Kalpana Patowary
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| Birth name | Kalpana Patowary |
| Born | October 27, 1978 Sorbog,Barpeta, Assam, India |
| Genres | Primitive-acoustic folk, Ambient electronic and new age jazz - fusion, electronic fusion, Indian/ Assamese classical, Jazz and Ghazal |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 2001–present |
Kalpana Patowary (Assamese: কল্পনা পাটোৱাৰী) is an Indian folk singer from Assam. She is a disciple of Ustad Gulam Mustafa Khan and has been influenced by Bhupen Hazarika. She participated in the reality show Junoon - Kuchh Kar Dikhaane Ka (2008) on NDTV Imagine. Kalpana Patowary has lent her vocals to numerous Bhojpuri songs and Bollywood numbers in films like Billu and R. Rajkumar and Assamese films like Ahetuk. Although she has many folk and popular songs to her credit, Bhojpuri music has been her most dedicated foray.[1]
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Early life and background
Kalpana Patowary was born on 27 October 1978 in Barpeta district in Assam.
A graduate in English literature from Cotton College, Assam and Visharad in Indian Classical Music (vocal) under Bhatkhande Sangeet Vidyapeeth, Lucknow in 1996, a regular artist Doordarshan Kendra, Guwahati, Assam as well as All India Radio (yuba bani) Guwahati, Assam since 1992.Trained in Assamese folk music by her father Sri Bipin Patowary, an accomplished folk singer himself, Kalpana Patowary also trained as Sangeet Visharad in Indian classical music at Bhatkhande Music Institute, Lucknow. Kalpana Patowary has a stunning five-octave range and signature vocal abilities, and has been hailed as a prodigy in the world of Bhojpuri music. She has mastered and presented in a new way many forms of Bhojpuri music such as Urvi, Pachra, Kajri, Sohar, Vivaah geet, Chaita, and Nautanki. She has been credited with reviving and promoting Bhojpuri music on the international stage.[2]
Kalpana Patowary has worked extensively on the works of Bhikhari Thakur and has released an album commemorating his life and work.[3]
Career
Her contribution to the Bhojpuri music, as well as her instrumental role bringing forth the girls and women from the remote villages out to chase their dreams. She has served as a role model for active involvement for both the Bhojpuri traditional folk forms and Bhojpuri film music. She has transformed the Bhojpuri singing art from a small regional industry to the full fledged high quality vocal art in the International front. Her invaluable work in MTV Coke Studio 2014 and 2015 repeatedly proves this. She is the first Bhojpuri singer to present an age old tradition of Khadi Birha tradition to the International platforms with world renowned musicians. Her decade long service to Bhojpuri music has served multiple terms, though she was born far away from the Bhojpurian North Indian society. Although, she is Assamese, yet Kalpana Patowary has been very active in Bhojpuri music, who has tirelessly served for both Uttar Pradesh – Bihar and Assam. Her proactive approach has helped the Bhojpuri music grow in both scope and recognition.
In 2013, she made an appearance in a documentary film; Bidesia in Bambai, a feature-length film released in December 8, 2013 is as much a story about Bhojpuri music as it is about a constantly churning city. At times the music is the hero, at times the city. It is a look at Mumbai through the lens of the migrant worker and his music.” These successes led to invitations to perform on a 15 days tour for concerts in four Latin American countries presented by The Ministry of Cultural Affairs on the auspicious occasion of Indian Arrival Day, commemorating the arrival of Girmitias from the Indian subcontinent to Caribbean and the island nation of Mauritius presenting songs on migration.
CHHAPRAHIYA PURVI
Kalpana is the first woman to record and sing the Chhaprahiya Purvi style with her commendable high pitch vocal. “The day I decided that I was going to sing this Purvi folk form, being a woman I was challenged by my inner being. No woman had ever dared to sing this particular Chhaprahiya style of Purvi folk music as it demands a high octave range.” Without compromising on the conventional and traditional value of Chhaprahiya Purvi, she has continued to add interesting innovations. Kalpana interprets the Chhaprahiya Purvi as per her own perception within the traditional framework. Until she set her foot on the scene, Purvi was a male preserve. But today she commands the art form as if she were the one to engender it. Not only she has given a new vigor to Purvi, she has also enriched it with a word of fresh interpretation. In 2004, for the first time in Bhojpuri recording musical history, Devra Tudi Killi from album Pyar Ke Rog Bhayil released from T Series was an experimentation to record it in a Female voice as it needs High octave vocal range to render. Years later the song becomes a history itself.
BHOJPURI CINEMA
Today Kalpana Patowary is the most sought after singer of Bhojpuri Cinema and is the best-selling female artist - Kalpana Patowary has made an indelible impact on the Bhojpuri music industry and audiences everywhere.
But years back the story was not the same. Whereas the first Bhojpuri film produced by Vishwanath Sahabadi in 1961, Ganga Maiya Tohe Piyari Charaihobo, post 1961, only five films were released in next 10 years. In 1978 Bhojpuri cinema got an impetus with Ashok Jain making Dangal. Dangal phenomenon gave way to a reasonable number of successful films from 1980-1990, that included Bitia Bhail Sayan , Bhaiya Dooj, Bairi sawan, Bansuriya Baje, Chandwa ke take Chakor, Dharati Maiyya , Dulha Ganga par ke, Ganga Kinare Mora Gao, Ganga Ghat, Ganga Ke Tir, Ganga Mare Laheria, Hamar Bhauji, Piya Nirmohiya, Saiyya Tere Karan, Sonwa ke Pinjra and Senur. Not too many you can count them on your fingers, and that was supposed to be golden era of Bhojpuri cinema!!!1990-2000 is supposed to be the darkest period in Bhojpuri cinema as there wasn’t a single movie released during this period.
The next big thing was “ Sasura Bara Paisewala”. Made on a budget of 30 lakhs this film went on to make 25 crore Music of this film really turned to be a milestone and here comes Kalpana Patowary’s golden voice to fulfill a long cherished dream of forming a platform to sustain the dying Bhojpuri film industry. Years later she is being compared to the golden voice of Indian cinema Lata Mangeshkar. Yes, Kalpana Patowary is respected as The Lata Mangeshkar of Bhojpuri Cinema. Hereafter, there was no looking back and today Bhojpuri film industry is the fifth largest film industry in India. From that time till now Bhojpuri film industry has evolved so much that now it has become a global industry. She has sung in more than 200 Bhojpuri films near about 10000 songs on her part as playback vocal. Other than that she sings in 28 other languages and 7000 other songs on her credit.
NATIONAL CONCERTS
Moradabad Mahotsav Uttar Pradesh on 17th May 2016.
Ang Mahotsav and Bihar Diwas 2016 Munger Bihar on 19th March 2016.
15th Bodoland Accord Day Celebration 2016 Assam on 10th February 2016.
Gorakhpur Festival Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh on 29th January 2016.
Tatapani Festival Chhatisgarh on 16th January 2016.
Rongpur Unnayan Utsav 2015 on 20th December 2015.
Kalpana Patowary presented #BhikhariThakur’s Incantations in Bhojpuri on the Ganges in INDIAN PrimeMinister Narender Modi and JAPANESE PrimeMinister Shinzo Abe’S Benaras banquet on 12th December 2015.
Maa Mundeshwari Mahotsav 2015 Kaimur Bihar on 30th April 2015.
Mohabahu Utsav 2015 Directorate of Cultural Affairs Guwahati Assam on 17th March 2015.
Sonpur Mela Hajipur Bihar on 17th November 2014.
Ekta Mahotsav 2014 Dept.of Tourism Ghuisarnath Dham Pratapgarh Allahabad Uttar Pradesh on 27th February 2014.
North East Festival 2013 IGNCA Ground Janpath New Delhi on 8th & 9th November 2013.
Taj Mahotsav Agra Uttar Pradesh on 26th February 2013.
Maha Kumbh Mela 2013 Allahabad Uttar Pradesh on 1st February 2013.
Bhikhari Thakur’s 126th Birth Anniversary Celebration 2013 Chhapra Bihar on 20th Dec 2013.
Ugratara Sanskritik Mahotsav 2013 Mahishi Saharsa Deptt. of Tourism Bihar 2012 on 17th October 2013.
Balia Mahotsav 2013 Uttar Pradesh.
INTERNATIONAL CONCERTS
Bacardi NH7 Weekender Bangalore with Dhruv Voyage on 6th Dec 2015.
Bacardi NH7 Weekender Pune with Dhruv Voyage on 4th Dec 2015.
Bacardi Nh7 Weekender Kolkata with Dhruv Voyage on 1st November 2015.
Assam International Trade and Industrial Fare 2015 Jorhat Assam on 19th February 2015.
Nagaland International Spring Festival Dimapur Nagaland on 18th February 2015.
Rajasthan International Folk Festival (RIFF 2013) Jodhpur Rajastan Mehrangarh Fort presenting Bhikhari Thakur's Bhojpuri folk traditional music 21st October 2013.
Bacardi NH7 Weekender The Dewarists Stage - Pune” debuts with Trilok Gurtu on 3rd November 2012.
Discography
Playback for Hindi films
| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Co-singer(s) | Ref. | |
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| 2009 | Billu | "Billu Bhayankar" | Pritam | Ajay Jhingran | ||
| 2010 | No Problem | "Babe Di Kripa" | Pritam | Vikrant Singh | Master Saleem, Hard Kaur | |
| "Shakira" | ||||||
| Aakrosh | "Isak Se Meetha Kuch Bhi" | Pritam | Ajay Jhingran | |||
| Khatta Meetha | "Aila Re Aila" | Pritam | Daler Mehndi | |||
| 2013 | R... Rajkumar | "Gandi Baat" | Pritam | Mika Singh |
Playback for Assamese films
| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Co-singer(s) | Ref. |
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| 2013 | Ranangan | "I am Sexy" | Nipon Chutia | ||
| 2015 | Ahetuk | "Nonsense Hridoye" | Poran Borkatoky |
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" Music barons in India were left gaping when Kalpana Patowary, a singer of Indian folk music, was signed on by British recording company Virgin EMI Records in April. They were all the more surprised to see the soaring international demand for her Bhojpuri music album with songs about migration. It seems Bhojpuri folk songs on migration are witnessing resurgence on an unexpected scale."
Recent Activities
- Kalpana Patowary presented #BhikhariThakur’s Incantations in Bhojpuri on the Ganges in INDIAN PrimeMinister Narender Modi and JAPANESE PrimeMinister Shinzo Abe’S Benaras banquet specially invited by The Indian PrimeMinisters office.
- Kalpana, known as Bhojpuri Queen and hails from Assam, will be singing a bhajan in "Har Har Byomkesh", which would recreate a scene from Ray's movie on detective Byomkesh Bakshi titled "Chiriyakhana.".[4]
- Featured artist in this season 4 MTV@CokeStudio presenting KHADI BIRHA(folk of the Ahirs) a fun song, reflecting the Migration content that evolved during the colonial period when a huge population of Bhojpuri people left Indian shores to work in sugarcane, cocoa, jute and other plantations in Caribbean countries, owned and run by Europeans fusing with African music.
- Featured artist in the 3rd season of Mtv@Coke Studio 2013 with Angarag Papon MahantaEiC presenting Baisara Beera – Rajastani folk blend with Assamese Barpetia holi folk song.
- Lately in 2014 she was on a 15 days tour for concerts in four Latin American countries presented by The Ministry of Cultural Affairs on the auspicious occasion of Indian Arrival Day, commemorating the arrival of Girmitias from the Indian subcontinent to Caribbean and the island nation of Mauritius presenting songs on migration.
- Nominated as Best Playback Singer (Female) for Assamese film Ranangan in Prag Cine Award 2014 to be held in Bangalore.
- Kalpana Patowary was awarded as The Thumb Print's choice of the 10 Coolest Northeasterners of 2013.
- 2013 was a prolific release year for Kalpana. The year started with songs from Hindi film R...Rajkumar, where she recorded for composer Pritam for the song "Gandi Baat" a duet with Mika Singh. The only achchi baat about the film was the song 'Gandi Baat'. The song emerged as the biggest hit of 2013 and topped the charts and well received by music lovers.
- Kalpana's musical documented Bhojpuri album ‘The legacy of Bhikhari Thakur’ on the Shakespeare of Bhojpuri literature - Bhikhari Thakur, was nominated in this year’s GIMA 2013 (Global Indian Music Academy) awards in Best Folk Album category.
- Kalpana Patowary presented Bhikhari Thakur's Bhojpuri Folk traditions in Rajasthan International Folk Festival^RIFF on 20 October 2013.
- Kalpana Patowary was invited to judge ^just do-et - singing event in St.Xaviers Malhar Festival, Mumbai on 11 August 2013.
References
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- ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/on-the-shakespeare-of-bhojpuri/article3534122.ece
- ↑ http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/kalpana-patowary-to-pay-tribute-to-ray-in-har-har-byomkesh-115090200172_1.html
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