Surojit Chatterjee ( bn, সুরজিৎ চট্টোপাধ্যায়, the spelling reads ''Surajit Caţţōpādhyāy.'') is an Indian Bengali singer-songwriter, music director, songwriter and the lead singer of Bengali band Bhoomi and owner of his solo band Surojit O Bondhura. He has won the Radio Mirchi Music Award as the Best Male vocalist of the year 2012 and 2013 for his album titled ''Folkira (Times Music)''. He has also directed music for the following Bengali movies like Ichhe,

Muktodhara ''Muktodhara'' is a 2012 Bengali film directed by Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy. This is a story about the prisoners of a correctional home ‒ Presidency jail who all have a dark past life but here they are being reformed day by day. ...

Handa and Bhonda ''Handa and Bhonda'' is a 2010 Indian Bengali-language film directed by Subhankar Chattopadhyay, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Aritra Dutta Banik, Biswajit Chakraborty and Supriya Devi. Plot Handa (Mithun) is a simple, sincere and hardworking ...

Early life

Surojit Chatterjee born in

Rampurhat Rampurhat is a city and a municipality in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Rampurhat subdivision. According to Census 2011 Rampurhat is the third most populous city in Birbhum district and 82 ...

, started his schooling from

Birbhum Birbhum district () is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The district headquarters is in Suri. Other impo ...

and after that he was admitted to Julien Day High School, Kolkata. He started playing

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at the age of seven and graduated from

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with distinction for consecutive eight years. He has learnt to play guitar from Tuhin Chatterjee and after that went on to further guitar expertise and took guidance and learnt techniques from guitarist Amyt Datta. His first band was Grassroot which he formed during his college days and that went on to win many awards in inter-college competitions.

Bhoomi

Surojit Chatterjee formed the Bengali band Bhoomi along with his co–partner Soumitra Ray in the year 1999 which took its first stage on 24 July 1999 at the Gyan Manch Auditorium,

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 ...

. Bhoomi has managed to reach the homes of rural as well as urban Bengal, with the simplicity of their lyrics and rhythmic music. It has released 12 popular albums for the past 12 years.

Surojit O Bondhura

Surojit Chatterjee formed his first solo band Surojit O Bondhura in the year 2012 with the best musicians from Kolkata. He has won the

Radio Mirchi Radio Mirchi (also known as 98.3 Mirchi) is a nationwide network of private FM radio stations in India. It is owned by the EntertainmentNetwork India Ltd (ENIL), which is one of the subsidiaries of The Times Group. ''Mirchi'' is Hindi for re ...

best male vocalist of the year 2012 for his first solo album ''Surojit O Bondhura'' and

Best Album of the year 2013 for its album ''Folkira''. His second solo album ''Abhyontoreen''. This band has also released Folk Konnection, from Asha Audio and Amaar Poran Jaha Chay from Bhabna records in the year 2016.

Personal life

He is married to Kamalinee Chatterjee who has also penned many songs not only for the Surojit O Bondhura Albums, Kon Roopnagare Konnya Tomar Bari, and Abhyaontoreen and has won the ''Upcoming Lyricist of the year 2012'' for the film

, for the song ''ALO''. They have a daughter named Annweshaa Chatterjee.

Filmography

Discography (Surojit O Bondhura)

Discography (Bhoomi)

* Jatra Shuru (2000) * Udaan (2001) * Isspecial (2002) * Paal Chhutechhe (2003) * Lokogeeti Local (2004) * Dekhtey Dekhtey (2004) * Bojhai Kora Ganer Gari (2005) * Gaan Bahan (2007) (includes the song written in English especially for the UN performance "For A Better Day") * Lokegeetir Deshe (2008) * Aamra Notun Jouboner Doot (2009) (Rabindrasangeet by Bhoomi) * Gaan Doriyae (2010) (Released 8 September) * Desh Judey (2011) (Hindustani folk songs)

References

External links

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Surojit Chatterjee
at reverbnation.com
Official Facebook Page

Official Twitter Account
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