Kumar Bishwajit (born 1 June 1963) is a Bangladeshi singer and composer. He received

Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer ( bn, জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার) is the highest award for male film playback singers in Bangladesh. List of winners Multiple wins The fol ...

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. 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 Souls 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

# '' Wrong Number'' (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

(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 ''Jaago'' ( bn, জাগো) is a 2010 Bangladeshi sports drama film written and directed by Khijir Hayat Khan. The film features Ferdous and Bindu in lead roles and with supporting Arifin Shuvoo, Sharlin Farzana, Tariq Anam Khan, Rawnak Has ...

'' * 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