Bhawaiya

Nityananda Adhikary

Call: 9564168770

Nityananda Adhikari started learning Bhawaiya at the age of 16 and recently he is under the guidance of Guru Manabendra Narayan Roy, the famous exponent of Bhawaiya of North Bengal.Nityananda bagged many awards in his early years and went on to stand first at Block level at the State Bhawaiya Festival. Hewas also awarded in the Folk category of Chhatra-Yuva Utsav 2019, organized by the West Bengal Government. Talented Nityananda sings Bhawaiya song with playing Dotara, the string instrument by his own.

Pradyut Roy

Call: 6295745322

Pradyut Roy is an accomplished Bhawaiya artist who was trained under renowned exponents like Dhiren Roy, Harinath Roy, Nirmal Barman and Anil Majumdar. Singing since he was a teenager, Pradyut bagged many awards in his early years and went on to stand first in Folk category of Chhatra-Yuva Utsav 2016-2017, organized by the West Bengal Government. His songs are part of two critically acclaimed albums Sonar Nao and Bhaber Bhawaiya. Pradyot regularly performs at events across West Bengal.

Himadri Dewri

Call: 9434885357

A young and promising Bhawaiya singer from Tufangunj in Coochbehar, Himadri has performed all over West Bengal and several other states of India. He stood first in West Bengal’s state-level Bhawaiya competition thrice — in 1994, 1997 and 1999. Himadri is a regular radio and TV artist. He was invited to perform in the United States by The Bangladeshi Community of New York in 2007. Himadri has sung in music albums including Bhaber Bhawaiya and Bhabnadir Bhawaiya. For more details, click on the link mentioned below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkmBn66lJY8

Timir Baran Das

Call: 7477869953

Timir Baran Das of Topshikhata in Alipurduar has been singing Bhawaiya since childhood. He has learnt from his mother and later from Bidhan Chandra Ray. Apart from Bhawaiya, he sings Bhatiyali songs. He has stood second in Rajya Bhawaiya Sangeet Pratijogita in 2001 and 2015 and won the first prize in 2016. An exponent of Bhawaiya, Timir Baran Das teaches the traditional folk music to the young generation

Krishna Chandra Mohanta

Call: 8147729459

Krishna Chandra Mohanta of Alipurduar is a Bhawaiya exponent and teaches the traditional folk music to young generation.

Sukheswar Dewri

Call: 8967499600

Sukheswar Dewri is a Bhawaiya Guru and and activist working for the revival of the genre. The practice of Bhawaiya music runs in his family, but his father did not want him to take up singing due to financial issues in the family. The love for the music did not deter him though. While in college, he set up theatre groups with his friends and included Bhawaiya songs in the presentations. That was the time when popular film songs were driving the traditional Bhawaiya to a back seat. The plays performed in the regional dialect, with Sukheswar in the lead role, attracted common people to the then declining Bhawaiya. Sukheswar Dewri has trained and initiated many next generation singers in the tradition and his son Himadri is one of them.

Kumar Manabendra Narayan

Call: 9933376307

Kumar Manabendra Narayan is an acclaimed Guru of Bhawaiya, from Tufangunj, Cooch Behar and a descendant of the Cooch Behar royal family. He got attracted to Bhawaiya songs by listening to the same being sung in between his father’s productions of Pala Gaan. Manabendra Narayan’s initiation to Bhawaiya was at the age of 10, from his father Manindra Narayan. He has done numerous performances and has composed many Bhawaiya plays like Nithua Pathare Kajol Bhoromora, Ei Juger Daini, Sonar Songsar, Kokilar Kandon based on the life of the king of Rajmahal Lakkhin Narayan. He has been performing at the local Radio since 1972. Manabendra Narayan’s first record came out in 1980. He is a famous teacher and teaches Bhawaiya in 17 schools. Bhawaiya singer Nazrul Islam is also his student.

Pratima Das

Call: 6296963279

An experienced Bhawaiya singer of Coochbehar, Pratima Das has been learning music from her childhood. She was groomed by the popular duo and exponents of Bhawaiya Music, guru Kumar Manabendra Narayan Roy and Malati Roy. She bagged many awards in his early years and went on to stand second in Rajya Bhawaiya Competition in 1998 and 2005. Her mesmerized voice along with her dotara (string instrument) playing make her Bhawaiya songs more soothing to the listeners. In her childhood, she was a regular artist at All India Radio (Shishumahal).

Anindita Ray

Call: 8617481902

Anindita Ray, a young Bhawaiya artist plays traditional musical instruments like Dotara & Sarinda. She started learning folk music from her mother Dipti Ray and then from different traditional masters. She is also an mphil in folk music and a regular performer of All India Radio. Anindita has performed in various national festivals including Folk Safar Kolkata & Freedom festival Bengaluru.

Dipankar Roy Dakua

Call: 9932257022

Dipankar Roy Dakua, a leading flute player, Dipankar was born at Maynaguri in Jalpaiguri district in 1980 and learned the art of playing the instrument from Subhas Sarkar of Bangladesh, Prabhu Gouranga Das who specialized in classical music, and Jatan Roy who specialized in Bengali folk music. Dipankar is a regular artiste for All India Radio for over five years now. He also plays regularly for the Doordarshan television channel. He has performed across India, in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Goa, Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, and at the Sur Jahan World Peace Music Festival in Kolkata. He has also performed in Bhutan, where he was hosted by the office of Bhutan’s King, and in Nepal and Bangladesh.