Anup Ghoshal is a singer in Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

 films and other vernacular Indian

Cinema of India

The cinema of India consists of films produced across India, which includes the cinematic culture of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal. Indian films came to be followed throughout South Asia and...

 films, especially Bengali language

Bengali language

Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

 films. He won the West Bengal Assembly elections of 2011 on a Trinamool Congress ticket from the Uttarpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Uttarpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Uttarpara is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...

 in Hooghly district, defeating his nearest rival by a large margin of 40, 000 votes.

Biography

Ghoshal was born to Amulya Chandra (father) and Labanya Ghoshal (mother). His musical training began at an early age from his mother. He graduated from Asutosh College of the prestigious University of Calcutta

University of Calcutta

The University of Calcutta is a public university located in the city of Kolkata , India, founded on 24 January 1857...

 in Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

, and subsequently obtained a doctoral degree from Rabindra Bharati University

Rabindra Bharati University

Rabindra Bharati University is a university in Kolkata, India. It was founded on May 8, 1962, under the Rabindra Bharati Act of the Government of West Bengal in 1961, to mark the birth centenary of the poet Rabindranath Tagore...

.

Accolades and Awards

Ghoshal has been offered Honorary Citizen of Chicago in 1994 by Mayor Richard M. Daley

Richard M. Daley

Richard Michael Daley is a United States politician, member of the national and local Democratic Party, and former Mayor of Chicago, Illinois. He was elected mayor in 1989 and reelected in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. He was the longest serving Chicago mayor, surpassing the tenure of his...

, as well as other awards:

• Gold Medal in Sangeet Bharati Degree Examination during 1967-68.
• 1992 Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Male Playback Award for the Bengali film Goopy Bagha Phire Elo
  Goopy Bagha Phire Elo
  Goopy Bagha Phirey Elo is the third sequel of Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne series. It was directed by Sandip Ray and written by his father Satyajit Ray. This film was released eleven years after its predecessor Hirak Rajar Deshe.-Plot:...
  
  
• 1983 Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Male Playback Award for the Hindi film Masoom
  Masoom
  Masoom is a 1983 Indian film and Shekhar Kapur's first directorial venture. The critically acclaimed film starred Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Tanuja, Supriya Pathak and Saeed Jaffrey, as well as child actors Jugal Hansraj, Aradhana and Urmila Matondkar. The screenplay and dialogues were...
  
  
• 1981 National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer
  National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer
  The following is a list of winners of the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer. The singer with the most awards in this category is K. J. Yesudas with seven wins, whereas S. P. Balasubrahmanyam won six times for 4 different languages; Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu.-Superlatives:...
  
   for the Bengali film Hirak Rajar Deshe
  Hirak Rajar Deshe
  Hirak Rajar Deshe is the second film of the Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne series directed by Satyajit Ray. A unique aspect of the film is that most of the dialogues exchanged by the protagonists of the film are rhyming...
  
  
• 1971 Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Male Playback Award for the Bengali film Sagina Mahato
  Sagina Mahato
  Sagina Mahato is a 1970 Bengali movie. Produced by the late Shri J.K. Kapur and directed by Tapan Sinha, the film stars Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu. The movie was remade as a Hindi movie titled Sagina in 1974.-Plot:...
  
  

Filmography

• Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
  Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
  Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne , directed by the late Satyajit Ray and based on a story by his grandfather Upendra Kishore Ray, is a popular Bengali children's film. It is sometimes released in the English-speaking world as The Adventures Of Goopy And Bagha...
  
  
• Hirak Rajar Deshe
  Hirak Rajar Deshe
  Hirak Rajar Deshe is the second film of the Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne series directed by Satyajit Ray. A unique aspect of the film is that most of the dialogues exchanged by the protagonists of the film are rhyming...
  
  
• Goopy Bagha Phire Elo
  Goopy Bagha Phire Elo
  Goopy Bagha Phirey Elo is the third sequel of Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne series. It was directed by Sandip Ray and written by his father Satyajit Ray. This film was released eleven years after its predecessor Hirak Rajar Deshe.-Plot:...
  
  
• Sasti
• Atattatar Din Porey
• Nayikar Bumikay
• Kabi
• Chhadabeshi
• Jiban Jerakam
• Nimantran
• Phuleswari
• Biraj Bou
• Mohun Baganer Meye
• Subarnagolok
• Bancharamer Bagan
• Harmonium
• Ek Je Chhilo Desh
• Ajab Gayer Ajab Kotha
• Sagina Mahato
  Sagina Mahato
  Sagina Mahato is a 1970 Bengali movie. Produced by the late Shri J.K. Kapur and directed by Tapan Sinha, the film stars Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu. The movie was remade as a Hindi movie titled Sagina in 1974.-Plot:...
  
  

Well-known songs

• Tujse Naraz Nehi Zindegi from Masoom
  Masoom
  Masoom is a 1983 Indian film and Shekhar Kapur's first directorial venture. The critically acclaimed film starred Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Tanuja, Supriya Pathak and Saeed Jaffrey, as well as child actors Jugal Hansraj, Aradhana and Urmila Matondkar. The screenplay and dialogues were...
  
  
• Husn Bhi Aap Hain, Ishq Bhi Aap Hain
• Tum saath ho zindagi bhar ke liye from Sheeshay ka ghar

External links

• Anup Ghoshal in Gomolo.in
• Kolkata swinging to patriotic beat
• Culture date with Bengal