Background
Raaj J Konwar was born to an Ahom family on 7 October 1975.
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Raaj J Konwar received his education at M.V. School and Government High School School, North Lakhimpur. He attended J.B. College, Jorhat and Cotton College, Guwahati, and later he moved to the National College (Jhamathmal Advani Law College) Mumbai.
Career
His songs have been featured in Bollywood and Assamese films. Raaj J Konwar arrived in Mumbai in 1996 on the pretext of recording his first Assamese Album Xagor tumi. He moved there permanently the next year to pursue a singing career, and started studying law at National College, Bandra, but concentrated on singing and making music
After seven or eight years, he had his first major hit with the song Ajnabi Khabwon Mein in the movie Superstar.
During his initial days in Mumbai he had to stay in a 40-bed dormitory for at least one and half year due to financial constraints. Raaj formed a band called "Dynasty" in Jorhat when he was in Junior College.
He sang for a band called "Just" that played covers of songs by Guns North" Roses, Judas Priest, Peter Frampton and Eric Clapton while he was in Cotton College, Guwahati. In his initial days in Mumbai, he performed as a lead vocalist in a band called "Hoboes" and worked with famous guitarist Mansur Alam, with whom he performed songs by Pink Floyd, Ozzy Osbourne, Gary Moore, Extreme, and Mr Big.
Achievements
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Raaj was nominated for the Best New Sensation of the year category in the 2012 Stardust Awards for the Song ITNA KAREEB AAO from the movie Ragini Behavioural Science Institute Received the best playback song award at the PRAG Council on International Nontheatrical Events AWARD 2013 for the song WARRIOR OF LOVE from the movie Rishang.
