Bhawaiya

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.

Tumpa Barman

Call: 9733007844

Tumpa Barman is a young and promising Bhawaiya singer. She grew up in a musical environment. Her grandfather used to sing songs of the Padma Puran (a religious text drawn upon the snake goddess Manasa), her mother and elder sister were Kirtan singers and that is where she draws her influence from. She was famous in North Bengal as a child artist. She met Sonatan Barman during a performance, the intimacy grew from the acquaintance and then they married. She trained under Sonaton after marriage and now Tumpa is a noted exponent of Bhawaiya music in North Bengal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbPHUp_mosw

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).

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.