Babul Supriyo

Babul Supriya Baral
বাবুল সুপ্রিয়
Babul Supriyo in 2012
Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 July 2016
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	G.M. Siddeshwara
Union Minister of State for Urban Development,Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
In office 9 November 2014 – 12 July 2016
Member of Parliament
In office 26 May 2014 – Incumbent
Preceded by	Bansa Gopal Chowdhury
Constituency	Asansol
Personal details
Born	(1970-12-15) 15 December 1970 Uttarpara, West Bengal, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Rachana Sharma
Alma mater	University of Calcutta
Occupation	Actor, Playback Singer

Babul Supriyo, (born 15 December 1970)^[1][2] is an Indian playback singer, actor and politician. Currently he is a Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, in the Government of India. He made a career as singer in Hindi cinema, and contributed to more than 70 films. He has also done playback singing in other Indian films including Bengali and Odia.

He entered politics in 2014 and joined Narendra Modi's government.

Early life

Babul Supriyo was born and brought up in Uttarpara, a small town on the banks of the Hooghly River in West Bengal. His parents are Sunil Chandra Baral and Sumitra Baral.^[3] He has a sister, Suparna Baral Chakraborty married to Dipto Chakraborty. They reside in New York with two children Shohom and Disha. 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 in All India Radio and Doordarshan.^[4] He attended Don Bosco Liluah 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 Calcutta University in 1991.^[5]

At the time he entered entertainment industry, he changed his birth name Supriya Baral to Babul Supriyo.

Career

After a brief work at the Standard Chartered Bank, Supryio chose singing as a full-time career.^[6][7] 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 USA with Amitabh Bachchan. He also toured US with Asha Bhonsle in 1997 and 1999.^[5] Besides playback singing, he has also done several stage shows.^[8]. 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.^[5] 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.^[9]

Politics

Supriyo won the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for member of parliament in the Lok Sabha from Asansol in West Bengal defeating Dola Sen.^[10] He was inducted to Narendra Modi's government as the Union Minister of State, Ministry of Urban Development; and Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation on 9 November 2014.^[11] He became the youngest minister.^[4] He served in these ministries till 12 July 2016, after which his portfolio was changed to Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.^[12][13]

On 10 January 2017, All India Trinamool Congress MLA Mahua Moitra filed a criminal complaint against Supriyo for allegedly insulting her modesty during a national television debate.^[14] The next day, Supriyo filed a complaint against Moitra and AITC MPs Saugata Roy and Tapas Paul for falsely accusing him of being involved in the Rose Valley ponzi firm scam.^[15]

Personal life

Supriyo married Ria in 1995. They met at a Shah Rukh Khan concert in Toronto.^[16] They have a daughter Sharmilee (born 1999). They got divorced in October 2015.^[17] He married for second time on 9 August 2016 to Rachna Sharma, an air hostess of Jet Airways.^[18]

Discography

• Sochta Hun (2003)
• Kuch Aisa Lagta Hai
• Untitled (2008)
• Kotobaar O Bhebechinu
• Jodi Jantem
• Mone Robe (2011)
• Just Tomake
• What The Folk
• Timeless

Filmography

As an actor

As a playback singer

Awards and honours

• 2002: Honorary citizenship by the State Council of Atlanta.^[5]
• 2002: Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards: Best Male Playback for Tak Jhal Mishti^[19]
• 2004: Kalakar Awards – Best Playback Singer for Mayer Anchal
• 2006: Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Male Playback Award for Subho Drishti.
• 2016: Walked at Grande finale show of Indian Federation for Fashion Development's India Runway Week season 6 for designer Agnimitra Paul

References

External links

• Babul Supriyo on IMDb

Modi ministry
Prime Minister: Narendra Modi
Cabinet Ministers Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley Defence Arun Jaitley Drinking Water and Sanitation Narendra Singh Tomar Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad External Affairs Sushma Swaraj Finance Arun Jaitley Food Processing Industry Harsimrat Kaur Badal Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises Anant Geete Home Affairs Rajnath Singh Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Narendra Singh Tomar Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar Information and Broadcasting Smriti Irani Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra Overseas Indian Affairs Sushma Swaraj Panchayati Raj Narendra Singh Tomar Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Narendra Modi Railways Suresh Prabhu Rural Development Narendra Singh Tomar Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot Space Narendra Modi Statistics and Programme Implementation D. V. Sadananda Gowda Steel Ch. Birender Singh Shipping and Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari Textiles Smriti Irani Tribal Affairs Jual Oram Urban Development Narendra Singh Tomar Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi
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Ministers of State Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Parsottambhai Rupala S. S. Ahluwalia Sudarshan Bhagat Atomic Energy Jitendra Singh Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh L. Mandaviya Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Disturbution Chhotu Ram Chaudhary Corporate Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal Defence Subhash Ramrao Bhamre Drinking Water and Sanitation Ramesh Jigajinagi Earth Sciences Y. S. Chowdary Electronics and IT P. P. Choudhary External Affairs M. J. Akbar V. K. Singh Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal Santosh Gangwar Food Processing Industry Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel Faggan Singh Kulaste Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises G. M. Siddeshwara Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir Kiren Rijiju Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Babul Supriyo Rao Inderjit Singh Human Resource Development Mahendra Nath Pandey Upendra Kushwaha Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Law and Justice P P Choudhary Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary Giriraj Singh Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Overseas Indian Affairs V. K. Singh Panchayati Raj Parsottambhai Rupala Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi S. S. Ahluwalia Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh Railways Manoj Sinha Rajen Gohain Road Transport and Highways Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan Rural Development Ram Kripal Yadav Science and Technology Y. S. Chowdary Social Justice and Empowerment Krishna Pal Ramdas Athawale Vijay Sampla Steel Vishnudeo Sai Shipping Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan Space Jitendra Singh Textiles Ajay Tamta Tribal Affairs Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Sanjeev Balyan Vijay Goel Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi Urban Development Babul Supriyo Rao Inderjit Singh

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