Anindya Chatterjee is an
Indian Bengali
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*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
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film director
A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...
,
music director
A music director, musical director or director of music is a person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization. This would include the artistic director and usually chief conductor of an orchestra or concert ...
,
singer
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,
lyricist
A lyricist is a writer who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment.
Royalties
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,
actor
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and
producer based in
Kolkata
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...
, West Bengal, India. He is the singer-lyricist of Bengali band
Chandrabindoo. In recent times he has composed multifarious songs in Bengali mainstream films as an independent music director.
Education
He is an alumnus of the
Scottish Church Collegiate School. He earned an undergraduate degree from the
Scottish Church College
Scottish Church College is a college affiliated by Calcutta University, India. It offers selective co-educational undergraduate and postgraduate studies and is the oldest continuously running Christian liberal arts and sciences college in Asia. ...
at the
University of Calcutta
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.
[''Some Alumni of Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 588] As a student at Scottish in the late 1980s, he was invited to perform at the college's annual fest ''Caledonia'', following which he performed his composition ''Sweetheart''. After the success of this song, he became initiated in the Kolkata college festival circuit. In 1989, the band
Chandrabindoo was formed, by him along with his college mates Rajesh Bose, Upal Sengupta and
Chandril Bhattacharya.
[A musical journey]
'telegraphindia.com''. Retrieved 4 October 2012
Films
As director
As actor
As lyricist
References
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Scottish Church Collegiate School alumni
Scottish Church College alumni
University of Calcutta alumni
Bengali male poets
Bengali musicians
Living people
Best Lyrics National Film Award winners
Year of birth missing (living people)
Singers from Kolkata
Film directors from Kolkata
Filmfare Awards East winners
Filmfare Awards Bangla winners