The Anupam Roy Band #TARB Live Performance Kolkata 18th August 2016

Venue: GD Birla Sabhaghar
Time: 7 pm onwards
Date: 18th August 2016 - Thursday

- Debolina Raja 

The Anupam Roy Band Live In Maryland, USA 07th May 2016

The boys have already reached there and are just about ready to set the stage on fire and set those hearts beating and those feet thumping and those heads banging.

If you're anywhere near Greenbelt, Maryland (USA), here's where you need to be on the 7th!

Venue: Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, Maryland
Date: 07th May 2016 (Saturday)
Contact For Passes: +14435380759

- Debolina Raja

The Anupam Roy Band Live In Kolkata 11th April 2016

 

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Date: 11th April 2016 (Monday)

Venue: Bhairab Ganguly College

Time: 7pm 

- Debolina Raja

It's A HAPPY BIRTHDAY And Here Are 34 Reasons To Celebrate

pic courtesy Proshanto Mahato
(the birthday boy with the special lady and all the amazing TARB people celebrating together)

Birthday it is !!!!!!!!

And as yet another year of experiencing the magic goes by, here is a re-cap of why exactly it is that we all are absolutely crazy about his music....and him of course.....!!! And the 34 reasons (of course there are manyyyyyy more!!!) you have to truly madly deeply fall in love with and become a jabbar fan of this man...... darlings and all darlings...let's shout out a HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYAAYYYY!!

1. i, for one, have never heard a voice like this ever
2. the first movie that brought Anupam Roy and his music to the people has bagged a record number of awards...and the awards for the best lyric and music direction and song and vocals were bagged by none other than your favourite.....(cannot thank Srijit Mukherjee enough for having given us this blessing!)
3. his music is soulful
4. his music is crazy
5. his music can make you cry in a good way

The Anupam Roy Band Live In Kolkata On 21st March 2016 For Elixir

 

Kolkata go crazy again today....as The Anupam Roy Band gets set to rock your evening with another blazing stunt on the stage..

Where: Nazrul Mancha

When: 21st March (Monday) 6:30 pm onwards

- Debolina Raja

The Anupam Roy Band Live In Concert 12th Feb Kolkata

There you have it you lucky Kolkata people..... It's just about Valentine's Day, and who better to serenade you than the one and only, yes you got it... Anupam Roy (marital status very much happily withstanding) and his wonderful band of boys! 

So whether you're happily in love, or happily single (yes, that's a great phase too), or sadly single (sympathies and hugs!) .... make sure you're there there there to cheer them out loud and sing along and shout along and dance along and keep smiling and feeling happy through the show and after.... You know when it comes to The Anupam Roy Band you really do not need any other reason to be happy!!

Venue: Calcutta University College Street Campus
Date: 12th Feb 2016
Time: 5 pm onwards

- Debolina Raja 

The Anupam Roy Band Live In Concert Jalpaiguri Sports Complex 12th January 2016

 

I know I have been missing in action, but this post is not about that..... From now on, I'll try and be as regular as before.

So without any further waste of time, here are the details..

Venue: Uttar Banga Utsav 2016, Jalpaiguri Sports Complex

Date: 12th January 2016 Tuesday

Time: 6:30 pm onwards

Jalpaiguri, the stage is set to get on fire....so go out there and beat those winter blues now!!!! 

- Debolina Raja

Anupam Roy Live In Concert 11th October 2015

 

image courtesy Nabarun

Catch The Anupam Roy Band Live on the 11th of October 2015, Sunday, aggaain in Kolkata!! :) 

Venue: Radio Mirchi Jalsaghar

Time: 4pm

Date:  11th October 2015 Sunday  

- Debolina Raja Gupta

Anupam Roy Live Show 9th October 2015 Kolkata

The boys are ready, are you??? Catch The Anupam Roy Band live and loud today.... in Kolkata, where else???

Venue: Nazrul Manch
Date: 9th October 2015 (Friday)
Time: 6pm

Be there you lucky souls! 

Anupam Roy Live Concert Schedule October 2015

 

Here you go...

All the gigs that Kolkata will be seeing all through October 2015 with Anupam Roy and the boys! 

- Debolina Raja Gupta

Watch Anupam Roy And The Entire Anupam Roy Band On MTV Coke Studio, 4th Oct 8pm For An Awesome Rendition

 If you have seen the trailers, you already know this is one of those shows you absolutely cannot miss... And the best part is, for this one, you don't even need to be in Kolkata to catch the boys and men who make such music magic all the time !!!!

Anupam Roy and all the lovely boys from the Anupam Roy Band, including Nobby Nabarun Bose, Parial Sandipan Parial, Rishabh Ray and Rono  Kaustav Biswas are going to be there, and its going to be a performance you just cannot not watch and absorb and feel and enjoy.

Also, the 11th of October has been declared as the International Day of the Girl Child and once you listen to the lyrics that the lovely Sharmilee Supriyo (Babul Supriyo's daughter) sings with her father, you will be left teary eyed and smiling at the same time at the words, the fresh and positive feel of the music and the beautiful camaraderie that the father daughter duo share on the stage.

MTV Coke Studio
Sunday 4th October 2015
8pm

Anupam Roy Live In Singapore: 19th July 2015

All you lucky Singaporeans.....guess what...... The ever soulful Anupam Roy is going to send you in a tizzy along with his amazing band, with Nabarun Bose (nobby), Sandipan Parial (parial), Rishabh Ray and Kaustav Biswas (rono) on stage and Shomi Chatterjee (bhaida) and Rana Singharoy (rana) off the stage. Tickets are going off fast fast fast, so make sure you book your seats right away.....and remember, as goes with all Anupam Roy concerts, the more the merrier, so make sure you get your friends along too!

Day: 19th July Sunday

Venue: Victoria Theatre 9 Empress Place 

Time: 5 pm

- Debolina Raja Gupta

Anupam Roy Live In Concert: 5th July 2015

There you go Kolkata....The Anupam Roy Band is ready to rock and roll you in just a few hours more.....Be there you all !!!!

Venue: Calcutta Cricket And Football Club

Date: 5th July 2015

Time: 7 pm onwards

- Debolina Raja Gupta

#PikuWeek Day 7 Bezubaan By Anupam Roy: Lyrics And Sing Along

If you liked Bezubaan from Piku by Anupam Roy, here are the lyrics.... and did you know the music was originally a rendition in Bengali? Do check out the track at the end of this post....

Kis lamhe ne thaami ungli meri
Phusla ke mujhko le chala
Nange paaon daudi aankhein meri
Khwabon ki saari bastiyan
Har dooriyaan har faasle qareeb hain
Iss umr ki bhi shakhsiyat ajeeb hai
Jheeni jheeni inn saanson se
Pehchaani si awaazon mein
Goonje hai aaj aasmaan
Kaise hum bezubaan
Iss jeene mein kahin hum bhi thhe
Thhe zyada ya zara kam hi thhe
Ruk ke bhi chal pade magar
Raste sab bezubaan
Jeene ki ye kaise aadat lagi
Bematlab ye karze chadh gaye
Haadson se bach ke jaate kahaan
Sab rote hanste seh gaye
Ab ghalatiyan jo maan li toh theek hai
Kamzoriyon ko jo maat di toh theek hai
Jheeni jheeni inn saanson se
Pehchaani si awaazon mein
Goonje hai aaj aasmaan
Kaise hum bezubaan

Listen to the original bengali version Onno Mon by Anupam Roy HERE

#PikuWeek Day #6 Piku Journey Song By Anupam Roy: Lyrics And Sing Along

Yes, all the songs of Piku are amazing, but as this was the one that was first launched for the audience to hear, here are the lyrics once again....

Dheere chalna hai mushkil to jaldi hi sahi
Aankhon ke kinaaro mein bahaane hi sahi
Hum chale baharon mein
Gungunati raahon mein
Dhadkane bhi tez hain
Ab kya karein
Waqt hai toh jeene de
Dard hai to seene de
Khwahishein anjaan hai
Ab kya karein
Shabdon ke pahaadon pe likhi hai dastaan
Khwabon ke lifaafon mein chhupa hai raasta

#PikuWeek Day 5 Anupam Roy At The Piku Screening In Kolkata

Piku Week Day # 4 Piku Unplugged Music By Anupam Roy (Speaks To Fever 104 FM About Piku, His Music And More)

While I did hear a lot lot lot about Piku and Anupam Roy on both Mumbai and Delhi FM, I unfortunately did not get a chance to 'listen' to the excitement on Kolkata radio (coz I don't visit there often, simple!). So when I saw this interview (thanks to Anupam and Nabarun for sharing the link!!) I knew I had to share it with all of you who may not have heard or seen it yet...

As the interview is in Bengali, I will share some of the conversation here (I am leaving out the parts that are not about his music or work)...

Okay....so for those of you who do not know, Nobby, or Nabarun Bose, is a huuuuuuuuuge Sherlock fan (and a Superman Fan and a Batman fan and an all those super hero fans that are out there and I still do not know about!!!) so it was obvious that the interview began with a rendition of the classic Sherlock theme as played by Nobby on the keyboards....enjoy it first...

And here's the conversation that follows:

RJ: So tell us about your musical journey all the way back from your first movie Autograph (Bengali) in 2010 till Piku in 2015.
Anupam: The journey has been really great. I'm having a lot of fun. And it's actually like 'hum chalein bahaaron mein' and people have loved the songs. The songs have come out one after the other and that's what has given me the encouragement to come out with new songs more and more. It has been great. I'm looking forward to a bigger journey.

Piku Week Day#3: Piku Sarod Theme By Anupam Roy

From the moment the movie #Piku started there was something that was tugging at our hearts, right? Did you figure out what that was? Did you notice those strings that were pulling at you?

I'm talking about the magic of sarod that blended a sepia toned image of bachpan, our childhood days spent in Delhi's galiyaan and lanes, those times spent with your parents that are taken for granted and later cherished and shed a tear or two for, those lazy afternoons of doing nothing, that longing for the love who isn't around or who doesn't know about it yet, that hug that can block out the entire world and those fallen leaves that caress your steps on those beautiful and snug winter mornings...

It's so much and more.....and all of that is brought back by the sarod theme composed by Anupam Roy that runs through the movie.

Here's the link to the sarod theme...LISTEN TO IT HERE

The Piku Week Day #2: A Hall Full Of Punabis And Sardarjis And Bangalis And Taaliyaan: Non Stop Applause

So finally last night I managed to get tickets and watch PIKU!!And what an experience obviously it was....

I have been trying to get tickets ever since the advance bookings opened....but my chances were pretty dim, as almost all theaters I tried were sold out....a great thing, but not necessarily for me. I had vowed not to give up and I kept at it each single day...till I got the tickets :)

Once there, I realized we were up against one giant crowd....EVERYONE seemed to be there for Piku...and what a mix...from all sorts of North Indians to Bengalis to Punjabis to Sardars to ladies in burqa and more...they had all come to have a dekho...

The Piku Week: Day #1 : What Did The Punjabi Aunty Say?

Starting today, this is going to be the #PikuWeek on this blog. Why now? Because I did not get the chance to watch this movie yet....even though I have been jumping with excitement muchhhhh before the release. But as is obvious with the love the audience is continuing to show, tickets are alllll sold out and I just couldn't find any! So we begin today.....

For today, I'll tell you my #PikuStory

So I was taking a walk in one of Delhi's lush green streets, with lots of people walking yet no one acknowledging each other. Out of the blue there was this old lady who gave me a smile. Of course I smiled back and one thing let to another and suddenly, while discussing something else, she said 'You must watch Piku.'

Can you imagine the smile I had? I bet you can...I was smiling like an ass like I always do.....gosh!

So very nicely I asked her - why?

The old Punjabi aunty told me that she watched the movie in the first few days of its release. And ever since she has been recommending it to everyone - family, friends and even strangers of all age and tongue!