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Kalpana Patowary is an Indian playback and folk singer from
Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...
. She sings in 30 languages and has many folk and popular songs to her credit, while
Bhojpuri Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries
, Oxford U ...
music has been her most dedicated foray. In his book, Cinema Bhojpuri, Avijit Ghosh lauds Patowary for her "remarkable contribution" to Bhojpuri film music. "Gifted with a rich, powerful and sensuous voice, the singer from Assam is almost considered mandatory for any film's score," he writes.


Early life and background

Patowary was born in a Yogi-Nath family of Nath samradaya community in Barpeta district in Assam. A graduate in English literature, Patowary is an alumnus of
Cotton College Cotton College was a Roman Catholic boarding school in Cotton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. It was also known as ''Saint Wilfrid's College''. The school buildings were centred on Cotton Hall, a country house used by religious communities fro ...
of Guwahati. Trained in Kamrupiya and Goalporiya folk music by her folksinger father Sri Bipin Nath Patowary, Kalpana started to publicly perform at the tender age of 4 with her father and is also trained as Sangeet Visharad in Indian classical music from Bhatkhande Music Institute University, Lucknow. She sings many forms of Bhojpuri folk music including Purvi, Pachra, Kajri, Sohar, Vivaah geet, Chaita, and Nautanki. Patowary has worked little on the works of
Bhikhari Thakur Bhikari Thakur (18 December 1887 – 10 July 1971) was an Indian Bhojpuri language poet, playwright, lyricist, actor, folk dancer, folk singer and social activist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest writer in Bhojpuri language and ...
and has released an album commemorating his life and work.


Career

Patowary is the first Bhojpuri singer to present an age old tradition of Khadi Birha tradition to international platforms. In 2013, Patowary made an appearance in a documentary film, ''Bidesia in Bambai''. Released on 8 December 2013, it is a look at Mumbai through the lens of the migrant worker and his music. She was invited to perform on a 15-day tour in four Latin American countries presented by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs on the occasion of Indian Arrival Day. Patowary is the first woman to record and sing in the Chhaprahiya Purvi style. Prior to her work, Purvi was a male preserve. Patowary also made her acting debut in the Bhojpuri movie, ''Chalat Musafir Moh Liyo Re'' playing the role of Janki, co-starring opposite
Dinesh Lal Yadav Dinesh Lal Yadav (born 2 February 1979), popularly known as Nirahua, is an Indian actor, singer, producer and politician associated with Bhojpuri-language films. He is among the most successful Bhojpuri actors, with successive five box office su ...
. She also participated in the reality show '' Junoon - Kuchh Kar Dikhaane Ka'' (2008) on
NDTV Imagine Imagine TV was a Hindi general entertainment channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System, and based in New Delhi. The channel was known for shows such as '' Ramayan (2008), Chandragupta Maurya, '' Swayamvar'', ''Baba Aiso Varr Dhoondo'', ''M ...
.


Political career

In October 2020 Patowary joined the
Asom Gana Parishad Asom Gana Parishad (translation: ''Assam People's Council'', AGP) is a state political party in Assam, India. The AGP was formed after the historic Assam Accord of 1985 and formally launched at the Golaghat Convention held from 13–14 Octobe ...
at an event held at party's head office in
Guwahati Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the ...
.


Discography


Hindi film songs


Tamil film songs

, , 2006 , "Thotha Puram" ,
Varalaru ''Varalaru: History Of Godfather'', or simply known as ''Varalaru'' (), is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action-drama film written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar, and produced by S. S. Chakravarthy under the banner NIC Arts. The film stars ...
, A.R.Rahman , Lenon James ,PeerMohammad, Ranjith , Sonu Kakkar


Marathi film songs


Assamese film songs


Bengali film songs


Filmography


References


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