Shayan Chowdhury better known as Arnob, is a Bangladeshi indie

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 musician. Coming from a musical family - his uncle Tapan Chowdhury

Tapan Chowdhury (Singer)

Tapan Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi singer. In the beginning of his career in 1970s, he was associated with Souls. Later he started to sing as a solo singer. He is very popular in Bangladesh for his romantic modern songs.-References:...

 is also a singer - Arnob completed his school at Patha Bhavana and MFA in Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan.

Band & Albums

Arnab is a member of the band Bangla. In addition, he has released four solo albums and also worked with Prayer Hall which is basically a platform for upcoming talented musicians. The debut album as a solo artist was Chaina Bhabish, followed by Hok Kolorob. His third album is called Doob

Doob

Doob may refer to several things:* Joseph Leo Doob, an American mathematician* Doob martingale* Doob's martingale inequality* Doob–Meyer decomposition theorem* The Doobie Brothers band* A slang for cannabis...

. The fourth album of even more sophisticated melodies was called Rod bolecheh hobe. Hok Kolorob was a compilation of songs he and his friends had written during their years in Santiniketan

Santiniketan

Santiniketan is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India, approximately 180 kilometres north of Kolkata . It was made famous by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, whose vision became what is now a university town that attracts thousands of visitors each year...

. A combination of poetic lyrics and sophisticated melodies has earned Arnob a large fan base among Bangladesh's music listeners. He has also composed the music for Sahana Bajpaie's Rabindra Sangeet album Notun Kore Pabo Bolay and for Krishnokoli's album of original songs titled Surje Badhi Basha. He also contributes to the theme songs and advertisements on Bangla satellite channels (Bandhan, Flat no 40, Sporshe'r Baire). On August 11, 2009 his world tour concert album released named 'Arnob and friends live'.

He was also the music director of the bangla

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...

 film Monpura

Monpura

Monpura , is a Bengali language film set in Bangladesh. Directed by Giasuddin Selim. Monpura is a romance film based in a rural setting. As Selim's debut film, it received a huge media hype before its release. The shooting of the film started in June 2007. It was shot in different places,...

,'Aaha!','Jaago' and 'Dip Nevar Age' and . The music tracks of the film Monpura

Monpura

Monpura , is a Bengali language film set in Bangladesh. Directed by Giasuddin Selim. Monpura is a romance film based in a rural setting. As Selim's debut film, it received a huge media hype before its release. The shooting of the film started in June 2007. It was shot in different places,...

gained widespread popularity in Bangladesh.

External links

• "Giving timeless songs a new sound" at The Daily Star
• "Interpreting Tagore" at Bangladeshinfo.com
• "TÊTE-À-TÊTE" at NewAgeBD.com
• Arnob: The Unheard Voices World Tour 2008
• Arnob Music Albums Download All Arnob Albums