Anupam Roy

Music

Roy has been writing songs from his childhood. His biggest break was having two of his songs featured in the Bengali film, Autograph (2010) by Srijit Mukherji. Roy wrote and composed Bneche Thakaar Gaan (বেঁচে থাকার গান), sung by Rupam Islam and Amake Amar Moto Thakte Dao (আমাকে আমার মত থাকতে দাও), which he sang himself. Roy subsequently debuted as music director for the Bengali movie "Chalo Paltai" (2011). In the same year movies like Baishe Srabon, Rang Milanti released where he continued his work as a music director, lyricist and vocalist. In 2012, Hemlock Society released where he worked as a music director/lyricist/vocalist. Songs like "Ekhon Anek Raat" & "Amar Mawte" catapulted his success to another level. 2014, marked the release of 4 films where he worked as a music director. Songs from Highway & Chotushkone did remarkably well on music charts."Boba Tunnel" and "Bawshonto Eshe Gechhe" were super hit numbers.

2015 marks the release of his Bollywood debut, as a music director, singer and lyricist, Piku, directed by Shoojit Sircar. In 2015, he married his long-time girlfriend Piya Chakraborty.

Apart from film music, Roy has three solo albums. He released "Durbine Chokh Rakhbona", his debut album in 2012 which contains tracks like "Bijli Baati", "Tistaan" and also the original version of "Beche Thakar Gaan". He followed it up with "Dwitiyo Purush" in 2013 with a music video of "Adbhut Mugdhota". His third album "Bakyobageesh" was released in 2014.

As an independent artist, he and his band released his first English single "Second Sex" in May 2013.

The Anupam Roy Band

Roy's live performance is backed by The Anupam Roy Band :

Discography

Roy's solo albums as a singer-songwriter.

Filmography

Roy has worked as lyricist, music director & singer for the following films.

Roy worked only as a playback artist in the following films (for other lyricists & composers)

Documentaries

Theatre

Writings

Roy's writings have been featured in various online & print magazines & newspapers. He has helped in the running of an online Bengali portal named Boipara(বইপাড়া) along with visual artist, Samit Roy. Anupam Roy maintains a blog, [Alternative Bangla Print]. Published in print, major little magazines

Books

Newspaper

Graphic Novel

Roy is the creator of the Bengali graphic novel character Antony. He writes the story and the dialogues for it. Sambuddha Bishee is the illustrator. The first adventure of Antony started getting published in Bengali newspaper magazine Pratidin (রোববার) from July 2014 on a weekly basis.

Other activities

Roy has written & directed two short films, Tiebreaker (2009) and Mind Radio (2010), both produced by TIIMMC. He is a gold medal recipient and is a holder of the Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Jadavpur University.

Acting career

Roy's career as an actor.

Awards and recognitions