Kiran Chandra Roy

Kiran Chandra Roy
GenreBaul
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. He is also a lyricist and music composer.

Background and education

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

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

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.