Rupam Islam
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Rupam Islam
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| Background information | |
| Native name | রূপম ইসলাম |
| Born | 25 January 1974 |
| Origin | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Genres | Bengali Rock, Adhunik Bengali Songs, Dub Songs |
| Years active | 1998 – present |
| Associated acts | Singer, songwriter, composer, author, actor |
| Website | rupamislam |
Rupam Islam (born 25 January 1974) is Kolkata-based Indian playback singer, songwriter, composer and the lead singer of the band Fossils. He is a recipient of National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer. He won the award in 2010, for his work in the film Mahanagar @ Kolkata. Rupam has been selected to be a member of the Government of West Bengal's cultural committee for music (Bangla Sangeet Academy). He belongs to a Bengali family.
Born on 25 January 1974 in a family of musicians, Rupam's musical journey started fairly early under the tutelage of his parents, renowned musicians of their time: late Nurul Islam and late Chhandiita Islam. By the age of four, he was performing on stage with his parents' choir group Jhankar Shilpi Goshthhi. By age nine, he was an empanelled child artiste of Aakashvani and Doordarshan and had performed at all leading auditoriums of Kolkata.
Education went hand-in-hand with music, and he graduated from Asutosh College, an affiliated college of the University of Calcutta with honours in English literature. He completed his Bachelor's in Education (BEd) and joined Taki Boys Multipurpose School where he taught English to primary school students for eleven years before voluntarily retiring in 2006 to concentrate on his career in music.
He is very much influenced by the music of Michael Jackson, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Gautam Chattopadhyay (founder of Moheener Ghoraguli) and James (Bangladeshi rock singer)
In 1998, his band Fossils was born. Within the first five years, they had become one of the best Bengali Rock bands. As lyricist, music composer and lead vocalist, Rupam came to be identified as the lead singer of the band. Fossils has had five super-hit albums, each of which has created one record or the other in the chartbusters.
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