Debojyoti Mishra (born 30 April 1963 at

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) is an Indian

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and film composer. He became popular with his minimalist classical compositions for the Hindi film '' Raincoat'', directed by

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. He also worked on Bengali films, ''

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and Sesher Kobita'', directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. He composed songs for the Bengali film '' Autograph'' starring Prasenjit Chatterjee,

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and Indraneil Sengupta.

Early years and career

He had composed for

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in a British production being directed by Enamul Karim.

Filmography

References

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