Deb Chowdhury is an Indian singer, lyricist, composer, cultural activist, researcher and television anchor. Folk music is his primary choice of genre. He is working for the Indigenous Art & Culture of India for the last 25 years. He also is a documentary film maker. He is the founder-director of Sahajiya Foundation, working for promotion and exploration of different Indian folk songs. He is the only disciple of late Kalachand Darbesh, the last Darbesh of Bengal. He is also associated with various social development, environment awareness & conservation projects.

Early life

Deb was born in

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, West Bengal. He graduated from Dinabandhu Andrews College, under

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta, informally known as Calcutta University (), is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Kolkata, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate c ...

. His mother Shipra Chowdhury was a school teacher and father Manil Chowdhury is a former football player who played First Division in Kolkata Football leagues. He got his primary music lessons from his uncle late Pundit Chuni Lal Chowdhury. He considers Goutam Chattopadhyay as his first Guru, Guide and Philosopher.

Career

He is an exponent of Folk songs of Bengal, He is the founder of popular band of India, Sahajiya Folk Band. He scored many Feature Films, Telefilms and Theatre projects as a music director. His only released Bengali album as a lyricist & composer so far, ‘Tomake Ektu’ from

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, sung by singer Ritika Sahani. He is a mentor and Music designer of Folk Genre in

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(

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), a musical program in Bengali Television. He is a regular Anchor in Good Morning Akash ( Aakash 8), a live musical show in Bengali Television.{{fact, date=December 2024

References

Musicians from Kolkata University of Calcutta alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Indian male folk singers Indian lyricists Indian composers Indian activists Indian television presenters