Shreyan Chattopadhyay, born Shreyan Chatterjee, also known by his nickname Dodo, is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer and musician; who works primarily in

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. His works are noted for integrating traditional orchestral arrangements with

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, and rock music. He is the son of film and theatre director

Debesh Chattopadhyay Debesh Chattopadhyay (also Chatterjee) is an Indian Bengali film & theatre director and actor. He has also acted in a few Bengali films. Career Chattopadhyay is associated with theatre since 1984. At that time he was 18 years old. In 1989 ...

, and dancer and actress Kastury Chattopadhyay. In 2017, at the age of 20, Shreyan Chattopadhyay began his career scoring for Pancham Baidik's play "Machi" (

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's adaptation of

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); his debut work on the

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of the play received critical acclaim. Since then, Chattopadhyay has gone on to compose the

for several

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productions in

. His most recent work has been on "Bhopal", a

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audio documentary series on

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and the

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Early life

From an early age, Chattopadhyay worked as an actor in his father's

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group,

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. In 2010, at the age of 13, he was cast to play the young age of the titular character, in

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's small screen adaptation of

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Devdas ''Devdas'' ( bn, দেবদাস, transliterated as ''Debdās'') is a Bengali romance novel written by Sarat Chandra Chatterjee. The story pivots a tragic triangle linking Devdas, an archetypal lover in viraha (separation); Paro, his forbidde ...

. His performance as a child actor was commended; and he went on to star alongside

Sujan Mukhopadhyay Sujan Mukhopadhyay (also known as Neel Mukherjee) is an Indian actor who works in Bengali language films, television and theatre. In 2012 he made his directorial debut with the film ''Ghete Gho''. He is an active Member of the renowned Theatre ...

in his father's

production, "Break Fail". Since then, he has not revisited acting. Chattopadhyay completed his schooling from

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. In school, he was a part of the school band "Chords of Canopy", as a lead guitarist. CQ1397

His interest shifted from acting to music during his

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years. Chattopadhyay never received any formal music training; and is a self taught guitarist and composer. In 2015, Chattopadhyay began to pursue an undergraduate course in English, from

Jadavpur University Jadavpur University is a public state university located in Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established in 1905 as ''Bengal Technical Institute'' and was converted into Jadavpur University in 1955. In 2022, it was ranked four ...

. In college, he devoted more time to songwriting than playing the guitar. During this time, he wrote and performed his own songs in various college events. JU_Farewell

In 2016, Shreyan Chattopadhyay independently released an

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album, titled "Footprints on the Sea". One of his college friends, Souradeep Sen, provided the vocals for the album; while Chattopadhyay wrote, arranged, recorded, mixed and mastered all of the songs on his own. The entire album was produced in his bedroom studio; which he had put up during his second year of college. This album caught the attention of

; which led to his debut work on Pancham Baidik's production, "Machi".

Career

Shreyan Chattopadhyay began his career as a theatre composer in 2017, with

's play "Machi". In the same year, he composed the

for Shyamal Chakraborty's play "Hontarok". In 2018, Shreyan Chattopadhyay worked for the first time in one of his father's

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as a composer. He wrote the musical score for his father's play, "Amodito Roddur"; which was produced under the banner of Pancham Baidik. His work on the play was critically well received. He then went on to score for Rajib Bardhan's

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adaptation of

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; the play was titled "Jaganiya Mritajan". Chattopadhyay wrote and produced an entirely

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, for his father's first production under the banner of

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. His original score for "1984?" (

's adaptation of

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's dystopian novel

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) also featured two guest

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s; from

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and

respectively. His "raucous soundtrack" for the play received critical acclaim. In 2020, Shreyan composed the background score for "Sher Afgan" (

's adaptation of

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's play

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. In 2022, he worked on music and sound design for Neil McCarthy's (producer of

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) audio documentary series "Bhopal" (from

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) based on the Indian journalist

and the

References

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Early life

Career

See also

References