Srijato Bandopadhyay is an Indian poet of the

Bengali language Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second m ...

. He won the

Ananda Puroskar The Ananda Puraskar () is an award for Bengali literature awarded annually by the ABP Group to writers using Bengali, usually from West Bengal, India. History The award can be traced to a comment by Annada Shankar Ray ruing the absence of litera ...

in 2004 for his book ''Udanta Sawb Joker: All Those Flying Jokers''. In 2014, he won the

Filmfare Awards East Filmfare Awards Bangla is the Bengali segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by The Times Group to honour the artistic and cinematic excellence in Bengali. The first installment of the awards were held for Bengali, Assamese and Odia ...

for Best Lyricist for the song 'Balir Shohor' from '' 'Mishawr Rawhoshyo'''. Srijato’s poetic composition 'Megh Bodoler Kabbi' has been published in International Kolkata Bookfair 2020 along with another novel ''Briksha Onubadak''. Besides writing poems and songs, he also does anchoring and Public Speaking. Recently he made his acting debut in

Srijit Mukherji Srijit Mukherji is an excellent national award winning Indian film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. His regular collaboration with veteran actor Prosenjit Chatterjee brought him into the ...

's film ''

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''. He has also attended a writer's workshop at the

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Early life

Srijato was born in a musical family. He lived at Garia and spent his childhood at Kamdohari, Narkelbagan. Srijato is the grandchild of classical vocalist Sangeetacharya

Tarapada Chakraborty Tarapada Chakraborty (April 1, 1909 – September 1, 1975) was an Indian classical vocalist. He was born in Kotalipara, Faridpur, Bengal Presidency (now in Bangladesh) to a Vedic Brahmin family. He is known for the ''khyal'' and ''thumri'' forms ...

and nephew of musician and the Khalifa of Kotali Gharana Pandit

Manas Chakraborty Pandit Manas Chakraborty (Bengali: মানস চক্রবর্তী Maanosh Chokrobortee) (9 September 1942 – 12 December 2012) was an Indian classical Indian classical music is the classical music of the Indian subcontinent. ...

; his mother is also a classical vocalist Gaan Saraswati Srila Bandopadhyay. His early schooling was completed to Jadavpur Vidyapith and he graduated from the

Asutosh College Asutosh College (Bengali: আশুতোষ কলেজ) is a college affiliated to the University of Calcutta, situated in Southern Kolkata, close to the Jatin Das Park Metro Station, gate No. 2. It was established in 1916 as the South Subu ...

, a

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affiliate.

Subsequent career

Srijato started his writing career in the 1990s. He currently lives in Selimpur, southern

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with his wife Durba. Having worked as a journalist, he is now on the editorial board of the magazine "Prathama". Bengali_Poet_Srijato_Bandopadhyay

Works

His notable works include ''Chotoder Chiriyakhana: The menagerie for kids'' (2005), '' Katiushar golpo: Tales untold '' (2006), ''Borshamongol : The monsoon epic '' (2006), ''Okalboisakhi: Storms unprecedent'' (2007), ''Likhte hole bhodrobhabe lekho: Write politely, if you have to'' (2002), ''Ses Chithi: Last Letter'' (1999), ''Bombay to Goa'' (2007), ''Coffer namti Irish : Irish Coffee '' (2008), ''Onubhob korechi tai bolchi : Revealing the feeling'' (1998).His book of poems, ''Andhakar Lekhaguchchha'' was firstly posted in the Facebook by the poet. Every poem of this book is a Sonnet. He has also written novels. His first novel is "4043".His second novel was published in Pujabarshiki Anondolok, named "Shalimare Shonghat".

Poem

* ''Sesh Chithi (1999)'' * ''Du-char Katha (2000)'' * ''Anubhab Korchi Tai Bolchi (2001)'' * ''Likhte hole Bhodrobhabe Lekho (2002)'' * ''Uronto Sob Joker (2004)'' * ''Chotoder Chiriyakhana (2005)'' * ''Katiushar Golpo (2006)'' * ''Borshamongol (2006)'' * ''Okalboisakhi (2007)'' * ''Bombay To Goa (2007)'' * ''coffee'r Namti Irish (2008)'' * ''Betu Ar Jethu (2008)'' * ''Emni Boi (2009)'' * ''Sesh Chithi Du-char Katha (2009)'' * ''Combinasia (2010)'' * ''Kichu Kobita (2011)'' * ''Chhai Ronger Gram (2011)'' * ''Train Haranor Gondho (2012)'' * ''Amar Santa Thakur (2012) (Prose)'' * ''Ami Ar William (2013)'' * ''Karkatkrantir Desh (2014)'' * ''Bandhobi Gach (2015)'' * ''Kobita Somogro-I (2015)'' * ''Andhakar Lekhaguchchha (2015)'' * ''Kobita Somogro II (2016)'' * ''Shalimare Songhat (2017) (Novel)'' * ''Premer Kobita (2017)'' * ''Mushtaq Hussain er Dorbari (2017)'' * ''Taravora Akasher Niche (2018) (Novel)'' * ''Dhongso (2018)'' * ''Lymeric (2018)'' * ''Srijator Facebook (2018)'' (a collection of Facebook posts) * ''Je Jotsna Harinatito (2019)'' * ''Je Kotha Boloni Aage (2019) ''(Novel) * ''Ja Kichu Aaj Byaktigoto (2019) ''(Prose) * ''Megh Bodoler Kabbi (2020)'' * ''Briksha Onubadok (2020) ''(Novel) * '' Srijator Facebook ii (2020)'' (a collection of facebook posts) * '' Sababahika (2021)'' * '' Kuyashanagarir Upaksyan (2021)''(Novel)

Lyrics

Awards

* 2004 :

Ananda Puraskar The Ananda Puraskar () is an award for Bengali literature awarded annually by the ABP Group to writers using Bengali, usually from West Bengal, India. History The award can be traced to a comment by Annada Shankar Ray ruing the absence of lit ...

- উড়ন্ত সব জোকার (Poetry) * 2014 :

for Best Lyricist - "Balir Shohor" from ''

Mishawr Rawhoshyo ''Mishawr Rawhoshyo'' is a 2013 Indian adventure thriller film directed by Srijit Mukherji, based on the fictional character Kakababu created by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It stars Prosenjit Chatterjee, Indraneil Sengupta, Swastika Mukherjee, Arya ...

'' * 2014 :

Bangla Academy Award The Bangla Academy Literary Award ( bn, বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার; ''Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar''), is given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius i ...

- কর্কটক্রান্তির দেশ (Poetry)

References

External links

Poems by Srijato

Lyrics by Srijato

Poetry International page
{{authority control Bengali male poets Recipients of the Ananda Purashkar Living people Asutosh College alumni University of Calcutta alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Writers from Kolkata