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April 17th, 2022 Raj Thackeray is the shadow of Bal Thackeray.

4/17/2022

 
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When I had a great Connection as friendship with (Bindumadhav) Binda Thackeray #BindaThackeray the Eldest Son of #Bombay's one & only #Supremo #BalasahebThackeray ( I invited Bal Thackeray to release my Music Albums from 1980’s).

Bal Thackeray - 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal_Thackeray

Binda Thackeray: 
https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/bal-thackeray-son-bindumadhav-thackeray-accident-death-lesser-known-facts


I never said, anything about myself or my life in Bengal from where or who my family was. They knew me as the, honest 'Manager of A&R at CBS International' among other music companies, they knew me as the guy who knew Indian Music and  the Music & Entertainment industry.

I recorded Music and released a huge amount of  #MarathiMusic and Sponsored #Maharashtrian events, by instructions of Binda, he was always good to me, most others were scared of him but he was my good friend. We were friends, 1983 to 1996 when he passed away.

Binda Thackeray introduced me to his cousin Raj Thackeray, and even 1988 - I could tell back then, Raj was always interested in Politics.

Raj Thackeray is  Bal Thackeray's, brothers Srikant's Son . Bal is uncle to Raj Thackeray.

Bal Thackeray's other son's are Jaydev and Uddhav, all are very talented in their way.

But when I mets Raj’s 'father' Shrikant Thackeray i noted that he was a versatile personality, artistic, musical who had many creative endeavours. Shrikant Thackeray was the first to sent me a specific Music store. I was wandering around Bombay trying to buy a reasonable Harmonium and I bumped into Shrikant who directed me to a specific music store. I bought a great Harmonium along with some percussion instruments. Shrikant a popular journalist, cartoonist, film critic, music composer and singer.

I recored and released some of Shrikant's Marathi Music, unique musical works as I was working as Manager & Consultant for all the major record companies in Bombay. We became friends, he told a bit of his family history, how their father was a versatile personality and studied in Calcutta, from where I came from.

Shrikant Thackeray Brother of Bal Thackeray 
 https://www.marathi.tv/personalities/shrikant-prabhodankar-thackeray/


I supported and helped a lot during Binda’s qwn home production phase, we planed to start a Music/ Audio Company, the name of 'Bindatone', I was a consultant for Binda's project but I could not be linked there as I was working for CBS, I appointed Kulkarni to be in charge. I had to be a silent participant as I was already working for CBS International at Dalamal Tower, Nariman Point, so I was sleeping Consultant.

We used to meet at Drumbeats Restaurant at Tardeo or Palihil, Bandra. I knew Binda from 1983 to 1996.

At the same tine I realized that Raj had a  a fire in himj growing regarding politics. Back then I said, Raj is a shadow of BalaSaheb aka Bal Thackeray who was the leader of Shiv Sena who stood up for Hinduism,

 After Binda’s sudden death, the whole family was shocked so was I, all of our plans just disappeared. I used to meet his family sometimes,  but later I was so busy with my work for taking care of my career and family.

I never used my connections,  I never took any advantage of any of these people, I was more interested in creative work and inspirations. Allen Ginsberg told me, I am a shadow of Nabani Das Khyapa Baul my Grandfather Guru. There are not many who understand me but I know who I am and what I do.

 My character is  and always has been that of a true Baul, poet and music composer, supporter of others. Music is my soul, I have never been tricky or opportunistic. I have had connections at the highest level in Film, Music, Spirituality, Politics but have never used anyone or anything to my advantage. Could be a fault but I am born this way.

I still think Raj can be next Bala Saheb Thackeray, he has fire in every way, he totally fit for politics from a young age, a great speaker and can rule all of Maharashtra easily.

Raj Thackeray - He should come frontline.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_Thackeray

Raj Thackeray: the man who is telling the Islamic mosques in Mumbai to turn off their loud speakers or else he is going to play the Hanuman Chalisa all over Mumbai May 5, 2022.

I hope he is going to play Babu Kishan's Hanuman Chalisa with the most listened and first recorded Hanuman Chalisa singing by Hari Om Sharam, produced recorded arranged by Babu Kishan with over 2 billion listens. Not only the most listened to Hanuman Chalisa but the most listened to of any Indian Devotional Music
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Babu Kishan arranged the Royal Albert Hall Concert, London Uk 1986

3/13/2022

 
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#KrishnenduDas #BabuKishan the eldest Son of Purna Das Baul and Manju Das, and eldest Grandchild of Nabani Das Khyapa Baul  (the only trained Musician , Music Composer, Lyricist in my family and oldest only Baul lineage) who actually worked his whole life in with all Indian's top actors, playback singers, musicians, music composers and International singers for decades.

I associated and worked with all musicians in Calcutta and Bombay as I was a Music Composer from a very young age. I have a BA and MA from Calcutta University in Indian Music. I am a born musician and music composer certified as a Music Composer, he composed for Sultan Khan and played music with him. 

I composed, recorded and makreting, most of my fathers renowned Baul Singer 
#PurnaDasBaul Music.

Babu is the only one who introduced his parents Worldwide and at the #RoyalAlbertHall. Babu Kishan arranged and completely organized these programs, by himself with Greater London Council a South Asian Show.

In this program Babu's friends and his fellow muscians included Zakir Husain, Runa Laila and Sultan khan. Babu had already recorded several private & film music in Mumbai for Bollywood Films.

Babu Kishan worked and promoted all Indian Music around the World for International Music Label CBS and others in Mumbai for a long time. He is the first from his family and lineage to arrange a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London Uk.

He brought and taught his brothers some instruments so that they could be included, this is the  first time his siblings to participated with Mother Manju Das, Purna Chandra Das Baul and with Krishnendu Das (today’s Music Legendary 
#KDBabuKishan). This was 1986.

Even before this concert Babu Kishan toured all over 
#Europe, #Canada and #America with parents, his siblings were never involved. At that time they did not even like or participate in any musical event.

Babu Kishan by himself is still participating Worldwide: Universities, Music Festivals even International Film Festivals.

Babu Kishan as a big brother always considered his siblings and brought his siblings to join in Asia tour, America tour in 1988, they tagged along.

 I worked hard all my life and they just benefited, taking pictures with people who are my friends and people I personally worked with and then making up stories, taking my name off and adding their names, when I created this history. I built a platform for them and all the Bauls of Bengal for the next generation and they benefited. This is history and today everybody is using, saying they are the ones? 

Later my Music from Royal Albert Hall Concert was released in the same time that I  produced ‘Sri Chaitanya‘ Drama on Cassette by Kolkata’s Megaphone Music Company. I arranged this for my father because at the time he was not getting performances due to the CPM government. Babu Kishan arranged all including concerts out side of India. I created composed and produced this drama, I always gave their name and kept myself behind the screen and always gave my Dad's name? This also, was because of my his long time connection with Kamal Da the owner of Megaphone.. 



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Tribute to Hemant Mukherjee by Babu Kishan

2/27/2022

 
 Tribute To Hemant Mukherjee
Produced, Composed by (Krishnendu Das aka Babu Kishan) 1989

Babu Kishan was a music assistant to Hemant Mukherjee, Sudhin Das Gupta and RD Burman. Babu worked 3 movies with Hemant Mukerjee.

#kdbabukishanmusic
#sonymusic #TributetoHemantMukherjee
#Mumbai #Delhi #Kolkata #Chennai #India #Westbengal #Dhaka #Bangladesh #Toronto #Ottawa #Vancouver #Calgary #Newyork #NewJersey #California #London #UK #USA #poland #portugal #Canada #Asia #SouthAsia

https://www.jiosaavn.com/song/ganer-prithibite/PiZZQjwJeGs
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Babu Kishan interview Channel 52 in Bengali

2/25/2022

 
https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=523610129098975 
​Interview on Facebook - Must have fb open
Babu Kishan interview on Channel 52
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​#Legendary #KDBabuKishan on #Channel52Live #Saturday #Feb26th2022 from #Newjersey eastern America 12pm with #DrFaruqueAzam ( #Bangladesh 10pm & #India 9.30pm) কে ডি বাবুকিশান (কৃষ্ণেন্দু দাস বাবুকিশান)
ডাঃ. ফারুক আজমের সাথে
বাংলা আর বাংলার চ্যানেল 52 লাইভ
নিউ জার্সি আমেরিকাথেকে
www.BabuKishan.ca www.BabuKishan.org
#bollywoodnews #etimes #zeenews #abpnews #zee24ghanta #news18india #instanews #socialmedia #media #press #news18bangla #ndtvnews #indiatoday #facebook #toronto #newyork #facebooknews #kolkata #delhi #mumbai #dhaka
এবার আমার ’কাছের মানুষ’ বলিউড এবং আন্তর্জাতিক সঙ্গীত সুরকার কে ডি বাবুকিশান। বলিউড তারকা, বিটল জর্জ হ্যারিসন মার্কিন কবি এ্যলেন গিন্সবার্গএবং আরো প্রখ্যাত জনের সঙ্গে তাঁর স্মৃতি কথা শুনব। আপনারাও এই আড্ডায় আমন্ত্রিত।
২৬. ফেব্রুয়ারি ২০২২,শনিবার
নিউ ইয়র্ক : বেলা ১২ টা
ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া: সকাল ৯টা
ঢাকা : রাত ১১টা
কলকাতা : রাত ১০.৩০টা
লন্ডন : বিকেল ৫ টা
চ্যানেল ৫২ এর পেইজে লাইক দিয়ে সরাসরি সংযুক্ত থাকার আমন্ত্রণ রইল।
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The 1st ever recorded Hanuman Chalisa, recorded and Composed by Babu Kishan has the most ever listens of any devotional Music over 2 Billion listens.

2/24/2022

 
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A few more of his devotional Music, there are dozens more......
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Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das, composed the music for Bengal's first ever soap Opera, Charitraheen !

2/24/2022

 
#Bengali’s #First #SoapOpera ’#Charitraheen #MusicComposed by #KrishnednuDasBabuKishan (#KDBabuKishan) !! #AnjanDutta (Introduced himself as Actor first time) #ShreelaMajumder and many popular Actors and Actresses.
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Tribute to Bapi Lahiri 1952-2022

2/15/2022

 
So sad news Seems like #IndianCinema #Music industry going in Dark #RIPBappiLaniri (Lokesh Lahiri) our BapiDa,

I worked a lots with him, and once I helped him for his Music company BLmusic, I had a long time relationship with him and his family. His father Aparesh Lahiri, were very close to my Grandfather, he acted like my Grandfather’s eldest Son.

Even Mother Banshari Lahiri also a great personality too.

Every Birthday we celebrated and he specially invited me, sometimes he told me Babu you are my brother, so no question of inviting you, very specially every time, you already special to my family and this in his house anytime you are welcome …

I have seen their struggle with no place to Bunglow, from zero to hero.

His Songs will be remembered forever !! He made his own style: #bappilahiristyle, once he packed up all Music Composer and ran his style all over India even in International field.

Miss you the fun loving personality and very creative pattern person who also introduced Disco in Indian Society.

I requested him to Sing for my Music for A Mythological Song he recommended him Ravida’s name, told me no one can sing like him and I did record #MusicMaestro #RavindraJain !!
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Sad news for me and my Deepest Condolences to Baudi, Bappa, Reema and his friends, Musicins and Fans ..around the World.
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#facebook #Bollywood #Mumbai #india #facebook #facebookmusic #facebookindia #zeenews #abpnews #ndtvnews https://www.instagram.com/p/CaBborxrhE4/...
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Tribute to Lata Mangeshkar 1929 - 2022

2/13/2022

 
Babu Kishan's tribute to Lata Mangeshkar whom he personally worked with, he released much of Lataji's music.

 He also, knew Lataji's sisters Usha Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. Asha was married to R.D. Burman who was Babu's Indian Cinema (Bollywood Music Guru) for over 15 years, he was in Indian Cinema for 35 years. 

Babu arranged for his mother to meet Lataji, he took this picture of his late Mother Manju Das (the first Women Baul to travel the world starting in the 1960's) his mother loved Lataji.

Babu was the assistant for Hemant Kumar Mukherjee, that is how Babu arranged this photo to fulfill his mothers dream to meet Lataji.

At an earlier age Babu worked for W Bengal Music forum as a Musician, Lyric writer, and Music Composer. Babu started at age of 9 as a poet and age 11 as a Music Composer for parents, Arti Mukherjee, Bhupen Hazarika, Shakti Thakur, and other famous Bengali singers. He was awarded youngest Music Composer of Bengal at age 11. This is history of Indian's oldest and only Baul Lineage #baullineage #womenBaul #baulhistory

Photo by Babu Kishan @ Netaji Indoor Stadium when Lataji came to perform, organized by Hemant Kumar Mukherjee, Babu was his assistant then as a 2nd Music Assistant of Hemant Kumar in the 1980's.
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2 Billion listens, and 15 million listens of Babu Kishan's first ever recorded Hanuman Chalisa he is the Music Composer, arranger, recorded it in the 1980's , singing Hari Om Sharam

2/13/2022

 
Babu Kishan's Hanuman Chalisa that he composed, recorded, arranged, the first Hanuman Chalisa ever recorded. The most listened to Devotional Song ever with 2 billion listens. Another record company now has the song with 15 million hits?
Yet, Babu Kishan's name is not there??
Gushan Kumar is not a singer, he is lip syncing, he is acting. 
This is Babu Kishan's Music the most ever listened to in Indian History. The really stupid thing here is that T-Series lists HariHaran as the singer, his NOT. This is 100% Hari Om Sharan??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AETFvQonfV8
Yes, true the 2 Billion but this is Babu Kishan music, he composed and recorded this not GuSHAN Kumar?? 
2 Billion times, and 15 million sold to another company. 
Interesting, no one knows the real story behind that Hanuman Chalisa, it was Produced, Music Composed by Babu Kishan, it has nothing to do with T-Series founder, the music was stolen out of Babu Kishan studio in Juhu and sold to T-Series and then they sold it the company that has it now. 
Hari Om Sharam was Babu's friend so was Gushan Kumar as a matter of fact Babu is one of the people who identified his body when he was murdered at the Laxshmi temple in Bombay, he worked for T-Series and directed with Gushan Kumar as a composer advisor at that time. 

Babu Kishan's Hanuman Chalisa that he composed and recorded, the first Hanuman Chalisa ever recorded, is the most listened to Devotional Song ever with 2 billion listens. Another record company now has the song with 15 million hits?
Yet, Babu Kishan's name is not there??


Gushan Kumar is not a singer, he is lip syncing, he is acting. 
This is Babu Kishan's Music the most ever listened to in Indian History. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AETFvQonfV8


Yes, true the 2 Billion but this is Babu Kishan music, he composed and recorded this not GuSHAN Kumar?? 
2 Billion times, and 15 million sold to another company.
Interesting, no one knows the real story behind that Hanuman Chalisa, it was Produced, Music Composed by Babu Kishan, it has nothing to do with T-Series founder, the music was stolen out of Babu Kishan studio in Juhu and sold to T-Series and then they sold it the company that has it now.
Hari Om Sharam was Babu's friend so was Gushan Kumar as a matter of fact Babu is one of the people who identified his body when he was murdered at the Laxshmi temple in Bombay, he worked for T-Series and directed with Gushan Kumar as a composer advisor at that time.
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2/11/2022

 
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    unique, personal stories, past and present of 40 years in Indian Cinema (Bollywood) and a lifetime in Indian Music in India and around the world with all the Greats of Indian Music and Greats outside of India.

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    These are not just fan photo's, these are stories and people who Babu Kishan worked with and had personal relationships with over long periods of time in India and outside of Indian since the 1970's because Babu has been traveling the world from India since the 1971.. Before the internet, before Indian's were even coming to America. Babu Kishan has already been there done that ambassador of Indian Culture.

     It was difficult back then, which today is so easy to do.

    Babu Kishan is one of the very few pioneers of  Indian Music who went outside of India. He is a leader in the recording and producing, of Indian music in India. He had a hand in all the Major Music Companies in Bombay India and was there from the beginning.

    He is the first to create fusion music and World Music in India playing with Bob Dylan 40 concerts around the USA, jamming The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Beach Boys and many more.

     His Bollywood Music Guru was RD Burman whom he was an assistant to for 14 years.
     
    He speaks and has recorded in an unlimited amount of Indian Languages, and is a Sanskritist (oral and classical) at the highest Levels.
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    He is the first to record the Hanuman Chalisa and to help create many of India's top Music Companies in Mumbai. He categorized all of India's Folk music for the Record Companies in Mumbai. He is a Folk Music Expert.

    Today anybody can have a picture with a famous person but to actually have friendships and have worked in Indian Cinema at the beginning of the stories is way different. He was one of the original people who actually created Bollywood & the name Bollywood in Bombay.


    ​Babu Kishan is a behind the scenes of Indian Cinema and Indian a Music Legend.
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    Babu Kishan has been a:  
    Cultural Representative of India for 40 years,
    traveling worldwide as a representative of 'India'. 
    With the

    Sangeet Natak Akademi
    ​"Indian National Academy of Music Dance and Drama"
     
    &
    ICCR "Indian Council of Cultural Relations"
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    New Book on Babu Kishan's life coming soon!

    Master of Indian Music
    Pandit
    Indian Music
    Indian Folk
    Indian Cinema
    Bollywood
    Music Director
    Music Composer
    Music Producer
    ​Fusion


    Multi-Instrumental playing 15 or more instruments.

    Released over 1000 albums

     Produced over 60 albums

    '150 Musical Scores for Indian Cinema'

    Master of 

    Indian Classical,
    Baul, Bhajan, Kirtan, chant Master
    Baul Kirtan
    East West
    ​Fusion 

    An Award winning Music Composer and Film maker.

    As an 11 year old he was awarded, 
    "The youngest  Music and Film Director  in Bengal" in 1978 in the 1980's he was highly awarded as a Music Composer in Bengal. He went on to receive a 2007 award for his contribution to Bollywood, A lifetime Achievement
    Award from Bollywood Buddy.

    ​Babu then known as Krishnendu Das composed all of his famous fathers music and those albums were the most successful of Purna Das Bauls career.

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