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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
Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
. 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, and dancer and actress Kastury Chattopadhyay. In 2017, at the age of 20, Shreyan Chattopadhyay began his career scoring for
Pancham Baidik Pancham Baidik is a Bengali theatre group directed by Shaoli Mitra. ''Nathabati Anaathabat'', the group's first production was staged in 1983. Productions * ''Nathabati Anaathabat'' * ''Katha Amritasaman'' * ''Rajnaitik Hatya'' * ''Poshu Khama ...
's play "Machi" (
Arpita Ghosh Arpita Ghosh, is an Indian theatre artist and politician who serves as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from West Bengal. She has served as the Member of Parliament of the 16th Lok Sabha for Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency), West Bengal. ...
's adaptation of
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's
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); his debut work on the background score of the play received critical acclaim. Since then, Chattopadhyay has gone on to compose the background score for several
theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...
productions in
Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
. His most recent work has been on "Bhopal", a
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audio documentary series on Rajkumar Keswani and the
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.


Early life

From an early age, Chattopadhyay worked as an actor in his father's
Bengali theatre Bengali theatre primarily refers to theatre performed in the Bengali language. Bengali theatre is produced mainly in West Bengal, and in Bangladesh. The term may also refer to some Hindi theatres which are accepted by the Bengali people. Ben ...
group, Sansriti. 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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's
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 forbidd ...
. His performance as a child actor was commended; and he went on to star alongside Sujan Mukhopadhyay in his father's
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production, "Break Fail". Since then, he has not revisited acting. Chattopadhyay completed his schooling from
Salt Lake School Salt Lake School is a co-educational school situated in Salt Lake City, Kolkata, India. This institution not only focuses on the academics, but also sports and several other co-curricular aspects of the students. Few alumnus of Salt Lake School ...
. In school, he was a part of the school band "Chords of Canopy", as a lead guitarist. 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 fourth am ...
. 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. 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
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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
Arpita Ghosh Arpita Ghosh, is an Indian theatre artist and politician who serves as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from West Bengal. She has served as the Member of Parliament of the 16th Lok Sabha for Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency), West Bengal. ...
; which led to his debut work on
Pancham Baidik Pancham Baidik is a Bengali theatre group directed by Shaoli Mitra. ''Nathabati Anaathabat'', the group's first production was staged in 1983. Productions * ''Nathabati Anaathabat'' * ''Katha Amritasaman'' * ''Rajnaitik Hatya'' * ''Poshu Khama ...
's production, "Machi".


Career

Shreyan Chattopadhyay began his career as a theatre composer in 2017, with
Arpita Ghosh Arpita Ghosh, is an Indian theatre artist and politician who serves as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from West Bengal. She has served as the Member of Parliament of the 16th Lok Sabha for Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency), West Bengal. ...
's play "Machi". In the same year, he composed the background score 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 Pancham Baidik is a Bengali theatre group directed by Shaoli Mitra. ''Nathabati Anaathabat'', the group's first production was staged in 1983. Productions * ''Nathabati Anaathabat'' * ''Katha Amritasaman'' * ''Rajnaitik Hatya'' * ''Poshu Khama ...
. 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 Henrik Ibsen's
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; the play was titled "Jaganiya Mritajan". Chattopadhyay wrote and produced an entirely
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score, for his father's first production under the banner of Swapnasandhani. His original score for "1984?" ( Debesh Chattopadhyay's adaptation of George Orwell's dystopian novel
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) also featured two guest
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s; from
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and
Arpita Ghosh Arpita Ghosh, is an Indian theatre artist and politician who serves as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from West Bengal. She has served as the Member of Parliament of the 16th Lok Sabha for Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency), West Bengal. ...
respectively. His "raucous soundtrack" for the play received critical acclaim. In 2020, Shreyan composed the background score for "Sher Afgan" ( Debesh Chattopadhyay'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 Rajkumar Keswani and the
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.


See also

* Debesh Chattopadhyay *
Arpita Ghosh Arpita Ghosh, is an Indian theatre artist and politician who serves as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from West Bengal. She has served as the Member of Parliament of the 16th Lok Sabha for Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency), West Bengal. ...
* Suman Mukhopadhyay *
Kaushik Sen Koushik Sen (born 19 September 1968) is an Indian actor of film, television and theatre based in Kolkata. He is the director of the well-acclaimed theatre group Swapnasandhani. He has won the BFJA awards for best supporting actor for his perform ...
*
Bratya Basu Bratyabrata Basu Roy Chowdhury (born 25 September 1969),Bratya Basu(collected plays), Ananda Publishers, 2004 also known as Bratya Basu, is an Indian actor, stage director, playwright, film director, professor and a politician who is serving a ...


References

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