Babul Supriyo
Member of Parliament , Asansol , Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, BJP, West Bengal, playback singer, live performer, television host, actor, and politician, India
Babul Supriyo is a Member of Parliament representing Asansol in the 16th and 17th Lok Sabha and currently serving as the Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, in the Union Council of Ministers. He is an Indian playback singer, live performer, television host, actor, and politician.
He made a career as a playback singer in Hindi cinema in the mid-nineties and has sung for many films since then. He primarily sings in Hindi, Bengali, and Odia languages. However, he has also done playback singing in 11 other languages during his musical career. He entered politics in 2014 and joined Narendra Modi’s government. He previously served as Union Minister of State for Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, and Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
Early life:
Supriyo was born on 15-12-1970 and brought up in Uttarpara, a suburb town of Kolkata on the banks of the Hooghly River in West Bengal. His parents are Sunil Chandra Baral and Sumitra Baral. Babul comes from a musical family and was greatly influenced by his grandfather, Banikantha NC Baral, a Bengali vocalist and composer.
He won several inter-school and inter-college music compositions and had performed on All India Radio and Doordarshan. He attended Don Bosco School during which he became an “All India Don Bosco Music Champion” in 1983, and “The Most Enriching Talent” in 1985. He completed his bachelor’s degree in commerce from Serampore College in 1991.
When he entered the entertainment industry, he changed his birth name Supriya Baral to Babul Supriyo
Personal life:
Supriyo was introduced to Riaa at a Shah Rukh Khan concert in Toronto. They married each other in 1995. His first child Sharmilee was born in 1996.[citation needed] Supriyo and Riaa stayed divorced in October 2015. He remarried on 9 August 2016 to Rachna Sharma, an air hostess of Jet Airways.
Singing career:
Babul Supriyo at Premiere of ‘Rock Of Ages’
After a brief work at the Standard Chartered Bank, Supryio chose singing as a full-time career. He moved to Mumbai in 1992 to make a career in Bollywood. Kalyanji gave him a break and took him to perform abroad at their live shows. In 1993 he toured Canada and the USA with Amitabh Bachchan. He also toured the US with Asha Bhonsle in 1997 and 1999. Besides playback singing, he has also done several stage shows. Babul Supriyo performed at Powai Sarvajanin Durgotsav in 2011.
His breakthrough came with “Dil Ne Dil Ko Pukara” in Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai in 2000, the debut film of Hrithik Roshan. Some of his other popular Bollywood songs are “Pari Pari Hai Ek Pari” (Hungama), “Hum Tum” (Hum Tum), and “Chanda Chamke” (Fanaa). He is the anchor of the hit television show K for Kishore. He sang the opening themes of Balaji Telefilms serials.
Albums
Monoroma Tilottama (1997)
Hoyto Tomari Jannya (1999)
Sochta Hun (2003)
Kuch Aisa Lagta Hai
Untitled – Babul Supriyo (2008)
Kotobaaro Bhebechhinu (Rabindra Sangeet) (2009) – Asha Audio
Jodi Jantem (Rabindra Sangeet) (2010) – Asha Audio
Babul Baul (2014)
Mone Robe (2011, Rabindra Sangeet album comprising 10 songs sung by Babul Supriyo & Alka Yagnik)
Just Tomake
What The Folk
Timeless
Suna Pharua (2016, Odia)
Political career:
- He Political Journey Started in March 2014 After he Met Baba Ramdev and joined the BJP. He Became a Contender in the Lok Sabha Elections Polls in the Same Year from Asansol( is a Small Town in West Bengal)on BJP Ticket and won after defeating Dola Sen of TMC (Trinamool Congress).
- In 2014, He was Inducted Into the Modi Cabinet the Union Minister of State, Ministry of Urban Development; and Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.
- In 2014, He was the Member of the Committee on Transport, Tourism, and Culture
- He Becomes the 3rd BJP Minister from the eastern State after Satyabarata Mukharjee and Tapan Skidar. In 2016, He was appointed as Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
- In the 2019 Indian general election, Supriyo again won from the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate defeating Moon Moon Sen by 1.97 lakh votes and securing a total of 6.32 lakh votes
- In May 2019, he became Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Awards and Honors:
2002: Honorary citizenship by the State Council of Atlanta.
2002: Bengal Film Journalists’ Association Awards: Best Male Playback for Tak Jhal Mishti
2003: Kalakar Awards – Best Playback Singer for Kasautii Zindagii Kay
2004: Kalakar Awards – Best Playback Singer for Mayer Anchal
2006: Bengal Film Journalists’ Association – Best Male Playback Award for Subho Drishti.[citation needed]
2007: Zee Gold Awards – Best Playback Singer for Kasautii Zindagii Kay
2016: Walked at Grande finale show of Indian Federation for Fashion Development’s India Runway Week Season 6 for designer Agnimitra Paul
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Born in Uttarpara
Hooghly
Completed SSC Standard
Don Bosco School & Technical School, Liluah, Kolkata
Completed Graduation
in commerce from Serampore College
Profession
Artist (Singer), Film Artist, Musician
Joined in the BJP
Union Minister
State, Ministry of Urban Development
Minister
of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Member of Parliament
Representing Asansol, 16th Lok Sabha
Member
of Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture
Minister
of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
Member of Parliament
Representing Asansol, 17th Lok Sabha
Minister of State
for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, in the Union Council of Ministers.