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|alt = Prafulla Kar singing in 2014
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|native_name = '''ପ୍ରଫୁଲ୍ଲ କର'''
|native_name_lang = or
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1939|02|16}}
|birth_place = [[Puri]], [[Odisha]]
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|nationality = [[India]]n
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|education = Graduate (Law), Sangeeta Bisharada
|alma_mater = [[Utkal University]], <br/> Gandharba University
|known_for = Odia Singer and Music Director,<ref name="Kisan world">{{cite book|title=Kisan world|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pURQAAAAYAAJ|access-date=7 August 2012|year=1982|publisher=Sakthi Sugars, Ltd.}}</ref> Lyricist, Columnist, Writer
|children = Mahaprasad Kar<ref name="telegraphindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110218/jsp/orissa/story_13597854.jsp|title=The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Orissa | Musical tribute to singer|publisher=telegraphindia.com|access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref> Sandhyadipa Kar<ref name="google">{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/sandhyadipa/home/sandhyadipa-odissi|title=Artist Profile - Sandhyadipa|access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref> Mahadeep Kar
|parents = Baidyanath Kar <br /> Sushila Kar
|awards = [[Padma Shri]]
|website = {{Official website|http://www.prafullakar.com/biography.htm}}
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|spouse = Manorama Kar
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'''Prafulla Kar''' (born 16 February 1939) is an Oriya musician, singer,<ref name="Orissa reference: glimpses of Orissa">{{cite book|title=Orissa reference: glimpses of Orissa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1RBuAAAAMAAJ|access-date=7 August 2012|year=2001|publisher=TechnoCAD Systems}}</ref> lyricist, writer and columnist.<ref name="MohantyPatnaik2003">{{cite book|author1=Gopinath Mohanty|author2=Jeeban Kumar Patnaik|author3=Santosha Kumāra Ratha |title=Cultural heritage of [Orissa]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e7ZKAQAAIAAJ|access-date=21 January 2013|year=2003|publisher=State Level Vyasakabi Fakir Mohan Smruti Samsad|isbn=978-81-902761-4-6}}</ref><ref name="BehuriaUnit">{{cite book|author1=N. C. Behuria|author2=Orissa (India). Gazetteers Unit|title=Orissa state gazetteer|year=1990|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0hJuAAAAMAAJ|access-date=21 January 2013|publisher=Gazetteers Unit, Deptartment of Revenue, Government of Orissa}}</ref>
He was received [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award by the [[Government of India]] in 2015 for his contribution in the field of arts.<ref>{{cite news|title=Padma Awards 2015|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/padma-awards-2015-bill-milinda-gates-on-list-for-padma-bhushan-amitabh-bachchan-dilip-kumar-for-padma-vibhushan-2/|access-date=25 January 2015|newspaper=TheIndianExpress}}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Born in 1939 into musician family in [[Puri]], [[Odisha]]. His father
is Baidyanath Kar and mother is Susila Kar. His elder father Khetra Mohan Kar was a renowned Tabla Player. He was raised and brought up by his grand father Bhagaban Misra and grand mother Apanna Devi because he lost his father at an early age.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/sandhyadipa/other-links/prafulla-kar|title=Prafulla Kar - Sandhyadipa|website=sites.google.com|access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref>

Prafulla Kar has worked as music director and often as singer in 70 Oriya Films (Released and unreleased) as well as in 4 Bangla films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://odishasuntimes.com/prafulla-kar-the-man-behind-introducing-onglish-in-ollywood/|title=Prafulla Kar contribution to the industry|last=Rath|first=Punya Prava|date=19 November 2017|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prafullakar.com/biography.htm|title=Prafulla Kar Foundation ::|website=www.prafullakar.com|access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
* 'Prafulla Kar Samman' awarded to different singers every year to celebrate his birthday in a two-day musical event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2018/feb/16/prafulla-kar-samman-for-kavita-krishnamurthy-1774174.html|title=Prafulla Kar Samman for Kavita Krishnamurthy|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref> The award consists of a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh, a citation and a shawl.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://odishasuntimes.com/kavita-krishnamurthy-to-be-conferred-with-prafulla-kar-samman/|title=Kavita Krishnamurthy to be conferred with Prafulla Kar Samman {{!}} OdishaSunTimes.com|last=Bureau|first=Odisha Sun Times|date=12 February 2018|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref>

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Award !! Event !! Category !! Source
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| 2004 || [[Orissa State Film Awards|Jayadeva Award]] || [[Orissa State Film Awards]] ||rowspan="8" | [[Music]]|| <ref name="orissacinema">{{cite web|url=http://www.orissacinema.com/history/orissa-state-film-award.html|title=Orissa State Film Award Winners | Orissa Cinema | Odisha Ollywood|publisher=orissacinema.com|access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="orissadiary">{{cite web|url=http://orissadiary.com/ShowOriyaOrbit.asp?id=30773|title=Odisha: Film Director Aprub Kishore Bir selected for Prestigious 'Jayadev Award' for 2010, Oriya Success Orbit, Odisha Latest Headlines|publisher=orissadiary.com|access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2008 || Swarna Sanjibani Award || || <ref name="hindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/11/stories/2008051150630200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522174828/http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/11/stories/2008051150630200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 May 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|title='Swarna Sanjivani' award for Prafulla Kar - Other States|date=2008-05-11|access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2009 || Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja Award || || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.batoi.com/360/odisha/2012/03/23/manimala-devi-prafulla-kar-conferred-with-kabi-samrat-upendra-bhanja-award/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-06-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121217121907/https://www.batoi.com/360/odisha/2012/03/23/manimala-devi-prafulla-kar-conferred-with-kabi-samrat-upendra-bhanja-award/ |archive-date=2012-12-17 }}</ref>
|-
| 2010 || Balakrushna Das Award || || <ref name="hindu2">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/25/stories/2010102551200200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029233327/http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/25/stories/2010102551200200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=News Archives|date=2010-10-25|access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2011 || FitFat Biscope Award || || <ref name="cinemasagar">{{cite web|url=http://cinemasagar.com/award/8th-fitfat-biscope-awards-2011/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511014757/http://cinemasagar.com/award/8th-fitfat-biscope-awards-2011/|archive-date=2012-05-11|url-status=dead|title=CinemaSagar » 8th FITFAT Biscope Awards -2011|access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|2012 || Kadambini Award || || <ref name="thehindu2">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/article3590888.ece|title=Kadambini Samman for Prafulla Kar - Other States|newspaper=The Hindu|date=July 2012|access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Parampara Award || || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.batoi.com/360/odisha/2012/03/31/prafulla-kar-asim-basu-bhagirathi-mohapatra-honored-with-parampara-samman-2012/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-06-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121217115615/https://www.batoi.com/360/odisha/2012/03/31/prafulla-kar-asim-basu-bhagirathi-mohapatra-honored-with-parampara-samman-2012/ |archive-date=2012-12-17 }}</ref><ref>http://www.amaodisha.com/orissa/entertainment/singer-prafulla-kar-has-been-felicitated-by-governor-m-c-bhandare/</ref>
|-
| 2013 || Sahadev Padhi Award || 11th Kumar Utsav || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2013/state-editions/singer-prafulla-kar-gets-sahadev-padhi-award.html|title=Singer Prafulla Kar gets Sahadev Padhi Award|last=Pioneer|first=The|website=The Pioneer|language=en|access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref>
|-
| 2015 || [[Padma Shri]] || || Arts || <ref name=pdma>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards 2015|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6VrWjEuo3?url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952|publisher=Press Information Bureau|access-date=25 January 2015|archive-date=26 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2016 || D. Lit (Utkal University) || || rowspan="2"|[[Music]] || <ref name="thehindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/article2779832.ece?css=print|title=13 students presented gold medals at convocation - OTther States|newspaper=The Hindu|date=6 January 2012|access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="orissadiary2">{{cite web|url=http://orissadiary.com/ShowEvents.asp?id=31213|title=Odisha: 3rd convocation ceremony of Utkal University of Culture held, Odisha Events, Odisha Latest Headlines|publisher=orissadiary.com|access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2017 || Choklate Legend Award || Choklate Music Awards ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://odishasuntimes.com/prafulla-kar-the-man-behind-introducing-onglish-in-ollywood/|title=Prafulla Kar— the man behind introducing 'Onglish' in Ollywood! {{!}} OdishaSunTimes.com|last=Rath|first=Punya Prava|date=19 November 2017|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.dailyhunt.in/news/africa/english/odisha+sun+times-epaper-osuntime/prafulla+kar+the+man+behind+introducing+onglish+in+ollywood-newsid-76639282|title=Prafulla Kar- the man behind introducing 'Onglish' in Ollywood! - Odisha Sun Times|website=Dailyhunt|language=en|access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|3362303}}
* [https://sites.google.com/site/sursangam2012/other-links/prafulla-kar Biography]

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}}
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[[Category:1939 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Puri district]]
[[Category:Indian film score composers]]
[[Category:Indian male playback singers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts]]
[[Category:Indian male film score composers]]

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