Roy sang Bhawaiya songs from the Rangpur area.
[2] He then enrolled into department of Bengali Literature in the University of Dhaka in 1968.
He learnt music from his father Harolal Roy and PC Gomez.
Now the institution has branches in Gaibandha, Kurigram and Lalmonirhat.
They have two sons and a daughter, Chandra Roy, who is a singer as well.