Singer-songwriters and bands · 1990s –
Kabir Suman
কবীর সুমন
Born16 March 1949Singing years1970s – present
Tomake Chai — the man who changed the Bengali song in 1992.
Kabir Suman is a singer-songwriter, composer and writer who shot to fame in the 1990s with the album Tomake Chai, and won a National Film Award for the music of Jaatishwar.
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Landmark songs
Tomake Chai
The song that started it all.
Saregama Bengali
Jaatishwar
Saregama Bengali
Haal Chherona Bondhu
Saregama Bengali
Life
Born Suman Chattopadhyay, he worked as a journalist before his songs — personal, political and set to his own guitar — created the 'jibonmukhi' movement in Bengali song.
He was a Member of Parliament from Jadavpur between 2009 and 2014.
The voice
A conversational baritone, used like speech set to tune.
Honours
National Film Award for Best Music Direction (Jaatishwar)
Bengali songs 5
Tumi Sandhyar Meghmala
Saregama Bengali
Petkati Chandiyal
Saregama Bengali
Bhalobese Sakhi, Nibhrite Jatane
Saregama Bengali · audio
Banshuriya
Saregama Bengali
Surjo Bollo Ish
Saregama Bengali
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