Debojyoti Mishra

Debojyoti Mishra (born 30th april 1963 at Kolkata) is an Indian music director and film composer.[1] He became popular with his minimalist classical compositions for the Hindi film Raincoat, directed by Rituparno Ghosh.[2] He also worked on Bengali films, Chaturanga and Sesher Kobita, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay.[3] The songs he composed for the Bengali film Autograph starring Prasenjit Chatterjee, Nandana Sen and Indraneil Sengupta, gained immense popularity. All the songs of this film created a new vibration in Bengali film music. He has also composed music for the Malayalam film Calcutta News, which was set in Kolkata.

Debojyoti Mishra
দেবজ্যোতি মিশ্র
BornKolkata, India
GenresFilm score, Music, Bengali Music, Indian Music, World Music
Occupation(s)music director composer, painter, lyricist, poet
InstrumentsViolin, Piano, Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Sarod
Years active1998–present
Websitewww.debojyotimishra.co.in


Early years and Career

He has composed more than 500 ad jingles which includes Berger Paints, Asian Paint, India Today, Haier Plasma and many others. He also scored signature tunes for many television channels including Tara Bangla, Akash Bangla, Sangeet Bangla, Colours Bangla and many other channels. Many of his songs became very popular in Bengal for his accurate controlled use of instruments and voice. [4] He had composed for Shakira in a British production being directed by Enamul Karim.[5]

Filmography

References
  1. "Film on Pak Hindu boy's travails set for 2008 release". The Hindu. 27 November 2007. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. "Raincoat is wistfully pure - Rediff.com movies". Inhome.rediff.com. 3 November 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  3. "Chaturanga - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  4. "Interview: Debojyoti Mishra - Composer and Acclaimed Tollywood Bengali Film Music Director". Washingtonbanglaradio.com. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  5. "Our hips don't lie". The Times of India. 6 January 2012. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
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