Joy Sarkar

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Joy Sarkar
Birth nameSourav Sarkar
Also known asJoy Da
Born (1972-01-11) 11 January 1972 (age 51)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Origin Kolkata, West Bengal, India
GenresBengali Modern, Filmi, Bangla Ghazals, Classical
Occupation(s)Music Composer
Instrument(s) Guitar
Years active1998–present
Spouse
(m. 2001)

Sourav Sarkar, popularly known as Joy Sarkar, is a Kolkata based Indian Bengali film music composer. Sarkar mainly works in Bengali cinema and albums. He composed soundtracks for Jodi Ekdin (2010), Accident (2012), Muktodhara (2012), Bicycle Kick (2013), Half Serious (2013), Rupkatha Noy (2013), The play (2013), Antaraal (2013), Women Prayed and Preyed Upon (2013), Ek Phali Rodh (2014), Abby Sen (2015), Kiriti Roy (2016), Nayikar Bhumikay (2017), Bilu Rakkhosh (2017), Pupa (2018), Reunion (2019), Shesher Golpo (2019), and Parcel (2019). [1]

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Personal life

Joy Sarkar was born on 1972, 11 January in Kolkata, India, to Sudhin Sarkar, who is a Bengali singer of yesteryears, and Kalyani Sarkar. He has an elder brother, Rana, who is also a musician. Due to the musical bent of his parents, music came to him spontaneously. [2]

Sarkar is married to a Bengali singer Lopamudra Mitra since 2001. [3]

Discography

Albums

YearAlbumSinger(s)Notes
2019Aashiana BaarishanaNilashreeLyrics by Srijato [4]

Filmography

Joy Sarkar worked as music director for the following films.

YearFilm NameDirector/DirectorsNotes
2010 Jodi Ekdin Riingo Banerjee
2012 Accident Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Nandita Roy
2012 Muktodhara Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Nandita Roy
2013Bicycle Kick Sumit Das, Debasish Sen Sharma
2013 Half Serious Utsav Mukherjee
2013 Rupkatha Noy Atanu Ghosh
2013 The play Ranjay Ray Choudhury
2013 Antaraal Binay Kumar Mittra, Benoy Mittra
2013 Women Prayed and Preyed Upon (Documentary) Kankana Chakraborty
2014 Ek Phaali Rodh Atanu Ghosh
2015 Abby Sen Atanu Ghosh
2016 Kiriti Roy Aniket Chattopadhyay
2017 Nayikar Bhumikay Swagato Chowdhury
2017 Bilu Rakkhosh Indrasis Acharya
2018Pupa Indrasis Acharya
2018Reunion Murari Mohan Rakshit [5]
2019 Shesher Golpo Jiit Chakraborty [6]
2019ParcelIndrasis Acharya [7]
2020 Doodhpither Gachh Ujjwal Basu
2022Boudi Canteen Parambrata Chatterjee
2022Manabjomin Srijato
2023 Datta

Worked as music director for the following Webseries.

YearSeries NameDirector/DirectorsNotes
2020 Tansener Tanpura Soumik ChattopadhyayHoichoi
2020 Feluda Pherot Srijit Mukherjee Addatimes
2021 Robindronath Ekhane Kawkhono Khete Aashenni Srijit Mukherjee Hoichoi
2022 Rudrabinar Obhishaap Joydeep Mukherjee Hoichoi
2022 Feludar Goyendagiri Srijit Mukherjee Hoichoi

Singles

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