Amitabh Bhattacharya

Notable work

In his career, he has worked with some talented music composers like Pritam, A. R. Rahman, Amit Trivedi, Ajay-Atul, Sajid–Wajid, Vishal–Shekhar, Salim–Sulaiman, Ram Sampath, Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, Sachin-Jigar and many more.

Some of his best known songs are "Iktara", "Channa Mereya", "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil", "Bulleya", "Kabira", "Balam Pichkari", "Badtameez Dil", "Mast Magan", "Raabta", "Zehnaseeb", "Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin", "Naina", "Khairiyat", "Manja", "Janam Janam", "Zinda Hoon", "Gerua", "Zaalima", "Sapna Jahan", "Sweetheart", "Namo Namo", "Ghar More Pardesiya", "First Class", "Kalank Title Track", "Param Sundari", "Kesariya", "Tere Pyaar Mein", "O Bedardeya", "Apna Bana Le" etc.

Early life

Bhattacharya was born into a Bengali family. Bhattacharya did schooling in Luckhnow at Spring Dale College, Indira Nagar in 1995 followed by graduation from Lucknow University in 1999.

Bhattacharya moved to Mumbai for becoming a singer in 1999. In an interview with The Times of India in 2013, Bhattacharya said that he migrated to Mumbai from Lucknow harbouring dreams of becoming a singer. He stood in the long queues in front of the music composers' offices and gave them demo "Audio Cassettes" to listen to him. But it didn't bear any fruit. During his struggling days, he started writing lyrics for Advertisement jingles to lower his frustration of not getting work. He learned the art of songwriting during those struggling days.

In the year 2004, when his friend Amartya Rahut introduced him to music composer Amit Trivedi, Trivedi and Rahut, who often composed music for television channels, took Bhattacharya as a dummy singer to give presentations of his music. Trivedi also urged him to write rough lyrics. While writing lyrics, Bhattacharya discovered that he had an innate talent for giving words to tunes. Over the years, Trivedi and Bhattacharya became good friends.

His major breakthrough came when Trivedi was working on the music of Anurag Kashyap's Dev.D, Trivedi insisted Bhattacharya write rough lyrics. Bhattacharya wrote the lyrics for the songs of Dev.D, and most of its major songs became a hit, thus nearly ending 8 years of his struggle for recognition.

Filmography

As lyricist

As playback singer

Film producer

• The Film (2005)

Awards

References

References

1. (2012-10-12). "Amitabh Bhattacharya: The Bengali who writes in Hindi!". The Times of India.
2. (28 April 2013). "For eight years, I was a nobody: Amitabh Bhattacharya".
3. (28 April 2013). "For Eight years I was a no body".
4. (17 December 2016). "Amitabh Bhattacharya: The everyman lyricist". [[Mint (newspaper).
5. Pillai, Pooja. (9 July 2010). "A new hope". Express.
6. (29 March 2017). "Amitabh Bhattacharya lyrics".
7. (22 December 2015). "Film lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya: 'If we write what we find in everyday usage, that creates a connection'". [[Scroll.in]].
8. (29 July 2013). "Amit Trivedi & Amitabh Bhattacharya - Double impact". [[Mint (newspaper).
9. (4 February 2012). "Amitabh Bhattacharya the reluctant lyricist". Hindustan Times.
10. (5 January 2017). "SRK-Mahira's Romantic Song 'Zaalima' From Raees Might Just Be 2017's First Love Anthem!". [[The Times of India]].
11. "RMIM Puruskaar 2016".