://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-05/music-events/30363534_1_musical-event-ratul-shankar-college-student

[11] ttp://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=340264:the-big-break&catid=47:marquee&from_page=search

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