Rupam Sarmah is a musician, filmmaker, entrepreneur, author, sound engineer, and computer scientist. Rupam is a Guinness World Records holder and had a #1 release on the Billboard World Music chart (''Together in Peace'', 2017). He won a Gold Telly Awards (''One Little Finger'', 2019). As a filmmaker, Sarmah has directed documentaries, short films, and feature films. Sarmah directed the English-language feature film ''One Little Finger'' with a theme of ''Ability in Disability''.

Work

Sarmah has worked with some of the award-winning artists and actors --

Siedah Garrett Deborah Christine "Siedah" Garrett (born June 24, 1960) is an American singer and songwriter who has written songs and performed backing vocals for many recording artists in the music industry, such as Michael Jackson, the Pointer Sisters, Brand N ...

Dan Aykroyd Daniel Edward Aykroyd ( ; born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian actor, comedian, producer, musician and writer. He was an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on ''Saturday Night Live'' (1975–1979). During his tenure on ''SNL'' ...

, Moloya Goswami,

Tamela D'Amico Tamela D'Amico is an American singer, actress, and filmmaker who started the production company La Strega Entertainment in 2006 and BELLONA Entertainment in 2020. Career D'Amico was one of 24 finalists on the FOX television reality show ''On th ...

Abhinaya Abhinaya (Sanskrit ''abhi-'' 'towards' + ''nii-'' 'leading/guide') is the art of expression in Indian aesthetics. More accurately it means "leading an audience towards" the experience (') of a sentiment ('). The concept, derived from Bharata Mun ...

Jaya Seal Jaya Seal Ghosh the renowned actress and dancer started learning Bharatanatyam from a very early age under Guru Indira P. P. Bora for five years. Simultaneously she was also acting in Assamese television and did plays with noted Assamese thea ...

, Kushol Chakravarty, Asim Bose, Pabitra Rabha, Rituparna Sengupta, Debashree Roy,

Paoli Dam Paoli Dam (born 1980) is an Indian actress who started her career with the Bengali television serial ''Jibon Niye Khela'' (2003). She then worked in Bengali television serials such as ''Tithir Atithi'' and ''Sonar Harin''; the former ran for ...

, and others. Rupam has produced, engineered, recorded songs and music with award-winning artists such as Quincy Jones,

Kathy Sledge,

Julian Lennon Julian Charles John Lennon (born John Charles Julian Lennon; 8 April 1963) is an English musician. He is the son of Beatles member John Lennon and his first wife, Cynthia, and he is named after his paternal grandmother, Julia Lennon. Julian in ...

, Janis Ian,

Kechi Okwuchi Kechi Okwuchi (born October 29, 1989) is a Nigerian-American singer and motivational speaker. She was one of the two survivors in the Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crash on December 10, 2005 and a finalist at the twelfth season of ''America's Got ...

Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, professionally known as V. M. Bhatt (born 27 July 1950), is an Hindustani classical music instrumentalist who plays the Mohan veena (slide guitar). Personal life Bhatt lives in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, with his wife and t ...

Laura Sullivan Laura Sullivan (born about 1974) is a correspondent and investigative reporter for National Public Radio (NPR). Her investigations air regularly on ''Morning Edition'', ''All Things Considered'', and other NPR programs. She is also an on-air cor ...

George Kahumoku, Jr George Kahumoku Jr. is a Grammy Award winning Hawaiian musician specializing in slack-key guitar Slack-key guitar (from Hawaiian ''kī hōalu'', which means "loosen the uningkey") is a fingerstyle genre of guitar music that originated in Hawa ...

., Cindy Paulos,

Wouter Kellerman Wouter Kellerman (born 20 September 1961) is a GRAMMY® Award-winning South African flautist, producer and composer who has won eight South African Music Awards. Using his classical training as a foundation, Kellerman has focused his attention ...

, Brian Vibberts,

Ricky Kej Ricky Kej (born 5 August 1981 - Dhaka, Bangladesh) is a multi-Grammy Award-winning Indian music composer and environmentalist. He has performed at venues in over 30 countries including at the United Nations headquarters in New York and Geneva. ...

Sumitra Guha Vidushi Sumitra Guha is an Indian classical vocalist, known for her expertise in the Carnatic and Hindustani schools of classical music. The Government of India honored her in 2010, with the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri. Biogr ...

, Kevin Mackie,

Sophia Agranovich Sophia Agranovich (Russian: София Агранович; Ukrainian: Софія Агранович) is a Soviet-born American classical concert pianist, Centaur Records recording artist, music educator and artistic director. She holds Bachelor a ...

, Alan Roy Scott,

Udit Narayan Udit is an Indian masculine given name that may refer to: *Udit Narayan, Bollywood playback singer *Udit Narayan (politician) (born 1960), Fijian politician of Indian descent *Udit Narayan Singh (1770–1835), Indian monarch *Udit Patel (born 1984 ...

Babul Supriyo Babul Supriyo (born 15 December 1970) is an Indian playback singer, live performer, television host, actor and politician who currently serves as Cabinet Minister of Information Technology and Electronics and Tourism of the Government of Wes ...

, Sadhna Sargam,

Kumar Sanu Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 20 October 1957), better known as Kumar Sanu, is an Indian playback singer. He is known as the King of Melody in Bollywood. He is famous for singing thousands of Bollywood Hindi songs. Apart from Hindi, he has al ...

Rupankar Rupankar Bagchi, also known mononymously Rupankar is a Bengali singer-songwriter, playback singer and actor from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He has sung many famous songs in recent Bengali films like ''Chalo Let's Go'' (2008), ''Baishe Srabo ...

, Subhamita, Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, Usha Uthup, Anweshaa, Iman Chakraborty, and many others. Sarmah and

have represented India for Festival of India concerts in France (2018) organized by the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, and the Embassy of India in Paris on the occasion of India’s 70th Independence. The theme of the project was ''A Musical Journey towards Rising India.'' As a Computer Engineer, Executive, and media professional, Rupam has worked for technology startups and othe
companies
such as Apple. Rupam is a Voting member of Grammy® as a Musician, Producer, and Engineer (P&

since 2005. Sarmah has been involved with AI, Autism, and Music research and started a researc
centerRMAN
for ongoing research.

Activism

Sarmah founded the One Little Finger Global Foundation (501c3), Idea Incubation, and media production house ''maZumba'' for collaborative content creation. He has worked on a number of projects with organizations, including UNESCO-USFUCA, PRERONA, Manovikas - Welfare and Rehabilitation Center for the Children with Special Needs,

Bhupen Hazarika Bhupen Hazarika () (8 September 1926 – 5 November 2011) was an Indian playback singer, lyricist, musician, poet, actor, filmmaker and politician from Assam, widely known as ''Sudha Kontho'' (meaning cuckoo, literally "nectar-throated"). His ...

Foundation.

Awards

Sarmah has received a number of awards and recognitions for his music and film. ''One Little Finger'', written and directed by Sarmah, received several awards. His research-based world music project, ''OMKARA - The Sound of Divine Love'' and Gospel with

Borgeet Borgeets ( as, বৰগীত, lit=songs celestial, translit=Borgeet) are a collection of lyrical songs that are set to specific ragas but not necessarily to any tala. These songs, composed by Srimanta Sankardeva and Madhavdeva in the 15th- ...

,''Talk to God'', received nominations in the Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2014. Sarmah made a Guinness World Record on 24 February 2013 for his project 'A Musical Journey for World Peace', which united more than 500 participants from across the globe playing 315 kinds of musical instruments for world peace.

Chart performance

OMKARA was listed in the top 10 Radio Airplay chart. Action Moves People United, co-produced and engineered by Sarmah, made the top 10 on the US Billboard Compilation Album char

The album ''A Musical Journey: Together in Peace'' made the top 10 on the Billboard World Albums chart. Sarmah created history by becoming the first Assamese and also probably the first artist of Northeast origin to get a #1 album on the Billboard World Albums chart.

Life

Sarmah was born in

Jorhat Jorhat ( ) is one of the important cities and a growing urban centre in the state of Assam in India. Etymology Jorhat ("jor" means twin and "hat" means market) means two hats or mandis - "Masorhaat" and "Sowkihat" which existed on the opposite ...

, Assam. He learned Indian instruments and classical vocals during his time at Golaghat and Jorhat. He also continued to explore other fields, such as film, sound engineering, and music. Sarmah migrated to the United States after completing his BS in Engineering in India. He then earned his doctorate from

George Washington University , mottoeng = "God is Our Trust" , established = , type = Private federally chartered research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.8 billion (2022) , preside ...

's School of Engineering and Applied Science with a dissertation in Artificial Intelligence. Rupam completed his Master’s in Management, Master’s in Computer Science, and Doctorate from U
universities
In the US, he took lessons from Ali Akbar Khan, Hindustani classical maestro''.'' Rupam and his family currently live in California.

Filmography

#ARISE TOGETHE

Video
I Am Brave by Dana

Gandhi's Grandson Speech
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AUM - The Divine Sound
Music Directed and Produced by Rupam Sarmah) 021, Sep 24#Enlighten Your Soul , Tribute to Gandhi, Mandela, MLK Jr. - Music Video (Music Directed and Produced by Rupam Sarmah ct 2, 2021#One Little Finger (2019-2020) - Story, Screenplay and Direction by Sarmah #Gumsum Gumsu

- Music Video (Singers: Anweshaa, Rupam; Music and Direction by Rupam Sarmah)

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#O Mor Axomi Aai (Love for my country

- Music Video (Singer, Songwriter, Direction by Rupam Sarmah)

#O Maa Desh Ama

(Singer: Iman Chakraborty, Music: Rupam Sarmah, Bengali Lyrics: Gautam Susmit)

#Gulsher Music Video (produced by Rupam Sarmah and Sharif Awan) #Together in Peace - Mandela Meets Gandhi (produced by Rupam Sarmah and Sharon Katz) #We Are Love (900 Voices) - Music Video: Participated in Grammy® winning composer

’s project

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#In Search of God - Film Director (Rupam's debut film as a director; BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD, Indian Film Festival, Houston, Texas); Music Score, composer, Sound Design #Sagar Kinare (Bengali) - Music Director #Alor Thikana (Bengali) - Music Director #A Musical Journey for World Peace - A Musical Concert Film, Directed by Rupam #Majestic Assam - Music Video #Story of Gulsher - Music Video #Art of Healing - Documentary, produced by Rupam (portrait of an artist, Lisa Sniderman)

Discography

ARISE TOGETHER
- Co-Produced by Rupam Sarmah 022br>AUM - The Divine Sound
- Composed and Directed by Rupam Sarmah

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br>AUM - ALOHA Blessings
- Composed and Directed by Rupam Sarmah, feat. George Kahumoku, Jr., Cindy Paulos

#''One Little Finger'' (201

- Rupam Sarmah featuring Quincy Jones,

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, professionally known as V. M. Bhatt (born 27 July 1950), is an Hindustani classical music instrumentalist who plays the Mohan veena (slide guitar). Personal life Bhatt lives in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, with his wife and ...

#''A Musical Journey towards Rising India'' (2018) - Produced by Padmashri

and Rupam Sarmah; Music Direction by Rupam Sarmah #''A Musical Journey: Together in Peace'' (2017) - album composed, directed, produced by Sarmah #The Song Unsung (2016) - vocals by Janis Ian and Sarmah (words by

Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengalis, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter ...

, music inspired by Borgeet 'Pawe Pori Hori') #Story of Gulsher (2016) - a collaboration between India and Pakistan produced and composed by Sarmah #Mandela Meets Gandhi (2016) - a collaboration with Sharon Katz and The Peace Train (South Africa) #''Action Moves People United'' (September 2016) - album with

, Kathy Sledge,

, Alan White,

Annie Haslam Annie Haslam (born 8 June 1947) is an English vocalist, songwriter and painter. She is best known as the lead singer of progressive rock band Renaissance since 1971, and for her long and diverse solo singing career. She has a five-octave vocal r ...

, Lillias White, and others (Sarmah as Co-Producer, Singer, Composer, Engineer) ##includes "Enlighten Your Soul" (2016) - with

, Alan White and others (composed by Sarmah) #Arise Above Abuse (Spoken Word and Music Album by Cindy Paulos and others)

#Sounds from the Circle - New Age Album - compilation

#OMKARA – The Sound of Divine Love (World Music Project based on Chakra and healing music) – Directed and Produced by Rupam (feat. Pandit

, and others)

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#Talk to God (Contemporary Gospel song blended with Borgeet 'gopale ki goti'), Rupam Sarmah and Nona Brown, Singer and Composer

#Angel Blessings (Benefiting Hospice): ''Take in a Deep Breath of Heaven'' (Rupam Sarmah and Nona Brown)

#In Search of God - Singer, Direction and Score #Sagar Kinare (Bengali) - Singer and Music Director #Hits of Rupam - Singer and composer #Priyam (Assamese) - Singer and composer #Gems of Bishnu Rabha, vol 1, 2, 3 (iTunes) - Sound Design #Geetali (Assamese) - Singer and composer #Piya Re (Hindi) - Singer and composer #Praner Gaan - Singer and Composer #Sylvan Rhapsody of Assam (iTunes) - Sound Design #Sangeetpremee - Singer and composer #My Love Is You - Singer and composer #Music Film (world record concert) – A Musical Journey for World Peace by Rupam and his team # Bengali Album (Banjara) # Bishnuprasadar Prosad (book – published) (assisted Dilip K. Datta, URI, USA) # Bhupen Hazarikar Geet aru Jeevan Roth – (assisted Dilip K. Datta, URI, USA), published 2014

Notes

External links

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