Kalpana Patowary

Kalpana Patowary is an Indian playback and folk singer from Assam. She sings in 30 languages.She participated in the reality show Junoon - Kuchh Kar Dikhaane Ka (2008) on NDTV Imagine. Although she has many folk and popular songs to her credit, Bhojpuri music has been her most dedicated foray.

Patowary was born on 27 October 1978 in Barpeta district in Assam. A graduate in English literature,Patowary is an alumnus of the prestigious Cotton College of Guwahati, an institution which is known for having counted among its students a host of literary geniuses, notable journalists and great statesmen.Trained in kamrupiya and goalporiya folk music by her folksinger father Sri Bipin Nath Patowary,Kalpana started to publicly perform at the tender age of 4 with her father and is also trained as Sangeet Visharad in Indian classical music from Bhatkhande Music Institute University,Lucknow. She sings many forms of Bhojpuri folk music including Purvi, Pachra, Kajri, Sohar, Vivaah geet, Chaita, and Nautanki.

Patowary has worked little on the works of Bhikhari Thakur and has released an album commemorating his life and work.

Patowary is the first Bhojpuri singer to present an age old tradition of Khadi Birha tradition to international platforms.

In 2013, Patowary made an appearance in a documentary film, Bidesia in Bambai. Released on 8 December 2013, it is a look at Mumbai through the lens of the migrant worker and his music.

She was invited to perform on a 15-day tour in four Latin American countries presented by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs on the occasion of Indian Arrival Day.

Patowary is the first woman to record and sing in the Chhaprahiya Purvi style. Prior to her work, Purvi was a male preserve.

In July 2018 Patowary joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of its president Amit Shah and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi in Patna.

Hindi film songs

Tamil film songs

Marathi film songs

Assamese film songs

Bengali film songs