Prasenjit Ghosal (born 2 December 1979), known professionally as Dabbu, () is a music composer based in

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. He workes as a music composer in

and

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. He has closely worked with film production company SVF and has composed several Bengali films songs which have been sung by artists including

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, Papon,

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, and Shaan.

Performance

He plays the guitar and has performed with on albums including ''This is not fusion'' in front of live audience in

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at Book Fest,

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at Fest, and Bozar Fest in

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in 2006. DABBU performed at the British Museum,

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in 2011 for

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and has collaborated with vocalists including

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and Gary Lawyer during tours. He has played for bands such as Hip Pocket and also accompanied jazz musicians such as Louis Bankz at venues which have included, Blue Frog, Jazz By the Bay,

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Career

Dabbu was born in Kolkata and started his career as a guitar player, where he played for films, adverts, and songs. He started his music direction career with film production company

Shree Venkatesh Films SVF Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian film production and distribution company, founded by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni in 1995. Apart from producing and distributing Bengali films in West Bengal, Bangladesh, Assam and Tripura, SVF a ...

in Kolkata. He moved to Mumbai in 2009.

Filmography

References

7.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/music/bengali/check-out-new-bengali-trending-lyrical-song-music-video-toke-niye-sung-by-santanu-dey-sarkar/videoshow/85234669.cms?from=mdr 8.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/saptaswa-reveals-how-jatugrihos-music-is-shaping-up/articleshow/83303833.cms?s=08&from=mdr

External links

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