MUMBAI: Singer Babul Supriyo has joined the ranks of singer actors, by agreeing to play the lead in Tarun Majumdar’s next directorial venture, a Bangla film titled Chandrer Bari.

Rituparna Sen Gupta will play the female lead and the shooting for the film will start from 22 April 2007 in Kolkata.

Supriyo, who started his career singing cover versions of popular Kishore Kumar songs for T-Series in 1992, got his first break in Prem Rog (Zindagi chaar din ki..) in 1994. He has sung for films like Saat Rang Ke Sapne (Aati hai to chal…), Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai (Dil ne dil ko pukara and Sochta hun uska dil), Hello Brother (Hata sawan ki ghata) and many more films like Jeena Sirf Tere Liye, Mujhe Kuchh Kehna Hai, Tera Jadoo Chal Gaya, Chori Chori, Nayee Padosan and Janasheen.