Prashant Tamang

Prashant Tamang was born in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India to mother Rupa Tamang and father Madan Tamang and studied at St Robert School. After the demise of his father in an accident, Prashant left school and joined Kolkata Police as a constable in his father's place. In Kolkata Police, he sang for the police orchestra. His family includes his grandmother, mother and his sister, Archana. Prashant married Geeta Thapa (Martha Alley), who is a flight attendant, on 16 February 2011 in Nagaland, India.

In 2009, Prashant Tamang started his acting career in Nepali films. His first film Gorkha Paltan was released in 2010. Gorkha Paltan did very well at the box office. Prashant's second film Angalo Yo Maya Ko, produced in Sikkim, was released on 31 March 2011. Kina Maya Ma, Prashant's third film, was released in 2011. Prashant's fourth Nepali film Nishani, based on the bravery of the Gorkhas in the Kargil War, was released in 2014.

Prashant Tamang is an Indian singer and film actor based in Kathmandu. He was the winner of Indian Idol Season 3 in 2007.

According to the Indian Idol programme commentary, Prashant auditioned for Indian Idol III (2007) because his friends and his seniors, especially Mr. Zulfiqar Hasan, Special Additional Commissioner of Police (who incidentally also got Prashant's leave sanctioned for the competition) told him that his voice was very good. He auditioned for Indian Idol in Kolkata and was subsequently chosen for the next rounds. He received mixed comments from judges for his performances. He is the only contestant to have never been in the bottom three or four of the gala round. He made it to the top two of Indian Idol 3 along with Amit Paul. Prashant got about 10 times more votes (70 million votes) than Amit in the final and went on to win the Indian Idol contest. He won 10 million Indian rupees cash prize & a Maruti Suzuki SX4 as the winner of Indian Idol.