Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das
Multi-Talented - Award Winning - Lifetime Achievement Award in Bollywood 2007
Life Member of Indian Cine Music Directors Association
Life Member of Indian Performing Rights Society
Curriculum Vita
Krishnendu Das - aka - K D BabuKishan
BA Indian Music and Philosophy - Calcutta University
MA Indian Music - Calcutta University
www.BabuKishan.org
www.BabuKishan.ca
RELEASED 500 ALBUMS SUCCESSFULLY "PRIVATE AND INDIAN CINEMA"
RELEASED 300 Film ALL TOP LABELS AND FILM LABELS IN INDIA.
MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST PLAYING, Master of 15 INSTRUMENTS
Composed, Produced, Marketed Successfully 60 ALBUMS
200 or more of his poetry (lyrics) have produced super duper hit songs.
150 MUSICAL SCORES FOR INDIAN CINEMA
Babu Kishan has Composed- Profile - Principle - Live Background Music for more than 10 Bengali & Hindi Drama & Theatre Productions. The most popular Sri Chaitanya MahaPrabhu, Aposh, Marg, Amla Madhu and In Hindi Koi Nahi, Atma and more...
● He has Produced many successful TV series, documentaries for Indian National and other TV Stations.
Senior Management in Indian Cinema, Music Consultant, Major Bollywood Event Film and Music Release Event Planner. Lifetime friends with Senior Journalist of all Major News Sources and Connected Politically from a young age.
Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das has been a Cultural Representative of India for 45 years appointed by the Government of India, traveling through India and Worldwide for the Indian Government as a representative of Indian Culture AND MUSIC since 1970 through Sangeet Natak Akademi "Indian National Academy of Music Dance and Drama" & ICCR "Indian Council of Cultural Relations"
Krishnendu Das Baul aka Babu Kishan is an expert in the 'Folk Music of Bengal and India'.
He was a Music consultant in the 1980's, 1990's to 2005 for CBS India and other Top Music Companies in Bombay, specifically hired to categorize all of India's Folk and Classical Music because of his expertise in the 'Music of India' and the 'languages of India'.
Babu Kishan is a Master of Indian Folk and Indian Classical as a Music Composer and Master of Indian Music.
Career History – Senior Management – Music & Film Industry India
1978 – 1990 HMV- Composer, Writer of Music for famous India singers, Event Planner.
1986 -1993 Venus/Tips/Music India, Music Producer, and Composer, Event Planner.
1986-1993 CBS India - Music Producer, Creative Director India, promoter, of artist such as Cindy Lauper, Micheal Jackson, New Kids on the Block, Pink Floyd, Gypsy Kings and others, Event Planner..
1991 -2004 Digital Music Studio – Owned, and Operated by Babukishan – Composer, Music Production for Film, Event Planner..
1994-1996 Time Audio Video – ABCL Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd - Quality Assurance Manager Film & Music Production/Marketing, and Event Management. Film, and Music Promotion, Event Planner.
1997-2004 Universal Music Label - Music Producer, Music Composer, Consultant, Event Planner.
1996-1999 PEN Audio Video Film - Music Producer, Promoter, Consultant, Event Planner.
1996-2001 T-series- Music Producer - Composer, Event Planner.
Babu Kishan has profitably successful marketed and sold 300 Films and 500 Albums. Composed, Produced, Sold and Marketed at least 60 of his own albums. He is an expert at Creating Film from the start to the selling it successfully.
Babu Kishan was a Artist & Repertoire (A&R Manager) for film and music, a manager from concept to release. Quality controller, talent search, contract, budgets, over seeing the whole film and music, from start to finish, including the release, event management, promotion and sales of the film and music. Babu Kishan is an expert Film project designer. Line producer, distribution, film, music, soap opera, TV Series, production marketing sales advertising promotion.
Event Planning and Organizational Management
for Indian Cinema (Bollywood) Film and Music release events.
In Senior Management in Indian Cinema (Bollywood) Babu Kishan is first person who started to promote Playback singers and release their music in a big way, promoting them on billboards, posters and in the media.
Babu Kishan is the creator and designer and organiser of huge Bollywood (event planner) before event planning was even a career in India. Babu Kishan organized all of the Bollywood Film and Music Release events for all the top Film and Music Companies.
Organized, Managed and helped Create ‘The Hope 86’ Conference in association with the West Bengal Government and Indian Cinema Star Mithun Chakraborty. In 1986 it was India’s largest ever event of its kind with 300 celebrities all Politicians, Film industry, Music industry and others from all over India. All the top from all over India came to Calcutta W Bengal India for ‘The Hope 86’ event of the decade.
Created Organized Managed a huge Festival in Bengal called the Gopal Nagar Mela (Festival), arranging officials, stage management, securing land, budgets, food, security, performers, tens of thousands of people attended my festivals in the 1980.
Organizing and Event Management is in my blood from an early age as I was the Tour, Event and Manager of my father Purna Das Baul. He is a Legendary Folk singer, the first highly awarded Indian Vocalist to come to America in 1967. In those day it was not easy to travel around the world and outside India, I organized all of his tours from the 1970’s for almost 2 decades.
A Master Music Composer Producer from beginning to end sales and has been successful in the business of Film and Music for over 40 years.
Babu Kishan sold Film Rights More than 500 Super Hit Albums & Films in the
1978 - 2008
Babu Kishan's spiritual music is heard in all the temples of India he is the first person to record the Hanuman Chalisa singing by Hari Om Sharan, he has recorded and composed music for many from start to finish: Each album has been a super duper successful music, he usually plays one of the 15 instrument that he has Mastered on each album.
KD Babukishan aka Krishnendu Das started his life in Indian Cinema at a young age in Calcutta West Bengal India, as a Music Composer and poet, lyricist, song writer for Bengali film, TV Series, and Drama's beginning in the 1970’s to 1990's.
Babu Kishan started his career in Bombay as a Music Composer and as a music and Film Designer, Production Consultant working with India’s top Music Labels and for India’s top Film Companies for more than 35 years.
Babukishan has worked with just about everybody in Indian Cinema as a Fim Promotion Designer, Production Designer, Music Designer, and Music Director, from Amir Khan to A R Rahman, from the production of music, promotion to the international market. Babukishan is probably the most famous person from Bollywood who is known behind the scenes within Indian Cinema.
As a Senior Management in Indian Cinema (Bollywood) he is the person who started to promote the Play back singer and he is the creator and designer of huge Bollywood (event planner) before event planning was a career of all Bollywood Film and Music Release parties for all the top Film and Music Companies.
Indian Politics and Cultural Ambassador of India
Babu Kishan has performed on the biggest stages of India - 100's of times for over 5 decades, as he and his family were the Cultural Representatives of the State of West Bengal India. They performed as singers who opened for Political leaders for generations starting with Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi and then Rajiv Gandhi before they gave their speeches. Babu Kishan grew up in political circles of India and met all the political leaders of India. He is versed in a deep way in Indian politics. Babu Kishan is very close to the last President of India, Pranab Mukherjee as he is a family relative.
Our Calcutta house was the Cultural Heritage and Political Hub of Calcutta, all top Indian musicians, singers, Indian Cinema Stars, Politicians, Poets, Writers, Spiritual leaders and intellectuals used to visit our house.
He brings with him the depth of India and Indian Cultural Heritage from the soul and soil of India. There is almost no one with his depth of knowledge of Indian Music and Indian Cinema from an educational and experiential level. He is the first Baul in history to live in Canada.
Babu Kishan would be an asset for any Political Cultural Delegation that travels to India, on behalf of Canada because he knows better than anybody who is who in India, from politics, India Cinema, Indian Music and Culture he has over 45 years experience in the inner circles of India and with Indian’s around the World.
He brings with him the depth of India and Indian Cultural Heritage from the soul and soil of India. There is almost no one with his depth of knowledge of Indian Music and Indian Cinema from an educational and experiential level. He is the first Baul in history to live in Canada.
Award winning Indian Music Composer and Filmmaker for 50 years, starting at age ten!
Awarded "The youngest Music and Film Director in Bengal" in the 197o’s.
At age ten he was the Awarded the Best youngest Music Composer in Bengal. Babukishan
received many awards for his Music Compositions in Bengal under the name ‘Krishnendu Das’even before he arrived in the Bombay Indian Cinema now known as Bollywood.
Awarded a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award in
Mumbai’s ‘Bollywood’ Indian Cinema in 2007.
Senior Management in Indian Cinema, Music Consultant, Major Bollywood Event Film and Music Release Event Planner. Lifetime friends with Senior Journalist of all Major News Sources and Connected Politically from a young age.
Career History – Senior Management – Music & Film Industry India
Babu Kishan has profitably and successful marketed and sold 300 Films and 500 Albums. Composed, Produced, Sold and Marketed at least 60 of his own albums. He is an expert at Creating Film from the start to the selling it successfully at a profit.
He is a ‘Master Music Composer Producer’ from beginning to end sales and has been successful in the business of Film and Music for over 40 years.
Babu Kishan sold Film Rights More than 500 Super Hit Albums & Films from 1978 - 2008.
Selected Discography and Filmography:
● Folk music by various singers (HMV, 1981)
● Rokto Sapoth, Bengali (1979)
● Folk songs (Gathani, 1982) Amardeep
● Bengali, Bengali 1979 Arohan (HMV, 1983)
● Maarg, Bengali 1980
● Baul Music by Purna das Baul (HMV, 1983)
● Arohan, Hindi, Dir: Shyam Benegal 1980
● Folk Music from Bengal (Polygram Music India, 1984)
● Sudhu Tomake, Bengali, 1980
● Dr. Bhupen Hazarika (HMV, 1984)
● Pyar Bhara khat, Hindi,1989
● Spiritual songs of India (Chandra Dhara, Germany, 1984)
● “30 days” Hindi Thriller Movie, 2000
● Bauls of Bengal (New York Music, 1985)
● Chote Nawab Bade Nawab, Hindi,1999
● Soul of Bengal(Unique Records, USA, 1985)
● Schoolgirl, Hindi, 2001
● Baul Fusion by The Band / Babukishan (Symphony,1985)
● Akhri pratigya, Hindi, Mithun Chakraborty directed by T.L.V Prasad, 1998
● The Bengali Bauls (Maple Music, Canada), 1986
● Guru ho ja shuru, Mithun Chakraborty,1995
● Modern Songs by Various Singers (Venus, 1987)
● Mrityu...The Truth, Hindi, T-series 2002
● Bauls from Royal Albert Hall (Megaphone, 1987)
● Gumnaam, Hindi Thriller Movie (2001)
● Monalisa (CBS, 1988)
● Aasakti, Hindi, Jackie Shroff 1998
● O Go Priyotoma (Tips, 1988)
● Adorini, Bengali 2003
● Baul Songs of Bengal (Tips, 1988)
● Thakur, Hindi, Dharmendra, 2002
● Amardeep (Weston, 1989)
● Reflection (Track music, 1990)
● Pyar Bhara Khat (Oriental, 1992)
● Qawwalies by Eminent Singers of India (Gramophone Record company,1993)
● Mr. Panchanan (CBS, 1993)
● Tribute to Hemant Kumar (CBS, 1993)
● Festivals of India (1994)
● O Hasina (Ultra Music 1996)
● Dhak Dhak Karne Laga (Ultra, 1996)
● Tales of River 'Ganga'/new age music (Prism Audio, 1996)
● Kali Bhajans (Sangeet cassettes, 1997)
● Tera Ghungta (Pen Audio, 1997)
● Zara Hat Ke (Pen Audio, 1998)
● Sharab Aur Shabab (Padmini Music, 1998)
● Folk music of India by Sapna Awasthi (T-series, 1999)
● Kesariyo Rang (Tarana, 1999)
● School girl (Star Music, 2000)
● Romantic Moods (Virgin Music)
● Priyo Kolkata (Kathaindia, 2001)
● Jap le sai naam (Universal Music India, 2001)
● Paimaana (Star Music, 2001)
● Soul Mate (Universal Music India, 2001)
● Tumhare Liye (Star Music, 2002)
● Mirror of the Sky (Star Music, 2002)
● One & Only (Star Music, 2002)
● Jai Santoshi Maa by various singers (Lucky Star Music, 2002)
● Mrityu The Truth (T-series, 2002)
● Adorini (Saregama / HMV, 2002)
Selected Promotion Designer & Music Promotions:
Babu Kishan was a Artist & Repertoire (A&R Manager) film and music manager from concept to release, quality, controller, talent search, contract, over seeing the whole film and music, promotion and sales of film and music.- for Music, Video and Film.
Babu Kishan sold Film Rights More than 500 Super Hit Albums & Films in the 1980 - 2000's
● Arohan - Om Puri, Amrish Puri, Pankaj Kapoor, Victor Banerjee
● Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Gaya - Anil Kapoor, Sharon Prabhakar
● Salaam Bombay - Nana Patekar
● Khuda Gawah - Superstar Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi, Danny
● Andaz Apna Apna - Amir Khan, Salman Khan, Karishma Kapoor, Raveena Tandon
● Indrajit - Amitabh Bachchan, Neelam
● Awaj De Kahan Hain - after long time gap Naushad Ali’s Composed Music
● Patthar ke Phool - Salman Khan, Raveena Tandon
● Khatarnak - Sanjay Dutt
● Madam X- Rekha, Jaya Mathur, Shakti Kapoor, Mohsin Khan
● Zahreelay- Sanjay Dutt
● Jai Kali- Hema Malini
● Tejaa - Sanjay Dutt
● Geet- Divya Bharti, Kamal Sadanah Fateh - Sanjay Dutt
● Balwaan- Sunil Shetty, Divya Bharti Benaam Badshah - Anil Kapoor
● Aparadhi - Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla
● Rangeela - It was Popular Music Director A.R.Rahman's First
● Introductions in Bollywood Cinema, Casting-Amir Khan, Jackie Shroff, Urmila
● Gambler - Govinda, Shilpa Shetty, Aditya Pancholi
● 100 days - Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Raveena Tandon
● Shreeman Aashiq - Rishi Kapoor, Urmila, Anupam Kher
● Baaz - Govinda
● Coolie#1 - Govinda, Karishma Kapoor
● Hero#1 - Govinda
● Sandwich - Govinda, sushmita Sen, Raveena Tandon
● Gharwali Baharwali, Anil Kapoor
● Elaan E Jung - Dharmendra
● Awaargi- Anil Kapoor, Meenakshi Seshasdri
● Hukumat - Dharmendra
● Awaal Number- Amir Khan, Devanand
● Sanam Bewafa - Salman Khan
● Aatank Hi Aatank- Amir Khan
● Raakh- Amir Khan
● Tum Mere Ho- Tahir Hussain's Amir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Ajit Vachani
● CID- Juhi Chawla
● Saajan - Madhuri Dikshit, Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt
● I Love You - Karishma Kapoor
● Ek Ladka Ek Ladki - Salman Khan, Neelam
● Dil Tera Ashiq - Salman Khan
● Isi Ka Naam Zindgi, Amir Khan, Pran
● Karan Arjun - Sharukh Khan, Salman Khan, Amrish Puri, Jack Gaud, Rakhi Gulzar, Mamta Kulkai, Kajal
● Deewana - Shahrukh Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Divya Bharti
● Jallad - Mithun Chakraborty
● Khabhi ha Khabhi na - Sharukh Khan, Ashutosh Gawrikar
● Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak- Amir Khan, Juhi Chawla
● Panah - Shidarth, Pallavi
● Lahu Luhan- Kimi Katkar
● Jhooth Bole Kawa Kate - Anil Kapoor
● Junoon- Popular TV Series Music
● Auzaar - Salman Khan
● Gunah ka Devta - Paap Ki Kamaee - Mithun Chakraborty
● VijayPath- Tabu, Ajay Davgan, Gulshan Grover, Reema Lagoo, Danny Saugandh - Akshay Kumar,
● Yaalgar- Sanjay Dutt, Manisha, Nagma
● Aatish- Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon
● Gumrah- Sanjay Dutt, Sridevi
● Phool aur Kaante- Ajay Devgan, Madhu, Amrish Pur ●
● Indian's First time Fitness audio/video project with Actress Rekha on CBS
● First Time 'Srimad Bhagva Gita' through AudioVisual
● Promoted & Marketed Indian Classical Music through CBS Music Label, from Ravi Shankar to Zakir Hussain
● And many more...
Selected Films Produced - Project Designer - Music Composer - Music Director:
● Jaagoron/ Prayer by Lata Mangeshkar
● Introduced OSHO's Music to the World
● Now & Then by Hari Prasad Chaurasia
● Nursery Rhymes & Kiddyland by Top singers from Various like Alisha Chinoy, Sharon
Prabhakar, Remo
● Shakti by Shankar, Zakir Hussain
● School Girl - Shakti Kapoor, Laxmikant Berde
● Andheri Raaton Mein - Moon Moon Sen
● Akhri Pratigya, Mithun Chakraborty, Jackie Shroff, Suni Shetty, Hemant Birje, Rambha
● 30 Days - Milind Gunaji, Aloknath, Sweta Menon
● Chhote Nawab Bade Nawab - Shakti Kapoor, Shiva, Mohan Joshi
● TV Series 'Aurat' Tale of Indian Women, Story by Suraj Sanim
● TV Series for Children 'Five Stars' Story Suraj Sanim
● TV Series 'Time Machine' Thriller,Story by Suraj Sanim
● Miya Anari Biwi Khilari - Yunus Parvez, Chhotu, Birbal, Yogini
● Mrityu The Truth- Mustaq Khan, Hemant Pandey, Aroon Bakshi, Liliput
● Adorini - Prasenjit, Biswajit
● Canadian Dream - Documentary on New Immigrants life in Canada
● Monalisa by Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Vijay Benedict
● Toom Toom Tara Rara " Life is Cool" by K D Babukishan
● (Canada's first Mega Mystical Multicultural Musical TV Series)
Babu Kishan's spiritual music is heard in all the temples of India he is the first person to record the Hanuman Chalisa singing by Hari Om Sharan, he has recorded and composed music for many from start to finish: Each album has been a super duper successful music, he usually plays one of the 15 instrument that he has Mastered on each album.
● Anuradha Paudwal
● Anup Jalota
● Hari Om Sharan
● Suresh Wadkar
● Mahendra Kapoor
● Sadhana Sargam
● Ravindra Jain
● Ravi Shankar
● Ali Akbar Khan
● Kavita Krishnamurti
● Jai Mataji Temple
● Shirdi Sai Baba Temple
● Sita Ram Das Omkarnath
● Balak Brahmachari
● Anandamayi Ma
● Osho
● Swami Narayan,
● Lata Mangeshkar
● Asha Bhosle
● Nitin Mukesh
● Purna Das Baul
● Some are listed on the list below because some recorded Bollywood Indian Cinema's albums with Babu Kishan too. The list above is just some of the one he recorded in spiritual music.
Fundraising:
Babu Kishan has fundraised for many people including the 'Tagore Societies' Worldwide - fundraising for them,'Ramakrishna Vedanta Societies' Worldwide, 40 years of Fundraising for many Communities, Temples and Societies, Seniors, Children and for the Bangladesh Floods, Hurricane Katrina and more.
Performances:
Babu Kishan has performed at 100's of International Folk Festivals since the 1970's including
Festivals in Hyde Park with the Rolling Stones, Beatles, Bob Dylan.
Babu Kishan has Performed around the world, on the biggest stages of India 100's of times for over 4 decades.
● The Royal Albert Hall, London
● Hyde Park London
● Royal London Museum
● Carnegie Hall New York
● Netaji Indoor Stadium Kolkata
In the 1980's he represented Calcutta University around India, regarding Indian Philosophy, Sanskrit and Baul an ancient Indian Philosophy and Yogic tradition.
Babu Kishan performed 20 Concerts with Bob Dylan and the Band who were all great friends.
East West Tour as a Musician and singing one song of poetry by Allen Ginsberg the famed American Beat poet. He did these tours around the USA with Bob Dylan and The Band 1985. He has composed and jammed with George Harrison, The Rolling Stones, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, Bob Dylan and The Band, Tom Petty and many others.
Some Awards:
He was awarded the ‘Youngest Indian Composer in 1971’ at the tender age of ten by the Bengal Government. He went on to receive some of India’s highest awards for his music.
● 2007 - Lifetime achievement Award for dedication to Indian Cinema, Bollywood Buddy, Mumbai
● 1988 - Adaptation of Award winning novelist Sarat Chandra Chatterjee’s ‘Charitroheen’
● Best Soap Opera, Best Music Composer, awarded to Babukishan Glaxo Award, Mumbai
● Bengali 1979 Arohan (HMV, 1983) Best Film Music in India
● 1981 - Most promising Music Composer and Movie Design of the Year, Calcutta Entertainment Industry, Bombay Entertainment Industry.
● 1980 - Best Music Composer, Indian Cinema, Bombay
Babu Kishan has been personal friends and family friends composing music for and traveling with all the Legends of Indian Music and Indian Cinema, the Legends since the early 1970’s including Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Zakir Hussain, V G Jog, Sultan Khan, Pandit Mahapurush Mishra, HariPrasad Chaurasia, Nikhil Banerjee, Ravindra Jain, Naushad Ali, SD Burman, RD Burman, and many more.
Lectures on Sanskrit, Indian Philosophy and Indian Music, Folk, Classical, Baul and Indian Cinema.
Babu Kishan has lectured at Universities around the world. Babu Kishan has been International 'Paid' Guest Lecturer at Universities lecturing on Indian Music, Folk Music, Indian Philosophy and Authentic Living Lineage Baul a historical lineage within Bengal and India.
Babu Kishan is the first authentic Baul to lecture and teach authentic Baul tradition he has been traveling and teaching since 1971 around the world.
Some of the Universities he has lectured in around the world as a paid lecturer.
● UCLA,
● Columbia,
● Chicago University
● Boston University
● Pennsylvania Music College
● Baltimore Music College,
● Philadelphia Arts and Music College
● Kansas University Music
● St. Louis University
● Washington and Lee
● University of Washington
● University of Toronto
● University of British Columbia
● SFU (Simon Fraser University)
● Harvard
● Mumbai University
● Whistling Woods Film Institute in Mumbai
● San Francisco College of Arts
● Berkeley University Music School
● Red Wood University
● San Diego University
● University of Victoria
● Cambridge and Oxford in UK
● Berlin Music College
● Stuttgart University
● Bremen University Germany
● Hamburg University
● Cologne University
● University Germany
● Zurich University
● Geneva University
● Brussels University
● Rome University of Fine Arts
● University of Hong Kong
● University of Bangkok
● University of Singapore
● Delhi University
● University of Mauritius
● University of Johannesburg South Africa
● Calcutta University
● Vishva Bharati in Shantiniketan Birbhum
Produced over 150 scores for Indian Cinema and Bollywood film.
He has composed, produced and promoted over 60 albums
for Bollywood’s top singers
such as:
● Kumar Sanu,
● Sunidhi,
● Shaan,
● Sadhna Sargam,
● Kavita Krishnamurthy,
● Poornima,
● Abhijit,
● Udit Narayan,
● Sudesh Bhosle,
● Mohd.Aziz,
● Vijay Benedict,
● Asha Bhosle,
● Anup Jalota,
● Suresh Wadkar,
● Usha Mangeshkar,
● Ravindra Jain,
● Nitin Mukesh,
● Alka Yagnik,
● Vinod Rathod,
● Ghulam Ali,
● Mehdi Hassan,
● Pankaj Udhas,
● Anwar,
● Anuradha Paudwal,
● Amit Kumar
● and many others.
Music Composer
Babu Kishan is still #77 out of 80 Music Composers in India in the 1980's.
Signed by:
Legendary Indian Music Legends:
● RavindraJain
● SonikOmi
RAVINDRA JAIN and SONIK OMI are legendary names in Indian Cinema and Indian Music Industry. Today everybody is listed as a Music Director, there are over 10,000 back then it was not so easy, one did not just pay a fee. You actually had to be a 'Music Composer' and you had to pass an exam. You had to prove yourself to the biggest Music Directors in India and they had to refer you.
Babu Kishan was referred by:
RD Burman
Bappi Lahiri
Laxmikant Pyrelal
Naushad Ali
Lineage Vaishnava Baul of Bengal Tradition
Babu Kishan is from an ancient Lineage of Peace Makers a MultiCultural Lineage that always accepted all displaced and rejected peoples. The Bauls of Bengal are an Oral Sanskrit tradition they sang to the villagers in vernacular Bengali teaching all the Vedas Yoga and Indian Philosophy through their songs for thousands of years in Bengal India. The Bauls of Birbhum Bengal accepting all Hindus, Muslims and Buddhists that flowed through Bengal over thousands of years, they do not believe in caste or creed, Baul is based on Humanity, you must perfect the humanity in yourself and towards others first.
In 2005 Unesco declared the Bauls A Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity worthwhile to be preserved as ancient history of Humanity here in Canadabecause I am the only Baul here in Canada but I represent a Masterpiece of well-known Legendary living lineage. Baul was first introduced to North America in 1967, you can see my father Purna Das Baul and my uncle Lakshman Das Baul on the Legendary Bob Dylan’s album John Wesley Harding.
Babu Kishan Spotlight TV - Babu Kishan Productions
1. Babu Kishan’s Spotlight - Diversity and MultiCultural Canada
● TV program presented on Shaw Multicultural - Delta Cable from 2010 - to present
● 175 Shows (episodes) Produced by Babu Kishan.
● Profiling all cultures, all Political Parties, all types of careers and business peoples.
Babu Kishan has single handedly produced a Multicultural Diversity Storytelling Profile called Babu Kishan Spotlight which is popular in the South Asian community, he does profile other communities too, a weekly show on Shaw Multicultural TV and Delta Cable. The purpose of this Spotlight is to inspire others, it gives stories of how others arrived in Canada and survived, how they made a different. This program is filmed, edited, including music by Babu Kishan, he sells advertising and really needs some help to expand and to be able to take his popular show to a higher level.
Babu Kishan has Produced 175 shows on a shoestring budget. One man show, Production, Editing, Camera, Music, Arranging the Storytelling Profiles, Promotion, Advertising Sales, Sales & Marketing. He wants expand and attract a wider audience across Canada on other South Asian TV stations profiling MultiCultural Spotlight on Diversity stories. On Delta Cable and Shaw MultiCultural Channels.
SPOTLIGHT ON - Diversity and MultiCultural Canada
● People, Spirituality, Culture, Economic, Political, Artistic Entertainment.
● Stories in the Voice of the Storyteller. A MultiCultural, InterCultural, TV Series Spotlighting the Unique Lives of Canadians.
The personal stories of Brilliant Canadians, stories of what it means to arrive, the journey to success in business, politics, social, economic, artistic, faith and spirituality in their own voice.
Freedom in Diversity.
Inspirational, Innovation, stories that educate creating integration, Intercultural, Multi Cultural understanding and a sense of belonging to and National Pride in Canada. Stories that preserve the voices of what it means to be Canadian.
Storytelling has been shared in every culture as a means of Entertainment, Education, and Preserving Cultural Memory.
● https://spotlighttv.weebly.com/synopsis.html
● https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8ePNK_hY-EmSsHqS_6XLTw/videos?shelf_id=0&
view=0&sort=dd
2. Babu Kishan ‘Food & Fashion’ Shaw MultiCultural Channel’
TV programs presented on Shaw Multicultural - profiling mostly South Asian and MultiCultural. Their food, their fashion, Culture and History. Modern and Traditional food and fashion.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg-ocZgQESHOAMVzk2MT0UQ/videos?app=desktop Link - Babu Kishan Food and Fashion
3. Babu Kishan has produced and directed a short film called, called Dil Punjabi (Canadian Dream).
4. Canadian Indian TV Series - Toom Toom Tara Rara
South Asian Canadian South Asian Mystical & Modern Concept - Comedy - 2 pilot series completed.
● Link - Toom Toom Tara Rara - Promo - https://youtu.be/beQvUyrRqeg
● Link - 2nd Promo Link for Toom Toom Tara Rara - https://youtu.be/9V_HzYaUCrs*******
5. Performed in the Montreal POP festival, in various Bengali Community events in Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver.
6. Volunteer @ Pics, Gurudwara, Church, Hindu Temple, Foodbank.
7. Babu Kishan has released 32 albums of his music in 2018 on Google Music, another 20 albums to be released.
You can listen to Babu Kishan's other Music on,
under KD Baboo,
Baboo,
Krishnendu Das,
KD Babu Kishan
and Babu Kishan:
same guy many names.
● Tips
● T-Series
● Sony Music
● Universal Music
● Gramophone Record Company
● HMV
● Venus Movies
● Pen Movies
● CBS
● Time Music
● ABCL
● and many more...
The above Music Record Companies own 28 or more albums of Babu Kishan’s Music.
Links:INTERNATIONAL & INDIAN MUSIC ICON
Indian Cultural Ambassador for 50 years
Music Composer/Producer, Film-Maker
Life Member - Indian Cine Music Directors Association
Life Member - Indian Performing Rights Society
B.A. Indian Philosophy & Indian Music
M.A. Indian Music (Folk Music of India)
RELEASED 500 ALBUMS "PRIVATE AND INDIAN CINEMA"
RELEASED 1,000 Film ALL TOP LABELS AND FILM LABELS IN INDIA.
Audio Video and Film
MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST PLAYING, Master of 15 INSTRUMENTS
Composed, Produced, Marketed Successfully 60 ALBUMS
of his own Music
200 or more of his poetry (lyrics) have produced super duper hit songs.
150 MUSICAL Film SCORES FOR INDIAN CINEMA
Senior Management in Indian Cinema, Music Consultant, Major Bollywood Event Film and Music Release Event Planner. Lifetime friends with Senior Journalists of all Major News Sources and Connected Politically from a young age.
Krishnendu Das Baul aka Babu Kishan is an expert in the 'Folk Music of Bengal and India'.
He was a Music consultant in the 1980's, 1990's to 2005 for CBS India and other Top Indian Music Companies in Bombay's Indian Cinema (Bollywood), he was specifically hired to categorize all of India's 'Folk and Classical Music'.
Babu Kishan is an expert in the Music of India and the languages of India.
Career History – Senior Management – Music & Film Industry India
1978 – 1990 HMV - Composer, Writer of Music for famous India singers.
1986 -1993 Venus/Tips/Music India - Music Producer, and Composer
1986-1993 CBS - Music Producer, Creative Director India, promoter, of artist such as Cindy Lauper, Micheal Jackson, New Kids on the Block, Pink Floyd, Gypsy Kings, released all Bob Dylan's Albums in India and Asia, including many many others.
1991 -2004 Digital Music Studio – Owned & Operated Babukishan – Composer, Music Production for Film.
1994-1996 Time Audio Video – ABCL Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd - Quality Assurance Manager Film & Music Production/Marketing, and Event Management. Film, and Music Promotion.
1997-2004 Universal Music Label - Music Producer, Music Composer, Consultant
1996-1999 PEN Audio Video Film - Music Producer, Promoter, Consultant
1996-2001 T-series - Music Producer - Composer
Babu Kishan was an Artist & Repertoire (A&R Manager) for film and music, a manager from concept to release, quality controller, talent search, contract, overseeing the whole film and music, promotion and sales of film and music.
Babu Kishan has profitably marketed and sold 300 Films and 500 Albums Indian Cinema all top labels.
Composed, Produced, Sold and Marketed at least 60 of his own albums.
An expert at Creating Film from the start to selling it successfully at the end.
Master Music Composer Producer from beginning to end sales and has been successful in the business of Film and Music for over 40 years.
Babu Kishan Produced and sold Film Rights for Super Hit Albums & Films.
1978 - 2008
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All of the Photos on this site with Babu Kishan, are not Fan Photos.
Today anybody displays photos with people in the Indian Music and Cinema Industry, however, that does not mean they worked with them over a long period of time, at least 35 to 40 years.
The photos of Babu Kishan here are with people he worked with and has long time friendships with them and their families and he very rarely allowed anybody to take a picture of him.
Babu Kishan categorized all the Music of India for all the top Music Companies in Bombay India Late 1970's, 1980 - 2006. He was there when they all started and he was the expert.
Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das has been a Cultural Representative of India for 45 years appointed by the Government of India (not self appointed), traveling through India and Worldwide for the Indian Government as a representative of Indian Culture since 1970 with Sangeet Natak Akademi "Indian National Academy of Music Dance and Drama" & ICCR "Indian Council of Cultural Relations"
Humanitarian
Babu Kishan has been fundraising for many groups for 45 years worldwide including:
The 'Tagore Societies' Worldwide
The Ramakrishna Vedanta Societies Worldwide
Temples and Societies, Seniors and Children, the Bangladesh Floods, Hurricane Katrina and more..
Master (Pandit) of Indian Music
Theme song of this Web Site/ the soundtrack to the Movie Pyar Bhara Khat
by Babu Kishan. Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das was only 21 when he composed and recorded Vande Mataram. This is Babu Kishan Music, Produced, Recorded and Composed in 1983, released 1986.
#Vandematram #BabuKishan #SureshWadkar #kavitkrisnamurti #mohdaziz #AnuradhaPaudwal #KdBabu #KrishnenduDas #KDBaboo #KrishnenduDas #Baboo
Film & Music:
Over 40 years of Indian Cinema (1978 - 20019) from a very young age Babu Kishan had mastered Music, awarded the Youngest Music Composer in the 1970's in Bengal as a very young teen.
He has jammed with the Rolling Stones, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, The Band, Tom Petty, Brian Wilson (Beach Boys) and many more. He has composed for all of India's top singers, musicians and performed in front of millions including Presidents and Prime Ministers of India.
MA - Indian Music Calcutta University
Humanitarian & Indian Cultural Ambassador traveling the world since the 1970's before the Internet, lecturing at Universities around the world for decades.
My Work is My Worship!
Babu Kishan released 32 albums of his music in 2018 on Google Music,
another 20 or more to come.
New 2018 Music to be released too. Stay tuned!
You can listen to Babu Kishan's other Music on, under KD Baboo, Baboo, Krishnendu Das KD Babu Kishan and Babu Kishan: same guy many names.
Tips
T-Series
Sony Music
Universal Music
Gramophone Record Company
HMV
Venus Movies
Pen Movies
CBS
Time Music
ABCL
and many more...
The above Music Record Companies own 28 or more albums of Babu Kishan Music.
Babu Kishan as Krishnendu Das was the Music Director, Composer, Principle Music, Background Music and Film Designer of this movie, he won the Best Music in Russian Film Festival.
The Best Music Indian National Award in 1981,
when he was 21.
Please see the blog post for the story!
Babu Kishan is still #77 out of 80 Music Composers in India from the 1980's.
Back in the day you had to pass an exam, be signed by Legends and be Recommended by Legends! You are not just a Music Composer by saying you are a Music Composer. To be a Music Composer is the highest level in Music and you must be very successful and have many successful compositions over many years.
Babu Kishan was Signed by Legendary Indian Music Legends.
1. #Ravindra Jain
Babu Kishan is the only person Ravindra Jain allowed to compose music for him personally. Ravindra Jain was a Gem of Indian Cinema, a Sanskrit Pandit, he was the Ramayana TV series Music Director. All the top Loved him.
Babu Kishan is still #77 out of 80 Music Composers in India from the 1980's.
Back in the day you had to pass an exam, be signed by Legends and be Recommended by Legends! You are not just a Music Composer by saying you are a Music Composer. To be a Music Composer is the highest level in Music and you must be very successful and have many successful compositions over many years.
Babu Kishan was Signed by Legendary Indian Music Legends.
1. #Ravindra Jain
Babu Kishan is the only person Ravindra Jain allowed to compose music for him personally. Ravindra Jain was a Gem of Indian Cinema, a Sanskrit Pandit, he was the Ramayana TV series Music Director. All the top Loved him.
Legendary names in Indian Cinema and
Indian Music Industry.
Today everybody is listed as a Music Director,
there are over 10,000 names today,
back then it was not so easy.
Back in the day you actually had to be an accomplished qualified 'Music Composer' with a successful body of work. Master Music Composers were educated in Music to the highest level. To even qualify you had to pass an exam.
You had to prove yourself to the biggest 'Music Directors in India' and they had to refer you. You had to be an accomplished Music Composer not just a Music Composer by calling yourself a music composer. It was very difficult. There is no way you could say I am a Music Composer and pay a fee or a bribe, the ethics and standards were high.
Babu Kishan has a Masters (MA) in Indian Music
from Calcutta University. He had been composed for decades before he was accepted as a Music Composer.
Babu Kishan was referred by:
1. #RD Burman
Babu Kishan was RD Burman's Assistant & Friend for 13 years in Bombay, and many years before in Calcutta. SD Burman, RC Burman's father, was a huge fan of Babu's Grandfather Nabani Das Khyapa Baul.
These are not Fan Photos, these are photos of people who Babu Kishan actually worked with over a long period (decades) in Calcutta and Bombay.
Today anybody can have a photo with anybody and then make up stories. Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu has lived it, making movies, selling movies and Indian Music for decades in a very personal way with all in Indian Cinema/ Indian Music/ and the business involved in all.
1994-1996 Time Audio Video – ABCL Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd -
Babu Kishan was the Quality Assurance Manager Film & Music Production/Marketing,
and Event Management. Film, and Music Promotion.
An Award winning Music Composer and Film maker, early in his life he was awarded, "The youngest Music and Film Director in Bengal" in 1978 in the 1980's he was highly awarded.
Babukishan received many awards for his Music Compositions in Bengal under the name Krishnendu Das even before he arrived in Bombay, he only used the name Babu Kishan when he left Bengal for Mumbai.
In 2007 he received a 'Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in Indian Cinema (Bollywood).
Babu Kishan is also a Baul Guru of the only oldest living lineage of Vaishnava Tantric Baul of Birbhum Bengali India, his Guru is his Grandfather Nabani Das Khyapa Baul.
Babu has been helping other Bauls, encouraging them since the 1970's, he started a Baul center for preserving his lineage, the only Guru Shishya Parampara lineage of Baul.
When other new Baul had no ground to stand on he brought them to the stage and gave them a chance to sing on stages that otherwise they never had a chance, producing and promoting many Baul followers.
He is the first Baul to write 3 books on Baul in the 1980’s.
Master (Pandit) of : Indian Folk and Baul 'MUSIC OF THE SOUL'
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Super Duper Comedy Hit Film by Krishnendu Das aka Babu Kishan
Director Krishnendu Das aka Babu Kishan
Producer, Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das
Music by Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das
2007
The American Poet Allen Ginsberg & Babu Kishan The Indian Poet, they had a 2 decade friendship - see the blog for more details. No other Baul's had anything to do with Allen Ginsberg except Nabani Das Khyapa Baul in 1962. Purna Das Baul met him but that was it. Yet, all who write, take Babu's name off and lay a generic claim that Bauls had something to do with Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan - no they did not!Only Babu Kishan was associated with Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan, you can see his name listed on both of their lists of who is who!
Poetry written by Allen Ginsberg for Babu Kishan, This is the only Baul Poetry Allen Ginsberg wrote. “Baul of Bengal, I sing for all, Blue Danube is my Jamuna, Hudson my Vrindavan, see me in Calcutta, Toronto and London, Hear my call Baul of Bengal, Same man many names, same player, many games, Love is magic to win at life, Hear my call O Baul of Bengal.” Written by Allen Ginsberg in 1983, as a gift to Babu Kishan ' Babu Kishan composed the music for the original in collaboration with Garth Hudson, Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, (of The Band) Bob Dylan's Band for the 1985 tour of America in which Babu Kishan attended an American tour with Bob Dylan & The Band, singing Allen Ginsberg's poetry. This is the one and only piece of 'Baul poetry Ginsberg' wrote. Babu Kishan sang this on a 40 city American tour with 'Bob Dylan and the Band'.
Multi-Talented - Award Winning - Lifetime Achievement Award in Bollywood 2007
Life Member of Indian Cine Music Directors Association
Life Member of Indian Performing Rights Society
Curriculum Vita
Krishnendu Das - aka - K D BabuKishan
BA Indian Music and Philosophy - Calcutta University
MA Indian Music - Calcutta University
www.BabuKishan.org
www.BabuKishan.ca
RELEASED 500 ALBUMS SUCCESSFULLY "PRIVATE AND INDIAN CINEMA"
RELEASED 300 Film ALL TOP LABELS AND FILM LABELS IN INDIA.
MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST PLAYING, Master of 15 INSTRUMENTS
Composed, Produced, Marketed Successfully 60 ALBUMS
200 or more of his poetry (lyrics) have produced super duper hit songs.
150 MUSICAL SCORES FOR INDIAN CINEMA
Babu Kishan has Composed- Profile - Principle - Live Background Music for more than 10 Bengali & Hindi Drama & Theatre Productions. The most popular Sri Chaitanya MahaPrabhu, Aposh, Marg, Amla Madhu and In Hindi Koi Nahi, Atma and more...
● He has Produced many successful TV series, documentaries for Indian National and other TV Stations.
Senior Management in Indian Cinema, Music Consultant, Major Bollywood Event Film and Music Release Event Planner. Lifetime friends with Senior Journalist of all Major News Sources and Connected Politically from a young age.
Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das has been a Cultural Representative of India for 45 years appointed by the Government of India, traveling through India and Worldwide for the Indian Government as a representative of Indian Culture AND MUSIC since 1970 through Sangeet Natak Akademi "Indian National Academy of Music Dance and Drama" & ICCR "Indian Council of Cultural Relations"
Krishnendu Das Baul aka Babu Kishan is an expert in the 'Folk Music of Bengal and India'.
He was a Music consultant in the 1980's, 1990's to 2005 for CBS India and other Top Music Companies in Bombay, specifically hired to categorize all of India's Folk and Classical Music because of his expertise in the 'Music of India' and the 'languages of India'.
Babu Kishan is a Master of Indian Folk and Indian Classical as a Music Composer and Master of Indian Music.
Career History – Senior Management – Music & Film Industry India
1978 – 1990 HMV- Composer, Writer of Music for famous India singers, Event Planner.
1986 -1993 Venus/Tips/Music India, Music Producer, and Composer, Event Planner.
1986-1993 CBS India - Music Producer, Creative Director India, promoter, of artist such as Cindy Lauper, Micheal Jackson, New Kids on the Block, Pink Floyd, Gypsy Kings and others, Event Planner..
1991 -2004 Digital Music Studio – Owned, and Operated by Babukishan – Composer, Music Production for Film, Event Planner..
1994-1996 Time Audio Video – ABCL Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd - Quality Assurance Manager Film & Music Production/Marketing, and Event Management. Film, and Music Promotion, Event Planner.
1997-2004 Universal Music Label - Music Producer, Music Composer, Consultant, Event Planner.
1996-1999 PEN Audio Video Film - Music Producer, Promoter, Consultant, Event Planner.
1996-2001 T-series- Music Producer - Composer, Event Planner.
Babu Kishan has profitably successful marketed and sold 300 Films and 500 Albums. Composed, Produced, Sold and Marketed at least 60 of his own albums. He is an expert at Creating Film from the start to the selling it successfully.
Babu Kishan was a Artist & Repertoire (A&R Manager) for film and music, a manager from concept to release. Quality controller, talent search, contract, budgets, over seeing the whole film and music, from start to finish, including the release, event management, promotion and sales of the film and music. Babu Kishan is an expert Film project designer. Line producer, distribution, film, music, soap opera, TV Series, production marketing sales advertising promotion.
Event Planning and Organizational Management
for Indian Cinema (Bollywood) Film and Music release events.
In Senior Management in Indian Cinema (Bollywood) Babu Kishan is first person who started to promote Playback singers and release their music in a big way, promoting them on billboards, posters and in the media.
Babu Kishan is the creator and designer and organiser of huge Bollywood (event planner) before event planning was even a career in India. Babu Kishan organized all of the Bollywood Film and Music Release events for all the top Film and Music Companies.
Organized, Managed and helped Create ‘The Hope 86’ Conference in association with the West Bengal Government and Indian Cinema Star Mithun Chakraborty. In 1986 it was India’s largest ever event of its kind with 300 celebrities all Politicians, Film industry, Music industry and others from all over India. All the top from all over India came to Calcutta W Bengal India for ‘The Hope 86’ event of the decade.
Created Organized Managed a huge Festival in Bengal called the Gopal Nagar Mela (Festival), arranging officials, stage management, securing land, budgets, food, security, performers, tens of thousands of people attended my festivals in the 1980.
Organizing and Event Management is in my blood from an early age as I was the Tour, Event and Manager of my father Purna Das Baul. He is a Legendary Folk singer, the first highly awarded Indian Vocalist to come to America in 1967. In those day it was not easy to travel around the world and outside India, I organized all of his tours from the 1970’s for almost 2 decades.
A Master Music Composer Producer from beginning to end sales and has been successful in the business of Film and Music for over 40 years.
Babu Kishan sold Film Rights More than 500 Super Hit Albums & Films in the
1978 - 2008
Babu Kishan's spiritual music is heard in all the temples of India he is the first person to record the Hanuman Chalisa singing by Hari Om Sharan, he has recorded and composed music for many from start to finish: Each album has been a super duper successful music, he usually plays one of the 15 instrument that he has Mastered on each album.
KD Babukishan aka Krishnendu Das started his life in Indian Cinema at a young age in Calcutta West Bengal India, as a Music Composer and poet, lyricist, song writer for Bengali film, TV Series, and Drama's beginning in the 1970’s to 1990's.
Babu Kishan started his career in Bombay as a Music Composer and as a music and Film Designer, Production Consultant working with India’s top Music Labels and for India’s top Film Companies for more than 35 years.
Babukishan has worked with just about everybody in Indian Cinema as a Fim Promotion Designer, Production Designer, Music Designer, and Music Director, from Amir Khan to A R Rahman, from the production of music, promotion to the international market. Babukishan is probably the most famous person from Bollywood who is known behind the scenes within Indian Cinema.
As a Senior Management in Indian Cinema (Bollywood) he is the person who started to promote the Play back singer and he is the creator and designer of huge Bollywood (event planner) before event planning was a career of all Bollywood Film and Music Release parties for all the top Film and Music Companies.
Indian Politics and Cultural Ambassador of India
Babu Kishan has performed on the biggest stages of India - 100's of times for over 5 decades, as he and his family were the Cultural Representatives of the State of West Bengal India. They performed as singers who opened for Political leaders for generations starting with Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi and then Rajiv Gandhi before they gave their speeches. Babu Kishan grew up in political circles of India and met all the political leaders of India. He is versed in a deep way in Indian politics. Babu Kishan is very close to the last President of India, Pranab Mukherjee as he is a family relative.
Our Calcutta house was the Cultural Heritage and Political Hub of Calcutta, all top Indian musicians, singers, Indian Cinema Stars, Politicians, Poets, Writers, Spiritual leaders and intellectuals used to visit our house.
He brings with him the depth of India and Indian Cultural Heritage from the soul and soil of India. There is almost no one with his depth of knowledge of Indian Music and Indian Cinema from an educational and experiential level. He is the first Baul in history to live in Canada.
Babu Kishan would be an asset for any Political Cultural Delegation that travels to India, on behalf of Canada because he knows better than anybody who is who in India, from politics, India Cinema, Indian Music and Culture he has over 45 years experience in the inner circles of India and with Indian’s around the World.
He brings with him the depth of India and Indian Cultural Heritage from the soul and soil of India. There is almost no one with his depth of knowledge of Indian Music and Indian Cinema from an educational and experiential level. He is the first Baul in history to live in Canada.
Award winning Indian Music Composer and Filmmaker for 50 years, starting at age ten!
Awarded "The youngest Music and Film Director in Bengal" in the 197o’s.
At age ten he was the Awarded the Best youngest Music Composer in Bengal. Babukishan
received many awards for his Music Compositions in Bengal under the name ‘Krishnendu Das’even before he arrived in the Bombay Indian Cinema now known as Bollywood.
Awarded a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award in
Mumbai’s ‘Bollywood’ Indian Cinema in 2007.
Senior Management in Indian Cinema, Music Consultant, Major Bollywood Event Film and Music Release Event Planner. Lifetime friends with Senior Journalist of all Major News Sources and Connected Politically from a young age.
Career History – Senior Management – Music & Film Industry India
Babu Kishan has profitably and successful marketed and sold 300 Films and 500 Albums. Composed, Produced, Sold and Marketed at least 60 of his own albums. He is an expert at Creating Film from the start to the selling it successfully at a profit.
He is a ‘Master Music Composer Producer’ from beginning to end sales and has been successful in the business of Film and Music for over 40 years.
Babu Kishan sold Film Rights More than 500 Super Hit Albums & Films from 1978 - 2008.
Selected Discography and Filmography:
● Folk music by various singers (HMV, 1981)
● Rokto Sapoth, Bengali (1979)
● Folk songs (Gathani, 1982) Amardeep
● Bengali, Bengali 1979 Arohan (HMV, 1983)
● Maarg, Bengali 1980
● Baul Music by Purna das Baul (HMV, 1983)
● Arohan, Hindi, Dir: Shyam Benegal 1980
● Folk Music from Bengal (Polygram Music India, 1984)
● Sudhu Tomake, Bengali, 1980
● Dr. Bhupen Hazarika (HMV, 1984)
● Pyar Bhara khat, Hindi,1989
● Spiritual songs of India (Chandra Dhara, Germany, 1984)
● “30 days” Hindi Thriller Movie, 2000
● Bauls of Bengal (New York Music, 1985)
● Chote Nawab Bade Nawab, Hindi,1999
● Soul of Bengal(Unique Records, USA, 1985)
● Schoolgirl, Hindi, 2001
● Baul Fusion by The Band / Babukishan (Symphony,1985)
● Akhri pratigya, Hindi, Mithun Chakraborty directed by T.L.V Prasad, 1998
● The Bengali Bauls (Maple Music, Canada), 1986
● Guru ho ja shuru, Mithun Chakraborty,1995
● Modern Songs by Various Singers (Venus, 1987)
● Mrityu...The Truth, Hindi, T-series 2002
● Bauls from Royal Albert Hall (Megaphone, 1987)
● Gumnaam, Hindi Thriller Movie (2001)
● Monalisa (CBS, 1988)
● Aasakti, Hindi, Jackie Shroff 1998
● O Go Priyotoma (Tips, 1988)
● Adorini, Bengali 2003
● Baul Songs of Bengal (Tips, 1988)
● Thakur, Hindi, Dharmendra, 2002
● Amardeep (Weston, 1989)
● Reflection (Track music, 1990)
● Pyar Bhara Khat (Oriental, 1992)
● Qawwalies by Eminent Singers of India (Gramophone Record company,1993)
● Mr. Panchanan (CBS, 1993)
● Tribute to Hemant Kumar (CBS, 1993)
● Festivals of India (1994)
● O Hasina (Ultra Music 1996)
● Dhak Dhak Karne Laga (Ultra, 1996)
● Tales of River 'Ganga'/new age music (Prism Audio, 1996)
● Kali Bhajans (Sangeet cassettes, 1997)
● Tera Ghungta (Pen Audio, 1997)
● Zara Hat Ke (Pen Audio, 1998)
● Sharab Aur Shabab (Padmini Music, 1998)
● Folk music of India by Sapna Awasthi (T-series, 1999)
● Kesariyo Rang (Tarana, 1999)
● School girl (Star Music, 2000)
● Romantic Moods (Virgin Music)
● Priyo Kolkata (Kathaindia, 2001)
● Jap le sai naam (Universal Music India, 2001)
● Paimaana (Star Music, 2001)
● Soul Mate (Universal Music India, 2001)
● Tumhare Liye (Star Music, 2002)
● Mirror of the Sky (Star Music, 2002)
● One & Only (Star Music, 2002)
● Jai Santoshi Maa by various singers (Lucky Star Music, 2002)
● Mrityu The Truth (T-series, 2002)
● Adorini (Saregama / HMV, 2002)
Selected Promotion Designer & Music Promotions:
Babu Kishan was a Artist & Repertoire (A&R Manager) film and music manager from concept to release, quality, controller, talent search, contract, over seeing the whole film and music, promotion and sales of film and music.- for Music, Video and Film.
Babu Kishan sold Film Rights More than 500 Super Hit Albums & Films in the 1980 - 2000's
● Arohan - Om Puri, Amrish Puri, Pankaj Kapoor, Victor Banerjee
● Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Gaya - Anil Kapoor, Sharon Prabhakar
● Salaam Bombay - Nana Patekar
● Khuda Gawah - Superstar Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi, Danny
● Andaz Apna Apna - Amir Khan, Salman Khan, Karishma Kapoor, Raveena Tandon
● Indrajit - Amitabh Bachchan, Neelam
● Awaj De Kahan Hain - after long time gap Naushad Ali’s Composed Music
● Patthar ke Phool - Salman Khan, Raveena Tandon
● Khatarnak - Sanjay Dutt
● Madam X- Rekha, Jaya Mathur, Shakti Kapoor, Mohsin Khan
● Zahreelay- Sanjay Dutt
● Jai Kali- Hema Malini
● Tejaa - Sanjay Dutt
● Geet- Divya Bharti, Kamal Sadanah Fateh - Sanjay Dutt
● Balwaan- Sunil Shetty, Divya Bharti Benaam Badshah - Anil Kapoor
● Aparadhi - Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla
● Rangeela - It was Popular Music Director A.R.Rahman's First
● Introductions in Bollywood Cinema, Casting-Amir Khan, Jackie Shroff, Urmila
● Gambler - Govinda, Shilpa Shetty, Aditya Pancholi
● 100 days - Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Raveena Tandon
● Shreeman Aashiq - Rishi Kapoor, Urmila, Anupam Kher
● Baaz - Govinda
● Coolie#1 - Govinda, Karishma Kapoor
● Hero#1 - Govinda
● Sandwich - Govinda, sushmita Sen, Raveena Tandon
● Gharwali Baharwali, Anil Kapoor
● Elaan E Jung - Dharmendra
● Awaargi- Anil Kapoor, Meenakshi Seshasdri
● Hukumat - Dharmendra
● Awaal Number- Amir Khan, Devanand
● Sanam Bewafa - Salman Khan
● Aatank Hi Aatank- Amir Khan
● Raakh- Amir Khan
● Tum Mere Ho- Tahir Hussain's Amir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Ajit Vachani
● CID- Juhi Chawla
● Saajan - Madhuri Dikshit, Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt
● I Love You - Karishma Kapoor
● Ek Ladka Ek Ladki - Salman Khan, Neelam
● Dil Tera Ashiq - Salman Khan
● Isi Ka Naam Zindgi, Amir Khan, Pran
● Karan Arjun - Sharukh Khan, Salman Khan, Amrish Puri, Jack Gaud, Rakhi Gulzar, Mamta Kulkai, Kajal
● Deewana - Shahrukh Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Divya Bharti
● Jallad - Mithun Chakraborty
● Khabhi ha Khabhi na - Sharukh Khan, Ashutosh Gawrikar
● Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak- Amir Khan, Juhi Chawla
● Panah - Shidarth, Pallavi
● Lahu Luhan- Kimi Katkar
● Jhooth Bole Kawa Kate - Anil Kapoor
● Junoon- Popular TV Series Music
● Auzaar - Salman Khan
● Gunah ka Devta - Paap Ki Kamaee - Mithun Chakraborty
● VijayPath- Tabu, Ajay Davgan, Gulshan Grover, Reema Lagoo, Danny Saugandh - Akshay Kumar,
● Yaalgar- Sanjay Dutt, Manisha, Nagma
● Aatish- Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon
● Gumrah- Sanjay Dutt, Sridevi
● Phool aur Kaante- Ajay Devgan, Madhu, Amrish Pur ●
● Indian's First time Fitness audio/video project with Actress Rekha on CBS
● First Time 'Srimad Bhagva Gita' through AudioVisual
● Promoted & Marketed Indian Classical Music through CBS Music Label, from Ravi Shankar to Zakir Hussain
● And many more...
Selected Films Produced - Project Designer - Music Composer - Music Director:
● Jaagoron/ Prayer by Lata Mangeshkar
● Introduced OSHO's Music to the World
● Now & Then by Hari Prasad Chaurasia
● Nursery Rhymes & Kiddyland by Top singers from Various like Alisha Chinoy, Sharon
Prabhakar, Remo
● Shakti by Shankar, Zakir Hussain
● School Girl - Shakti Kapoor, Laxmikant Berde
● Andheri Raaton Mein - Moon Moon Sen
● Akhri Pratigya, Mithun Chakraborty, Jackie Shroff, Suni Shetty, Hemant Birje, Rambha
● 30 Days - Milind Gunaji, Aloknath, Sweta Menon
● Chhote Nawab Bade Nawab - Shakti Kapoor, Shiva, Mohan Joshi
● TV Series 'Aurat' Tale of Indian Women, Story by Suraj Sanim
● TV Series for Children 'Five Stars' Story Suraj Sanim
● TV Series 'Time Machine' Thriller,Story by Suraj Sanim
● Miya Anari Biwi Khilari - Yunus Parvez, Chhotu, Birbal, Yogini
● Mrityu The Truth- Mustaq Khan, Hemant Pandey, Aroon Bakshi, Liliput
● Adorini - Prasenjit, Biswajit
● Canadian Dream - Documentary on New Immigrants life in Canada
● Monalisa by Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Vijay Benedict
● Toom Toom Tara Rara " Life is Cool" by K D Babukishan
● (Canada's first Mega Mystical Multicultural Musical TV Series)
Babu Kishan's spiritual music is heard in all the temples of India he is the first person to record the Hanuman Chalisa singing by Hari Om Sharan, he has recorded and composed music for many from start to finish: Each album has been a super duper successful music, he usually plays one of the 15 instrument that he has Mastered on each album.
● Anuradha Paudwal
● Anup Jalota
● Hari Om Sharan
● Suresh Wadkar
● Mahendra Kapoor
● Sadhana Sargam
● Ravindra Jain
● Ravi Shankar
● Ali Akbar Khan
● Kavita Krishnamurti
● Jai Mataji Temple
● Shirdi Sai Baba Temple
● Sita Ram Das Omkarnath
● Balak Brahmachari
● Anandamayi Ma
● Osho
● Swami Narayan,
● Lata Mangeshkar
● Asha Bhosle
● Nitin Mukesh
● Purna Das Baul
● Some are listed on the list below because some recorded Bollywood Indian Cinema's albums with Babu Kishan too. The list above is just some of the one he recorded in spiritual music.
Fundraising:
Babu Kishan has fundraised for many people including the 'Tagore Societies' Worldwide - fundraising for them,'Ramakrishna Vedanta Societies' Worldwide, 40 years of Fundraising for many Communities, Temples and Societies, Seniors, Children and for the Bangladesh Floods, Hurricane Katrina and more.
Performances:
Babu Kishan has performed at 100's of International Folk Festivals since the 1970's including
Festivals in Hyde Park with the Rolling Stones, Beatles, Bob Dylan.
Babu Kishan has Performed around the world, on the biggest stages of India 100's of times for over 4 decades.
● The Royal Albert Hall, London
● Hyde Park London
● Royal London Museum
● Carnegie Hall New York
● Netaji Indoor Stadium Kolkata
In the 1980's he represented Calcutta University around India, regarding Indian Philosophy, Sanskrit and Baul an ancient Indian Philosophy and Yogic tradition.
Babu Kishan performed 20 Concerts with Bob Dylan and the Band who were all great friends.
East West Tour as a Musician and singing one song of poetry by Allen Ginsberg the famed American Beat poet. He did these tours around the USA with Bob Dylan and The Band 1985. He has composed and jammed with George Harrison, The Rolling Stones, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, Bob Dylan and The Band, Tom Petty and many others.
Some Awards:
He was awarded the ‘Youngest Indian Composer in 1971’ at the tender age of ten by the Bengal Government. He went on to receive some of India’s highest awards for his music.
● 2007 - Lifetime achievement Award for dedication to Indian Cinema, Bollywood Buddy, Mumbai
● 1988 - Adaptation of Award winning novelist Sarat Chandra Chatterjee’s ‘Charitroheen’
● Best Soap Opera, Best Music Composer, awarded to Babukishan Glaxo Award, Mumbai
● Bengali 1979 Arohan (HMV, 1983) Best Film Music in India
● 1981 - Most promising Music Composer and Movie Design of the Year, Calcutta Entertainment Industry, Bombay Entertainment Industry.
● 1980 - Best Music Composer, Indian Cinema, Bombay
Babu Kishan has been personal friends and family friends composing music for and traveling with all the Legends of Indian Music and Indian Cinema, the Legends since the early 1970’s including Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Zakir Hussain, V G Jog, Sultan Khan, Pandit Mahapurush Mishra, HariPrasad Chaurasia, Nikhil Banerjee, Ravindra Jain, Naushad Ali, SD Burman, RD Burman, and many more.
Lectures on Sanskrit, Indian Philosophy and Indian Music, Folk, Classical, Baul and Indian Cinema.
Babu Kishan has lectured at Universities around the world. Babu Kishan has been International 'Paid' Guest Lecturer at Universities lecturing on Indian Music, Folk Music, Indian Philosophy and Authentic Living Lineage Baul a historical lineage within Bengal and India.
Babu Kishan is the first authentic Baul to lecture and teach authentic Baul tradition he has been traveling and teaching since 1971 around the world.
Some of the Universities he has lectured in around the world as a paid lecturer.
● UCLA,
● Columbia,
● Chicago University
● Boston University
● Pennsylvania Music College
● Baltimore Music College,
● Philadelphia Arts and Music College
● Kansas University Music
● St. Louis University
● Washington and Lee
● University of Washington
● University of Toronto
● University of British Columbia
● SFU (Simon Fraser University)
● Harvard
● Mumbai University
● Whistling Woods Film Institute in Mumbai
● San Francisco College of Arts
● Berkeley University Music School
● Red Wood University
● San Diego University
● University of Victoria
● Cambridge and Oxford in UK
● Berlin Music College
● Stuttgart University
● Bremen University Germany
● Hamburg University
● Cologne University
● University Germany
● Zurich University
● Geneva University
● Brussels University
● Rome University of Fine Arts
● University of Hong Kong
● University of Bangkok
● University of Singapore
● Delhi University
● University of Mauritius
● University of Johannesburg South Africa
● Calcutta University
● Vishva Bharati in Shantiniketan Birbhum
Produced over 150 scores for Indian Cinema and Bollywood film.
He has composed, produced and promoted over 60 albums
for Bollywood’s top singers
such as:
● Kumar Sanu,
● Sunidhi,
● Shaan,
● Sadhna Sargam,
● Kavita Krishnamurthy,
● Poornima,
● Abhijit,
● Udit Narayan,
● Sudesh Bhosle,
● Mohd.Aziz,
● Vijay Benedict,
● Asha Bhosle,
● Anup Jalota,
● Suresh Wadkar,
● Usha Mangeshkar,
● Ravindra Jain,
● Nitin Mukesh,
● Alka Yagnik,
● Vinod Rathod,
● Ghulam Ali,
● Mehdi Hassan,
● Pankaj Udhas,
● Anwar,
● Anuradha Paudwal,
● Amit Kumar
● and many others.
Music Composer
Babu Kishan is still #77 out of 80 Music Composers in India in the 1980's.
Signed by:
Legendary Indian Music Legends:
● RavindraJain
● SonikOmi
RAVINDRA JAIN and SONIK OMI are legendary names in Indian Cinema and Indian Music Industry. Today everybody is listed as a Music Director, there are over 10,000 back then it was not so easy, one did not just pay a fee. You actually had to be a 'Music Composer' and you had to pass an exam. You had to prove yourself to the biggest Music Directors in India and they had to refer you.
Babu Kishan was referred by:
RD Burman
Bappi Lahiri
Laxmikant Pyrelal
Naushad Ali
Lineage Vaishnava Baul of Bengal Tradition
Babu Kishan is from an ancient Lineage of Peace Makers a MultiCultural Lineage that always accepted all displaced and rejected peoples. The Bauls of Bengal are an Oral Sanskrit tradition they sang to the villagers in vernacular Bengali teaching all the Vedas Yoga and Indian Philosophy through their songs for thousands of years in Bengal India. The Bauls of Birbhum Bengal accepting all Hindus, Muslims and Buddhists that flowed through Bengal over thousands of years, they do not believe in caste or creed, Baul is based on Humanity, you must perfect the humanity in yourself and towards others first.
In 2005 Unesco declared the Bauls A Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity worthwhile to be preserved as ancient history of Humanity here in Canadabecause I am the only Baul here in Canada but I represent a Masterpiece of well-known Legendary living lineage. Baul was first introduced to North America in 1967, you can see my father Purna Das Baul and my uncle Lakshman Das Baul on the Legendary Bob Dylan’s album John Wesley Harding.
Babu Kishan Spotlight TV - Babu Kishan Productions
1. Babu Kishan’s Spotlight - Diversity and MultiCultural Canada
● TV program presented on Shaw Multicultural - Delta Cable from 2010 - to present
● 175 Shows (episodes) Produced by Babu Kishan.
● Profiling all cultures, all Political Parties, all types of careers and business peoples.
Babu Kishan has single handedly produced a Multicultural Diversity Storytelling Profile called Babu Kishan Spotlight which is popular in the South Asian community, he does profile other communities too, a weekly show on Shaw Multicultural TV and Delta Cable. The purpose of this Spotlight is to inspire others, it gives stories of how others arrived in Canada and survived, how they made a different. This program is filmed, edited, including music by Babu Kishan, he sells advertising and really needs some help to expand and to be able to take his popular show to a higher level.
Babu Kishan has Produced 175 shows on a shoestring budget. One man show, Production, Editing, Camera, Music, Arranging the Storytelling Profiles, Promotion, Advertising Sales, Sales & Marketing. He wants expand and attract a wider audience across Canada on other South Asian TV stations profiling MultiCultural Spotlight on Diversity stories. On Delta Cable and Shaw MultiCultural Channels.
SPOTLIGHT ON - Diversity and MultiCultural Canada
● People, Spirituality, Culture, Economic, Political, Artistic Entertainment.
● Stories in the Voice of the Storyteller. A MultiCultural, InterCultural, TV Series Spotlighting the Unique Lives of Canadians.
The personal stories of Brilliant Canadians, stories of what it means to arrive, the journey to success in business, politics, social, economic, artistic, faith and spirituality in their own voice.
Freedom in Diversity.
Inspirational, Innovation, stories that educate creating integration, Intercultural, Multi Cultural understanding and a sense of belonging to and National Pride in Canada. Stories that preserve the voices of what it means to be Canadian.
Storytelling has been shared in every culture as a means of Entertainment, Education, and Preserving Cultural Memory.
● https://spotlighttv.weebly.com/synopsis.html
● https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8ePNK_hY-EmSsHqS_6XLTw/videos?shelf_id=0&
view=0&sort=dd
2. Babu Kishan ‘Food & Fashion’ Shaw MultiCultural Channel’
TV programs presented on Shaw Multicultural - profiling mostly South Asian and MultiCultural. Their food, their fashion, Culture and History. Modern and Traditional food and fashion.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg-ocZgQESHOAMVzk2MT0UQ/videos?app=desktop Link - Babu Kishan Food and Fashion
3. Babu Kishan has produced and directed a short film called, called Dil Punjabi (Canadian Dream).
4. Canadian Indian TV Series - Toom Toom Tara Rara
South Asian Canadian South Asian Mystical & Modern Concept - Comedy - 2 pilot series completed.
● Link - Toom Toom Tara Rara - Promo - https://youtu.be/beQvUyrRqeg
● Link - 2nd Promo Link for Toom Toom Tara Rara - https://youtu.be/9V_HzYaUCrs*******
5. Performed in the Montreal POP festival, in various Bengali Community events in Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver.
6. Volunteer @ Pics, Gurudwara, Church, Hindu Temple, Foodbank.
7. Babu Kishan has released 32 albums of his music in 2018 on Google Music, another 20 albums to be released.
You can listen to Babu Kishan's other Music on,
under KD Baboo,
Baboo,
Krishnendu Das,
KD Babu Kishan
and Babu Kishan:
same guy many names.
● Tips
● T-Series
● Sony Music
● Universal Music
● Gramophone Record Company
● HMV
● Venus Movies
● Pen Movies
● CBS
● Time Music
● ABCL
● and many more...
The above Music Record Companies own 28 or more albums of Babu Kishan’s Music.
Links:INTERNATIONAL & INDIAN MUSIC ICON
Indian Cultural Ambassador for 50 years
Music Composer/Producer, Film-Maker
Life Member - Indian Cine Music Directors Association
Life Member - Indian Performing Rights Society
B.A. Indian Philosophy & Indian Music
M.A. Indian Music (Folk Music of India)
RELEASED 500 ALBUMS "PRIVATE AND INDIAN CINEMA"
RELEASED 1,000 Film ALL TOP LABELS AND FILM LABELS IN INDIA.
Audio Video and Film
MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST PLAYING, Master of 15 INSTRUMENTS
Composed, Produced, Marketed Successfully 60 ALBUMS
of his own Music
200 or more of his poetry (lyrics) have produced super duper hit songs.
150 MUSICAL Film SCORES FOR INDIAN CINEMA
Senior Management in Indian Cinema, Music Consultant, Major Bollywood Event Film and Music Release Event Planner. Lifetime friends with Senior Journalists of all Major News Sources and Connected Politically from a young age.
Krishnendu Das Baul aka Babu Kishan is an expert in the 'Folk Music of Bengal and India'.
He was a Music consultant in the 1980's, 1990's to 2005 for CBS India and other Top Indian Music Companies in Bombay's Indian Cinema (Bollywood), he was specifically hired to categorize all of India's 'Folk and Classical Music'.
Babu Kishan is an expert in the Music of India and the languages of India.
Career History – Senior Management – Music & Film Industry India
1978 – 1990 HMV - Composer, Writer of Music for famous India singers.
1986 -1993 Venus/Tips/Music India - Music Producer, and Composer
1986-1993 CBS - Music Producer, Creative Director India, promoter, of artist such as Cindy Lauper, Micheal Jackson, New Kids on the Block, Pink Floyd, Gypsy Kings, released all Bob Dylan's Albums in India and Asia, including many many others.
1991 -2004 Digital Music Studio – Owned & Operated Babukishan – Composer, Music Production for Film.
1994-1996 Time Audio Video – ABCL Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd - Quality Assurance Manager Film & Music Production/Marketing, and Event Management. Film, and Music Promotion.
1997-2004 Universal Music Label - Music Producer, Music Composer, Consultant
1996-1999 PEN Audio Video Film - Music Producer, Promoter, Consultant
1996-2001 T-series - Music Producer - Composer
Babu Kishan was an Artist & Repertoire (A&R Manager) for film and music, a manager from concept to release, quality controller, talent search, contract, overseeing the whole film and music, promotion and sales of film and music.
Babu Kishan has profitably marketed and sold 300 Films and 500 Albums Indian Cinema all top labels.
Composed, Produced, Sold and Marketed at least 60 of his own albums.
An expert at Creating Film from the start to selling it successfully at the end.
Master Music Composer Producer from beginning to end sales and has been successful in the business of Film and Music for over 40 years.
Babu Kishan Produced and sold Film Rights for Super Hit Albums & Films.
1978 - 2008
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All of the Photos on this site with Babu Kishan, are not Fan Photos.
Today anybody displays photos with people in the Indian Music and Cinema Industry, however, that does not mean they worked with them over a long period of time, at least 35 to 40 years.
The photos of Babu Kishan here are with people he worked with and has long time friendships with them and their families and he very rarely allowed anybody to take a picture of him.
Babu Kishan categorized all the Music of India for all the top Music Companies in Bombay India Late 1970's, 1980 - 2006. He was there when they all started and he was the expert.
Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das has been a Cultural Representative of India for 45 years appointed by the Government of India (not self appointed), traveling through India and Worldwide for the Indian Government as a representative of Indian Culture since 1970 with Sangeet Natak Akademi "Indian National Academy of Music Dance and Drama" & ICCR "Indian Council of Cultural Relations"
Humanitarian
Babu Kishan has been fundraising for many groups for 45 years worldwide including:
The 'Tagore Societies' Worldwide
The Ramakrishna Vedanta Societies Worldwide
Temples and Societies, Seniors and Children, the Bangladesh Floods, Hurricane Katrina and more..
Master (Pandit) of Indian Music
- Fusion World Music
- Indian Folk Music
- Bollywood (Indian Cinema)
- Indian Classical,
- Music Composer not self appointed but appointed by the Greatest Indian Music Composer of India
- Music Producer
- Film-Maker from start to finish, Film Designer, Producer & Director
- Philosopher, Baul Guru, Indian Cultural Representative
- Poet Lyricist over 200 poems into music successfully
- Vocalist
- Spiritual music of India,
- Master of Baul Kirtan, Bhajan, Chants,
- Theatre & Drama Music Bollywood (Indian Cinema)
- Babu Kishan has Composed - Profile - Principle - Live Background Music for more than 10 Bengali & Hindi Drama & Theatre. The most popular are Sri Chaitanya Maha Prabhu, Aposh, Marg, Amla Madhu. In Hindi Koi Nahi, Atma and more...
Theme song of this Web Site/ the soundtrack to the Movie Pyar Bhara Khat
by Babu Kishan. Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das was only 21 when he composed and recorded Vande Mataram. This is Babu Kishan Music, Produced, Recorded and Composed in 1983, released 1986.
- 145 musicians
- 20 back up singers
- Suresh Wadkar was a new singer as was Anuradha Paudwal, G Shankar, Mohd Aziz and Kavita Krishnamurti
#Vandematram #BabuKishan #SureshWadkar #kavitkrisnamurti #mohdaziz #AnuradhaPaudwal #KdBabu #KrishnenduDas #KDBaboo #KrishnenduDas #Baboo
Film & Music:
Over 40 years of Indian Cinema (1978 - 20019) from a very young age Babu Kishan had mastered Music, awarded the Youngest Music Composer in the 1970's in Bengal as a very young teen.
He has jammed with the Rolling Stones, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, The Band, Tom Petty, Brian Wilson (Beach Boys) and many more. He has composed for all of India's top singers, musicians and performed in front of millions including Presidents and Prime Ministers of India.
MA - Indian Music Calcutta University
Humanitarian & Indian Cultural Ambassador traveling the world since the 1970's before the Internet, lecturing at Universities around the world for decades.
My Work is My Worship!
Babu Kishan released 32 albums of his music in 2018 on Google Music,
another 20 or more to come.
New 2018 Music to be released too. Stay tuned!
You can listen to Babu Kishan's other Music on, under KD Baboo, Baboo, Krishnendu Das KD Babu Kishan and Babu Kishan: same guy many names.
Tips
T-Series
Sony Music
Universal Music
Gramophone Record Company
HMV
Venus Movies
Pen Movies
CBS
Time Music
ABCL
and many more...
The above Music Record Companies own 28 or more albums of Babu Kishan Music.
Babu Kishan as Krishnendu Das was the Music Director, Composer, Principle Music, Background Music and Film Designer of this movie, he won the Best Music in Russian Film Festival.
The Best Music Indian National Award in 1981,
when he was 21.
Please see the blog post for the story!
Babu Kishan is still #77 out of 80 Music Composers in India from the 1980's.
Back in the day you had to pass an exam, be signed by Legends and be Recommended by Legends! You are not just a Music Composer by saying you are a Music Composer. To be a Music Composer is the highest level in Music and you must be very successful and have many successful compositions over many years.
Babu Kishan was Signed by Legendary Indian Music Legends.
1. #Ravindra Jain
Babu Kishan is the only person Ravindra Jain allowed to compose music for him personally. Ravindra Jain was a Gem of Indian Cinema, a Sanskrit Pandit, he was the Ramayana TV series Music Director. All the top Loved him.
Babu Kishan is still #77 out of 80 Music Composers in India from the 1980's.
Back in the day you had to pass an exam, be signed by Legends and be Recommended by Legends! You are not just a Music Composer by saying you are a Music Composer. To be a Music Composer is the highest level in Music and you must be very successful and have many successful compositions over many years.
Babu Kishan was Signed by Legendary Indian Music Legends.
1. #Ravindra Jain
Babu Kishan is the only person Ravindra Jain allowed to compose music for him personally. Ravindra Jain was a Gem of Indian Cinema, a Sanskrit Pandit, he was the Ramayana TV series Music Director. All the top Loved him.
Legendary names in Indian Cinema and
Indian Music Industry.
Today everybody is listed as a Music Director,
there are over 10,000 names today,
back then it was not so easy.
Back in the day you actually had to be an accomplished qualified 'Music Composer' with a successful body of work. Master Music Composers were educated in Music to the highest level. To even qualify you had to pass an exam.
You had to prove yourself to the biggest 'Music Directors in India' and they had to refer you. You had to be an accomplished Music Composer not just a Music Composer by calling yourself a music composer. It was very difficult. There is no way you could say I am a Music Composer and pay a fee or a bribe, the ethics and standards were high.
Babu Kishan has a Masters (MA) in Indian Music
from Calcutta University. He had been composed for decades before he was accepted as a Music Composer.
Babu Kishan was referred by:
1. #RD Burman
Babu Kishan was RD Burman's Assistant & Friend for 13 years in Bombay, and many years before in Calcutta. SD Burman, RC Burman's father, was a huge fan of Babu's Grandfather Nabani Das Khyapa Baul.
These are not Fan Photos, these are photos of people who Babu Kishan actually worked with over a long period (decades) in Calcutta and Bombay.
Today anybody can have a photo with anybody and then make up stories. Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu has lived it, making movies, selling movies and Indian Music for decades in a very personal way with all in Indian Cinema/ Indian Music/ and the business involved in all.
1994-1996 Time Audio Video – ABCL Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd -
Babu Kishan was the Quality Assurance Manager Film & Music Production/Marketing,
and Event Management. Film, and Music Promotion.
An Award winning Music Composer and Film maker, early in his life he was awarded, "The youngest Music and Film Director in Bengal" in 1978 in the 1980's he was highly awarded.
Babukishan received many awards for his Music Compositions in Bengal under the name Krishnendu Das even before he arrived in Bombay, he only used the name Babu Kishan when he left Bengal for Mumbai.
In 2007 he received a 'Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in Indian Cinema (Bollywood).
Babu Kishan is also a Baul Guru of the only oldest living lineage of Vaishnava Tantric Baul of Birbhum Bengali India, his Guru is his Grandfather Nabani Das Khyapa Baul.
Babu has been helping other Bauls, encouraging them since the 1970's, he started a Baul center for preserving his lineage, the only Guru Shishya Parampara lineage of Baul.
When other new Baul had no ground to stand on he brought them to the stage and gave them a chance to sing on stages that otherwise they never had a chance, producing and promoting many Baul followers.
He is the first Baul to write 3 books on Baul in the 1980’s.
Master (Pandit) of : Indian Folk and Baul 'MUSIC OF THE SOUL'
- Babu Kishan is the Creator of Baul Fusion in the early 1970’s
- Folk Music the oldest and first music of India
- Indian Classical Music
- Indian Cinema (Bollywood) Fusion Music
- Mystic Soul Music / Indian Sufi Music
- (Bhajan's, Kirtan, Chants)
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Super Duper Comedy Hit Film by Krishnendu Das aka Babu Kishan
Director Krishnendu Das aka Babu Kishan
Producer, Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das
Music by Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das
2007
The American Poet Allen Ginsberg & Babu Kishan The Indian Poet, they had a 2 decade friendship - see the blog for more details. No other Baul's had anything to do with Allen Ginsberg except Nabani Das Khyapa Baul in 1962. Purna Das Baul met him but that was it. Yet, all who write, take Babu's name off and lay a generic claim that Bauls had something to do with Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan - no they did not!Only Babu Kishan was associated with Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan, you can see his name listed on both of their lists of who is who!
Poetry written by Allen Ginsberg for Babu Kishan, This is the only Baul Poetry Allen Ginsberg wrote. “Baul of Bengal, I sing for all, Blue Danube is my Jamuna, Hudson my Vrindavan, see me in Calcutta, Toronto and London, Hear my call Baul of Bengal, Same man many names, same player, many games, Love is magic to win at life, Hear my call O Baul of Bengal.” Written by Allen Ginsberg in 1983, as a gift to Babu Kishan ' Babu Kishan composed the music for the original in collaboration with Garth Hudson, Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, (of The Band) Bob Dylan's Band for the 1985 tour of America in which Babu Kishan attended an American tour with Bob Dylan & The Band, singing Allen Ginsberg's poetry. This is the one and only piece of 'Baul poetry Ginsberg' wrote. Babu Kishan sang this on a 40 city American tour with 'Bob Dylan and the Band'.
Folk Music Legend, Indian Cinema Music Director
Film Maker Producer Marketing Production from beginning to end.
Iconic Legendary Pioneer of Baul he opened the door for all Bauls to follow this lineage.
Film Maker Producer Marketing Production from beginning to end.
Iconic Legendary Pioneer of Baul he opened the door for all Bauls to follow this lineage.
Babu Kishan is still #77 out of 80 Music Composers in India in the 1980's.
Signed by Legendary Indian Music Legends
#RavindraJain
#SonikOmi
RAVINDRA JAIN AND SONIK OMI are legendary names in Indian Cinema and Indian Music Industry.
Today everybody is listed as a Music Director,
there are over 10,000 back then it was not so easy, one did not just pay a fee.
You actually had to be a 'Music Composer' and you had to pass an exam. You had to prove yourself to the biggest Music Directors in India and they had to refer you.
Babu Kishan was referred by:
#RDBurman
#BappiLahiri
#LaxmikantPyrelal
#NaushadAli !
Signed by Legendary Indian Music Legends
#RavindraJain
#SonikOmi
RAVINDRA JAIN AND SONIK OMI are legendary names in Indian Cinema and Indian Music Industry.
Today everybody is listed as a Music Director,
there are over 10,000 back then it was not so easy, one did not just pay a fee.
You actually had to be a 'Music Composer' and you had to pass an exam. You had to prove yourself to the biggest Music Directors in India and they had to refer you.
Babu Kishan was referred by:
#RDBurman
#BappiLahiri
#LaxmikantPyrelal
#NaushadAli !
Indians first Performing Rights Association that Babu Kishan was part of the start up: C stands for Composer but he is also, an
Author of 3 books, and thousands of Lyrics and Poetry and will have his B for Books on his update.
Author of 3 books, and thousands of Lyrics and Poetry and will have his B for Books on his update.
KD BABU KISHAN INSTITUTE OF INDIAN MUSIC & FILM
Cultural Representative of India for 45 years
traveling worldwide as a representative of India since 1970 with the Government of India through -
Sangeet Natak AKademi "Indian National Academy of Music Dance and Drama" &
ICCR "Indian Council of Cultural Relations",
He has fundraised for many people including the 'Tagore Societies' Worldwide - fundraising for them,'Ramakrishna Vedanta Societies' Worldwide.
45 years of Fundraising for many Communities, Temples and Societies, Seniors, Children and for the Bangladesh Floods, Hurricane Katrina and more.
Folk Music & Baul Fusion Music for 50 years
Legendary Award Winning Music Composer
Indian Classical, Folk, Baul and Indian Cinema
Fusion Music with famed Western Musicians.
150 Film Music Scores, 60 Albums released, 500 of others albums released successfully,Multi Instrumentalist mastering at least 15 instruments.
Babu Kishan has performed at 100's of International Folk Festivals since the 1970's including Festivals in Hyde Park with the Rolling Stones, Beatles, Bob Dylan.
Babu Kishan has Performed @
The Royal Albert Hall, London
Hyde Park London
Royal London Museum
Carnagie Hall New York
Netaji Indoor Stadium Kolkata
Around the world, on the biggest stages of India 100's of times for over 4 decades.
He has beenInternational 'Paid' Guest Lecturer at Universities lecturing on Indian Music, Folk Music, Indian Philosophy and Authentic Living Lineage Baul a historical lineage within Bengal and India.
Cultural Representative of India for 45 years
traveling worldwide as a representative of India since 1970 with the Government of India through -
Sangeet Natak AKademi "Indian National Academy of Music Dance and Drama" &
ICCR "Indian Council of Cultural Relations",
He has fundraised for many people including the 'Tagore Societies' Worldwide - fundraising for them,'Ramakrishna Vedanta Societies' Worldwide.
45 years of Fundraising for many Communities, Temples and Societies, Seniors, Children and for the Bangladesh Floods, Hurricane Katrina and more.
Folk Music & Baul Fusion Music for 50 years
Legendary Award Winning Music Composer
Indian Classical, Folk, Baul and Indian Cinema
Fusion Music with famed Western Musicians.
150 Film Music Scores, 60 Albums released, 500 of others albums released successfully,Multi Instrumentalist mastering at least 15 instruments.
Babu Kishan has performed at 100's of International Folk Festivals since the 1970's including Festivals in Hyde Park with the Rolling Stones, Beatles, Bob Dylan.
Babu Kishan has Performed @
The Royal Albert Hall, London
Hyde Park London
Royal London Museum
Carnagie Hall New York
Netaji Indoor Stadium Kolkata
Around the world, on the biggest stages of India 100's of times for over 4 decades.
He has beenInternational 'Paid' Guest Lecturer at Universities lecturing on Indian Music, Folk Music, Indian Philosophy and Authentic Living Lineage Baul a historical lineage within Bengal and India.
Krishnendu Das is Babu Kishan
RELEASED 500 ALBUMS SUCCESSFULLY "PRIVATE AND INDIAN CINEMA"
RELEASED 300 MOVIES ALL TOP LABELS AND FILM LABELS IN INDIA.
MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST PLAYING and a Master of 15 INSTRUMENTS
COMPOSED 60 ALBUMS
150 MUSICAL SCORES FOR INDIAN CINEMA
IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES INCLUDING:
GUJARATI
PUNJABI
BHOJPURI
BENGALI
HINDI
SANSKRIT
ORIYA
English
Oral and Classical Sanskrit
Babu Kishan already a born Oral Sanskritist and Classical trained from 1-12 and to the Masters Level at Calcutta University he also, spent countless years learning from the extraordinary brilliant Dr. Roma (Rama) Chaudhary she was the first India Women to obtain a PHD from Oxford University, she was like a mother to Babu Kishan, he spent many years by her side learning hearing her stories of the deeper meaning so Sanskrit.
Dr. Roma Chaudhary was a legendary world renowned Bengali Sanskrit scholar who dedicated her whole life to Sanskrit. She was a pioneer of Modern Sanskrit Drama in India, author of a large number of original Research Publications on Philosophy and Sanskrit and writer of more than 20 Sanskrit plays.
She was the Principal and head of Philosophy at Lady Brabourne College for 30 years, she was Vice-Chancellor of Rabindra Bharati University in Calcutta and the Founder Secretary of Prachyavani and Institute of Oriental Learning.
http://www.asiainstitutetorino.it/Indologica/volumes/vol15-16/vol15-16_art15_MANORAMA.pdf
KD Babukishan aka Krishnendu Das started his life in Indian Cinema at a young age in Calcutta West Bengal India as a Music Composer and Song Writer for Bengali film, TV Serials, and Drama's beginning in the 1970’s to 1990's.
An Award winning Music Composer and Film maker, early in his life he was awarded, "The youngest Music and Film Director in Bengal" at that time. Babukishan recieved many awards for his Music Compositions in Bengal under the name Krishnendu Das even before he arrived in the Bombay.
His name in Bombay Cineama became known as Babukishan. In 1981 he started to travel back and forth from Calcutta to Bombay until in 1989 he moved to Bombay permanently.
In Bengal he composed super hit music for
Dr. Bhupen Hazarika
Arti Mukherjee
Banashree Sengupta
Shakti Thakur
Gopa Bose
Hemant Mukherjee
Pandit Amarnath
Purna Das Baul
and many more...
Babukishan composed all of his father's music, the legendary world renowned vocalist Purna Das Baul, who is a state artist and representative of Indian and Bengali culture around the world.
Known as Krishnendu Das during his early creative years in Kolkata his music compositions were produced for big banner films such as
Amar Deep,
Rakto Sapoth,
Marg,
Manob Premik Nimai,
Chapa Dangaar Bou,
and drama’s such as Amlo Madhu as producer and music director.
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu as producer, project design, music and promotion.
His TV Series were Charitroheen,
Mejo bou,
Didi, Mahalaya,
Ek Paloke,
Radharani,
Guldasta, all which were very popular and which he was Awarded Best Music Director.
Babu Kishan’s started his career in Bombay as a Music Composer and as a music and Film Designer, Production Consultant working with India’s top Music Labels & Film Companies for more than 35 years.
He has produced over 150 scores for Indian Cinema and Bollywood film. He has composed, produced and promoted over 60 albums for Bollywood’s top singers such as
Kumar Sanu,
Sunidhi,
Shaan,
Sadhna Sargam,
Kavita Krishnamurthy,
Poornima,
Abhijit,
Udit Narayan,
Sudesh Bhosle,
Mohd.Aziz,
Vijay Benedict,
Asha Bhosle,
Anup Jalota,
Suresh Wadkar,
Usha Mangeshkar,
Ravindra Jain,
Nitin Mukesh,
Alka Yagnik,
Vinod Rathod,
Ghulam Ali,
Mehdi Hassan,
Pankaj Udhas,
Anwar,
Anuradha Paudwal,
Hari Om Sharam
Amit Kumar and many others.
Babukishan’s career took him beyond Bombay to the World.
Babu Kishan went on to perform and record with some of the best musicians of the west George Harrison,
Rolling Stones,
Beach Boys,
Chakka Khan,
Ravi Shankar,
Zakir Hussain,
Tom Petty,
Miles Davies,
Allan Fakir,
Herbie Mann Third World,
Robbie Robertson,
Garth Hudson,
Bob Dylan,
Ziggy Marley and others...
While in Bombay he became known as Babu Kishan his nick name, as the 2 directors named Suraj Sanim and Mahesh Bhatt had a difficult time pronouncing his name Krishnendu, therefore, they started to call him Babu Kishan all the time and thus it stuck and became his brand name in the Entertainment World.
Babu Kishan recorded Durga Puja albums with all the top Bollywood playback singers having them sing in Bengali, this was a very new idea at the time and a super hit. However, at first there were many Bengali’s who were very critical because many super talented Bengali singers did not have work as singers and Babu was bringing in outsiders. Some of these Indian Cinema singers he recorded in Bengali were Anaradha Paudwal, Md Aziz, Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sadhana Sargam, Alka Yagnik Purnima, Vijay Bendict, Abhijit, Kumar Sanu, for Durga Puja songs HMV/Venus/Tips MusicaIndia/Universal with big promotions. It should be noted that Indian Cinema started from Bengal and now 70% of the people in the modern Indian film industry are from Bengal. Babukishan being one of them who has composed everything from the first ever recorded Hanuman Chalisa in India to Hip Hop.
Babukishan has worked with just about everybody in Indian Cinema as a Promotion Designer, Production Designer, Music Designer, and Music Director, from Amir Khan to A R Rahman... from the production of music, promotion to the international market. Babukishan is probably the most famous person from Bollywood who is known behind the scenes within Indian Cinema.
BabuKishan already knew RD Burman from Bengal, his family was like family to Babu and when he arrived in Mumbai he started working as R D Burman’s assistant, learning Indian Cinema Music from one of the all time greats in Indian film music. Babu spent about 13 years with Legendary Music Director RD Burman during some of RD Burmans most difficult times, until his death in 1994. At first Bombay was a foreign place to Babukishan, he spoke Bengali and needed to learn Hindi, he was just a kid and had been living in hotels.
When RD Burman found out that Babu has been living in a hotel which was expensive he arranged for Babu to meet the upcoming singer Abhijit from Kanpur, State of UP but Bengali, he thought Babu and Abhijit could help each other out by becoming house mates. RD Burman also suggested that Babu start working in the music industry while he was getting his Music Composer career off the ground.
Burman introduced Babu to his first contacts, at R.K Electronics. Burman thought Babu was dynamic and energetic he knew that Babu would be perfect for the job. Babu is so greatful to R D Burman. R.K Electronics needed someone to promote their company and Babu already having fame as a Music Composer in Bengal was the guy to do this and Babu Kishan knew all distribution contacts from the Eastern Zone. He introduced R.K Electronics to the Eastern Zone and the combination today is know as TIPS Industry, one of largest Entertainment Companies in India.
Babukishan is an author of 3 books in Bengali and English, the last book was sponsored with the help of George Harrison his personal friend and Ravi Shankar a long time family friend from Bengal. Babukishan is a prolific poet and has been travellng worldwide for 40 years as a Indian Cultural Ambassador for Bengal and India. He has performed at all top festivals worldwide and has lectured at Universities world-wide. He has performed at Carnagie Hall and The Royal Albert Hall in London and many other large venues around the world.
An Award winning Music Composer and Film maker, early in his life he was awarded, "The youngest Music and Film Director in Bengal" at that time. Babukishan recieved many awards for his Music Compositions in Bengal under the name Krishnendu Das even before he arrived in the Bombay.
His name in Bombay Cineama became known as Babukishan. In 1981 he started to travel back and forth from Calcutta to Bombay until in 1989 he moved to Bombay permanently.
In Bengal he composed super hit music for
Dr. Bhupen Hazarika
Arti Mukherjee
Banashree Sengupta
Shakti Thakur
Gopa Bose
Hemant Mukherjee
Pandit Amarnath
Purna Das Baul
and many more...
Babukishan composed all of his father's music, the legendary world renowned vocalist Purna Das Baul, who is a state artist and representative of Indian and Bengali culture around the world.
Known as Krishnendu Das during his early creative years in Kolkata his music compositions were produced for big banner films such as
Amar Deep,
Rakto Sapoth,
Marg,
Manob Premik Nimai,
Chapa Dangaar Bou,
and drama’s such as Amlo Madhu as producer and music director.
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu as producer, project design, music and promotion.
His TV Series were Charitroheen,
Mejo bou,
Didi, Mahalaya,
Ek Paloke,
Radharani,
Guldasta, all which were very popular and which he was Awarded Best Music Director.
Babu Kishan’s started his career in Bombay as a Music Composer and as a music and Film Designer, Production Consultant working with India’s top Music Labels & Film Companies for more than 35 years.
He has produced over 150 scores for Indian Cinema and Bollywood film. He has composed, produced and promoted over 60 albums for Bollywood’s top singers such as
Kumar Sanu,
Sunidhi,
Shaan,
Sadhna Sargam,
Kavita Krishnamurthy,
Poornima,
Abhijit,
Udit Narayan,
Sudesh Bhosle,
Mohd.Aziz,
Vijay Benedict,
Asha Bhosle,
Anup Jalota,
Suresh Wadkar,
Usha Mangeshkar,
Ravindra Jain,
Nitin Mukesh,
Alka Yagnik,
Vinod Rathod,
Ghulam Ali,
Mehdi Hassan,
Pankaj Udhas,
Anwar,
Anuradha Paudwal,
Hari Om Sharam
Amit Kumar and many others.
Babukishan’s career took him beyond Bombay to the World.
Babu Kishan went on to perform and record with some of the best musicians of the west George Harrison,
Rolling Stones,
Beach Boys,
Chakka Khan,
Ravi Shankar,
Zakir Hussain,
Tom Petty,
Miles Davies,
Allan Fakir,
Herbie Mann Third World,
Robbie Robertson,
Garth Hudson,
Bob Dylan,
Ziggy Marley and others...
While in Bombay he became known as Babu Kishan his nick name, as the 2 directors named Suraj Sanim and Mahesh Bhatt had a difficult time pronouncing his name Krishnendu, therefore, they started to call him Babu Kishan all the time and thus it stuck and became his brand name in the Entertainment World.
Babu Kishan recorded Durga Puja albums with all the top Bollywood playback singers having them sing in Bengali, this was a very new idea at the time and a super hit. However, at first there were many Bengali’s who were very critical because many super talented Bengali singers did not have work as singers and Babu was bringing in outsiders. Some of these Indian Cinema singers he recorded in Bengali were Anaradha Paudwal, Md Aziz, Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sadhana Sargam, Alka Yagnik Purnima, Vijay Bendict, Abhijit, Kumar Sanu, for Durga Puja songs HMV/Venus/Tips MusicaIndia/Universal with big promotions. It should be noted that Indian Cinema started from Bengal and now 70% of the people in the modern Indian film industry are from Bengal. Babukishan being one of them who has composed everything from the first ever recorded Hanuman Chalisa in India to Hip Hop.
Babukishan has worked with just about everybody in Indian Cinema as a Promotion Designer, Production Designer, Music Designer, and Music Director, from Amir Khan to A R Rahman... from the production of music, promotion to the international market. Babukishan is probably the most famous person from Bollywood who is known behind the scenes within Indian Cinema.
BabuKishan already knew RD Burman from Bengal, his family was like family to Babu and when he arrived in Mumbai he started working as R D Burman’s assistant, learning Indian Cinema Music from one of the all time greats in Indian film music. Babu spent about 13 years with Legendary Music Director RD Burman during some of RD Burmans most difficult times, until his death in 1994. At first Bombay was a foreign place to Babukishan, he spoke Bengali and needed to learn Hindi, he was just a kid and had been living in hotels.
When RD Burman found out that Babu has been living in a hotel which was expensive he arranged for Babu to meet the upcoming singer Abhijit from Kanpur, State of UP but Bengali, he thought Babu and Abhijit could help each other out by becoming house mates. RD Burman also suggested that Babu start working in the music industry while he was getting his Music Composer career off the ground.
Burman introduced Babu to his first contacts, at R.K Electronics. Burman thought Babu was dynamic and energetic he knew that Babu would be perfect for the job. Babu is so greatful to R D Burman. R.K Electronics needed someone to promote their company and Babu already having fame as a Music Composer in Bengal was the guy to do this and Babu Kishan knew all distribution contacts from the Eastern Zone. He introduced R.K Electronics to the Eastern Zone and the combination today is know as TIPS Industry, one of largest Entertainment Companies in India.
Babukishan is an author of 3 books in Bengali and English, the last book was sponsored with the help of George Harrison his personal friend and Ravi Shankar a long time family friend from Bengal. Babukishan is a prolific poet and has been travellng worldwide for 40 years as a Indian Cultural Ambassador for Bengal and India. He has performed at all top festivals worldwide and has lectured at Universities world-wide. He has performed at Carnagie Hall and The Royal Albert Hall in London and many other large venues around the world.
Selected Discography and Filmography:
Folk music by various singers (HMV, 1981)
Rokto Sapoth, Bengali 1979
Folk songs (Gathani, 1982) Amardeep,
Bengali, Bengali 1979 Arohan (HMV, 1983)
Maarg, Bengali 1980
Baul Music by Purna das Baul (HMV, 1983)
Arohan, Hindi, Dir: Shyam Benegal 1980
Folk Music from Bengal (Polygram Music India, 1984)
Sudhu Tomake, Bengali, 1980
Dr. Bhupen Hazarika (HMV, 1984)
Pyar Bhara khat, Hindi,1989
Spiritual songs of India (Chandra Dhara, Germany, 1984)
“30days” Hindi Thriller Movie, 2000
Bauls of Bengal (New York Music, 1985)
Chote Nawab Bade Nawab, Hindi,1999
Soul of Bengal(Unique Records, USA, 1985)
Schoolgirl, Hindi, 2001
Baul Fusion by the Band/Babukishan (Shymphony,1985)
Akhri pratigya, Hindi, Mithun Chakrabortydirected by T.L.V Prasad, 1998
The Bengali Bauls (Maple Music, Canada), 1986
Guru ho ja shuru, Mithun Chakraborty,1995
Modern Songs by Various Singers (Venus, 1987)
Mrityu...The Truth, Hindi, T-series 2002
Bauls from Royal Albert Hall (Megaphone, 1987)
Gumnaam, Hindi Thriller Movie (2001)
Monalisa (CBS, 1988)
Aasakti, Hindi, Jackie Shroff 1998
O Go Priyotama (Tips, 1988)
Adorini,Bengali 2003
Baul Songs of Bengal (Tips, 1988)
Thakur, Hindi, Dharmendra,2002
Amardeep (Weston, 1989)
Reflection (Track music, 1990)
Pyar Bhara Khat (Oriental, 1992)
Qawwalies by Eminent Singers of India (Gramophone Record company,1993)
Mr. Panchanan (CBS, 1993)
Tribute to Hemant Kumar (CBS, 1993)
Festivals of India (1994)
O Hasina (Ultra Music, 1996
Dhak Dhak Karne Laga (Ultra, 1996)
Tales of River 'Ganga'/new age music(Prism Audio, 1996)
Kali Bhajans (Sangeet cassettes, 1997)
Tera Ghungta (Pen Audio, 1997)
Zara Hat Ke (Pen Audio, 1998)
Sharab Aur Shabab (Padmini Music, 1998)
Folk music of India by Sapna Awasti (T-series, 1999)
Keshariyo Rang (Tarana, 1999)
School girl (Star Music, 2000)
Romantic Moods (Virgin Music)
Priyo Kolkata (Kathaindia, 2001)
Jap le sai naam (Universal Music India, 2001)
Paimaana (Star Music, 2001)
Soul Mate (Universal Music India, 2001)
Tumhare Liye (Star Music, 2002)
Mirror of the Sky (Star Music, 2002)
One & Only (Star Music, 2002)
Jai Santoshi Maa by various singers (Lucky Star Music, 2002)
Mrityu The Truth (T-series, 2002)
Adorini (Saregama/HMV, 2002)
Folk music by various singers (HMV, 1981)
Rokto Sapoth, Bengali 1979
Folk songs (Gathani, 1982) Amardeep,
Bengali, Bengali 1979 Arohan (HMV, 1983)
Maarg, Bengali 1980
Baul Music by Purna das Baul (HMV, 1983)
Arohan, Hindi, Dir: Shyam Benegal 1980
Folk Music from Bengal (Polygram Music India, 1984)
Sudhu Tomake, Bengali, 1980
Dr. Bhupen Hazarika (HMV, 1984)
Pyar Bhara khat, Hindi,1989
Spiritual songs of India (Chandra Dhara, Germany, 1984)
“30days” Hindi Thriller Movie, 2000
Bauls of Bengal (New York Music, 1985)
Chote Nawab Bade Nawab, Hindi,1999
Soul of Bengal(Unique Records, USA, 1985)
Schoolgirl, Hindi, 2001
Baul Fusion by the Band/Babukishan (Shymphony,1985)
Akhri pratigya, Hindi, Mithun Chakrabortydirected by T.L.V Prasad, 1998
The Bengali Bauls (Maple Music, Canada), 1986
Guru ho ja shuru, Mithun Chakraborty,1995
Modern Songs by Various Singers (Venus, 1987)
Mrityu...The Truth, Hindi, T-series 2002
Bauls from Royal Albert Hall (Megaphone, 1987)
Gumnaam, Hindi Thriller Movie (2001)
Monalisa (CBS, 1988)
Aasakti, Hindi, Jackie Shroff 1998
O Go Priyotama (Tips, 1988)
Adorini,Bengali 2003
Baul Songs of Bengal (Tips, 1988)
Thakur, Hindi, Dharmendra,2002
Amardeep (Weston, 1989)
Reflection (Track music, 1990)
Pyar Bhara Khat (Oriental, 1992)
Qawwalies by Eminent Singers of India (Gramophone Record company,1993)
Mr. Panchanan (CBS, 1993)
Tribute to Hemant Kumar (CBS, 1993)
Festivals of India (1994)
O Hasina (Ultra Music, 1996
Dhak Dhak Karne Laga (Ultra, 1996)
Tales of River 'Ganga'/new age music(Prism Audio, 1996)
Kali Bhajans (Sangeet cassettes, 1997)
Tera Ghungta (Pen Audio, 1997)
Zara Hat Ke (Pen Audio, 1998)
Sharab Aur Shabab (Padmini Music, 1998)
Folk music of India by Sapna Awasti (T-series, 1999)
Keshariyo Rang (Tarana, 1999)
School girl (Star Music, 2000)
Romantic Moods (Virgin Music)
Priyo Kolkata (Kathaindia, 2001)
Jap le sai naam (Universal Music India, 2001)
Paimaana (Star Music, 2001)
Soul Mate (Universal Music India, 2001)
Tumhare Liye (Star Music, 2002)
Mirror of the Sky (Star Music, 2002)
One & Only (Star Music, 2002)
Jai Santoshi Maa by various singers (Lucky Star Music, 2002)
Mrityu The Truth (T-series, 2002)
Adorini (Saregama/HMV, 2002)
Selected Promotion Designer & Music Promotions
Babu Kishan was a Artist & Repertoire (A&R Manager) film and music manager from concept to release, quality, controller, talent search, contract, over seeing the whole film and music, promotion and sales of film and music.
- for Music, Video.
Babu Kishan sold Film Rights More than 500 Super Hit Albums & Films in the
1980 - 2000's
Arohan - Om Puri, Amrish Puri, Pankaj Kapoor, Victor Banerjee
Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Gaya - Anil Kapoor, Sharon Prabhakar
Salaam Bombay - Nana Patekar
Khuda Gawah - Superstar Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi, Danny
Andaz Apna Apna - Amir Khan, Salman Khan, Karishma Kapoor, Raveena Tandon
Indrajit - Amitabh Bachchan, Neelam
Awaj De Kahan Hain - after long time gap Naushad Ali’s Composed Music
Patthar ke Phool - Salman Khan, Raveena Tandon
Khatarnak - Sanjay Dutt
Madam X- Rekha, Jaya Mathur, Shakti Kapoor, Mohsin Khan
Zahreelay- Sanjau Dutt
Jai Kali- Hema Malini
Tejaa - Sanjay Dutt
Geet- Divya Bharti, Kamal Sadanah
Fateh - Sanjay Dutt
Balwaan- Sunil Shetty, Divya Bharti
Benaam Badshah - Anil Kapoor
Aparadhi - Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla
Rangeela - It was Popular Music Director A.R.Rahman's First
Introductions in Bollywood Cinema, Casting-Amir Khan, Jackie Shroff, Urmila
Gambler - Govinda, Shilpa Shetty, Aditya Pancholi
100days - Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Raveena Tandon
Shreeman Aashiq - Rishi Kapoor, Urmila, Anupam Kher
Baaz - Govinda
Coolie#1 - Govinda, Karishma Kapoor
Hero#1 - Govinda
Sandwich - Govinda, sushmita Sen, Raveena Tandon
Gharwali Baharwali, Anil Kapoor
Elaan E Jung - Dharmendra
Awaargi- Anil Kapoor, Meenakshi Seshasdri
Hukumat - Dharmendra
Awaal Number- Amir Khan, Devanand
Sanam Bewafa - Salman Khan
Aatank Hi Aatank- Amir Khan
Raakh- Amir Khan
Tum Mere Ho- Tahir Hussain's Amir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Ajit Vachani
CID- Juhi Chawla
Saajan - Madhuri Dikshit, Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt
I Love You - Karishma Kapoor
Ek Ladka Ek Ladki - Salman Khan, Neelam
Dil Tera Ashiq - Salman Khan
Isi Ka Naam Zindgi, Amir Khan, Pran
Karan Arjun - Sharukh Khan, Salman Khan, Amrish Puri, Jack Gaud, Rakhi Gulzar, Mamta Kulkai, Kajal
Deewana - Shahrukh Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Divya Bharti
Jallad - Mithun Chakraborty
Khabhi ha Khabhi na - Sharukh Khan, Ashutosh Gawrikar
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak- Amir Khan, Juhi Chawla
Panah - Shidarth, Pallavi
Lahu Luhan- Kimi Katkar
Jhooth Bole Kawa Kate - Anil Kapoor
Junoon- Popular TV Series Music
Auzaar - Salman Khan
Gunah ka Devta - Paap Ki Kamaee - Mithun Chakraborty
VijayPath- Tabu, Ajay Davgan, Gulshan Grover, Reema Lagoo, Danny
Saugandh - Akshay Kumar,
Yaalgar- Sanjay Dutt, Manisha, Nagma
Aatish- Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon
Gumrah- Sanjay Dutt, Sridevi
Phool aur Kaante- Ajay Devgan, Madhu, Amrish Puri
Indian's First time Fitness audio/video project with Actress Rekha on CBS
First Time 'Srimad Bhagva Gita' through AudioVisual
Promoted & Marketed Indian Classical Music through CBS Music Label, from Ravi Shankar to Zakir Hussain
Many More....
Babu Kishan was a Artist & Repertoire (A&R Manager) film and music manager from concept to release, quality, controller, talent search, contract, over seeing the whole film and music, promotion and sales of film and music.
- for Music, Video.
Babu Kishan sold Film Rights More than 500 Super Hit Albums & Films in the
1980 - 2000's
Arohan - Om Puri, Amrish Puri, Pankaj Kapoor, Victor Banerjee
Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Gaya - Anil Kapoor, Sharon Prabhakar
Salaam Bombay - Nana Patekar
Khuda Gawah - Superstar Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi, Danny
Andaz Apna Apna - Amir Khan, Salman Khan, Karishma Kapoor, Raveena Tandon
Indrajit - Amitabh Bachchan, Neelam
Awaj De Kahan Hain - after long time gap Naushad Ali’s Composed Music
Patthar ke Phool - Salman Khan, Raveena Tandon
Khatarnak - Sanjay Dutt
Madam X- Rekha, Jaya Mathur, Shakti Kapoor, Mohsin Khan
Zahreelay- Sanjau Dutt
Jai Kali- Hema Malini
Tejaa - Sanjay Dutt
Geet- Divya Bharti, Kamal Sadanah
Fateh - Sanjay Dutt
Balwaan- Sunil Shetty, Divya Bharti
Benaam Badshah - Anil Kapoor
Aparadhi - Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla
Rangeela - It was Popular Music Director A.R.Rahman's First
Introductions in Bollywood Cinema, Casting-Amir Khan, Jackie Shroff, Urmila
Gambler - Govinda, Shilpa Shetty, Aditya Pancholi
100days - Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Raveena Tandon
Shreeman Aashiq - Rishi Kapoor, Urmila, Anupam Kher
Baaz - Govinda
Coolie#1 - Govinda, Karishma Kapoor
Hero#1 - Govinda
Sandwich - Govinda, sushmita Sen, Raveena Tandon
Gharwali Baharwali, Anil Kapoor
Elaan E Jung - Dharmendra
Awaargi- Anil Kapoor, Meenakshi Seshasdri
Hukumat - Dharmendra
Awaal Number- Amir Khan, Devanand
Sanam Bewafa - Salman Khan
Aatank Hi Aatank- Amir Khan
Raakh- Amir Khan
Tum Mere Ho- Tahir Hussain's Amir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Ajit Vachani
CID- Juhi Chawla
Saajan - Madhuri Dikshit, Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt
I Love You - Karishma Kapoor
Ek Ladka Ek Ladki - Salman Khan, Neelam
Dil Tera Ashiq - Salman Khan
Isi Ka Naam Zindgi, Amir Khan, Pran
Karan Arjun - Sharukh Khan, Salman Khan, Amrish Puri, Jack Gaud, Rakhi Gulzar, Mamta Kulkai, Kajal
Deewana - Shahrukh Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Divya Bharti
Jallad - Mithun Chakraborty
Khabhi ha Khabhi na - Sharukh Khan, Ashutosh Gawrikar
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak- Amir Khan, Juhi Chawla
Panah - Shidarth, Pallavi
Lahu Luhan- Kimi Katkar
Jhooth Bole Kawa Kate - Anil Kapoor
Junoon- Popular TV Series Music
Auzaar - Salman Khan
Gunah ka Devta - Paap Ki Kamaee - Mithun Chakraborty
VijayPath- Tabu, Ajay Davgan, Gulshan Grover, Reema Lagoo, Danny
Saugandh - Akshay Kumar,
Yaalgar- Sanjay Dutt, Manisha, Nagma
Aatish- Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon
Gumrah- Sanjay Dutt, Sridevi
Phool aur Kaante- Ajay Devgan, Madhu, Amrish Puri
Indian's First time Fitness audio/video project with Actress Rekha on CBS
First Time 'Srimad Bhagva Gita' through AudioVisual
Promoted & Marketed Indian Classical Music through CBS Music Label, from Ravi Shankar to Zakir Hussain
Many More....
Selected Films Produced - Project Designer -
Music Composer - Music Director
Jaagoron by Lata Mangeshkar
Introduced OSHO's Music to the World
Now & Then by Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Nursery Rhymes & Kiddyland by Top singers from Various like Alisha Chinoy,Sharon Prabhakar,Remo
Shakti by Shankar, Zakir Hussain
School Girl - Shakti Kapoor, Laxmikant Berde
Andheri Rathon Mein - Moon Moon Sen
Akhri Pratigya, Mithun Chakraborty, Jackie Shroff, Suni Shetty, Hemant Birje, Rambha
30Days - Milind Gunaji, Aloknath, Sweta Menon
Chhote Nawab Bade Nawab - Shakti Kapoor, Shiva, Mohan Joshi
TV Series 'Aurat' Tale of Indian Women, Story by Suraj Sanim
TV Series for Children 'Five Stars' Story Suraj Sanim
TV Series 'Time Machine' Thriller,Story by Suraj Sanim
Miya Anari Biwi Khilari - Yunus Parvez, Chhotu, Birbal, Yogini
Mrityu The Truth- Mustaq Khan, Hemant Pandey, Aroon Bakshi, Liliput
Adorini - Prasenjit, Biswajit
Canadian Dream - Documentary on New Immigrants life in Canada
Monalisa by Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Vijay Benedict
Toom Toom Tara Rara " Life is Cool" by K D Babukishan
(Canada's first Mega Mystical Multicultural Musical TV Series)
Education:
Born in the village of Suri in Birbhum W Bengal India, started Baul Tantric Sadhaka and Music at Birth.
Initiated and learned oral Sanskrit tradition of Storytelling and poetic Baul song and dance. Born Krishnendu Das Baul was born into the lap of his Grandfather Great Baul Saint, Nabani Das Khyepa Baul and Brajabala Dasi.
His birth father Purna Das Baul and birth Mother Manju Dasi left Babu at birth to be raised by his Grandparents Brajabala Dasi and then after Nabani passed in 1969 Babu known then as Krishnendu Das went to live with Purna Das Baul and Manju Dasi his birth Ma and Baba. When he arrived in Calcutta his Ma and Bob put him in an orphanage at first and then the Ramakrishna Mission hostel in Narendrapur. His mother and father finally got their eldest son back and left him again. It was a very deep emotionally time for little Krishnendu who has just lost his Grandfather Guru of such deep love and then to be reunited with his birth family only to be sent to what Babu Kishan felt was a jail but he adjusted and he excelled.
After some time he would see them on holidays and even traveled with his father to London in 1971 when he did the concert fundraiser for, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles and Babu became life long friends at a very young age.
This was a very difficult time of his life but he adapted and spent the next 12 years at the Ramakrishna Mission (many stories to be told). It was after 12 years when he was to become a Swami (Sanayasin) that his father pulled him out of the Ramakrishna Mission.
Babu became Purna Das Baul's Manager and he composed all of Purna Das Bauls music and made all travel arrangements around the world, he did a great job and this was Purna Das Baul's most successful years as a Famous Folk Singer of Bengal.
12 years as a Monk in the Ramakrishna Mission, Calcutta, Bengali India
1981 - Bachelor of Arts, Major Indian Philosophy, Indian Music
Kolkata University, India
1984 - Master of Arts,
Indian FOLK Music, Indian Music,
Kolkata University, India
Fluent in Sanskrit - Oral Sanskrit from birth & Classical all through school years at 'Ramakrishna Mission' To Masters Level Calcutta University
Fluent in Bengali, Hindi, English and many other Indian Languages which he has written in and composed music for.
Music Composer - Music Director
Jaagoron by Lata Mangeshkar
Introduced OSHO's Music to the World
Now & Then by Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Nursery Rhymes & Kiddyland by Top singers from Various like Alisha Chinoy,Sharon Prabhakar,Remo
Shakti by Shankar, Zakir Hussain
School Girl - Shakti Kapoor, Laxmikant Berde
Andheri Rathon Mein - Moon Moon Sen
Akhri Pratigya, Mithun Chakraborty, Jackie Shroff, Suni Shetty, Hemant Birje, Rambha
30Days - Milind Gunaji, Aloknath, Sweta Menon
Chhote Nawab Bade Nawab - Shakti Kapoor, Shiva, Mohan Joshi
TV Series 'Aurat' Tale of Indian Women, Story by Suraj Sanim
TV Series for Children 'Five Stars' Story Suraj Sanim
TV Series 'Time Machine' Thriller,Story by Suraj Sanim
Miya Anari Biwi Khilari - Yunus Parvez, Chhotu, Birbal, Yogini
Mrityu The Truth- Mustaq Khan, Hemant Pandey, Aroon Bakshi, Liliput
Adorini - Prasenjit, Biswajit
Canadian Dream - Documentary on New Immigrants life in Canada
Monalisa by Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Vijay Benedict
Toom Toom Tara Rara " Life is Cool" by K D Babukishan
(Canada's first Mega Mystical Multicultural Musical TV Series)
Education:
Born in the village of Suri in Birbhum W Bengal India, started Baul Tantric Sadhaka and Music at Birth.
Initiated and learned oral Sanskrit tradition of Storytelling and poetic Baul song and dance. Born Krishnendu Das Baul was born into the lap of his Grandfather Great Baul Saint, Nabani Das Khyepa Baul and Brajabala Dasi.
His birth father Purna Das Baul and birth Mother Manju Dasi left Babu at birth to be raised by his Grandparents Brajabala Dasi and then after Nabani passed in 1969 Babu known then as Krishnendu Das went to live with Purna Das Baul and Manju Dasi his birth Ma and Baba. When he arrived in Calcutta his Ma and Bob put him in an orphanage at first and then the Ramakrishna Mission hostel in Narendrapur. His mother and father finally got their eldest son back and left him again. It was a very deep emotionally time for little Krishnendu who has just lost his Grandfather Guru of such deep love and then to be reunited with his birth family only to be sent to what Babu Kishan felt was a jail but he adjusted and he excelled.
After some time he would see them on holidays and even traveled with his father to London in 1971 when he did the concert fundraiser for, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles and Babu became life long friends at a very young age.
This was a very difficult time of his life but he adapted and spent the next 12 years at the Ramakrishna Mission (many stories to be told). It was after 12 years when he was to become a Swami (Sanayasin) that his father pulled him out of the Ramakrishna Mission.
Babu became Purna Das Baul's Manager and he composed all of Purna Das Bauls music and made all travel arrangements around the world, he did a great job and this was Purna Das Baul's most successful years as a Famous Folk Singer of Bengal.
12 years as a Monk in the Ramakrishna Mission, Calcutta, Bengali India
1981 - Bachelor of Arts, Major Indian Philosophy, Indian Music
Kolkata University, India
1984 - Master of Arts,
Indian FOLK Music, Indian Music,
Kolkata University, India
Fluent in Sanskrit - Oral Sanskrit from birth & Classical all through school years at 'Ramakrishna Mission' To Masters Level Calcutta University
Fluent in Bengali, Hindi, English and many other Indian Languages which he has written in and composed music for.
Musical History
Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das
Best Music Award for First Bengali SoapOpera ” #Charitraheen
Anjan Dutta / ShreelaMajumder stars.
Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das
Best Music Award for First Bengali SoapOpera ” #Charitraheen
Anjan Dutta / ShreelaMajumder stars.
Cultural Representative of India for 40 years
traveling worldwide as a representative of India since 1970
traveling worldwide as a representative of India since 1970
#AnandaBazar: O Bhai Re.. great Lyric
Best FolkMusic tune by #BabuKishan aka #KrishnenduDas
http://www.djbaap.com/song/o-bhai-re-amarnath-mukhopadhyay-dwjus.html
Best FolkMusic tune by #BabuKishan aka #KrishnenduDas
http://www.djbaap.com/song/o-bhai-re-amarnath-mukhopadhyay-dwjus.html
#BabuKishan aka #Krishnendu Das’s \ Musical & Lyrical creations... www.BabuKishna.ca
All of the below Albums are albums and Music that Babu Kishan Produced, Promoted and Composed for his birth 'Father Purna Das Baul' and his mother 'Manju Dasi'. He produced the music, arranged the music, used some are his own lyrics and he promoted these albums for them. There has never been any gratitude for all of these albums.
Back in the day Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das went store to store in Calcutta and worked tirelessly to help his father and never took any credit or money, he wrote lyrics for his Baba, he would give his name as credit on movies as the Music Composer/Director when his Dad actually did not compose the music but Babu being the ever dutiful son he would do anything to please his Baba and Ma. He wrote all letters, made all the contacts, did all the arrangements for oversea's, paid out of his pocket, when Krishnendu was with his father it was the most successful time of his life. He paved the road for his father, he did everything for them.
He promoted these albums and other albums on TV and Radio arranging all for his parents for decades without taking any money, or credit, he never received a rupee but gave them money all the time. He did not take he only gave everything including money all the time.
He promoted these albums and other albums on TV and Radio arranging all for his parents for decades without taking any money, or credit, he never received a rupee but gave them money all the time. He did not take he only gave everything including money all the time.
Music Produced and Composed by Babu Kishan
aka Krishnendu Das
aka Krishnendu Das
Music Produced and Composed by Babu Kishan
aka Krishnendu Das
aka Krishnendu Das
Music & Album Produced and
Composed by Babu Kishan
aka Krishnendu Das
Composed by Babu Kishan
aka Krishnendu Das
Music & Album Produced and
Composed by Babu Kishan
Aka Krishnendu Das
Composed by Babu Kishan
Aka Krishnendu Das
Music & Album Produced,
Arranged,Composed
by Babu Kishan
aka Krishnendu Das
Arranged,Composed
by Babu Kishan
aka Krishnendu Das
Music & Album Arranged, Produced and Composed by Babu Kishan
aka Krishnendu Das
aka Krishnendu Das
Lyrics, Music & Album Produced and Composed, arranged and conducted - by Babu Kishan
aka - Krishnendu Das
https://www.saregama.com/artist/krishnendu-das_33675/songs
aka - Krishnendu Das
https://www.saregama.com/artist/krishnendu-das_33675/songs
Music Produced and Composed by Babu Kishan
aka Krishnendu Das
aka Krishnendu Das
Music Produced and Composed by Babu Kishan
aka Krishnendu Das
aka Krishnendu Das
Music Produced and Composed by Babu Kishan
aka Krishnendu Das
aka Krishnendu Das
Another Album 'as above all and below"
Produced, Composed,
Arranged by Babu Kishan - All theses above Albums
Produced by Babu Kishan
Aka Krishnendu Das
All Albums Successful - all for his Calcutta family who reaped all the benefits of all Babu Kishan's music, time, energy and talent. Even though he did this and and even though he still gave money and supported his Calcutta family.
Babu never received a rupee or a royalty from any of these albums, these are the first and last Baul classic albums.
Produced, Composed,
Arranged by Babu Kishan - All theses above Albums
Produced by Babu Kishan
Aka Krishnendu Das
All Albums Successful - all for his Calcutta family who reaped all the benefits of all Babu Kishan's music, time, energy and talent. Even though he did this and and even though he still gave money and supported his Calcutta family.
Babu never received a rupee or a royalty from any of these albums, these are the first and last Baul classic albums.
Albums Babu Kishan's as Krishnendu Das Produced, Composed Music, Arranged and Marketed.
He was the youngest Music Composer of in Bengali in the 1970's and 1980's.
Some were composed when he was in his teen years.
All Below Produced and Music &
some Lyrics
by Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das
He was the youngest Music Composer of in Bengali in the 1970's and 1980's.
Some were composed when he was in his teen years.
All Below Produced and Music &
some Lyrics
by Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das
Curriculum Vitae
Krishnendu Das - aka - K D BabuKishan
LINKS:
www.BabuKishan.org
www.BabuKishan.ca
● Link - Spotlight Promo Video - https://youtu.be/TTtobiMPyIo
● https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8ePNK_hY-EmSsHqS_6XLTw/videos?
view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=0 -link to 175 Babu Kishan Spotlight episodes
● https://spotlighttv.weebly.com/synopsis.html
● https://bhavaproject.weebly.com/babu-kishan-spotlight.html ●
● Food and Fashion Episode - Link to youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg-ocZgQESHOAMVzk2MT0UQ/videos?app=desktop
Indian Musical Heritage - Links
● www.BabuKishan.org
● www.BabuKishan.ca
● https://indiafolkheritageofbengal.weebly.com
● https://worldmusiccentral.org/tag/baul/
● https://www.youtube.com/user/babukishannetwork ● https://www.youtube.com/user/thebaulsofbengal
Krishnendu Das - aka - K D BabuKishan
LINKS:
www.BabuKishan.org
www.BabuKishan.ca
● Link - Spotlight Promo Video - https://youtu.be/TTtobiMPyIo
● https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8ePNK_hY-EmSsHqS_6XLTw/videos?
view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=0 -link to 175 Babu Kishan Spotlight episodes
● https://spotlighttv.weebly.com/synopsis.html
● https://bhavaproject.weebly.com/babu-kishan-spotlight.html ●
● Food and Fashion Episode - Link to youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg-ocZgQESHOAMVzk2MT0UQ/videos?app=desktop
Indian Musical Heritage - Links
● www.BabuKishan.org
● www.BabuKishan.ca
● https://indiafolkheritageofbengal.weebly.com
● https://worldmusiccentral.org/tag/baul/
● https://www.youtube.com/user/babukishannetwork ● https://www.youtube.com/user/thebaulsofbengal
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