Papon Birthday, Age, Family & Biography

Papon

Indian

Singer

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BIRTHDAY	24 November, 1975
BIRTH PLACE	Nagaon , Assam
COUNTRY	India
AGE (in 2018)	42 Years Old
BIRTH SIGN	Sagittarius
HEIGHT	in centimeters- 173 cm in meters- 1.73 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 8”
WEIGHT	in Kilograms- 76 kg in Pounds- 167.55 lbs

Last Updated on : March 1, 2018

Other Name: Angarag Mahanta

Other Professions : Composer Record Producer Founder Musician Songwriter Playback Singer

Appearance: Bollywood Assamese Bengali Tamil Marathi Kannada

Birthday Countdown, Age and Birthday Facts

42 years, 10 months, 21 days old age. Papon will turn 43 on 24 November, 2018. Only 1 months, 8 days, 3 hours, 19 minutes has left for his next birthday.

Papon Born On	Monday
Day of the Next Birthday	Saturday
Birthdays Celebrated on Each Day of Week Check Your Birthday Facts
Papon has celebrated the total number of 42 birthdays till date. See the analysis by days count and bar graph.
Total Birthdays Celebrated 42 42 Sunday 5 12% Monday 6 14% Tuesday 6 14% Wednesday 6 14% Thursday 7 17% Friday 6 14% Saturday 6 14%

About Edit

Papon was born on 24-11-1975 in Nagaon in the state of Assam, India. He is an Indian Singer, Composer, Record Producer, Founder, Musician, Songwriter & Playback Singer who known for his work in Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, and Kannada films.

Career

Angarag Mahanta is a famous Indian singer, record producer and a composer known by his stage name ‘Papon’. He had a background in music and was influenced by it from childhood. He was trained in devotional (Borgeet), folk music, and Indian Classical initially. He later learned vocals along with playing harmonium, tabla, guitar, and khol. Though ‘Assamese’ is his mother tongue, he had sung in other languages such as Marathi, Punjabi, Hindi, Mishing, Bengali, and Tamil.

Acoustic folk, ambient electronic and new-age Indian classical music are covered by his music. An electronic folk-fusion band ‘Papon’ was formed by him in 2007.The band has 6 members including Tanmay, Dipu, Kirti, Jinti, Hameem Kader, and Brin Desai. The band had performed at the SAARC Music Band Festival, the Kovalam Literary Festival, and the Eastwind Festival. Its first solo album was released in 2011.They performed at NH7 Weekender fest, October Fest, and the Rock for Rights concert. Saregama HMV released their tracks "OMO" and "Jiya Baittho Jai". Dada Music released their song "Khuda Hota".

He has sung songs for many Bollywood movies such as is "Labon ka karobar" for Befikre , "Bulleya" for Sultan, "Moh moh ke dhage" for Dum Laga Ke Haisha, "Humnava" for Hamari Adhuri Kahani, "Lakeerein" for Kya Dilli Kya Lahore, "Sun ri Bavli" for Lakshmi, "Khudse" and "Sun le re" for Madras Cafe. The super hit song "Kyon" from the film ‘Barfi!.’ is sung by him. He sang "Jiyein Kyun" for Dum Maro Dum. Junaki Raati, Sinaaki Osinaaki, Rangphul, Gomseng, Phagunor Gaan, Chandamukhi are few of his albums. He had performed in the 1st edition of MTV Coke Studio and later returned to it in 2013. He had grown with the show. He sang "Pak Pak (Bihu Naam)", Assamese folk song "Tokari", and the melancholic folk song "Sahil Tak" on different seasons of the show. He had received an immense response on YouTube for his Coke Studio seasons.

He is a founding member of the East India Company. A seven-part documentary web series “Hometown Heroes” was released by Red Bull in 2016 which revisits the story about him and his journey of a successful music career. He had also worked on ‘MTV Roadies X: Battle for Glory” theme song “ Jajabor" in 2013. He has won many prestigious awards for contributions toward music industry.

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Family Relatives and Relation

He was born to Khagen Mahanta and Archana Mahanta. He is married to Shweta Mishra Mahanta and together the couple is blessed with a son named Puhor Mahanta and a daughter named Parijaat Mahanta.

Body Measurements

Chest Size	42
Biceps Size	13
Waist Size	34
Skin Colour	Fair
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black

Personal Info

Home Town	Nagaon
Nationality	Indian
Religion	Hindu
Address	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
School	N/A
College	N/A
Qualification	N/A
Hobbies	Playing Instruments
Marital Status	Married
Debut	Album - Junaki Raati (2004)
Official Website	www.papon.in
Best Songs	Jiyen Kyun and Kyon, Moh Moh Ke Dhaage, Bulleya and Boitha Maro Re among others

Favourites

Favorite Actor

Ranbir Kapoor

Shocking / Interesting Facts About Papon

Papon is his nickname.
He has also featured in MTV Coke Studio.
Criminal charges were filed against him after he was accused of kissing a minor on the reality TV show.
He along with his band performed at the BITS Pilani Goa campus.