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{{Infobox person
| name = Kalpana Patowary
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| alias = Bhojpuri Queen<ref>{{cite news |title=Assam: Singer Kalpana Patowary awarded for contribution to Bhojpuri music |url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assam-singer-kalpana-patowary-awarded-for-contribution-to-bhojpuri-music.html |website=NorthEast Now |date=25 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='I became used to the fact that when I sing, guns go off': Bhojpuri star Kalpana Patowary |url=https://scroll.in/article/751173/i-became-used-to-the-fact-that-when-i-sing-guns-go-off-bhojpuri-star-kalpana-patowary |website=[[Scroll.in]] |date=15 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=An audience with the Bhojpuri Queen |url=https://www.asianage.com/music/audience-bhojpuri-queen-588 |website=[[The Asian Age]] |date=26 September 2016}}</ref>
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| birth_place = [[Sorbhog]], [[Assam]], [[India]]
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| alma_mater = [[Cotton University]]<br/>[[Bhatkhande Music Institute Deemed University|Bhatkhande Music Institute]]
| occupation = Singer, Actress
| years_active = 1993–present
| spouse = Parvez Khan
| children = 2
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| genre = Primitive-acoustic folk, ambient electronic and new age jazz - fusion, electronic fusion, Indian/Assamese classical, jazz and ghazal
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'''Kalpana Patowary''' is an Indian playback and folk singer from [[Assam]]. She sings in 30 languages and has many folk and popular songs to her credit, while [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] music has been her most dedicated foray.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.easternfare.in/2012/06/assamese-singer-kalpana-patowary.html |title=Assamese singer Kalpana Patowary resurrects Bhojpuri Shakespeare |work=easternfare.in |publisher=Eastern Fare Music Foundation |access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Spotlight on female voices at folk and fusion music festival |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/spotlight-on-female-voices-at-folk-and-fusion-music-festival/story-YGKUiVT5CHcQhHg01hzzgI.html |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |last1=Matta |first1=Anubhuti |date=7 October 2017}}</ref> In his book, Cinema Bhojpuri, Avijit Ghosh lauds Patowary for her "remarkable contribution" to Bhojpuri film music. "Gifted with a rich, powerful and sensuous voice, the singer from Assam is almost considered mandatory for any film's score," she writes.

== Early life and background ==
{{Quote box|width=30%|align=right|style=padding:8px|quote=" Music barons in India were left gaping when Kalpana Patowary, a singer of Indian folk music, was signed on by British recording company Virgin EMI Records in April. They were all the more surprised to see the soaring international demand for her Bhojpuri music album with songs about migration. It seems Bhojpuri folk songs on migration are witnessing resurgence on an unexpected scale."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/notes-migration |title=Notes on migration}}</ref>}}

Patowary was born in a [[Yogi Nath|Yogi-Nath]] family of Nath samradaya community in [[Barpeta district]] in Assam.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thenortheasttoday.com/meet-kalpana-patowary-the-assamese-bhojpuri-melody-queen-from-guwahati/ |title=Meet Kalpana Patowary, the Assamese 'Bhojpuri Melody Queen' from Guwahati! |publisher=[[The North East Today]] |date=28 October 2016 |access-date=30 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021025746/http://thenortheasttoday.com/meet-kalpana-patowary-the-assamese-bhojpuri-melody-queen-from-guwahati/ |archive-date=21 October 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> A graduate in English literature, Patowary is an alumnus of [[Cotton University|Cotton College]] of Guwahati. Trained in Kamrupiya and Goalporiya folk music by her folksinger father Sri Bipin Nath Patowary, Kalpana started to publicly perform at the tender age of 4 with her father and is also trained as Sangeet Visharad in Indian classical music from [[Bhatkhande Music Institute Deemed University|Bhatkhande Music Institute University]], Lucknow.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.oklisten.com/KalpanaPatowary |title=Kalpana Patowary OkListen! |publisher=[[OkListen]]}}</ref> She sings many forms of Bhojpuri folk music including Purvi, Pachra, Kajri, Sohar, Vivaah geet, Chaita, and Nautanki.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/490394/folk-traditions-come-alive.html |title=Folk traditions to come alive |date=21 July 2015 |newspaper=Deccan Herald |access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref>

Patowary has worked little on the works of [[Bhikhari Thakur]] and has released an album commemorating his life and work.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/on-the-shakespeare-of-bhojpuri/article3534122.ece |title=On the Shakespeare of Bhojpuri |first=Shailaja |last=Tripathi |date=16 June 2012 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>

==Career==
Patowary is the first Bhojpuri singer to present an age old tradition of Khadi Birha tradition to international platforms.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thenortheasttoday.com/meet-kalpana-patowary-the-assamese-bhojpuri-melody-queen-from-guwahati/ |title=Meet Kalpana Patowary, the Assamese 'Bhojpuri Melody Queen' from Guwahati! |publisher=[[The North East Today]] |date=28 October 2016 |access-date=30 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021025746/http://thenortheasttoday.com/meet-kalpana-patowary-the-assamese-bhojpuri-melody-queen-from-guwahati/ |archive-date=21 October 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2013, Patowary made an appearance in a documentary film, ''Bidesia in Bambai''. Released on 8 December 2013, it is a look at Mumbai through the lens of the migrant worker and his music.<ref>{{cite news |title=Of migration and mobiles |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/of-migration-and-mobiles/article5048948.ece |website=[[The Hindu]] |last1=Bhattacharya |first1=Budhaditya |date=22 August 2013}}</ref>

She was invited to perform on a 15-day tour in four Latin American countries presented by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs on the occasion of Indian Arrival Day.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}

Patowary is the first woman to record and sing in the Chhaprahiya Purvi style.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://highonscore.com/kalpana-patowary-chat-us-musical-journey/ |title=Kalpana Patowary had a chat with us about her musical journey! |work=[[The Score Magazine]] |date=25 August 2016}}</ref> Prior to her work, Purvi was a male preserve.

Patowary also made her acting debut in the Bhojpuri movie, ''Chalat Musafir Moh Liyo Re'' playing the role of Janki, co-starring opposite [[Dinesh Lal Yadav]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Kalpana Patowary: Top Bhojpuri songs of the popular singer |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bhojpuri/movies/news/kalpana-patowary-top-bhojpuri-songs-of-the-popular-singer/photostory/66461836.cms |website=[[The Times of India]] |date=1 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nirahua recalls first Bhojpuri film 'Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bhojpuri/movies/news/nirahua-recalls-first-bhojpuri-film-ganga-maiyya-tohe-piyari-chadhaibo/articleshow/81167562.cms |website=[[The Times of India]] |date=23 February 2021}}</ref>

She also participated in the reality show ''[[Junoon (2008 TV series)|Junoon - Kuchh Kar Dikhaane Ka]]'' (2008) on [[NDTV Imagine]].

==Political career==
In October 2020 Patowary joined the [[Asom Gana Parishad]] at an event held at party's head office in [[Guwahati]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/assam-popular-folk-singer-kalpana-patowary-joins-agp-1730061-2020-10-09 |title=Assam: Popular folk singer Kalpana Patowary joins AGP |work=[[India Today]] |date=9 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.eastmojo.com/assam/2020/10/09/assam-bhojpuri-queen-kalpana-patowary-joins-asom-gana-parishad/#bypass-sw |title=Assam: Bhojpuri queen Kalpana Patowary joins Asom Gana Parishad |publisher=EastMojo |date=9 October 2020}}</ref>

== Discography ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background:#ffc;"|
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}

===Hindi film songs===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"
|'''Year'''
|'''Song'''
|'''Film'''
|'''Composer'''
|'''Co-singer'''
|-
|2007
| "Ek Sapna (Remix)"
| ''[[Stumped]]''
|[[Dhrubajyoti Phukan]]{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}
|
|-
|2007
| "Tere Layee"
| ''[[Fool & Final]]''
|[[Himesh Reshammiya]]
|[[Kunal Ganjawala]]
|-
|2007
|"Uncha Lamba Kad"
|''[[Welcome (2007 film)|Welcome]]''
| [[Anand Raj Anand]]
| [[Anand Raj Anand]]
|-
|2009
|"Billu Bhayankar"
|''[[Billu]]''
| Ajay Jhingran, [[Raghubir Yadav|Raghuveer]]
|
|-
|2010
|"Tikhi Tikhi Mirch (Folk Version)"
|''[[Mirch]]''
| [[Monty Sharma]]
|
|-
|2010
|"Isak Se Meetha Kuch Bhi"
|''[[Aakrosh (2010 film)|Aakrosh]]''
|rowspan="5" |[[Pritam]]
| Ajay Jhingran
|-
|2010
|"Shakira"
| rowspan="2" | ''[[No Problem (2010 film)|No Problem]]''
|[[Master Saleem]], [[Hard Kaur]]
|-
|2010
|"Babe Di Kripa"
| Vikrant Singh
|-
|2010
|"Aila Re Aila"
|''[[Khatta Meetha (2010 film)|Khatta Meetha]]''
| [[Daler Mehndi]]
|-
|2013
|"Gandi Baat"
|''[[R... Rajkumar]]''
|[[Mika Singh]]
|-
|2016
|"Mona Ka Tona"
|''[[Dhara 302]]''
|[[Sahil Multy Khan]]
|
|-
|2016
|"Dono Aankho Ka Shutter"
|''[[Khel Toh Ab Shuru Hoga]]''
|[[Ashfaque]]
|
|-
|2017
| "O Re Kaharo"
| ''[[Begum Jaan]]''
| [[Anu Malik]]
| Altamash Faridi
|-
|2017
| "Pyar Ka Test"
| ''[[Running Shaadi]]''
| [[Abhishek-Akshay]]
| [[Bappi Lahiri]]
|-
|2018
| "Jeans Pant Aur Choli"
| ''[[Ishqeria]]''
| [[Papon (Assamese singer)|Papon]]
| Papon
|-
|2018
| "Yaadein"
| ''[[Ishqeria]]''
| [[Papon (Assamese singer)|Papon]]
| Papon
|-
|}

===Tamil film songs===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"
|'''Year'''
|'''Song'''
|'''Films'''
|'''Composer'''
|'''Co-singer'''
|-
|1999
|"Thirupachi Aruvala"
|[[Taj Mahal (1999 film)|Taj Mahal]]
|[[A. R. Rahman]]
|Palakkad Sreeram, [[Clinton Cerejo]], Chandran
|-
|2005
|"Kaathadi Pola"
|[[Maayavi]]
|[[Devi Sri Prasad]]
|Pushpavanam Kuppusamy
|-
|2006
|"Thotha Puram"
|[[Varalaru]]
|[[A. R. Rahman]]
|Lenon James, Peer Mohammad, Ranjith, Sonu Kakkar
|}

===Marathi film songs===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"
|'''Year'''
|'''Song'''
|'''Films'''
|'''Composer'''
|'''Co-singer'''
|-
|2016
|"Kalana"
|''Taleem''
| Praful Karlekar, Nitin Madhukar Rokade
|
|}

===Assamese film songs===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"
|'''Year'''
|'''Song'''
|'''Films'''
|'''Composer'''
|'''Co-singer'''
|-
|2000
|"Soku Lotokere"
| Asene Kunuba Hiyat
| Manuj Sarmah
|rowspan = "2" |Zubeen Garg
|-
|2002
|"Neela Neela"
|''[[Kanyadaan (2002 film)|Kanyadaan]]''
|[[Zubeen Garg]]
|-
|2004
|"Priya O Priya" (Sunday Holiday Closing Day)
|''[[Antaheen Jatra]]''
|Dr. Hitesh Baruah
|[[Zubeen Garg]], [[Sagarika]]
|-
|2013
|"I am Sexy"
|''Ranangan''
|Nipon Chutia
|rowspan="2" |Solo
|-
|2015
|"Nonsense Hridoye"
|''[[Ahetuk]]''
|Poran Borkatoky (JoJo)
|-
|2016
|"Maatal Ei Rati"
|''[[Bahniman]]''
| Jatin Sharma
| Zubeen Garg
|-
|}

===Bengali film songs===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"
|'''Year'''
|'''Song'''
|'''Films'''
|'''Composer'''
|'''Co-star'''
|-
|2007
|"Dhukupuku Buk"
|''[[Minister Fatakeshto]]''
| [[Jeet Gannguli]]
|Solo
|-
|2010
|"Jhum Jhum Ja"
|''[[Target (2010 film)|Target]]''
|Jeet Gannguli
|Jeet Gannguli
|-
|2010
|"Ki Je Aagun"
|''[[Target (2010 film)|Target]]''
|Jeet Gannguli
|Solo
|-
|2011
|"Koka Kola"
|''[[Faande Poriya Boga Kaande Re]]''
|[[Samidh Mukerjee]]
|Samidh Mukerjee
|-
|2012
|"Madhubala"
|''[[Macho Mastana]]''
|Samidh Mukerjee
|rowspan="3"|Solo
|-
| 2015
| "Chain Kahan Prabhu Bina"
| ''[[Har Har Byomkesh]]''
| [[Bickram Ghosh]]
|-
|2016
|"Aata Geche"
|''[[Angaar (2016 film)|Angaar]]''
|[[Akassh]]
|-
|2016
|"3G"
|''[[Hero 420]]''
| [[Savvy Gupta]]
| [[Nakash Aziz]]
|-
|}

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Language !! Co-star !! Director !! Ref
|-
| 2006 || ''Chalat Musafir Moh Liyo Re'' || Janki || Bhojpuri || [[Dinesh Lal Yadav]] || Manoj Ojha || credited as Kalpana
|-
| 2013 || ''Bidesia in Bambai''{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}} || Self || Bhojpuri || || [[Surabhi Sharma]] ||
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Authority control}}

==External links==

*{{IMDb name|4115519}}

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