Debojyoti Mishra (born 30 April 1963 at
Kolkata
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) is an Indian
music director
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and
film composer
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. He became popular with his minimalist classical compositions for the Hindi film ''
Raincoat
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'', directed by
Rituparno Ghosh
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. He also worked on Bengali films, ''
Chaturanga
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and
Sesher Kobita'', directed by
Suman Mukhopadhyay. He composed songs for the Bengali film ''
Autograph
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'' starring
Prasenjit Chatterjee
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,
Nandana Sen
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and
Indraneil Sengupta
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Career
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.
Early years and Career
He had composed for
Shakira
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in a British production being directed by
Enamul Karim.
Filmography
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*(1999)
*(2000)
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*(2004)
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* ''(2014)''
* ''(2015)''
*''(2015)''
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*(2020)(2021)
*(2022)
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References
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Indian film score composers
Living people
1960 births
University of Calcutta alumni
Jingle composers
People from Dinajpur District, Bangladesh
Musicians from Kolkata
Indian male film score composers