Kabir Suman is an Indian singer-songwriter, musician, music director, music composer, writer, actor, politician, and former journalist. He shot to fame in the 1990s with Bengali albums such as Tomake Chai and Boshe Anko. Suman has won a National Film Award for Best Music Direction for his work in Jaatishwar. From May 2009 to 2014, he was a member of parliament of India in the 15th Lok Sabha, having been elected from the Jadavpur constituency in West Bengal, from Trinamool Congress.