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Rupam (full name Rupam Islam) is a Bengali playback singer 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.^[1]

Early life[link]

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 Chhandita Islam. By the age of 4, he was performing on stage with his parents' choir group Jhankar Shilpi Goshthhi.^[2] By 9, he was an empanelled child artiste of Aakashvani and Doordarshan^[3] and had performed at all leading auditoriums of Kolkata.

Education went hand-in-hand with music, and he graduated from Asutosh College, Calcutta University with Honors in English. He completed his Bachelor’s in Education (B.Ed) and joined Taki Boys Mulitipurpose School where he taught English to primary school students for 11 years before voluntarily retiring in 2006 to concentrate on his music career.

Fossils and solo career[link]

In 1998, his band Fossils was born. In five years, they became the most popular Bangla rock band. As lyricist, music composer and lead vocalist, Rupam came to be identified as the face of the band. Fossils has had five super-hit albums, each of which has created one record or the other in the chartbusters.

After training in Indian classical music, Rupam’s first solo album Tor Bhorshate was released by HMV in 1998. The album was re-releaased as Neel Rong Chhilo Bhishon Priyo in 2003 and, on popular demand, was again re-released in CD 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 y

Other media[link]

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 2007-08, Rupam hosted an exclusive 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, 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 2009 and continues to remain 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 Award for best male playback singer, also marked his debut as music director.

In 2007, Rupam made his debut in Hindi playback in Vishesh Films' Jannat, directed by Kunal Deshmukh, where he sung 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 theaters. Rupam sang "Dil Kare" in the film All the Best 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 Bangla band singers. Some of them being Piyalir Password, Cholo Lets Go, Madly Bangaly, Kanchan Babu, Jiyo Kaka, Olotpalot, Shukno Lanka, Dwando, Angshumaner Chhobi, Aleya, Antim Swash Sundar,Mahanagar@Kolkata, Autograph etc.

Personal life[link]

Rupam is married to his long-time friend Rupsha Dasgupta. On 12 September 2010 they became parents of a baby boy, Rup Aarohan Prometheus.

Discography[link]

• Tor Bhorshatey (1998 / HMV) Re-released as Neel Rong Chilo Bhishon Priyo (2003 / HMV).
• Fossils (2002 / Asha Audio)
• Fossils 2 (2004 / Asha Audio)
• Mission F (2006 / Asha Audio)
• Rupam n Bumpy (2007 / UD Series)
• Epitaph (Aahir)
• Aupodartho (2007 / Asha Audio)
• Rupam on the Rocks(2009)ananda publisher
• Fossils 3 (2009 / Asha Audio)
• Na-Hanyate (2010 puja release)

References[link]

This article relies on references to primary sources or sources affiliated with the subject, rather than references from independent authors and third-party publications. Please add citations from reliable sources. (October 2007)

Official Website of Fossils

Official Website of Fossils Force

External links[link]

• Official website
• Notun Gaane Kamal, Rupom
• Interview on "Jannat"

Rupam Islam (born 25 January 1974) is a playback singer, song writer, 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.^[1] Rupam has been selected to be a member of the Government of West Bengal's cultural committee for music (Bangla Sangeet Academy).

Early life[link]

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 Chhandita Islam. By the age of 4, he was performing on stage with his parents' choir group Jhankar Shilpi Goshthhi.^[2] By 9, he was an empanelled child artiste of Aakashvani and Doordarshan^[3] 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 honors in English literature. He completed his Bachelor’s in Education (B.Ed) and joined Taki Boys Mulitipurpose 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[link]

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

After training in Indian classical music, Rupam’s first solo album Tor Bhorshate was released by HMV in 1998. The album was re-releaased 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 Hayante from SaReGaMa. It won him awards in Kolkata and the album was amongst the most sold albums of the year.

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

Other media[link]

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 2007-08, Rupam hosted an exclusive 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 Magazine, 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 2009 and continues to remain 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 Award for best male playback singer in 2010, also marked his debut as music director. Rupam won a number of awards in the years 2009-2011 for his playbacks in different 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 sung 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 theaters. Rupam sang "Dil Kare" in the film All the Best 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 Bangla band singers. Some of them being Piyalir Password, Cholo Lets Go, Madly Bangaly, Kanchan Babu, Jiyo Kaka, Olotpalot, Shukno Lanka, Dwando, Angshumaner Chhobi, Aleya, Antim Swash Sundar,Mahanagar@Kolkata, Autograph, Baishey Srabon, Icche, Bedroom 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 & Fossils colleague Allan Ao. The songs became instant hits just after the audio release of the film.

Personal life[link]

Rupam is married to his long-time friend Rupsha Dasgupta. On 12 September 2010 they became parents of a baby boy, Rup Aarohan Prometheus.

Discography[link]

• Tor Bhorshatey (1998 / HMV) Re-released as Neel Rong Chilo Bhishon Priyo (2003 / HMV).
• Fossils (2002 / Asha Audio)
• Fossils 2 (2004 / Asha Audio)
• Mission F (2006 / Asha Audio)
• Rupam n Bumpy (2007 / UD Series)
• Epitaph (Aahir)
• Aupodartho (2007 / Asha Audio)
• Rupam on the Rocks(2009)ananda publisher
• Fossils 3 (2009 / Asha Audio)
• Mahanagar @ Kolkata (2010 / HMV SaReGaMa)
• Na-Hanyate (2010 / HMV SaReGaMa)
• Nishkromon (2011 / HMV SaReGaMa)
• Ai to ami(2012)ananda pulisher

References[link]

This article relies on references to primary sources or sources affiliated with the subject, rather than references from independent authors and third-party publications. Please add citations from reliable sources. (October 2007)

Official Website of Fossils

Official Website of Fossils Force

External links[link]

• Official website
• Notun Gaane Kamal, Rupom
• Interview on "Jannat"