Kolkata: Tucked away in a small bylane about 300 meters from the University of Presidences and Indian coffee houses, far from the crowd of central Kolkata, a humble tea shop owner made a wave with the Kishore Kumar song while serving tea to customers from close to their customers and far away.
Meet Paltan Nag (56), better known as Paltan Kumar, who videos three minutes sang Kishore Kumar Classic ‘Main Shayar Badnaam’ from 1973 Blockbuster ‘Namak Haram’ on his 92-month birthday, while attending last Wednesday, has gone away Viral on social media and has turned it into an overnight sensation in his environment and so on.
Chaiwallah serves tea with songs #kishorekumar in Kolkata, go viral on the birthday of the born of idol #paltannag https://t.co/cvny2ryvux- toy kolkata (@toikolkata) 1628220744000 “Singing is the first and only passion.
I always Want to be a singer like Kishore Kumar but forced to manage this tea kiosk after my father died at an early age.
Being the only breadwinner from the family of seven, I have to focus on business but I never release music.
In fact, I found a set of audiences New in my customers and I found a huge excitement in entertaining them, “said Nag, while singing ‘Koi Hota Jisko Apna’ from the film 1971 ‘She Apne’ even when he serves tea and egg milk.
Devils to half a dozen customers outside the shop at Beniatola Lane on Thursday.
Diehard Kishore Kumar fans who he considered God, Nag said he used to sing from a very early age.
However, his parents were never able to buy formal music training for him.
“But it was never a deterrent and I would sing on the function of local culture and during the late 70s I had taken accents, style and yodeling Kishore Kumar and became popular as a copy singer.
I began to get a lot of stage shows but then my father died In the same year as Kishore Kumar and I was forced into the family of this tea shop, “said Nag.
However, musicians taught themselves said he began practicing songs while attending customers.
“First of all I used to play Kishore Kumar songs on my tape recorder and then I started singing it.
Lately, I set a 350-strange karaoke track Kishore Kumar song and play with my microphone every now and then,” said NAG Who has made a record singing 104 Kumar songs, back-to-back, on his birthday in 2019.
Almost five minutes walk from the streets of College Boipara, Nag tea shops are local landmarks, wearing photos of Kishore Kumar along with Bengali icons Others like Kumar Sanu and Sourav Ganguly and their customers range from local elderly.
For children from other parts of the city and even the closest district.
“One of my colleagues introduced me to the Paltan DA store about four years ago and since then my fans and every time I was in North Kolkata, I drank tea and snacks here with Paltan-da responding to song requests.
He is special,” said Abir Mukherjee, a medical representative from Howrah.
Rajib Mukherjee, who lives in the same environment, said because it grumbled, the whole area had become famous.
“He is a star and our environmental life,” Mukherjee said.
NAG, however, has one desire that is not fulfilled what he is very much – the opportunity to play singing in a film.
“I have attended several reality shows but never had a chance as a playback singer.
After a recent Viral song, someone who claimed to be from the Shankar Mahadevan team had asked me to attend the audition.
Let me see if my desire is filled now,” said Nag, Humming ‘Dilbar Mere Tak Mujhe’ from Amitabh Bachchhan Starte ‘Satte PE Satta’.
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