During my tenure in PRSI as an Intern, I did this project.

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CELEB SPEAK
INTERN-CELEB PHOTO CELEB PHOTO
Sri Sumit Roy,performing since last five decades,popularly known as ‘King of Calypso’.He sang
more than five hundred songs.I Anish Mondal,Intern of PRSI(Public Relations Society of
India),Kolkata Chapter taken an exclusive and personal interview of him.
Q.Give a brief description about yourself?
A.My passion ,my mission ,my dream is music and through music how I can do something for the
betterment of society.I have been a performing since last 5decades.Now,performing for various
organization like-Rotary,Lions,CII,Mother Teresa,doing music for TV serials,basic albums
etc.Rather than this I have huge number of students in schools and colleges.
Q.What do you think can spice things up?
A.Well,my music itself is very spicy.I do subjects from’Baul Calypso’.I do song on food,various
kinds of food song on Hindi,English,Bengali.I do many Indian classical music in piano which is very
spicy in itself.
Q.For developing the Indian music what should we do?
A.It’s a very difficult proposition,because the world is got very closed now.We are Inspired by
possibly mixing of western and hindi music.It is very very essential to hold a tradition because
Indian classical and folk music extremely rich and people across the globe also intimate Indian
culture.So,there is a time,lot of fusion and sometimes confusion.Basically,the commercial value
now people look into.It is commercially successful in Indian music,because it requires tremendous

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amount of sacrifice,where you will be commercially successful.In today’s world,the first priority is
the commercial aspect,of my subject that you would pursue be it a education,music sports etc
Q.What’s your biggest challenges in life?
A.My biggest challenges in life is to try and inculcate proper basic cultures and civic sense to
people in general.This is what,I am trying to do throughout my life,through my music and social
activities.In this moment it seems to be total chaos,lack of discipline and coivic sense,almost all
metro cities.So,it is very important that we should guide the next generation to look after their
city and people,which is something I am doing 24/7.
Q.Which music director have influenced you the most?From where you got inspiration?
A.It is not exactly on music director as such.But I was very closely associated with Shyamal Mitra
and lot of famous composers and singers,have also come to my home when my father was alive.I
have also been listening to Indian and Western classical and folk songs all over the world from
playing records,from a rare collection of father and myself.All these things put together and I feel
broad sense,vibrations to parents since childhood.Mind of mind from where I get this eternal
wave of music with very strong classical,pop,rock and other form of music.I compose
English,Bengali,Punjabi,influence of Latin America visit also embedded in my
veins.Ofcourse,being in close proximity with number of musicians in Kolkata has a huge influence
in my life.
Q.You are popularly known as –‘King of Calypso’.How do you feel after getting this title?
A.This hardly makes a different.Something,just sticks to your name in a style,I do Calypso singing
but I am not only Calypso.I do lot other activities.I do a lot of romantic songs.My composition
include Indian classic to pop,rocket.So,this is a very special to call me-‘King of Calypso’.
NAME OF INTERN-ANISH MONDAL
CO-INTERN-ARPITA SARKAR
NAME OF CELEB-SUMIT ROY
DATE-11/07/2015
ADDRESS-59/2B,MODIYALI MORE,TOLLYGUNJ,ALOKA
APARTMENTKOL-700026