Tanishk Bagchi

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Tanishk Bagchi was born into a Hindu Bengali Family in Kolkata.His father, Nand Kumar Das is a musician and plays blues and Jazz. His father also worked as an arranger with the veterans like R. D. Burman, Salil Chowdhary, and Satyajit Ray.His mother, Sarmistha is a Punjabi musician who plays the guitar and Piano. She also teaches western and classical music.His family follows a tradition, in which every member has a right to choose their own surnames. Kanishks fathers surname is Das, and he took his grandfathers surname Bagchi as his last name.When he was five to six years old, he started to play the piano but left it after five years.After he had left learning the piano, Kanishk started to sing. The people liked his voice and started to offer him to sing in shows; which became a medium of his earning.At the age of 12, he started to write songs in Hindi; because he loved to write in it. He slowly began to sing and produce melodies.Since his childhood, he was interested in studies and wanted to become a pilot.Kanishk never took music seriously; as he thought that musicians were not paid well, and he will not be able to support his family, financially, if he pursued music.Kanishks mother wanted him to become a musician and encouraged him to learn music. Eventually, at the age of 15, he understood his passion for music and started to learn music from his father.