Rupam Islam

Rupam Islam (Bengali: রূপম ইসলাম, romanized: Rūpama isalāma, born 25 January 1974) is an Indian Bengali singer, songwriter, music composer, and writer. He is the lead vocalist of the popular Bengali Rock Band Fossils. He gained popularity mainly through his solo albums and his works as a member of Fossils. He has worked as a playback singer, music director, and lyricist in numerous Bengali films and has also lent his voice for Hindi and Telugu films. He has sung for various Bengali television soaps, web series, and advertisements. In 2010, he won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for his work in the Bengali film Mahanagar@Kolkata. He is a member of the Bangla Sangeet Academy (Government of West Bengal).

Rupam Islam
রূপম ইসলাম
Rupam Islam
Background information
Born (1974-01-25) 25 January 1974
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
GenresBangla Rock
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, music composer, writer
InstrumentsGuitar, Keyboard, Mouth Organ
Years active1998–present
LabelsSaregama HMV, Asha Audio, Times Music, Bangla Rock
Associated actsFossils
Websiterupamislam.com

Early life

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.[1] By age nine, he was an empanelled child artiste of Aakashvani and Doordarshan[2] 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.

Fossils and solo career

In 1998, his band Fossils was born. Within the first five years, they had become one of the best West Bengal Rock bands. As lyricist, music composer and lead vocalist, Rupam came to be identified as the face of the band. Fossils has had six super-hit albums, each of which has created one record or the other in the chart busters.

After training in Indian classical music, Rupam's first solo album Tor Bhorshate was released by HMV in 1998. The album was re-released as Neel Rong Chhilo Bhishon Priyo in 2003 and, on popular demand, was again re-released in CD format by SaReGaMa ten years after first hitting the market.

A duo album called RnB (Rupam and Bumpy) was released in 2007 and declared the most sold album of the year

In 2010, Rupam released his second solo album called Na Hanyate from SaReGaMa. It won him awards in Kolkata and the album was amongst the most sold albums of the year. In 2010 Rupam won the National Film Award as the Best Male Playback Singer for his work in the film - Mahanargar at Kolkata

In 2011, Rupam released his third solo album called Nishkromon from SaReGaMa. It became a huge hit even before its release. In this album he has been associated with many other Bengali rock bands' members. All the songs were recorded live.

In 2013, The sixth studio album of the band was released on 19 October 2013 at City Centre II, Rajarhat – Kolkata. For the first time, the band soft launched their album "Fossils 4" as full-length online streaming to the audience days before physical release of the album. It was also the first time the band holds both copyright and publishing rights of this album while INRECO will do the distribution and marketing. By its online release it became a superhit album.

Rupam is said to be the pioneer of West Bengal rock. Rupam is one of the most popular modern singers in West Bengal.

In 2014, Rupam made his debut in Telegu film industry with a hit number called Neeli Neeli Kalladana for the film Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham.

In 2017, Rupam recorded his solo album Notun Niyom, composing and writing all the album's songs, as well playing all the instruments. There are music videos of each of these songs, by different directors. The music video of "Chandni te Unmad Ekjon"— which went national, trending #3 on YouTube—was directed by Samarpan Sengupta. The music video of "Daniken"—which also went national, trending #5 on YouTube—was directed by Samik Roy Choudhury. The album is one of the most experimental works of Rupam.

In 2018 Fossils launched their fifth album, Fossils 5.

Other media

Rupam has composed title songs for TV programs and advertisement jingles for leading brands and has anchored several musical and chat shows on television. For more than a year in 2007 and 2008, Rupam hosted a show called Rupam on the Rocks on Ananda Bazar Patrika's Friends 91.9 FM.

Combining his two loves – music and literature – Rupam wrote his first book of songs, Epitaph from AAhir Publication, one of the leading little magazines, which was released in 2006 and became one of the most sought-after books at the Kolkata Book Fair. Rupam on the Rocks, his second book, was released at the Kolkata Book Fair in 2009 and remains one of Ananda Publishers' hottest sellers. He also wrote a special column for the youth magazine Unish Kuri.

Rupam is now one of the busiest playback singers of Kolkata and has sung in more than 30 Hindi and Bengali films. Mahanagar@Kolkata, the film for which he won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer in 2010, also marked his debut as a music director. Rupam won a number of awards from 2009 to 2011 for his playbacks in movies specially for Benche Thakar Gaan in Autograph and he also sang the song "ei srabon" for the film 22se srabon (2011). He also won the best modern singer award for his recent solo album Na Hanyate at the Bangla Music Awards 2011.

In 2007, Rupam made his debut in Hindi playback in Vishesh Films' Jannat, directed by Kunal Deshmukh, where he sang the title song "Jannat Jahaan" and at the request of the producers, Rupam created a Bengali version of that song – "Jannat Takkai". This version got screened as well in theatres. Rupam sang "Dil Kare" in the film All the Best: Fun Begins in 2009 under the banner of Ajay Devgn Films; the director was Rohit Shetty.

Rupam has done the maximum number of playback singing for films among all the Bengali band singers. Some of them being Piyalir Password, Chalo Let's Go, Madly Bangalee, Kanchan Babu, Jiyo Kaka, Olot Palot, Shukno Lanka, Dwando, Angshumaner Chhobi, Aleya, Antim Swash Sundar, Mahanagar@Kolkata, Autograph, Baishe Srabon, Icche, Bedroom, Besh Korechi Prem Korechi etc.

Rupam has taken part in a TV show called R2T2 (Rock-e Rupam Tal-e Tanmoy). In this show both Rupam and eminent musician Tanmoy Bose created two different bands of two different genres.

Rupam has co-directed the music of the Bengali film Bedroom along with his long-time friend and Fossils colleague Allan Ao. The songs became instant hits just after the audio release of the film.

Again in 2015 Rupam Islam & Allan Ao Directed Music for the Film Naxal

Personal life

Rupam married his long-time friend Rupsha Dasgupta on 21 October. On 12 September 2010 they became parents of a baby boy, Rup Aarohan Prometheus.[3]

Discography

Solo Albums

Year Albums Audio Label
1998 Tor Bhorshatey HMV
2003 Neel Rong Chilo Bhishon Priyo

(Tor Bhorshatey re-released as Neel Rong Chilo Bhishon Priyo)

HMV
2010 Na-Hanyate Saregama HMV
2011 Nishkromon Saregama HMV
2014 Prerona Times Music
2017 Notun Niyom Bangla Rock
2020 Aami Bangla Rock

Singles

Year Songs Audio Label
2018 Aami Tomaay Bhalobashi Vol.1 Bangla Rock
2018 Aami Tomaay Bhalobashi Vol.2 Bangla Rock
2018 Runanubandha Bangla Rock
2019 Stor Zee Music Company
2020 Dogdoge Itihasher Ghaa Bangla Rock
2020 Bibhajon Bangla Rock
2020 Iswar Bangla Rock
Islam at a musical concert in Kolkata, India on 9 November 2019.

Collaborations

Year Albums/Singles Co-artist(s) Audio Label
2007 Rupam n Bumpy Bumpy UD Series
2013 Last Counter Somlata Acharyya Chowdhury

Anindya Chatterjee

Sahana Bajpaie

Rajkumar Sengupta

Arnab Chowdhury

INRECO
2017 Bhule Jai Purono Se Din Debaditya Chaudhury Bangla Rock
2018 Gaaner Jonmo Tanmoy Bose Bangla Rock
2018 Adventure Koushik Chakraborty

Sayan Mitra

Timir Biswas

Tamal Kanti Haldar

Ananya Bhattacharjee

Tushar Debnath

Kabir Chattopadhyay

Nilanjan Mandal

Suyasha Sengupta

Bangla Rock

Fossils

Year Albums Audio Label
2002 Fossils Asha Audio
2004 Fossils 2 Asha Audio
2006 Mission F Asha Audio
2007 Aupodartho Asha Audio
2009 Fossils 3 Asha Audio
2014 Fossils 4 Bangla Rock
2017 Fossils 5 Bangla Rock
2019 Fossils 6 Bangla Rock

Writings

Year Writings Publisher
2006 Epitaph Ahir Publications
2009 Rupam on the rocks Ananda Publishers
2012 Ei to ami Ananda Publishers
2014 Rockstar Ananda Publishers
2017 Biswarupam Ananda Publishers

Filmography

Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmsSongs Composer(s) Writer(s) Co-singer(s)Notes
2008JannatJannat Jahan Pritam Neelesh Misra Hindi
2008Chalo Let's GoCross The Line Neel Dutt Anjan Dutt Bengali
2009Piyalir Password Bengali
2009Madly BangaleeI Can Do, Samoy Neel Dutt Anjan Dutt Bengali
2009Olot Palot Bengali
2009DwandoBare Bare Mayookh Bhowmick Mainak Sinha Bengali
2009Angshumaner Chhobi Bengali
2009 Risk Chalo India Bickram Ghosh Bickram Ghosh Bengali
2009All the Best: Fun BeginsDil Kare Pritam Kumaar Suraj JaganHindi
2010Shukno LankaSing Nei Tobu Naam (Remix) Debojyoti Mishra (Remix)

Hemanta Mukherjee (Original)

Gauriprasanna Mazumder Bengali
2010 033 Rhododendron Subrata Ghosh & Joyjit Lahiri (Original)

Chandrabindoo (Remake)

Subrata Ghosh

Joyjit Lahiri

Bengali
2010Antim Swash SundarTumi Diyecho Ja

Ekti Jibon Ami Pelam Toke

Purbayan Chatterjee Bengali
2010 Tara Du Mutho Bhat Tapan Sinha Bratya Basu Bengali
2010AutographBeche Thakar Gaan Anupam Roy

Debojyoti Mishra

Anupam Roy Bengali
2010Mahanagar@KolkataRakter Gaan O Patangoder Swapno, Badrakto, Ei To Aami Rupam Islam Rupam Islam Bengali
2010 Natobar Notout Bhitore Bayere Urran Debojyoti Mishra Debojyoti Mishra Bengali
2011 Chaplin Ke Ke Ke Jane Indraadip Dasgupta Ashok Sharma Bengali
2011Jiyo KakaAamader Kolkatay Neel Dutt Srijato Bengali
2011IccheHalucination Surojit Chatterjee Bengali
2011Baishe SrabonEi Srabon Anupam Roy Anupam Roy Bengali
2012 Om Shanti Dhulo Dhulo Hoye Jachhe Amar Chena Prithibi Rupam Islam Rupam Islam Bengali
2012BedroomWho Am I, Amen, Bedroom a (Title Track) Rupam Islam

Allan Temjen Ao

Rupam Islam Bengali
2012Hemlock SocietyPhiriye Dewar Gaan Anupam Roy Anupam Roy Bengali
2012 Muktodhara Dour Dour Surojit Chatterjee Surojit Chatterjee Bengali
2013 Sweetheart Tor Godhuli Uthone Yash-Amit Somnath Kar Bengali
2013 Annya Na Chutche Eka-E-Mon Samik Sinha Gautam Sushmit Bengali
2013 Mishawr Rawhoshyo Kakababur Gaan Indraadip Dasgupta Srijato Bengali
2014 Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham Neeli Neeli Kalladana Anup Rubens Shree Mani Telugu
2014 Aamar Ami Chena Chena Mukh Kabir & Shiba Orko Sinha Bengali
2014 Kanchenjunga Express Ke Tumi Nandini Savvy Savvy Bengali
2014 Force Force Title Track Saptarshi Mukherjee Saptarshi Mukherjee Bengali
2015 Jhumura Chandra Soho Bangshidhoro 1 Prossonyo Ray Prossonyo Ray Bengali
2015 She Chootche Runner Tapan Tapan Rith Bengali
2015 Otai Last Mms Ripu Partho Partho Bengali
2015 Target Kolkata Rojnamcha Nayan Bhattacharjee Bengali
2015 Rajkahini Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata Rabindranath Tagore

Indraadip Dasgupta (Arrangement)

Rabindranath Tagore Kabir Suman

Kaushiki Chakraborty

Rupankar Bagchi

Lopamudra Mitra

Babul Supriyo

Srabani Sen

Sidhu

Srikanta Acharya

Anupam Roy

Anweshaa

Indraadip Dasgupta

Bengali
2015 Ek Phaali Rod Pichgola Rastay

Hajar Square Feet Swapner Bari

Joy Sarkar Suchandra Cowdhury Bengali
2015 Naxal Sahoj Manush

Ei Ekta Din

Biplob

Ekhon Samay

Rupam Islam

Allan Temjen Ao

Rupam Islam Shyam Khapa (Sahoj Manush)

Anirban Ghoshal (Biplob)

Avinab Mukherjee (Biplob)

Sudipto Das (Biplob)

Bengali
2016 Tadanto Amar Purono Shorir Jhuppa Kaushik Banerjee Bengali
2016 Shororipu He is the boss Dev Sen Srijato Bengali
2017 Jawker Dhan Chhaya Juddho Meemo Prantik Chakraborty Sanchari Chaudhuri
2017 Yeti Obhijaan Kakababur Obhijaan Indraadip Dasgupta Prasen Arijit Singh

Anupam Roy

Bengali
2018AleyaBandhu Esho Rohan Ganguly Samim Bengali
2018 Ka Kha Ga Gha Ka Kha Ga Gha Mission Anindya Chatterjee Anindya Chatterjee Bengali
2018 Alinagarer Golokdhadha Itihaash Kobita Meemo Prantik Chakraborty Bengali
2018 Reunion Manush Ekhono Manusher Pashe Joy Sarkar Rajib Chakraborty Rupankar Bagchi Bengali
2018 Happy Pill Dhulo Jhere Tai Savvy Deepangshu Bengali
2018GirlfriendGirlfriend Title Track Jeet Gannguli Raja Chanda Bengali
2018Bagh Bandi KhelaBagh Bandi Khela Title Track Jeet Gannguli Ritam Sen Bengali
2018 Oskar Mon Jure Thakis Oskar Loy-Deep Loy-Deep Bengali
2019 Wrong Number Du'Chokhe Tor Rahul Majumdar Sourav Malakar Bengali
2020Dwitiyo PurushAami Achhi Anupam Roy Anupam Roy Bengali

Web Series

Year Web Series Songs Composer(s) Writer(s) Co-artist(s) Language
2020 Judgement Day Judgement Day Title Track Rupam Islam Archan Chakraborty Hindi
2020 Feluda Pherot Feluda Pherot Title Track Joy Sarkar Srijato Rupankar Bagchi

Anupam Roy

Bengali

References

  1. "Lines of beauty". Archived from the original on 13 May 2008.
  2. "Esho alap koriye di". Archived from the original on 30 August 2009.
  3. Sen, Zinia (10 March 2012). "My son is lucky for me, says Rupam". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
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