Andrew Kishore

Andrew Kishore
Born	Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Genres	Folk, film
Occupation(s)	Playback singer
Years active	1980–present

Andrew Kishore is a Bangladeshi singer who is active in the music industry of the country since the 1980s. He has played back about 15,000 songs. Alongside Bangla film, he played back in Urdu and Hindi films. ‘Jiboner Golpo Achhe Baki Olpo’, and ‘Dak Diyachhen Doyal Amare’ are one of the most popular single tracks of him. He won National Film Award eight times for his outstanding contribution to the music industry.

Kishore started taking music lessons under Abdul Aziz Bachchu, the then chief music director of Rajshahi Betar. After the Liberation War, Kishore was enlisted in the radio in Nazrul, Tagore, modern, folk and patriotic songs categories. One of his first playback songs is "Ek chor jay choley" from the 1977 film Protikkha, composed by Alam Khan. He recorded other playback songs such as Jiboner Golpo Achhe Baki Olpo , "Dak Diyachhen Doyal Amare" and "Bhalobese Gelam Shudhu".

Kishore also works in his Probaho Media, a production house, which produces TV plays, commercials and other productions.

Kishore has two children.

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