Kumar Bishwajit

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Kumar Bishwajit

| native_name = কুমার বিশ্বজিৎ

| image = Kumar Biswajit.JPG

| caption = Bishwajit performing in California (2014)

| birth_name = Kumar Bishwajit Tultul

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1963|06|01}}

| birth_place = Sitakunda, Chittagong, Bangladesh{{cite web|url=http://kumar.kobitaogaan.com/|title=About Kumar Bishwajit}}

| instrument = Vocal

| genre =

| occupation = Singer, composer

| years_active = 1981–present

| spouse = Naima Sultana

}}

Kumar Bishwajit (born 1 June 1963){{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/event/happy-birthday-kumar-bishwajit-1232356|title=Happy Birthday, Kumar Bishwajit!|date=June 1, 2016|access-date=June 1, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}} is a Bangladeshi singer and composer.{{cite web|url=http://kumarbishwajit.com/home.html|title=Kumar Bishwajit|access-date=2014-04-20|archive-date=2015-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150117220704/http://www.kumarbishwajit.com/home.html|url-status=dead}} He received Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer two times for the films Swami Streer Wada (2009) and Ma Amar Chokher Moni (2011).{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-265322|title=National Film Award 2011 announced|date=2013-01-16|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-11-29|language=en}} He also got the Best Music Composer award for Swami Streer Wada.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/through-the-eyes/through-the-eyes-kumar-bishwajit-1407685|title=Through The Eyes Of Kumar Bishwajit|date=2017-05-20|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-11-29|language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-08-17 |title=বিশেষ সাক্ষাৎকার: কুমার বিশ্বজিতের স্বপ্ন পূরণ |url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/news-62442251 |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=BBC News বাংলা |language=bn}}

Early life

Bishwajit was born on 1 June 1963, to Sadhan Ranjan Dey and Sova Rani Dey in Sitakunda, Chittagong, Bangladesh. He started his music career by performing on a radio show in 1977. He spent his childhood in Chittagong district and took primary education from Chittagong. He used to come and go to Dhaka for his career.{{cite news |author=Sheuli Shabnam |date=January 2, 2011 |script-title=bn:সৃষ্টিশীল মানুষের ৩০০ বছর বাঁচা উচিত : কুমার বিশ্বজিত |url=http://www.kalerkantho.com/print_edition/index.php?view=details&archiev=yes&arch_date=02-01-2011&type=gold&data=Bank&pub_no=388&cat_id=1&menu_id=118&news_type_id=1&index=54#.U1WqOuZdWUc |language=bn |newspaper=Kaler Kantho}} He was first associated with the band Rhythm-77 for 2 years. Then he founded his own band "Feelings" in 1979. Then he left the band and went on to pursue his solo career. He performed his first television show on BTV in 1980.

Career

{{As of|April 2014}}, Bishwajit has released more than 30 solo music albums.{{cite news |script-title=bn:পাঁচ বছর পর কুমার বিশ্বজিত |url=http://www.banglanews24.com/fullnews/bn/279981.html |language=bn |newspaper=banglanews24.com |date=April 4, 2014}}

Works

=Solo=

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Tumi Roz Bikele Aamar Bagane duet with Shoeb
Best Hits of Kumar Bishwajit Vol-1
Super Kumar Bishwajit vol-1
Kumar Bishwajit Vol-2
Feelings of Kumar Bishwajit Vol-3
Biroher Aakash (1988)
Bishader Sworolipi (1990)
Jekhane Simanto Tomar (1991)
Othoi Neel (1992)
Du FoTa Chokher Jol (1993)
Onuvobe Ovimane (1995)
Dirghoshwas (1996)
Gontobbo (1997)
Shikor(Root) (1998)
Kumar Bishwajit ShresThho Gaan (1998)
Prohori (1999)
Shikari (1999)
Oboshese (2000)
Ek Kothar ChiThhi (2001)
Ek MuThho Jochhona (2001)
Rongdhonu Ronge duet with Asha Bosle
Swopno Urai duet with Mitaly Mukharji
Smritir Palki
HaTi duet with Fahmida Nabi
Sondhya Tara mixed Tapan Chowdhury
DrishTi Vora BrishTi (2006)
Maa Jononi (2008)
Rodela Dupur (2009)
Celebrating 30 Years of Musical Journey (four)Albums (i)Megher Palki, (ii)Ekla Aakash, (iii)Swopner Aanagona, (iv)Premer Aabas.
Priyo Onuvob (2014)
Sarangshe Tumi(2016)

}}

=Film scores=

Wrong Number (2004)
Swami Streer Wada (2009)
Jaago (2010)
Ma Amar Chokher Moni (2011)

=Books=

Abong Bishwajit (2022){{cite news |last1=Shazu |first1=Shah Alam |title='This book opens the unread pages of my life' |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/music/news/book-opens-the-unread-pages-my-life-2980276 |access-date=11 March 2022 |work=The Daily Star |date=11 March 2022 |language=en}}

Filmography

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width="100%" textcolor:#000;"
style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;" \| scope="col" width=21%\| Year \| scope="col" width=21%\| Film \| scope="col" width=23%\|Song \| scope="col" width=20%\|Composer(s) \| scope="col" width=20%\|Songwriter(s) \| scope="col" width=20%\|Co-singer(s)
1983 !rowspan=1\| Protirodh \| "Shono Shoma Ektu Darao" \| rowspan=1\| Sheikh Sadi Khan \| Nazrul Islam Babu \| Haimanti Shukla
1984 !Norom Gorom [https://music.apple.com/us/album/norom-gorom-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1578842279 Norom Gorom (1984) film songs] \| "Ore O Banshiwala" \| Subal Das \| Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury \| Anju Ghosh
rowspan=7\| 1985 !Rowspan=\| Raj Kopal \| "Koto Rongo Jaano Re" \| rowspan=\| Alauddin Ali \| rowspan=\| Amjad Hossain \| Runa Laila
rowspan=6\| Prem Kahini \| "Esona, O Amar Jiboner Jibon" (duet) \| rowspan=6\| Alauddin Ali \| rowspan=6\| Gazi Mazharul Anwar \| Sabina Yasmin
"Picnic, Aaj Picinic" \| Runa Laila
"Ami Je Preme Porechhi" (duet) \| Rulia Rahman
"Esona, O Amar Jiboner Jibon" (male) \| rowspan=3\| solo
"Esona, O Amar Jiboner Jibon" (short)
"Ami Je Preme Porechhi" (short)
rowspan=4\| 1987 ! Rowspan=4\| Protirodh \| "Shanai Bajbe, Bajbe Bajbe Shanai" \| rowspan=4\| Sheikh Sadi Khan \| rowspan=4\| Nazrul Islam Babu, Mozammel Haque \| rowspan=2\| Manabendra Mukherjee, Sabina Yasmin
"Shanai Bajbe, Bajbe, Bajbe Shanai" (sad)
"Hridoy Debe Naki" \| Sabina Yasmin
"Shono Soma, Ektu Darao" \| Haimanti Shukla
1988 !Jogajog \| "Kochi Kacha Patar Moto" \| Alauddin Ali \| Gazi Mazharul Anwar \| Runa Laila
1999 !Laal Badshah \| "Amar Moner Uttore Dokkhine" \| Abu Taher \| Moniruzzaman Monir \| Kanak Chapa
rowspan=3\| 2000 ! rowspan=\| 'Bortoman'' \| "Jaane Januk Jogotbasi" \| rowspan=\| Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul \| rowspan=\| Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul \| Kanak Chapa
rowspan=2\| Kukkhato Khuni \| "Ei Hridoyer Sada Kagoje" (version 1) \| rowspan=2\| Shawkat Ali Emon \| rowspan=2\| Kabir Bakul \| rowspan=2\| Kanak Chapa
"Ei Hridoyer Sada Kagoje" (version 2)
rowspan=2\| 2001 ! Rowspan=2\| Tandob Lila \| "Dao Onno, Dao Bostro" \| rowspan=2\| Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul \| rowspan=2\| Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul \|rowspan=2\| solo
"Dao Onno, Dao Bostro" (reprise)
rowspan=3\| 2002 !Itihas \| "Bhita Nai Re" \| Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul \| Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul \| solo
Rowspan=2\| Swami Streer Juddho \| "Aaj Mon Pherari" \| rowspan=2\| Shawkat Ali Emon \| rowspan=2\| Kabir Bakul \| rowspan=2\| Anima D'Costa
"Hridoyta Hoye Gelo Churi"
rowspan=4\| 2003 ! Rowspan=\| Baba \| "Ei Prithibir Shuru Aar Shesh" \| rowspan=\| Alauddin Ali \| rowspan=\| Kabir Bakul \| Kanak Chapa
Big Boss \| "Hajaro Surjo Dube Jabe" \| Alauddin Ali \| Kabir Bakul \| Kanak Chapa
rowspan=2\| Dui Bodhu Ek Shami \| "Bhalobashte Giye Ami" \|rowspan=2\| Alam Khan \|rowspan=2\| Kabir Bakul \| Sabina Yasmin, Baby Naznin
"Proti Second Proti Minute" \| Kanak Chapa
rowspan=2\| 2004 !Baap Betar Lorai \| "Shono Priya Shono" \| Shawkat Ali Emon \| N/A \| Anima Roy
Bachao \| "Chokhe Chokh Porle" \| Emon Saha \| \| Rizia Parvin
2005 !Phuler Moto Bou \| "Amake Chhara Aar Kauke" \| Emon Saha \| Gazi Mazharul Anwar \| solo
2007 !Moner Sathe Juddho \| "Pagol Korechho Tumi" \| Emon Saha \| Ashraf Babu \| Mimi Naznin
rowspan=2\| 2009 !Bolona Kobul \| "Amaro Jibone Tumi" \| Shawkat Ali Emon \| N/A \| Samina Chowdhury
Tumi Amar Swami \| "Deewana Deewana" \| Emom Saha \| Kabir Bakul \| solo
rowspan=2\| 2010 !rowspan=2\| 5 Takar Prem \| "Ektukhani Thomke Gelam" \|rowspan=2\| Shawkat Ali Emon \|rowspan=2\| Kabir Bakul \| Mimi Naznin
"Bachi Kemone Bolo" \| Soniya
rowspan=2\| 2012 !rowspan=2\| Ek Mon Ek Pran \| "Bidhata Jototuku Bhalobeseche" \| Rowspan=2\| Shawkat Ali Emon \| Rowspan=2\| \| Nazmun Munira Nancy
"Cholte Cholte Poth Phurabe" \| Kanak Chapa
2013 !Ki Prem Dekhaila \| "Tumi Shono Shono" \| Shawkat Ali Emon \| Kabir Bakul \| Dolly Sayontoni
2016 !Dhumketu \| N/A \| Ahmed Humayun \| Sudip Kumar Dip \| N/A
2021 !Chironjeeb Mujib \| N/A \| Emon Saha \| N/A \| solo

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| scope="col" width=21%| Year

| scope="col" width=21%| Film

| scope="col" width=23%|Song

| scope="col" width=20%|Composer(s)

| scope="col" width=20%|Songwriter(s)

| scope="col" width=20%|Co-singer(s)

1983

!rowspan=1| Protirodh

| "Shono Shoma Ektu Darao"

| rowspan=1| Sheikh Sadi Khan

| Nazrul Islam Babu

| Haimanti Shukla

1984

!Norom Gorom [https://music.apple.com/us/album/norom-gorom-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1578842279 Norom Gorom (1984) film songs]

| "Ore O Banshiwala"

| Subal Das

| Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury

| Anju Ghosh

rowspan=7| 1985

!Rowspan=| Raj Kopal

| "Koto Rongo Jaano Re"

| rowspan=| Alauddin Ali

| rowspan=| Amjad Hossain

| Runa Laila

rowspan=6| Prem Kahini

| "Esona, O Amar Jiboner Jibon" (duet)

| rowspan=6| Alauddin Ali

| rowspan=6| Gazi Mazharul Anwar

| Sabina Yasmin

"Picnic, Aaj Picinic"

| Runa Laila

"Ami Je Preme Porechhi" (duet)

| Rulia Rahman

"Esona, O Amar Jiboner Jibon" (male)

| rowspan=3| solo

"Esona, O Amar Jiboner Jibon" (short)

"Ami Je Preme Porechhi" (short)

rowspan=4| 1987

! Rowspan=4| Protirodh

| "Shanai Bajbe, Bajbe Bajbe Shanai"

| rowspan=4| Sheikh Sadi Khan

| rowspan=4| Nazrul Islam Babu, Mozammel Haque

| rowspan=2| Manabendra Mukherjee, Sabina Yasmin

"Shanai Bajbe, Bajbe, Bajbe Shanai" (sad)

"Hridoy Debe Naki"

| Sabina Yasmin

"Shono Soma, Ektu Darao"

| Haimanti Shukla

1988

!Jogajog

| "Kochi Kacha Patar Moto"

| Alauddin Ali

| Gazi Mazharul Anwar

| Runa Laila

1999

!Laal Badshah

| "Amar Moner Uttore Dokkhine"

| Abu Taher

| Moniruzzaman Monir

| Kanak Chapa

rowspan=3| 2000

! rowspan=| 'Bortoman''

| "Jaane Januk Jogotbasi"

| rowspan=| Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul

| Kanak Chapa

rowspan=2| Kukkhato Khuni

| "Ei Hridoyer Sada Kagoje" (version 1)

| rowspan=2| Shawkat Ali Emon

| rowspan=2| Kabir Bakul

| rowspan=2| Kanak Chapa

"Ei Hridoyer Sada Kagoje" (version 2)

rowspan=2| 2001

! Rowspan=2| Tandob Lila

| "Dao Onno, Dao Bostro"

| rowspan=2| Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul

|rowspan=2| solo

"Dao Onno, Dao Bostro" (reprise)

rowspan=3| 2002

!Itihas

| "Bhita Nai Re"

| Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul

| solo

Rowspan=2| Swami Streer Juddho

| "Aaj Mon Pherari"

| rowspan=2| Shawkat Ali Emon

| rowspan=2| Kabir Bakul

| rowspan=2| Anima D'Costa

"Hridoyta Hoye Gelo Churi"

rowspan=4| 2003

! Rowspan=| Baba

| "Ei Prithibir Shuru Aar Shesh"

| rowspan=| Alauddin Ali

| rowspan=| Kabir Bakul

| Kanak Chapa

Big Boss

| "Hajaro Surjo Dube Jabe"

| Alauddin Ali

| Kabir Bakul

| Kanak Chapa

rowspan=2| Dui Bodhu Ek Shami

| "Bhalobashte Giye Ami"

|rowspan=2| Alam Khan

|rowspan=2| Kabir Bakul

| Sabina Yasmin, Baby Naznin

"Proti Second Proti Minute"

| Kanak Chapa

rowspan=2| 2004

!Baap Betar Lorai

| "Shono Priya Shono"

| Shawkat Ali Emon

| N/A

| Anima Roy

Bachao

| "Chokhe Chokh Porle"

| Emon Saha

| Rizia Parvin

2005

!Phuler Moto Bou

| "Amake Chhara Aar Kauke"

| Emon Saha

| Gazi Mazharul Anwar

| solo

2007

!Moner Sathe Juddho

| "Pagol Korechho Tumi"

| Emon Saha

| Ashraf Babu

| Mimi Naznin

rowspan=2| 2009

!Bolona Kobul

| "Amaro Jibone Tumi"

| Shawkat Ali Emon

| N/A

| Samina Chowdhury

Tumi Amar Swami

| "Deewana Deewana"

| Emom Saha

| Kabir Bakul

| solo

rowspan=2| 2010

!rowspan=2| 5 Takar Prem

| "Ektukhani Thomke Gelam"

|rowspan=2| Shawkat Ali Emon

|rowspan=2| Kabir Bakul

| Mimi Naznin

"Bachi Kemone Bolo"

| Soniya

rowspan=2| 2012

!rowspan=2| Ek Mon Ek Pran

| "Bidhata Jototuku Bhalobeseche"

| Rowspan=2| Shawkat Ali Emon

| Rowspan=2|

| Nazmun Munira Nancy

"Cholte Cholte Poth Phurabe"

| Kanak Chapa

2013

!Ki Prem Dekhaila

| "Tumi Shono Shono"

| Shawkat Ali Emon

| Kabir Bakul

| Dolly Sayontoni

2016

!Dhumketu

| N/A

| Ahmed Humayun

| Sudip Kumar Dip

| N/A

2021

!Chironjeeb Mujib

| N/A

| Emon Saha

| N/A

| solo

Personal life

Bishwajit is married to Naima Sultana. Their only son, Kumar Nibir was on the wheel when he lost control of the car in a Toronto highway. His Son Nibir Kumar's health condition has improved, said the singer to The Daily Star. All other three passengers passed away following the crash in Toronto car accident on 15 February 2023.{{Cite web |last=Report |first=Star Digital |date=2023-02-15 |title=3 Bangladeshi students dead, 1 injured in Toronto road crash |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/world/africa-rest-the-world/canada/news/3-bangladeshi-students-dead-1-injured-toronto-road-crash-3248341 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}

Awards

Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for Swami Strir Wada (2009) and Ma Amar Chokher Moni (2011)
Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Composer for Swami Strir Wada (2009){{cite news |title=Kumar Bishwajit as music director |url=http://www.observerbd.com/2014/08/24/38848.php |newspaper=The Daily Observer |location=Dhaka |date=August 24, 2014}}
Film Bangla Best Playback Singer Male Award for Jaago – Dare to Dream (2010){{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-143998|title="Jaago" wins big at Film Award Bangla 2010|date=2010-06-25|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-11-29|language=en}}

References

External links

{{IMDb name|5119153}}

Category:Living people

Category:1963 births

Category:Bengali Hindus

Category:Bangladeshi Hindus

Category:20th-century Bangladeshi male singers

Category:20th-century Bangladeshi singers

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Category:21st-century Bangladeshi singers

Category:Best Male Playback Singer National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners

Category:Best Music Composer National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners