# Kiran Chandra Roy

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{{Short description|Bangladeshi folk singer}}
{{infobox musical artist
| name=Kiran Chandra Roy
| genre = [Baul](/source/Baul)
| occupation = Playback singer
| instrument = vocals
}}

'''Kiran Chandra Roy''' is a Bangladeshi [Baul](/source/Baul) folk singer. In 1997, he won [Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer](/source/Bangladesh_National_Film_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer) and the BACHSAS Best Singer Award for his performance in the film ''[Dukhai](/source/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](/source/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](/source/University_of_Dhaka) and [Jagannath University](/source/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>

==References==
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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}}

{{Bangladesh National Film Award Best Male Playback Singer}}

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Category:Bangladeshi folk singers
Category:Bangladeshi playback singers
Category:20th-century Bangladeshi male singers
Category:Best Male Playback Singer National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century Bangladeshi male singers
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