Babul Suprio
a.k.a. : Babul Supriyo

Babul Supriyo is an Indian playback singer. He calls himself a clone of Kumar Sanu.He was born Supriya Baral, and spent his early childhood, and even graduated from university with that name. He would change his first name's spelling from Supriya to Supriyo as the former signified a female name, and the latter a male name. Later he would call himself simply Babul Supriyo as that signified a caste-less identity, and allowed for a greater scope of familiarity and popularity with his audiences.Babul Supriyo's grandfather, NC Baral, was a well-known composer in West Bengal. Under pressure from his father , he took up a job with Standard Chartered Bank after securing a Master's degree from University of Calcutta. In 1991, he came to Mumbai to try his luck in Bollywood.Kalyanji gave him a break, and he soon got noticed by other composers. Besides playback singing, he has also done several stage shows across the globe.Babul is a very talented singer and sang some memorable Hindi songs such as Kaho na Pyar hai(Kah...

Babul Supriyo is an Indian playback singer. He calls himself a clone of Kumar Sanu.He was born Supriya Baral, and spent his early childhood, and even graduated from university with that name. He would change his first name's spelling from Supriya to Supriyo as the former signified a female name, and the latter a male name. Later he would call himself simply Babul Supriyo as that signified a caste-less identity, and allowed for a greater scope of familiarity and popularity with his audiences.Babul Supriyo's grandfather, NC Baral, was a well-known composer in West Bengal. Under pressure from his father , he took up a job with Standard Chartered Bank after securing a Master's degree from University of Calcutta. In 1991, he came to Mumbai to try his luck in Bollywood.Kalyanji gave him a break, and he soon got noticed by other composers. Besides playback singing, he has also done several stage shows across the globe.Babul is a very talented singer and sang some memorable Hindi songs such as Kaho na Pyar hai(Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai), Pari Pari Hai ek Pari(Hungama), Hum Tum(Hum Tum) and Chanda Chamke(Fanaah). He is the anchor of currently hit television show "K for KISHORE". one of the most sought after playback singers in the indian film industry. Born in Kolkata, his real name is Supriyo Baral, he hails from Calcutta.

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