Pritam Chakraborty

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Pritam Chakraborty

Pritam at the 5th Global Indian Music Academy Awards 2015.
Born 14 June 1971 (1971-06-14)[1]
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Residence Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Alma mater Film and Television Institute of India
Occupation
  • Composer
  • Music Director
  • Singer
  • Record Producer
  • Instrumentalist
Religion Hinduism
Spouse(s) Smita Chakraborty
Parent(s)
  • Prabodh Chakraborty
  • Anuradha Chakraborty

Musical career

Genres Film scores, Pop, Sufi, Rock, classical
Instruments Guitar,[2] Vocals[3]
Years active 2001–present
Labels Tips, Sony, Eros, T-Series
Associated acts Chandrabindoo, Metro

Pritam Chakraborty (Bengali: প্রীতম চক্রবর্ত্তী) (born 14 June 1971) better known by the mononym Pritam is a noted Indian music director, composer, singer, instrumentalist and record producer for Bollywood films. In a career spanning nearly one and a half decades, Pritam has composed music for more than a hundred Bollywood movies, covering many genres and becoming one of the most versatile music composers in India. He has won 2 Filmfare Awards, 4 Zee Cine Awards, 3 Star Screen Awards and 3 IIFA Awards among many others.

Pritam's composing career started in Bollywood, when he was signed for the film Tere Liye along with his friend Jeet Gannguli, The duo next composed music for the 2002 Yash Raj Films production Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai. The music of the movie was a huge success and most of its songs went on to become chartbusters. After the duo parted ways, Pritam composed music for the second film of Sanjay Gadhvi, Dhoom, which received overwhelming response. The music of the movie topped the charts rendering huge fame to Pritam.

Early life

Pritam was born in a middle class Bengali family to Anuradha Chakraborty and Prabodh Chakraborty. His father, who was an insurance officer, used to teach light music on western instruments to young kids for a nominal fee, till an accident forced him to quit his job and concentrate on the meager earnings from his music school. Pritam gained his early training in music from his father and learned to play the guitar while he was still in school.

After completing his schooling at St. James' School and Graduating in Geology in 1992 from Presidency College, Pritam dropped out of his M.Sc. classes in 1993 to chart a career of his choice from FTII, Pune where he took up Sound Recording and Engineering in 1994.[4] During this time, he was offered a chance to compose background music for a film by Hungarian filmmaker Istvan Gaal. He also learned African music from musicologist Kedar Avati.[5]

Pritam joined a Bangla band, Chandrabindoo. Before that he formed another band with his Presidency batchmates, called "Jotugriher Pakhi" for which, he used to play the Guitar.[6] They even have a cassette released to their credit at that time.

Career

Pre-Bollywood

After completing his sound engineering course from FTII Pune, Pritam came to Mumbai in 1997. He started composing ad jingles and became friendly with other young strugglers such as Shantanu Moitra, Rajkumar Hirani, Sanjay Gadhvi and Jeet Gannguli. Pritam composed renowned jingles for brands like Santro,[7] Emami, McDonalds,[8] Head & Shoulders, Thums Up, Limca, Complan and composed title tracks for TV serials such as Astitva, Kkavyanjali, Ye Meri Life Hai, Remix, Kashmir, Mili, and Dil Kya Kare.[9]

Early Bollywood career (with Jeet Gannguli)

About his relationship with Jeet, Pritam said,

I was living in a humble suburb, and in the same building lived Jeet (Gannguly), who was also struggling. We used to jam in our spare time and decided to come together for films, though I always did my ad films and serials solo.

Pritam got his first break when Sanjay Gadhvi was signed on to direct Tere Liye and he, in turn, signed on his friends Jeet and Pritam as music composers.[10] Though the music was well received, the film sank at the box office. However, in 2002 Yashraj Films signed Gadhvi up to direct Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai, for which the Jeet-Pritam duo once again composed the music. All the songs from that movie were chartbusters, and the duo had hit the big time. Recalling that time, Pritam said

Abbas Tyrewala was the writer and lyricist (of tere liye), and we were all newcomers. But the film did not work at the box-office. However, Gadhvi was soon signed by Yash Raj Films for Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai, and my song 'Sharara' became very popular. At that point of time, we could only get a small movie, Mudda - The Issue starring Arya Babbar. Jeet had taken ill, so when Hirani came and offered us Munna Bhai MBBS, we could not accept it.

Soon after, over some misunderstanding, Jeet decided to split and the partners went their separate ways.

Solo career

Pritam at the 59th Filmfare Awards

Pritam had built a name for his compositions by finely blending Indian classical music with western influences. His compositions for Gadhvi’s second movie Dhoom were a runaway hit. The title-track of Dhoom in two versions – Hindi (by Sunidhi Chauhan) and English (by Tata Young) – broke geographic barriers becoming popular in pubs in the UK, USA and the East Asia and won him a Zee Cine Award for Best Track of the Year. He received two nominations for Dhoom.

He followed this up with compositions for films like Gangster and Dhoom 2. His compositions for Anurag Basu's Life in a... Metro garnered him very positive reviews. He formed a band called Metro with Suhail Kaul, Soham Chakraborty and Bangladeshi singer James for the movie.

He won his second Zee Cine Award for Best Track of the Year for the song "Mauja hi Mauja" from Jab We Met by Imtiaz Ali. Jab We Met won him his first Apsara Award for Best Music Director. He composed for two more Imtiaz Ali films, Love Aaj Kal and Cocktail which were critically and commercially successful and gave him many awards and Nnominations.

His Sufi songs for the 2010 movie Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai were immensely popular with the masses and songs like "Pee loon" and "Tum Jo Aaye" were declared chartbusters. He teamed up again with Mahesh Bhatt and Vishesh Films for music of Crook of which the song "Mere Bina" got instant recognition with public. His Foot-Tapping numbers for Rohit Shetty's Golmaal 3 were also equally Successful. In 2011, he got to work for Salman Khan's Ready and Bodyguard. He recreated the famous 1971 song, Dum Maro Dum for Ramesh Sippy's 2011 movie of the same name. He then composed for the Romance Mausam which had a strong influence of Punjabi. The songs were phenomenal hits in Northern India with "Rabba Main To Mar Gaya Oye" being a rage among people.

In 2012, he composed several successful songs for films like Players, Agent Vinod, Jannat 2 and Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Ferrari Ki Sawaari, where he finally get to work with him and Rajkumar Hirani.[11] Later that year, he scored music for Barfi! which won him two Filmfare Awards.[12] Barfi is considered to be one of the most critically acclaimed soundtrack album of his career. By 2013, his list included Race 2, Murder 3, Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani, Dhoom 3 and Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara which was his 100th movie as a Music Director in Bollywood.[13] He started 2014 with compositions for Yaariyan and Shaadi Ke Side Effects. He then took a break in 2014.[14][15]

He marked his return with three successful albums in 2015: Kabir Khan's Bajrangi Bhaijaan & Phantom and Rohit Shetty's Dilwale for which he was nominated for Filmfare awards.[16] His upcoming films include Dishoom, Azhar, Tigers, Jagga Jasoos, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Badtameez Dil and Dangal.

On screen appearance

Songs and Movies

Television

Pritam mentored and judged Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009[17] and was a judge for Chhote Ustaad on Zee TV. He was also a guest judge for the X factor and Zee Bangla's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2012-13.[18] He also composed the title track for Hrithik Roshan’s TV series Just Dance for Star TV which was sung by K.K.[19] Pritam also appeared on the popular show MTV Unplugged (Season 5) on 13 February 2016 where he sang some of his career's best songs.[20] Pritam is the mentor and judge of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2016 along side Mika Singh and Sajid–Wajid[21]

Musical style

Pritam has composed in a variety of genres including Rock (Life in a Metro), Sufi (Once Upon Time in Mumbai) and even Ghazals (Barfi). His musical style is mainly characterized as a delicate fusion of Indian classical music with western influences.[22]

In an interview given to Stacey Yount for Bollyspice, Pritam said "I really do prefer doing rom-coms over action films."[23] Lyricist and singer Amitabh Bhattacharya said about Pritam, "It is very challenging to work with Pritam. Right from the day he cracks the song, till the day the song goes out, he is constantly working, re-working, doing changes in the song, He keeps me on my toes and that is very exciting to me. We debate a lot regarding our songs and ultimately the result is always good, His spectrum as an artist is vast. It is always good to work with composers who have range."[24] Famous singer Kavita Seth said "Pritam’s melody is very strong. You hear it once and it will stay with you, it is addictive."[25]

Awards and Nominations

Asia Pacific Screen Awards Winner

Asian Film Awards Winner

Filmfare Awards

Winner

Nominations

Zee Cine Awards

Winner

Nominated

Star Screen Awards

Winner

Nominated

International Indian Film Academy Awards

Winner

Nominated

Other

Discography

Select Filmography

Year Film Title Notes
2016 Dangal Upcoming film of which is scheduled to release on 23 December 2016.
2016 Disnesh Vijan's film Raabta Upcoming film starring Sushant Singh Rajput and Kriti Sanon
2016 Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Upcoming film with Dharma Production starring Aishwarya Rai, Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma
2016 Jagga Jasoos Upcoming Film
2016 Azhar Release on 13 May 2016.
2016 White Lies Post-production
2016 Dishoom Upcoming Film
2015 DilwaleWon Composer of the Year award in Mirchi Music Awards
Won Song of the Year in Mirchi Music Awards for Gerua
Won GIMA Award for Most Popular song - Gerua
[39] Nominated Filmfare Award for Best Music Director [16]
2015 Phantom
2015 Bajrangi BhaijaanNominated BIG Star Entertainment Awards for Best Music
Nominated Stardust awards for Best Music
Nominated Guild film Awards for Best Music
2014 YaariyanWon Stardust Award for Best Music[40]

Nominated Screen Award for Best Music Director
Nominated BIG Star Most Entertaining Music
Nominated Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Nominated Star Guild Award for Best Music

2013 Dhoom 3: Back in Action
2013 Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Dobara Pritam's 100th film as a Music Director
2013 Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani Won Screen Award for Best Music Director

Won Star Guild Award for Best Music
Won GIMA Award for Best Music
Won Zee Cine Award for Best Background Score
Nominated Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Nominated Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director
Nominated GiMA Award for Best Background Score
Nominated Mirchi Music Award for Composer of the Year
Nominated Mirchi Music Award for Best Background Score

2012 Barfi! Won Asia Pacific Screen Awards for Best Music[26]
Won IIFA Award for Best Music Director
Won IIFA Award for Best Background Music

Won Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
[26][41] Won Filmfare Award for Best Background Score
[26][42] Won Screen Award for Best Music Director
Won Screen Award for Best Background Music
Won Screen Award for Most Popular Music
Won GIMA Award for Most Outstanding Music of the Year 2012
Won TOIFA Award for Best Background Score
Won RMIM Puruskaar Album of the Year[43]
Won RMIM Puruskaar for Song of the Year for Phir Le Aayaa Dil
Won RMIM Puruskaar for Best Sung Songs (Solo) for Phir Le Aayaa Dil
Won RMIM Puruskaar for Best Sung Songs (Duet) for Aashiyaan
Got Satish Kalra Sammaan in RMIM Puruskaar
Nominated Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director
Nominated Album of the Year in Mirchi Music Awards
Nominated Music Composer of the Year in Mirchi Music Awards
Nominated Technical Background score of the year in Mirchi Music Awards
Nominated TOIFA Award for Best Music

2012 Cocktail Won People's Choice Awards India for Favorite Movie Album of the Year
Won Mtv Video Music Awards India VMAI for Best Bollywood Album

Won U.K. Bollywood Cosmpolitan Award for Best Music Album
Won the Best Music Director's award in 8th Apsara producers guild Award
Won GIMA Hottest Song of the Year for Daaru Desi
Won Screen Awards for Most Popular Music
Won Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director
Nominated TOIFA Award for Best Music
Nominated IIFA Award for Best Music Director
Nominated Screen Award for Best Music Director
Nominated Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Nominated for Song of the Year for 'Tum Hi Ho Bandhu' at Mirchi Music Awards
Nominated Album of the Year at Mirchi Music Awards
Nominated Music Composer of the Year in Mirchi Music Awards
Nominated for Best Music award in 8th Apsara Awards

2011 Bodyguard Composed 'I Love You' song

Won BIG Star Most Entertaining Music
Nominated Apsara Award for Best Music Director

2011 Ready Nominated Apsara Award for Best Music Director

Nominated BIG Star Most Entertaining Music

2011 Dum Maaro Dum Nominated Apsara Award for Best Music Director
2010 Golmaal 3 Nominated Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director
2010 Crook: It's Good To Be Bad Nominated Apsara Award for Best Music Director[44]
2010 Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai Won Mirchi Music Listeners Choice Album of the Year[45]

Won Big Star Entertainment award for song Pee Loon
Won Star Screen Award for Most Popular Music[46]
Nominated Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Nominated Star Screen Award for Best Music Director
Nominated Apsara Award for Best Music Director[44]
Nominated IIFA Award for Best Music Director

2009 Love Aaj Kal Won IIFA Best Music Director Award

Won Apsara Award for Best Music Director
Nominated Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Nominated Star Screen Award for Best Music Director

2009 Tum Mile Nominated Star Screen Award for Best Music Director
2009 New York
2009 Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Won Mirchi Music Listeners Choice Album of the Year

Won Music Director of the Year in RMIM Puruskaar[47]
Nominated Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Nominated Apsara Award for Best Music
Nominated Star Screen Award for Best Music Director

2008 Singh Is King Nominated Star Screen Award for Best Music Director

Nominated Apsara Award for Best Music

2008 Haal–e–dil
2008 Kismat Konnection
2008 Jannat Nominated Star Screen Award for Best Music Director
2008 Race Nominated Filmfare Best Music Director Award

Nominated IIFA Best Music Director Award

2007 Jab We Met Won Apsara Award for Best Music Director
Won Zee Cine Award for Best Track of the Year
2007 Bhool Bhulaiyaa Nominated IIFA Best Music Director Award
2007 Life in a... Metro Nominated Filmfare Best Music Director Award

Nominated Star Screen Award for Best Music Director
Nominated Apsara Award for Best Music

2006 Dhoom 2 Nominated Filmfare Best Music Director Award

Nominated IIFA Best Music Director Award

2006 Gangster Nominated: Global Indian Film Awards for Best Music[48]

Nominated: Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director

2006 Fight Club – Members Only Nominated: Global Indian Film Awards for Best Music
2004 Dhoom Nominated Filmfare Best Music Director Award[49]

Nominated Star Screen Award for Best Music Director

2002 Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai With Jeet Ganguly
2001 Tere Liye With Jeet Ganguly, Debut Film.

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