Kanak Chapa


Kanak Chapa is a Bangladeshi singer. She received the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer three times, for her performance in the films Love Story, Premer Taj Mahal and Ek Takar Bou. She published her autobiography Sthobir Jajabor in 2011 and a poetry book Mukhomukhi Joddha in 2012.

Early life and career

Kanak Chapa was born as Rumana Morshed on 11 September 1969 in Dhaka in the then East Pakistan to Azizul Huque Morshed and Momena Jahan. She is the third among five siblings. She got her first music lessons from her father. During her career, she sang almost 3 thousand songs and released over 30 solo albums.
In 1978 she performed in television for the first time. As a child singer she became champion in Notun Kuri in the year 1978. She received championship award for "Jatiyo Shishu Protijogita" for three years in a row. She was under the guidance of artist Ustad Basir Ahmed for 12 years.

Education

From a very little age, Kanak Chapa’s father gave her the initial training in singing. Morshed was an amateur singer and also a painter who was a student of Zainul Abedin. Kanak Chapa was born a conservative family. So her singing was not welcomed eventually. Her mother is Momena Jahan. Kanak Chapa completed her school from Madartek Abdul Aziz High School. Later she went to Viqarunnisa Noon School and College for her HSC.

Personal life

Kanak Chapa is married to music director and composer Mainul Islam Khan since 1984.
Kanak Chapa competed from the Sirajganj-1 constituency in the 2018 Bangladeshi general election with the nomination from Bangladesh Nationalist Party and lost to Mohammed Nasim from Bangladesh Awami League.

Career

She sang more than 3500 songs, did playback in about 2000 films. About 40 albums of her had been released and till now they are very popular. She had performed in more than 4000 stage shows. She had shared the stage with the likes of Subir Nandi, Andrew Kishore, Kumar Bishwajit, Monir Khan and other artists of Bangladesh.

Works

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Folk songs

Compilation songs

Miscellaneous songs

Social Activity

Kanak Chapa is involved with social organizations named "Potho Shishuder Chayatol", "Amra Khati Gorib" and "Matrisodon". She has been running an online school named "Amader Khelaghor School" for about eight years.

Awards

Bangladesh National Film Awards
Meril Prothom Alo Awards
Bachsas Awards
Ifad Film Club Award
11th Channel i Music Awards