Kumar Bishwajit (born 1 June 1963) is a Bangladeshi singer and composer. 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). He also got the Best Music Composer award for ''Swami Streer Wada''.

Early life

Also known by his nickname "Tultul", Bishwajit was born on 1 June 1963, to Sadhan Ranjan Dey and Sova Rani Dey in Sitakunda,

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. He started his music career by performing on a radio show in 1977. He passed childhood in Chittagong district and took primary education from Chittagong. He used to come and go to Dhaka for his career. He was first associated with the band ''Rhythm-77'' for 2 years. Then he founded his own band "Feelings" in 1979. After leaving feelings, he joined

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and performed only in the first album. Biswajit's ''"Tore Putuler Moto Kore Shajiye"'' is originally a song of the first album of Souls, Super Souls. Then he left the band and went on to pursue his solo career. He performed his first television show on BTV in 1980.

Career

, Bishwajit has released more than 30 solo music albums.

Works

Solo

Film scores

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'' (2004) # ''Swami Streer Wada'' (2009) # '' Jaago'' (2010) # ''Ma Amar Chokher Moni'' (2011)

Souls

# '' Super Souls'' (1982)

Books

# ''Abong Bishwajit'' (2022)

Filmography

Personal life

Bishwajit is married to Naima Sultana. In 2001, their son, Kumar Nibir Dey, was born.

Awards

* Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer (2009) for ''Swami Strir Wada'' *

Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Composer The Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Composition is the highest award for music composition in Bangladeshi film. History Azad Rahman became the first recipient in this category for '' Jadur Banshi'' (1977). But the category wasn't co ...

(2009) for ''Swami Strir Wada'' * Film Bangla Best Playback Singer Male Award (2010) for '' Jaago – Dare to Dream'' * Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer (2011) for ''Ma Amar Chokher Moni''

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* Living people 1963 births Bengali Hindus Bangladeshi Hindus 20th-century Bangladeshi male singers 20th-century Bangladeshi singers 21st-century Bangladeshi male singers 21st-century Bangladeshi singers Best Male Playback Singer National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners Best Music Composer National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners {{Asia-musician-stub