Early life
Timir was born on 20 November 1982 to parents Swapan Biswas and Sukla Biswas. His father Swapan Biswas is a theatre actor and a bank employee. Timir completed his education from Subhas Pally Vidya Niketan and then joined Raghunathpur College, Purulia with economics. Timir has never taken any formal training in music. When he was four to five years old he used to sing the ad jingles shown on television. On seeing this his mother took him to her Guruji, but Timir's singing was not encouraged. It was said that he could never sing with such a voice. Then on the first day of college, he first sang publicly when he was asked to do so by some of his seniors. Everyone liked it. And then this became a daily routine. From then he started singing. He has learnt music by listening to songs. He used to go to many music persons with his compositions and lyrics but no one encouraged him. Then he got a chance to open a gig for a concert ofMuzik Street
Timir was one of the founding members of the Asansol-based band Muzik Street. He initially played the keyboard, and later as a vocalist. Later he left the band and shifted toFakira
After leaving Muzik Street, Timir shifted to Kolkata owing to the various offers for playback and other solo works as it was difficult for him to continue working from Asansol. There he met with one of his friend from Asansol, guitarist, composer and a member of the band Desh, Chayan Chakraborty. Their alike interest in Folk Music led them into working more with folk songs. Gradually Abhinaba, Kunaal and the famous percussionist, drummer Bunty joined them to form the band Fakira. They are currently working with Bengali folks and has plans to work on root music round the globe. The current line up is : *Timir Biswas: Vocals and Keyboard *Chayan Chakraborty: Guitar and Backing Vocals *Apurba Das: Guitar *Kunaal Biswas: Bass and Backing Vocals *Avirup Das (Bunty): Drums and Percussion After visiting various ashrams and akhras they have started their research in''Itorpona''
Fakira released their debut album ''Itorpona'' on 6 September 2014 at Story, Elgin Road, Kolkata marked by the gracious presence of Sayani Datta, Sujoyprasad Chattopadhyay, Satrajit Sen, Aakash Fakir and Armaan Fakir. The album released under the banner of Inreco and Major 7th consists of 8 tracks written byHare Krishno
The band has recently announced on social media that they have started working on their second album which is to be titled ''Hare Krishno''. Recordings have reportedly begun for the album at Yash Raj Film Studios Mumbai. Also, the band is coming up with two singles - ''Krishno Premer Pora Deho'' and ''Ami Shudhu Roinu baki'' which will be releasing soon. As per the band, the recordings have been done. As of now, the post production works are being carried out.Playback & Television
Timir because of his unique quality of voice, got noted by music directors quite early. Jeet Ganguly in an interview said that Timir is the Bryan Adams of Bengal. After "onnyo kothao chol" from 033, music byTimir Biswas Live (TBL)
On 17 June 2015 Timir for the first time went solo on stage. On the eve of the anniversary celebration of 4th Bell Theaters, the theatre group organized the show Timir Biswas Live (TBL) at Gyan Manch. It was the first time where Timir performed his playback numbers live in a concert. The show witnessed many popular faces of the Bengali film and music industry viz. Chaitali Dasgupta, Ujjaini, Satadal and Gabu. Praises showered in for Timir post the show. Henceforth TBL has been immensely popular and has performed in numerous concerts in college fests etc. Timir Biswas Live features: * Timir Biswas - Vocals & Guitar * Chayan Chakraborty - Lead Guitar * Sagar Chatterjee - Lead Guitar * Mohul Chakraborty (Dodo) - Bass Guitar * Rahul - Keyboard * Appu - Drums''Ondho Premik''
Timir, after posting a series of 17 social media posts containing couplets of lyrics, announced that ''Ondho Premik'' his first ''Solo album'' would be coming soon to the audience. On 3 August, Timir revealed the details about the album on social media. ''Ondho Premik'' as cited by Timir is supposed to contain 6 love stories in form of 6 songs. The lyrics are penned by Rajib Chakraborty. Ashu-Abhishek composed the music for the album. Ashu-Abhishek (a well known music director duo) and Timir have known each other for four years and have worked on various projects including Zee Bangla Song Connection, but almost all of them were client based. However, all of them had an urge to work on an album independently, with their own understanding and expression of music. However, things kept on getting pushed and nothing was actually taking shape. They had initially arranged many sittings to discuss the same, but little did anything fruitful turn out. The entire team of Ondho Premik first got together for a show called ''Poetry on Celluloid'' hosted by a popular RJ of Kolkata, Raja Das. They created a song titled ''Bhalobashar Jawr'' (penned by Rajib Chakraborty) for that show. With this song, they realized that ''Bhalobashar Jawr'' was the kind of songs that they actually wanted to work on. With this, the decision to work on an album together, was taken unanimously. They decided to meet at Rajib's place. As usual, like the earlier meetings, Ashu and Timir were not aware of what was going to take shape from this meeting. Abhishek was out of town when this meeting took place. However, at the meeting they find out that Rajib has already written 8 songs for the album and all of them were production ready content. At this point of time, other members of the team became serious and work on the album began. Yet Ondho Premik was not progressing ahead as Ashu-Abhishek were stuck in their other projects. Finally one fine night, accompanied by heavy downpour, the duo created the first track of the album ''Bandhobi Mon''. Henceforth, after various sittings, planning etc. the team finally hit the studios on 25 August 2016 and finished recording on 6 September 2016. The Drums have been played by a friend of Ashu, Vinayak Mahadevan and was recorded by Jonathan at The Sound House Studio in California. The album was recorded at Sonic Solutions (vocals) and Post Production (music), Kolkata. The album was mixed by a close friend of Timir, Shubhodeep, in Mumbai. The album released (first time for a Bengali album to pre-release on digital media) on digital platforms on 15 October 2016 through a Facebook live session. The album (released by Inreco) release will be held at Princeton Club on 27 October accompanied by a special performance by Fakira. The album consists of the following six tracks: # ''Chole Bole Koushole'' # ''Ondho Premik'' # ''Bandhobimon'' # ''Niruddesh'' # ''Bhalobashar Jwor'' # ''Ekshow Aath'' On 19 November 2016 the Music video for Ondho Premik was released on YouTube by Indian Records Video Channel. The video, produced in association with the 4th Bell Theaters, has already garnered more than 50,000 views. The video directed by Aniruddha Dasgupta and edited and colored by Alok Chowdhury, features Timir, Ashu, Abhishek, Rajib, Chayan, Sagar, Prarthita, Mahua, Aritra, Ritwick, Satyaki, Asim, Shreya, Dipanwita and Kallol. The post production activities were carried out by Kolkata Videos.YouTube Covers
Timir featured in a number of covers which released on YouTube under the banners ofDirector and Story Teller
The knack of story telling lingered within Timir since his childhood days. According to Timir, his inspiration for storytelling is his father. Timir ventured into Direction and Story Telling with the musical short film ''Kichudin'' - a song penned by Soumik Das (who also happens to be the DOP for the film) and sung by Timir. ''Kichudin'' talks about love and life in old age homes. Timir's father Swapan Biswas plays a pivotal role in the film. Following the success of ''Kichudin'', Timir directed another music video/ musical short film for a cover version of the Rabinra Sangeet ''Tumi Robe Nirobe'' sung by Timir himself with Rahul Sarkar on the Keys. The entire footage for the film was shot on Timir's iPhone while the band was in Jalpaiguri. Timir's third venture is the Musical Short Film for the song ''Ami Jani Tumi Thik'' by the band Bad Trip. Timir has written the story and directed film. The film talks about getting over our mistakes and starting out afresh. Timir's father Swapan Biswas has played the role of the protagonists father in the film.Theater
Timir's father Swapan Biswas has been associated with theater for more than 35 years. He has performed in numerous shows in Asansol and various parts of West Bengal, Delhi etc. Timir, watching his father perform was intrigued by this form of art and had developed a liking for the art as early as his toddler age. Timir too has been associated with theater and stage plays since his childhood. Timir is associated with one of the most famous theater groups of Kolkata, called 4th Bell Theaters for more than 4 years. For numerous plays viz. ''Noble Chor'', ''15 Minutes to Fame'', ''Fan'' staged by the group, Timir has been an active member in producing the music. Timir has also performed on stage for many of the plays.Discography
;Director Muzik Street Fakira (Live) ;Playback Films ;Television and othersAwards
Special Award for Nabagato Kantho, 91.9 Friends FM Sangeet Samman 2013 Special Jury Award for ''Itorpona'', Mirchi Music Awards Bangla, 2015References
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