Do u known who is that??????????

Do u known who is that??????????

Rupam Islam..............................the bengali rocker

EARLY LIFE :-Born in a musical family, Rupam got his first lessons in music from his parents, Late Nurul and Late Chhandita Islam. His first stage performance was at the age of 4, with his parents' choir group "Jhonkar Shilpi Goshthi" [1]. He started performing at Akashvani Kolkata from a very early age [2]. He graduated from Ashutosh College , a constituent college of the prestigious University of Calcutta, with honors in English, and became a school teacher at Taki Boys Mulitipurpose School.

Having been trained in Indian classical music, Rupam released his first solo album, in 1998 from HMV entitled "Tor Bhorshate". The same album with a different title "Neel Rong Chilo Bhishon Priyo" was re-released by HMV in 2003.Due to the constant demand of this album even after 10 years Saragama HMV re-released this album with a fresh new look in 2007.
FOSSILS :-In 1998, he formed his own band, Fossils (band) in the city of Kolkata. As of 2009 Fossils has released five albums (4 audio & 1 video album). All 4 albums, created some sort of a record by remaining amongst the most sold albums, in all the leading stores of Kolkata. Rupam is the lyricist, music composer and the lead vocalist of Fossils.

Apart from working with Fossils, Rupam also has his own solo and duo projects. A duo album called “RnB’ (Rupam and Bumpy) was released in 2007. This too went onto become a chart buster at all leading music stores.It was the most sold album of 2007 as per sales according to the Radio Mirchi year end survey. Rupam does solo compositions of title songs, for various TV Programs, Films and ad jingles on a regular basis.
OTHER MEDIA :-He has also anchored several TV musical and chat shows. In 2006, Rupam released his book of songs entitled "Epitaph", which too went on to become one of the most sought after books in the 2006 Kolkata Book Fair.

In 2007, Rupam joined Ananda Bazar Patrika’s FM Radio Channel Friends 91.9 FM as one of the 5 celebrity RJs of the station. Every Sunday he has an exclusive show called "Rupam on the Rocks" from 10pm to 12 midnight[3].

Apart from being a singer, writer, composer, he moved to directing, directing his own music video, and also writes a special column for the youth magazine Unish Kuri.

Rupam is now making his debut in Hindi playback in Vishesh Films' JANNAT, directed by Kunal Deshmukh, where he has sung for popular composer Pritam Chakraborty.

Rupam has done the maximum number of playback singing for films among all the band singers. Some of them being : Piyalir Password, Cholo Lets Go, Kanchan Babu, Jiyo Kaka, Olotpalot etc.

Rupam has written two books so far. The first one 'EPITAPH' released in 2006 and the second one 'Rupam on the Rocks' released from Ananda Publishers in 2009

Rupam recently married his long time friend Rupsha Dasgupta. They have together directed a couple of music videos.
Discography

* 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)