Amartya Bobo Rahut is an Indian singer-songwriter, music producer and an independent artist from

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, India. Bobo has composed and produced music for films, albums and singles such as ''Shaam Simti'', ''Kaisi Ho ?'', ''

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'', '' Tu Hai Mera Sunday'', ''

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'', ''

Tumhari Sulu ''Tumhari Sulu'' () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film written and directed by Suresh Triveni and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Tanuj Garg, Krishan Kumar, Atul Kasbekar and Shanti Sivaram Maini under the banners of T-Series and E ...

'', ''Yadon Ke Idiot Box Mein'', ''Om The Fusion Band'', etc. Bobo has also done music for over 2500 TV commercials, and he has worked for some of the biggest brands and campaigns including

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, ITC,

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, Hero Motocorp, Bharti AXA,

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, Max New York, Haywards, Kingfisher IPL, Kurkure,

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, Thums Up etc. Bobo has to his credit, the ''bronze'' at

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for his Levi's Slim Fit Commercial for best soundtrack. He also won the award for best soundtrack at

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for the MTV/

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's ‘Jingle Bell – Bhangra Version’. Bobo has composed various signature tunes such as

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TV's Flute Tune, BSNL's Signature Tune,

's Whistle Mnemonic, Pepperfry's Brand Tune, etc. He is currently working on his independent music.

Early life

After completing his schooling & higher education from

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, Bobo has started his professional career as a guitar player in

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in 1992 with some of the biggest acts at that time namely – Shiva, The Fifth Dimension, Cactus, Paras Pathor (founding member), Prakriti, Asteroids etc. It was during the later part of those formative years, Bobo made up his mind about becoming a

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because he felt that would give him the maximum release of expression towards his art & he knew he had to take his art to places. Bobo opted for finding a bigger canvas and he decided to shift base to

in the year 2001. After going through an intense but supremely enriching phase of extreme struggle to get going and survive in one of the most competitive cities in the world as far as music and media are concerned. Bobo finally managed to establish himself as one of the premier music composer & record producer for the thriving advertising industry.

Discography

Awards and recognition

References

External links

*
Amartya Bobo Rahut
on

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rahut, Amartya Bobo 1977 births Living people Indian record producers Jingle composers Indian pop composers Hindi film score composers Bollywood playback singers Musicians from West Bengal