Anirudha Bhattacharjee is a Calcutta-based music historian and author.

Life

Anirudh was an engineering graduate of

IIT Kharagpur The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur or IIT-KGP) is a public institute of technology, research university, and autonomous institute established by the Government of India in Kharagpur, West Bengal. Founded in 1951, the in ...

Publications

He has authored and co-authored six books on cinema and music. They are as follows: *'' R. D. Burman: The Man The Music''. HarperCollins, 2011. With Balaji Vittal. . *''Gaata Rahe Mera Dil''. HarperCollins, 2015. With Balaji Vittal. . *''S.D. Burman: the Prince-Musician''. Tranquebar, 2018. With Balaji Vittal. . *'' Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography''. HarperCollins, 2022. With Parthiv Dhar. . *''Basu Chatterji: and Middle of the Road Cinema''. Penguin India, 2023. . *Lata Mangeshkar: My Favourites, Vol. 2

Awards

*2011:

National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema The National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards ...

59th National Film Awards The 59th National Film Awards, presented by the Directorate of Film Festivals, honoured the best of Indian cinema for 2011 and took place on 3 May 2012 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. Awards were presented in 38 categories in the Feature Films se ...

for ''R. D. Burman: The Man The Music'' *2011: Nominated for Shakti Bhatt award for Best non-fiction book for ''R. D. Burman: The Man The Music'' *2015: Jio MAMI Award for Excellence in Writing in Cinema for ''Gaata Rahe Mera Dil''

References

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