# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kalika-prasad-bhattacharya
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:28:25.089Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kalika-prasad-bhattacharya"
name: "Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya"
slug: "kalika-prasad-bhattacharya"
description: "Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya was an Indian folk singer and researcher. He was born and raised in Silchar, Assam. He went on to study comparative literature at Jadavpur University. His musical inspiration was his uncle Ananta Bhattacharya. In 1999, he co-founded the band Dohar with the intent to revive the folk music tradition of Northern and Eastern Bengal. He also contributed music to a number of movies. His last movie was Bhuban Majhi (2017). He was associated with the popular Zee Bangla Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, a renowned Bengali music reality show. His last concert was in the Baguihati Krishi Mela."
tagline: "Indian folk singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kalika_Wiki.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1971-09-11"
deathDate: "2017-03-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.56
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.877430666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump