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Papon Indian playback singer and composer

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Jajabor, the theme song for MTV Hero Roadies X, created by acclaimed musician and singer Papon, is in tandem with his own persona. 'Jajabor', an Assamese word for 'traveller', implies someone who creates new roads where none exist. Born in Assam and exposed to folk and classical music, Papon too has explored genres across the musical panorama creating new tunes, new sounds. From Mehdi Hassan and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to Pink Floyd, from Frank Zappa and Irish rock band U2 to ghazal queen Farida Khanum or American trumpeter Louis Armstrong... Papon’s influences have been as eclectic as his art. The founder of the folk-fusion band Papon and The East India Company, he’s been the only artiste to have been a part of all three seasons of Coke Studio MTV. Creating folk music, ghazals, rock, blues...

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