(1936-1990 )
Date of Birth – 19th August 1936, Jhargram, West Bengal, India
Place of Work -
Bengali Classical and Folk and Contemporary Music
Family: Parents –
Late Rampada Roy, Late Bibhabati Roy
Spouse
– Late Kamala Roy
Children – Bhaskar Roy, Antar Roy, Meita Guha Roy
Education – Kumud Kumari Institute, Jhargram Raj College
Ansuman Roy was considered as one of the most eminent
Bengali versatile singer who had enriched
the Bengali Music with a huge number of varities. Though most of the
people remember him as a Legendary folk artist but his devotional songs,
Nazrulgeeti and Modern Bengali songs (Swarna Yuger Gaan) were equally popular
and was marked as a all time hit music.
Early Life
Ansuman Roy was born and brought up in Jhargram, now a
district of West Bengal on 19th August 1936. As a kid he had a huge
interest on Bengali music. His music music training was started from one of his
uncle (father’s friend) in his locality. Though music reign in his gene, but at
that moment there was no one in his family who was directly associated with
music. Later on Pandit Gyan Prakash Ghosh trained him on Bengali Light music.
In his early life he
was a Radio- Artist and was frequently audible at All India Radio ( Akashbani).
During this period he was involved in various research work on Bengali folk,
specially the folk music of Radh Bengal (South West Bengal). He played the
pioneer role to introduce the flavour of Jhumur Vadu Tusu to the urbanized
world. His kin interest on instrument was also well known. The Santhali
instrument Madal was a regular component of his music composition.
The first music record of Ansuman Roy was recorded on 1971
from Hindusthan Record.
Music Career
In his Music Career he had worked with many legendary
figures of Bengal, such as- Prabir
Majumder, Sudhin Dasgupta, Gauri Prasnna Majumder, Aloknath Dey, Pulak
bandopaddhyay, Shibdas Bandopaddhyay, Hemanta Mukherjee, Manna De, Manabendra
Mukherjee, Shyamal Mitra, Sandhya Mukherjee, Nirmala Mishra Banashree Sengupta, Arati Mukherjee and many
other contemporary artists. His tonal quality, pitch of voice, clarity in music
makes him different from others and people considered him as a genius in Bengal
folk music. His genre of music is highly adopted by young musicians and is used
by many banners even today. But the only
grievance in this pretext is that they forget to acknowledge the name of this
legendary composer. One of his most remarkable work on music and also on socio
political aspect for the War of
Independence of Bangladesh (Muktiyuddha of Bangladesh) was “ Shono ekti
Mujibarer theke”. This song is
considered as one of the main patriotic song in Bngladesh and is sang after the
National Anthem -“Amar Sonar Bangla ami tomai Valobasi”. The lyrics of this
song was written by Gauri Prasanna Majumder, and Ansuman Roy composed the music
and sang this song. He was felicitated with Bangabandhu Gold Medal in 1975 for
this historical song.
On 1978 he won the Best Male Singer Award for the film
Charmurti for the song “Ghochang fu, khabo to ke”.
A Few Popular Songs of Ansuman Roy (Basic Album)
Ø Dada
paye pori re
Ø Vador
Ashwin Mashe
Ø Snjhi
fute jhinge phool
Ø amar
betar biya debo
Ø boli
o khokar ma
Ø hai
hai sat panke bandha poro na
Ø boro
bandhe jaio na
Ø na
kaindo na kaindo
Ø ami
shune elam namti more
Ø jibono
podme spondito hok
Ø premnagare
jabo ami
Bengali Filmograohy as a
Singer
Ø Dokkhoyajna
Ø Charmurti
Ø Korunamoyee
Ø Baba
Taraknath
Ø Batashi
Ø and
many mores
Reference:
HINDUSTHAN RECORD IP - 6104
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