Abhijeet Das is a singer since he was 6 years old. He completed his school and college studies in Tezpur, Assam. Then he completed 5 years Hindustani classical music from Bhatkhande Sangeet Vidyapith, Lucknow. He belongs to an Assamese cultural family. He has two elder sisters and two elder brothers. His two sisters were already married. His father Late Ghanakant Das was a gold medalist in Sanskrit language. His mother Karunamoyee Das was fond of dance and music. She herself was a dance composer and a singer. As Abhijeet Das's father died during his childhood days, he got all supports from his two brothers for his school and college studies. In the field of music, he was always encouraged by his mother. As he completed his graduation, his loving mother also died. After passing B.com, Abhijeet Das has settled in Mumbai. That way Abhijeet Das has become a professional singer of Mumbai. Through his singing he could enter into the bollywood world too. He had a good friendship with bollywood actor Rajesh Khanna, Dev Anand, Pran etc. Even he has a friendly relation with actor Govinda and so on. As his voice is suitable for the songs sung by Mohd. Rafi, he got an offer by Newstar Audio to sing various songs of old movies. In 1994, during his struggle days, he came in contact of renown music director Ravindra Jain who recognized Abhijeet's melodious voice. He taught Abhijeet the actual style of singing 'Sugam Sangeet' by teaching him some semi classical devotional songs. But by that time, Ravindra Jain's phase of music direction in films was almost over. Abhijeet Das has a deep respect for Ravindra Jain for his amazing music compositions. Abhijeet Das always prefers to sing songs based on pure Indian music. He never prefers to earn money by singing latest songs which are not purely based on Indian or western music. He says, such songs always have short life. They are neither Indian melodies nor western melodies. In 2010, he sang in the movie 'Beach'. Then, he sang songs in the movies--'Pyar Ki Taquat', 'Khooni Tahalka' etc which are yet to release. He had a love marriage with a girl in Mumbai who's originally from Orissa. His wife Neeta Das basically is not a singer but very fond of music. Even his only daughter Naina Das has also become a very popular singer of Mumbai. She learnt Hindustani vocal music and all singing styles of different semi classical and light songs from her loving dad Abhijeet Das. The different songs they both sang are collected in an audio album "Evergreen songs of Naina Das & Abhijeet Das" by Newstar audio which is already released and available on net. Abhijeet Das's wife Neeta Das encourages Naina for her music and studies so that she can also become a good singer like her father. Abhijeet Das has already sung in many live stage shows in Assam and Mumbai since his childhood days till now.
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