{{Short description|Bangladeshi folk singer}} {{infobox musical artist | name=Kiran Chandra Roy | genre = Baul | occupation = Playback singer | instrument = vocals }}
'''Kiran Chandra Roy''' is a Bangladeshi Baul folk singer. In 1997, he won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer and the BACHSAS Best Singer Award for his performance in the film ''Dukhai''.<ref name=bf>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bengalfoundation.org/music/artist-bio.php?singerid=76 |title=KIRAN CHANDRA ROY |publisher=Bengal Publication |access-date=December 17, 2016 |archive-date=July 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726103733/http://www.bengalfoundation.org/music/artist-bio.php?singerid=76 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=nfa>{{cite web|url=http://www.fdc.gov.bd/site/page/f3bb17fe-d9ad-4b61-bd8a-5824262691ad/১৯৭৫-২০১২|script-title=bn:জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২)|language=bn|trans-title=List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012)|access-date=March 25, 2019|work=Bangladesh Film Development Corporation|publisher=Government of Bangladesh}}</ref> He is also a lyricist and music composer.<ref name=folk/>
==Background and education== Roy took formal music lessons from Khandaker Nurul Alam for 14 years.<ref name=actor>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/i-think-of-myself-as-an-actor-as-well-when-i-perform-kiran-chandra-roy-46604|title='I think of myself as an actor as well, when I perform' – Kiran Chandra Roy|author=Zahangir Alom|date= October 21, 2014|access-date=December 17, 2016}}</ref><ref name=bf/> He took part in the first Bangladesh folklore workshop. He was a student of Bengali literature at the University of Dhaka and Jagannath University.<ref name=actor/>
As of 2005, Roy released 15 solo albums and rendered playback in over 20 films.<ref name=folk>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/07/20/d507201401118.htm|title=Interview with Kiran Chandra Roy : Living and breathing folk songs|author=Ershad Kamol|date=July 20, 2005|access-date=December 17, 2016|publisher=The Daily Star|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220152257/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/07/20/d507201401118.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Albums== * ''Kon Kaal-e Tor Hobe Dishe'' (2014)<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://dev.thedailystar.net/songs-of-the-soul-7056 |title=Songs of the soul |last=Alom |first=Zahangir |date=January 17, 2014 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=December 17, 2016 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220152407/http://dev.thedailystar.net/songs-of-the-soul-7056 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/kiran-chandra-roy-performs-at-igcc-12991|title=Kiran Chandra Roy performs at IGCC|date=February 26, 2014|access-date=December 17, 2016|publisher=The Daily Star}}
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