Legendary singer Prafulla Kar: All you must know about him

Odisha : Legendary singer Prafulla Kar has passed away on Sunday night after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 83 years old. 

He was a famous Odia musician, singer, lyricist, writer and columnist. Prafulla Kar was awarded with Padma Shri (fourth highest civilian award) in 2015 by the Government of India for his contribution to the Odia culture and music.

Birth date and place

Mr Kar was born on February 16, 1939 into a musician family in Puri, Bengal Presidency. His father is Baidyanath Kar and mother is Susila Kar. He was raised by his grandfather Bhagaban Misra and grandmother Apanna Devi after his father lost his life in the early age.

Work Life

Prafulla Kar has worked as music director and often as singer in 70 Oriya Films (Released and unreleased) as well as in 4 Bangla films.

Awards

He received many awards during his work life and following is the list:

2004: Jayadeva Award

2008: Swarna Sanjibani Award

2009: Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja Award

2010: Balakrushna Das Award

2011: FitFat Biscope Award

2012: Kadambini Award and Parampara Award

2013: Sahadev Padhi Award

2014: Padma Shri

2015: D. Lit. (Utkal University)

2016: Choklate Legend Award

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