Question: Amar Paul who passed away recently was?
(a) Bharatanatyam dancer
(b) Actor
(c) Social Worker
(d) Folk Singer
Answer: (d)
Related facts:
- Eminent Bengali folk singer Amar Paul passed away on 22nd April, 2019 following a cardiac arrest at the age of 97.
- Born on 19th May, 1922, at Brahmanbaria in present day Bangladesh, Paul had started taking music lessons from his mother Durgasundari Paul.
- He learnt classical music from Ayat Ali Khan and folk music from Mani Chakraborty and Suren Chakraborty.
- He surfaced as a folk singer for the All India Radio in the early 1950s.
- Paul lent his voice in a number of films including Satyajit Ray’s ‘Hirak Rajar Deshe’.
- He has penned several books on folk songs of Bengal and received accolades from various academies around the world.
Links:
https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/eminent-bengali-folk-singer-amar-paul-dead-119042000743_1.html
https://www.newsnation.in/entertainment/bollywood-news/eminent-bengali-folk-singer-amar-paul-dies-article-221283.html