Anup Ghoshal

Anup Ghoshal
Birth name	Anup Ghoshal
Born	Kolkata
Genres	Playback singing
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	Vocalist
Years active	1968–present
Website	www.anupghosal.com

Anup Ghoshal is a singer in Hindi films and other vernacular Indian films, especially Bengali language films. He is known in his native Bengal primarily as one of the foremost Nazrulgeeti exponents, and was one of the foremost artistes of the 'golden age' of Nazrulgeeti (c. 1930s–1970s). He recently won the West Bengal Assembly elections of 2011 on a Trinamool Congress ticket from the Uttarpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in Hooghly district, defeating his nearest rival by a large margin of 40,000 votes.

Biography

Ghoshal was born to Amulya Chandra (father) and Labanya Ghoshal (mother). His musical training began at an early age from his mother. He graduated from Asutosh College of the prestigious University of Calcutta in Kolkata, and subsequently obtained a doctoral degree from Rabindra Bharati University.

Accolades and awards

Ghoshal has been offered Honorary Citizen of Chicago in 1994 by Mayor Richard M. Daley,^[1] as well as other awards:

Gold Medal in Sangeet Bharati Degree Examination during 1967-68.
1992 Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Male Playback Award for the Bengali film Goopy Bagha Phire Elo
1983 Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Male Playback Award for the Hindi film Masoom
1981 National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the Bengali film Hirak Rajar Deshe
1971 Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Male Playback Award for the Bengali film Sagina Mahato ^[2]

Filmography

Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
Hirak Rajar Deshe
Goopy Bagha Phire Elo
Sasti
Atattatar Din Porey
Nayikar Bumikay
Kabi
Chhadabeshi
Jiban Jerakam
Nimantran
Phuleswari
Biraj Bou
Mohun Baganer Meye
Subarnagolok
Bancharamer Bagan
Harmonium
Ek Je Chhilo Desh
Ajab Gayer Ajab Kotha
Sagina Mahato
Nishantey (1985)

Well-known songs

Tujse Naraz Nehi Zindegi from Masoom
Husn Bhi Aap Hain, Ishq Bhi Aap Hain
Tum saath ho zindagi bhar ke liye from Sheeshay ka ghar

References

External links

National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer

1967–1980	Mahendra Kapoor (1967) Manna Dey (1968) S. D. Burman (1969) Manna Dey (1970) Hemant Kumar (1971) K. J. Yesudas (1972) K. J. Yesudas (1973) Mukesh (1974) M. Balamuralikrishna (1975) K. J. Yesudas (1976) Mohammed Rafi (1977) Shimoga Subbanna (1978) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1979) Anup Ghoshal (1980)

1981–2000	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1981) K. J. Yesudas (1982) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1983) Bhimsen Joshi (1984) Jayachandran (1985) Hemant Kumar (1986) K. J. Yesudas (1987) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1988) Ajoy Chakrabarty (1989) M. G. Sreekumar (1990) K. J. Yesudas (1991) Rajkumar (1992) K. J. Yesudas (1993) P. Unni Krishnan (1994) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1995) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1996) Hariharan (1997) Sanjeev Abhyankar (1998) M. G. Sreekumar (1999) Shankar Mahadevan (2000)

2001–present	Udit Narayan (2001) Udit Narayan (2002) Sonu Nigam (2003) Udit Narayan (2004) Naresh Iyer (2005) Gurdas Maan (2006) Shankar Mahadevan (2007) Hariharan (2008) Rupam Islam (2009) Suresh Wadkar (2010) Anand Bhate (2011) Shankar Mahadevan (2012) Rupankar (2013) Sukhwinder Singh (2014)

Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Male Playback Award

Playback Singer

Manna Dey (1967)
Dwijen Mukhopadhyay (1974)
Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay (1975)
Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay (1976)
Anup Ghoshal (1981)
Shibaji Chatterjee (1986)
Kishore Kumar (1987)
Manna Dey (1988)
Shibaji Chatterjee (1989)
Anup Ghoshal (1992)
Ajoy Chakrabarty (1995)
Kumar Sanu (1996)
Kumar Sanu (1997)
Indranil Sen (1999)
Ajoy Chakrabarty (2000)
Abhijeet (2001)
Srikanto Acharya (2002)
Babul Supriyo (2003)
Kharaj Mukherjee (2004)
Nachiketa Chakraborty (2005)
Babul Supriyo (2006)
Pranjan Bakshi (2007)

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