Debojyoti Mishra

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Debojyoti Mishra
দেবজ্যোতি মিশ্র
BornKolkata, India
Genres Film score, Music, Bengali Music, Indian Music, World Music
Occupation music director composer
Years active1998–present
SpouseJonaki Mukherjee
Website www.debojyotimishra.co.in

Debojyoti Mishra (born 30 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] He composed songs for the Bengali film Autograph starring Prasenjit Chatterjee, Nandana Sen and Indraneil Sengupta.

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Early years and career

He had composed for Shakira in a British production being directed by Enamul Karim. [4]

Filmography

YearFilmDirectorRef
1997 Dahan Rituparno Ghosh
1998 Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa Govind Nihalani
1999 Asukh Rituparno Ghosh
Tumi Ele Tai Prabhat Roy
2000 Bariwali Rituparno Ghosh
Utsab Rituparno Ghosh
2001 Ek Je Aachhe Kanya Subrata Sen
Patalghar Abhijit Chowdhury
2002 Titli Rituparno Ghosh
Hemanter Pakhi Urmi Chakraborty
Aamar Bhuvan Mrinal Sen
Swapner Feriwala Subrata Sen
Shubho Mahurat Rituparno Ghosh
2003 Choker Bali Rituparno Ghosh
2004 Shadows of Time Florian Gallenberger
Raincoat Rituparno Ghosh
2007 Aha! Enamul Karim Nirjhar
Dharm Bhavna Talwar
2008 Calcutta News Blessy
Chaturanga Suman Mukhopadhyay
Ramchand Pakistani Mehreen Jabbar
2010 Arekti Premer Golpo Kaushik Ganguly
Natobor Notout Amit Sen
Autograph Srijit Mukherji
2011 Iti Mrinalini Aparna Sen
Uro Chithi Kamaleshwar Mukherjee
Memories in March Sanjoy Nag
2012 Chitrangada : The Crowning Wish Rituparno Ghosh
Tabe Tai HokSougata Roy Burman
2013 Meghe Dhaka Tara Kamaleshwar Mukherjee
Chhayamoy Haranath Chakraborty
Basanto Utsav Rhitobrata Bhattacharya
Goynar Baksho Aparna Sen
Chander Pahar Kamaleshwar Mukherjee
Satyanweshi Rituparno Ghosh
Mishawr Rawhoshyo Srijit Mukherji
2014 Baari Tar Bangla Rangan Chakraborty
2015Shesher Kobita Suman Mukhopadhyay
2015 Natoker Moto Debesh Chattopadhyay
2015 Arshinagar Aparna Sen
2016 Kiriti O Kalo Bhromor Anindya Bikas Datta
2017 Meghnad Badh Rahasya Anik Dutta
Raktokorobi Amitabh Bhattacharjee
Curzoner Kalom Souvik Mitra
Mayurakshi Atanu Ghosh
2018 Mukhomukhi Kamaleshwar Mukherjee
Hasina: A Daughter's Tale Piplu Khan
Maati Leena Gangopadhyay & Saibal Banerjee [5]
Hason Raja Ruhul Amin
2019 Mahalaya Soumik Sen [6]
2020 Bansuri: The Flute Hari Viswanath [7]
Gondi Fakhrul Arefeen Khan
2021 Binisutoy Atanu Ghosh [8]
2022 Aparajito Anik Dutta [9]
Aay Khuku Aay Sauvik Kundu
Nishiddho Tara Ramanujan
2023 Aaro Ek Prithibi Atanu Ghosh [10]
Shesh Pata Atanu Ghosh
2024Rabindra Kabya Rahasya Sayantan Ghosal
Joto Kando Kolkatatei Anik Dutta

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