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 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 ...

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, Jaya Seal, Kushol Chakravarty, Asim Bose, Pabitra Rabha,

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

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Kathy Sledge Kathy Sledge (born January 6, 1959) is an American singer–songwriter and producer. Sledge is best known as the youngest and founding member of Sister Sledge, an American vocal group which is made up of her sisters that formed in 1971. As a mem ...

Julian Lennon Julian Charles John Lennon (born John Charles Julian Lennon; 8 April 1963) is an English musician, photographer, author, and philanthropist. He is the son of Beatles member John Lennon and his first wife Cynthia; Julian is named after his pate ...

Janis Ian Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink; April 7, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter who was most commercially successful in the 1960s and 1970s. Her signature songs are the 1966/67 hit "Society's Child, Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" an ...

, Kechi Okwuchi,

Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, known professionally as V. M. Bhatt, is an Indian Hindustani classical music instrumentalist who invented and plays a modified slide guitar that is widely called the Mohan veena. Personal life Bhatt lives in Jaipur, Rajasth ...

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. Born in Kona on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, he was labeled as "Hawaii's Renaissance Man" by Nona Beamer because of his far reaching talents: farm ...

., Cindy Paulos,

Wouter Kellerman Wouter Kellerman (born 20 September 1961) is a three-time Grammy Award-winning South African flautist, producer and composer who has won nine South African Music Awards. Classically trained, Kellerman performs primarily World, Roots and New Ag ...

, Brian Vibberts,

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, Kevin Mackie,

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, Alan Roy Scott,

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Sadhna Sargam Sadhana Sargam (née Ghanekar, born 7 March 1969) is an Indian singer known for her playback career in Indian cinema predominantly in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Nepali, Tamil and Telugu language films. She is a recipient of the National Film Award ...

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, Subhamita, Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta,

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, 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 other companies such as Apple. Rupam is a Voting member of Grammy® as a Musician, Producer, and Engineer (P&E) since 2005. Sarmah has been involved with AI, Autism, and Music research and started a research center (RMAN) for ongoing research.

Activism

Sarmah founded the One Little Finger Global Foundation (501c3) to support underprivileged children and persons with disabilities, media production house RJ Productions International - ''maZumba'' for collaborative content creation. He has worked on a number of projects with organizations, including UNESCO Center for Peace, PRERONA, Manovikas - Welfare and Rehabilitation Center for the Children with Special Needs,

Bhupen Hazarika Bhupen Hazarika (; 8 September 1926 – 5 November 2011), widely known as Sudha Kontho, was an Indian singer, songwriter, writer, filmmaker and politician from Assam. He has written songs mainly in the Assamese language, which are marked by h ...

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 () 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-16th centuries, are used to begin prayer services in monas ...

,''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 chart. 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 a major city in Upper Assam division, Upper Assam and among the fastest growing urban centres in the state of Assam in India. Etymology Jorhat ("jor" means twin and "hat" means market) means two hats or mandis - "Masorhaat" and ...

, 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

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'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 US universities. In the US, he took lessons from

Ali Akbar Khan Ali Akbar Khan (14 April 192218 June 2009) was an Indian Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana, known for his virtuosity in playing the sarod. Trained as a classical musician and instrumentalist by his father, Allauddin Khan, ...

, Hindustani classical maestro''.''

Filmography

#ARISE TOGETHER- Video - I Am Brave by Dana , Gandhi's Grandson Speech (Album Produced and Directed by Rupam Sarmah) 022, Sep 23#AUM - Blessings to Humanity - Music Video (track from 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) - Feature Film - Story, Screenplay and Direction by Sarmah #Gumsum Gumsum - Music Video (Singers:

, 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 Amar (Singer:

, 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 (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 - Children of the World - Co-Produced by Rupam Sarmah 023#Love Serenade - Rupam Sarmah,

023#ARISE TOGETHER - Co-Produced by Rupam Sarmah

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#Peace and Joy - Rupam Sarmah and

#AUM - The Divine Sound - Composed and Directed by Rupam Sarmah

021 069 is: * in Brazil, the telephone area code for the city of Rio de Janeiro and surrounding cities (Greater Rio de Janeiro) * in China, the telephone area code for the city of Shanghai. * in Indonesia, the area code for the city of Jakarta and su ...

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

#''One Little Finger'' (2019) - Rupam Sarmah featuring

, Kechi Okwuchi,

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, known professionally as V. M. Bhatt, is an Indian Hindustani classical music instrumentalist who invented and plays a modified slide guitar that is widely called the Mohan veena. Personal life Bhatt lives in Jaipur, Rajastha ...

#''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

and Sarmah (words by

Tagore Rabindranath Thakur (; anglicised as Rabindranath Tagore ; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengalis, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renai ...

, 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

, 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 ...

Lillias White Lillias White (born July 21, 1951) is an American actress and singer. She is particularly known for her performances in Broadway musicals. In 1989 she won an Obie Award for her performance in the off-Broadway musical '' Romance in Hard Times''. ...

, 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

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