Raaj J. Konwar

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Raaj J Konwar (Assamese: ৰাজ জে কোঁৱৰ; born 7 October 1975) is an Indian singer and composer from North Lakhimpur, Assam. His songs have been featured in Bollywood and Assamese films.^[1]

Education[]

Raaj J Konwar received his education at M.V. School and Govt H.S. School, North Lakhimpur. He attended J.B. College, Jorhat and Cotton College, Guwahati, and later he moved to the National College (Jhamathmal Advani Law College) Mumbai.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life[]

Raaj J Konwar was born to an Ahom family on 7 October 1975. His parents were Kshetra Mohan Borah and Amiya Borah of Nakari, North Lakhimpur. He married Liza Konwar in 2013.^{[citation needed]}

Struggling days[]

Raaj J Konwar arrived in Mumbai^[2] in 1996 on the pretext of recording his first Assamese Album Xagor tumi. He moved there permanently the next year to pursue a singing career, and started studying law at National College, Bandra, but concentrated on singing and making music. His elder brother, Bhagya Mohan Konwar, encouraged him and helped him financially before he became famous. After seven or eight years, he had his first major hit with the song Ajnabi Khabwon Mein in the movie Superstar. During his initial days in Mumbai he had to stay in a 40-bed dormitory for at least one and half year due to financial constraints.^{[citation needed]}

Playback singing[]

After his first break in the year 2008 with the popular song Ajnabi,^[3] he has sung in several Hindi movies, such as Click, Acid Factory, Mission Istanbul, Ragini MMS, Hostel, Sada Adda, and Mallika, and some Assamese movies, such as Ramdhenu, Rishang, Akax Subole Mon, and Rowd.

Bands[]

Raaj formed a band called 'Dynasty' in Jorhat when he was in Junior College. He sang for a band called 'Just' that played covers of songs by Guns N' Roses, Judas Priest, Peter Frampton and Eric Clapton while he was in Cotton College, Guwahati. In his initial days in Mumbai, he performed as a lead vocalist in a band called 'Hoboes' and worked with famous guitarist , with whom he performed songs by Pink Floyd, Ozzy Osbourne, Gary Moore, Extreme, and Mr. Big.^{[citation needed]}

Discography[]

HINDI MOVIE SONGS

ASSAMESE MOVIE SONGS

ASSAMESE ALBUMS- Xagor Tumi 1996, Abhiman 1997, Pokhiraj Mix 2000, Pakhi Meli 2006

Awards and nominations[]

• Raaj was nominated for the Best New Sensation of the year category in the 2012 Stardust Awards for the Song ITNA KAREEB AAO from the movie Ragini MMS
• Received the best playback song award at the PRAG CINE AWARD 2013 for the song WARRIOR OF LOVE from the movie Rishang.^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• www.rupohi.com
• www.raajjyotikonwar.com/raajkonwar