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Babul Supriyo (born 15 December 1970)[2][3] is an Indian playback singer, live performer, television host, actor and politician who currently serves as Cabinet Minister of Information Technology and Electronics and Tourism of the Government of West Bengal. He was elected Member of Parliament from Asansol in the 16th and 17th Lok Sabha and also served as the Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, in the Union Council of Ministers. He officially resigned as MP on 19 October 2021.[4] and was elected as a Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on 16 April 2022 from Ballygunge Assembly seat.[5]

Babul Supriyo
Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 August 2022
Governor	La. Ganesan (Additional Charge)
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Ministry	Information Technology and Electronics Tourism
Preceded by	Partha Chatterjee
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 April 2022
Preceded by	Subrata Mukherjee
Constituency	Ballygunge
Majority	20,030
Minister of State, Government of India
In office 31 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Prakash Javadekar
MoS of	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Preceded by	Mahesh Sharma
In office 12 July 2016 – 30 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
MoS of	Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Preceded by	G.M. Siddeshwara
Succeeded by	Arjun Ram Meghwal
In office 9 November 2014 – 12 July 2016
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
MoS of	Ministry of Urban Development,Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 23 May 2014 – 22 October 2021
Preceded by	Bansa Gopal Chowdhury
Succeeded by	Shatrughan Sinha
Constituency	Asansol
Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture
In office 1 September 2014 – 9 November 2014
Appointed by	Sumitra Mahajan Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Personal details
Born	Babul Supriyo Baral (1970-12-15) 15 December 1970 (age 51) Uttarpara, West Bengal, India
Political party	All India Trinamool Congress (2021–present)[1]
Other political affiliations	Bharatiya Janata Party (2014–2021)
Spouses	Riaa ​ ​ (m. 1995; div. 2015)​ Rachna Sharma ​ (m. 2016)​
Alma mater	University of Calcutta (B.Com)
Signature
Occupation	Politician actor playback singer
Awards	Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards: Best Male Playback for Tak Jhal Mishti Kalakar Awards – Best Playback Singer for Kasautii Zindagii Kay Kalakar Awards – Best Playback Singer for Mayer Anchal Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Male Playback Award for Subho Drishti Zee Gold Awards – Best Playback Singer for Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Website	Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change

He made a career as playback singer in Hindi cinema in the mid-nineties and has sung for many films since then. He primarily sings in Hindi, Bengali, and Odia languages. However, he has also done playback singing in 11 other languages during his musical career. He entered politics in 2014 and joined Narendra Modi's government. He previously served as Union Minister of State for Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.

Supriyo quit the Bhartiya Janata Party and joined the All India Trinamool Congress Party in September 2021.[6]

Early life

Supriyo was born and brought up in Uttarpara, a suburb town of Kolkata on the banks of the Hooghly River in West Bengal. His parents are Sunil Chandra Baral and Sumitra Baral.[7] 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.[8] He attended Don Bosco 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 Serampore College in 1991.[9]

When he entered the entertainment industry, he changed his birth name Supriya Baral to Babul Supriyo.[10][11]

Personal life

Supriyo was introduced to Riaa at a Shah Rukh Khan concert in Toronto.[12] They married each other in 1995.[13] His first child Sharmilee was born in 1996.^{[citation needed]} Supriyo and Riaa divorced in October 2015.[13] He remarried on 9 August 2016 to Rachna Sharma, an air hostess of Jet Airways.[14]

Political career

An ardent admirer of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi, Supriyo was introduced to Bharatiya Janata Party in March 2014. In 2014 Indian general election, he was nominated by the party as their candidate for Asansol, West Bengal and won it by defeating Dola Sen.[15] 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.[16] He became the youngest minister.[8] 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.[17][18]

In the 2019 Indian general election, Supriyo again won from the Asansol as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate defeating Moon Moon Sen by 1.97 lakh votes, and securing a total of 6.32 lakh votes.[19][20] In May 2019, he became Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change.[21]

Member of Parliament

Election		Constituency	Party	Votes	%	±
	2019	Asansol	Bharatiya Janata Party	6,33,378	51.16	14.41
	2014			4,19,983	36.75	31.19

On 19 September 2019, Supriyo was attacked by students after he was invited to attend an event at Calcutta's Jadavpur University.[22][23]

On 13 August 2019, Supriyo Babul, accused the state government of not giving food for the cyclone affected people in Fazarganj for 5 days.[24]

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Babul Supriyo ran from Tollyganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) as the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate and lost by more than 50,000 votes. Probably stung by an unexpected defeat, Supriyo stated that Bengal had made a 'historic mistake' by voting for TMC.[25] However the Facebook post was later deleted.[26]

On 31 July 2021, Babul Supriyo announced on social media his decision to quit politics and also resign as a Lok Sabha MP.[27] However days later he decided to complete his tenure as MP.[28] He then edited his Facebook post deleting the "won't join any party" remark raising speculations. On 18 September 2021 he joined All India Trinamool Congress in presence of Abhishek Banerjee.[29]

On 16 April 2022 he was elected as a Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Ballygunge Assembly seat.[5]

Singing career

After a brief work at the Standard Chartered Bank, Supriyo chose singing as a full-time career.[30][31] 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.[9] Besides playback singing, he has also done several stage shows.[32] 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.[9] 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.[33]

Albums

• Monoroma Tilottama (1997)
• Hoyto Tomari Jannya (1999)
• Sochta Hun (2003)
• Kuch Aisa Lagta Hai
• Untitled - Babul Supriyo (2008)
• Kotobaaro Bhebechhinu (Rabindra Sangeet) (2009) - Asha Audio
• Jodi Jantem (Rabindra Sangeet) (2010) - Asha Audio
• Babul Baul (2014)
• Mone Robe (2011, Rabindra Sangeet album comprising 10 songs sung by Babul Supriyo & Alka Yagnik)
• Just Tomake
• What The Folk
• Timeless
• Suna Pharua (2016, Odia)

Discography

As a playback singer

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Song Name	Composer	Notes
1994	Ekka Raja Rani	Dil Ko Zara Sa	Nadeem-Shravan
	Prem Yog	Zindagi Char Din Ki	Bappi Lahiri
	Kranti Kshetra	Malan Thara Baag Mein Shor Machaongi	Nadeem-Shravan
1995	Gaddaar	Baraste Paani Ka Maza	Nadeem-Shravan	Uncredited
1996	Agni Sakshi	O Piya O Piya	Nadeem-Shravan
	Shastra	Kuch Hua Re Hua Re	Aadesh Shrivastava
	Jung	Kya Dekh Raha Hai	Nadeem-Shravan
	Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi	Aaj Meri Zindagi	Anu Malik
	Himmatvar	Kitni Chahat Chhupaye Baitha Hoon	Nadeem-Shravan
1997	Saat Rang Ke Sapne	Aati Hai To Chal Dilon Ka Haal Ba Ba Batao Na	Nadeem-Shravan
	Naseeb	Tumhi Ne Meri Zindagi	Nadeem-Shravan
	Aar Ya Paar	Jo Hoga Hone Do	Viju Shah
	Jeevan Yudh	Sun Sajana Tere Bin	Nadeem-Shravan
1998	Doli Saja Ke Rakhna	Taram Pam	A.R.Rahman
1999	Hello Brother	Hata Saawan Ki Ghata	Sajid–Wajid
2000	Bechainee	Tumse Nahin Koi Pyaara Sanam	Charles Srinivasan
	Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai	Dil Ne Dil Ko Pukara	Rajesh Roshan
	Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke	Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke Do Lafzo Mein Hai Deewane Yeh Ishq Mera Yeh Sama Yeh Nazare Koi Taza Hawa Ek Haseen Ladki	Jatin–Lalit
	Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa	Chori Chori Chupke Chupke	Ismail Darbar
	Aaghaaz	Aaghaaz Karo Man Tera Mera Man	Anu Malik
	Kaali Ki Saugandh		Raees
2001	Chori Chori Chupke Chupke	Chori Chori Chupke Chupke	Anu Malik
	Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai	Maine Koi Jadoo Jabse Dekha Hai	Anu Malik
	Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar	Govinda	Anand–Milind
	Kasautii Zindagii Kay	Kasautii Zindagii Kay		TV series
	Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya	Style Nasha Tera Sajanniya Re	Himesh Reshammiya
	Boond	Goriya Re Goriya Re	Rajendara-Liyaqat
	Albela	Hai Mera Dil Tu Sarse Sarak Gayee	Jatin–Lalit
	Ittefaq	Main Aashiq Hoon	Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen
	Dial 100		Sunil Jha & Raja Sen
2002	Dil Vil Pyar Vyar	Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai Kehna Hai Ab Ke Saawan Mein Kehna Hai (Solo)	Babloo Chakravorty
	Jeena Sirf Merre Liye	Jeena Sirf Merre Liye Pyaar Mange	Nadeem-Shravan
	Kaaboo	Aey Babu	Anchal Talesara
	Company	Pyar Pyar Mein	Sandeep Chowta
	Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?	Aarzoo	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
	Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai	Meri Tarah Tum Bhi	Sajid–Wajid
	Gunaah	Hamne Tumko Dil Ye De Diya Jab Dil Churaya	Anand Raj Anand
	Deewangee	Dholi O Dholi	Ismail Darbar
2003	Dil Ka Rishta	Dil Ka Rishta (Sad)	Nadeem-Shravan
	Hungama	Pari Pari Hai Ek Pari	Nadeem-Shravan
	Chori Chori	Aate Aate	Sajid–Wajid
	Out of Control	Tera Chandsa Yeh Chehera Kudhi Vi Soni Tu Mera Hai Sanam	Anand Raj Anand
	Kucch To Hai	Hai Rey	Anu Malik
	Leena On The Chhuk Chhuk Mix	Leena O Leena Tum Aa Gaye Ho Chhookar Mere Mann Ko Meri Pyaari Behniya Le Jaaynge	Harry Anand	Remix video which had TV actor Eijaz Khan in his first few roles
	DJ Hot Remix	Kehdoon Tumhain	Harry Anand	Remix video which had TV actor Eijaz Khan in his first few roles
	Escape from Taliban	Rimil Baba	Babul Bose
	Ek Aur Ek Gyarah	Yeh Mann Mera Bada Hi Chaliyan	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
	Andaaz	Aayega Maza Ab Barsaat Ka	Nadeem-Shravan
	Zameen	Bas Ek Baar	Himesh Reshammiya
	Wrong Number	Kabhi Jabhi Koi Chehra	Daboo Malik
2004	Plan	Aane Wala Pal	Anand Raj Anand
	Hum Tum	Hum Tum	Jatin–Lalit
	DJ Hot Remix Vol.2 & The Return Of Kaanta Mix	Tere Jaisa Yaar Kahaan Kehdoon Tumhain Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankain Vaada Karo Nahi Chhodogi Tum Meraa Saath Khizaan Ke Phool Pe Leena O Leena	Harry Anand	Remix album
	Naam Gum Jaayegaa	Tera Palkein Jo Uthin	Anand–Milind
	Suno Sasurjee	Saason Se Saasein	Sanjeev Darshan
	Sweet Honey Mix	Pardesiya	Harry Anand	Remix album
	Miss Spicy Mix	Pardesiya Aaj Rapat Jaayn	Harry Anand	Remix album featuring Rakhi Sawant in one of her first few roles
	Baby Love – Ek Pardesi Mera Dil Le Gaya	Lekar Hum Deewanaa Dil Yeh Raat Bheegi Bheegi	Remix album
	DJ Aqeel – Disco 82	Disco 82	DJ Aqeel	Remix album
	Play Gal Mix	Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon (Version 2)	Harry Anand	Remix album
	Rok Sako To Rok Lo	Haan Mujhe Thaam Le Rok Sako To Rok Lo	Jatin–Lalit
2005	Vaada	Main Ishq Uska	Himesh Reshammiya
	DJ Hot Remix Vol 3	Aray Yaar	Harry Anand	Remix album
	Chaahat – Ek Nasha	Dil Ki Baat	Anand Raj Anand
	Chehraa	Kabhi Khamosh Baithogi	Anu Malik
	Zameer	Dil Ke Badle Dil To Tere Pyar Ne Deewana Zindagi Ke Faisle Mein	Jatin–Lalit
	DJ Hot Remix Vol 4	Pardesiya Khizzaan Ke Phool Pe	Harry Anand	Remix album
	Dus	Chhaam Se	Vishal-Shekhar
	Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya	Teri Meri Love Story	Himesh Reshammiya
	71/2 Phere	Tera Saath Hai Kitna Pyare	Shantanu Moitra
2006	Fanaa	Chanda Chamke	Jatin–Lalit
	Bombay Vikings – Zara Nazron Se Kahdo	Kehdoon Tumhain Pardesiya Khizzaan Ke Phool Pe Leena O Leena	Harry Anand	Remix album
	Sanober & The Masti Express	Pardesiya	Harry Anand	Remix album
	Vivah	Hamari Shaadi Mein	Ravindra Jain
	Mantra Shakti		Jackson & Shakeer
2007	Laaga Chunari Mein Daag	Zara Gungunalein Chalo	Shantanu Moitra
2010	Sanam Hum Aapke Hain...	Dil Ne Jo Bhi Kaha Maine Manna	Manoj – Vijay
2018	Laila Majnu	Sarphira	Niladri Kumar

Bengali songs

Year	Film	Songs	Composers	Co-Singers
2000	Jamaibabu Jindabad	"Premeri Railgadi"	Babul Bose	Poornima
		"Chokh Tule Dekhona Ke Eseche"
		"Jago Ma Maharani"
		Aaj Ami"
2001	Pratibad	"Aasbe Ghare Khokon Sona"		Babul Bose	Gautam Susmit	Sadhana Sargam
		"Koli Kale Ghore Koli Haar"	Arshad and Priya Bhattacharya
	Bachao	"Aar To Kodin Pore"	Emon Saha	solo
		"Amar Ekdike Prithibi"
2002	Devdas	N/A	Babul Bose
	Barkane	"Ki Name Dakbo Tomake"
	Annadata	"Hate Chabi Niye Bose"
		"Amader Katha Sudhu Mane Rekho"		Sadhana Sargam, Deepa Narayan
	Kurukshetra	"Kokhono Megh Kokhono Rodh"	Ashok Bhadra
2003	Champion	"Kobe Je Amar Naam"	S. P. Venkatesh
	Sangee	"Bombay Kapiye"
		"Kere Nili" (Happy)		Mano
	Guru	"Takei Bale Bhalobasa"	Sadhna Sargam	Babul Bose
2004	Dadu No. 1	"Oi Chokhete Misti Hasi"	Malay Ganguly	Shreya Ghoshal
		"Ae Bhai Re Are Bol Na Re"		Udit Narayan
		"Aj Aei Shubhodine"		Shreya Ghoshal, Udit Narayan
2005	Swapno	"Muche Jaowa Dinguli"	Hemanta Mukherjee, Madhu Mukherjee
		"O Akash Sona Sona"		Shaan
	Yuddho	"Tomar O Chokhete"	Jeet Gannguli	Sadhana Sargam
		"Sure Sure Aaj O Mon"		Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Jeet Gannguli, Sadhana Sargam
	Manik	"Subho Janmodin"	Babul Bose
		"Tomake Peye Chena Prithibi"		Shreya Ghoshal
		"Ke Dekheche Age"
		"Kauke Bhalo Laage"		Shreya Ghoshal, Priya Bhattacharya
2006	Kranti	"Prithibi Bodle Geche"	Jeet Gannguli	Shreya Ghoshal
	Hero	"Aaha Mori Sundori"		Sabeha
2007	I Love You	"Ekta Kotha Bolbo"		Shreya Ghoshal
		"Dhure oi Pahar Miseche"		Shreya Ghoshal, Sweta
2008	10:10	"Kolkata"	Drono Acharya	Sree
2009	Antaheen	"Alo Alo Rong Jomkalo Chand" (Pherari Mon)	Shantanu Moitra	Shreya Ghoshal
	Premer Kahini	"Aaj Swopno Sukher"	Jeet Gannguli	Mahalaxmi Iyer
		"Sangsar Sukhi Hoy Romonir"		Shreya Ghoshal
2010	Ogo Bodhu Sundori	"Ei To Jibon Jak Na Jedike"
	Bolo Na Tumi Aamar	"Hate You"	Yuvan Shankar Raja, Jeet Gannguli (Arranger)	Monali Thakur
2015	Coke Studio@MTV Season 4 Album	I Wanna Fly	Anupam Roy	Sharmilee Supriyo
2015	Coke Studio@MTV Season 4 Album	Moner Manush	Lalon Fakir, Anupam Roy	Satyaki Banerjee, Anupam Roy
2016	Jodi Jantem Album	Jodi Jantem	Durbadal Chatterjee
2016	Kotobaro Bhebechinu Album	Kotobaro Bhebechinu	Violin Brothers
2016	Mone Robe Album	Mone Robe	Atanu Sen	Alka Yagnik
2017	Bengali Puja Song	Aaye Phirey Aaye	Jeet Gannguli
2018	Kishore Kumar Junior	Sedino Akashe Chilo Kato Tara	Indraadip Dasgupta
2019	BJP Theme Song	Ei Trinamool R Na
2019	Gotro	Mashima Hitler	Anindya Chatterjee
2019	Gumnaami	Subh Sukh Chain	Ram Singh Thakuri

Kannada songs

Year	Film	Songs	Composers	Lyrics	Co-Singers
2002	Ninagoskara	Prema Lokadinda"	L. N. Shastri	K. Kalyan	Mahalakshmi Iyer

Odia songs

Year	Film	Songs	Composers	Co-Singers
2006	Rakhi Bandhili Mo Rakhiba Mana		Malay Misra
2007	To Bina Mo Kahani Adha	Kholide Tora Gabhaa	Santiraj Khosla
		Sabuthu Alagaa Aama Prema
2010	Diwana		Malay Misra
2011	Balunga Toka		Abhijit Mazumdar
2013	Paribeni Kehi Alaga Kari

Marathi songs

Year	Film	Songs	Composers	Lyrics	Co-Singers
2018	Patil	"Dhin Tak Dhin"	Anand–Milind	Sameer	Shreya Ghoshal

Awards and honours

• 2002: Honorary citizenship by the State Council of Atlanta.[9]
• 2002: Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards: Best Male Playback for Tak Jhal Mishti[34]
• 2003: Kalakar Awards – Best Playback Singer for Kasautii Zindagii Kay
• 2004: Kalakar Awards – Best Playback Singer for Mayer Anchal
• 2006: Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Male Playback Award for Subho Drishti.^{[citation needed]}
• 2007: Zee Gold Awards – Best Playback Singer for Kasautii Zindagii Kay
• 2016: Walked at Grande finale show of Indian Federation for Fashion Development's India Runway Week season 6 for designer Agnimitra Paul

References

Lok Sabha
Preceded by Bansa Gopal Chowdhury	Member of Parliament for Asansol 2014 – 2021	Succeeded by Shatrughan Sinha

External links

• Babul Supriyo at IMDb
• BJP Bengal

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