Renowned Assamese singer Angarag Papon Mahanta celebrates his 47th birth anniversary today on Thursday. Angarag Mahanta popularly known as his stage name Papon has a massive fan following worldwide .
Angarag Papon Mahanta is the son of Khagen Mahanta and Archana Mahanta who were much-loved and popular singers of Assam.
Papon has given innumerable hit numbers to his fans both in Assamese and Hindi. Apart from Assamese and Hindi , he has sung in Bengali, Marathi and Tamil . He recently had sung a trilingual love song “Koi Nidiwa Kiyaw” with Shreya Ghoshal in Assamese, Bodo, and Tiwa Languages .
Papon started his career in music in 1998 with the Assamese song “Nasaba Sokule” from the album Snigdha Junak. In the year 2004 he released his first album, Junaki Raati. Almost all his Assamese songs are considered favourite
Papon made his debut in Bollywood with the song “Om mantra” from the film Strings – bound by faith in 2006. In 2011, his song was “Jiyein Kyun” from the movie Dum Maro Dum which was his first big hit. Some other popular bollywood songs of Papon include—
- Moh Moh Ke Dhaage
- Kyon
- Kaun mera
- Bulleya
- Tu Jo Mila
- Sun Le Re
- Humnava
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took to his twitter handle to wish papon, “Heartiest birthday greetings Papon! I pray to Maa Kamakhya and Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev to bless you with good health and a long life so that you continue to entertain everyone with your wonderful music.
Heartiest birthday greetings Papon!
I pray to Maa Kamakhya and Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev to bless you with good health and a long life so that you continue to entertain everyone with your wonderful music.@paponmusic pic.twitter.com/Vz99IvF7kf
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (Modi Ka Parivar) (@himantabiswa) November 24, 2022
