Sanjeeta Bhattacharya

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Sanjeeta Bhattacharya
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Background information
Bornc. 1995
New Delhi, India
Genres Indie folk
R&B
Occupation(s)Singer
songwriter
actor
lyricist
composer
Years active2017–present

Sanjeeta Bhattacharya is a Grammy-nominated Indian singer, songwriter and actor. [1] [2]

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Sanjeeta made her Bollywood debut in the 2023 film Jawan (film) as Helena, the hacker before which she had made her debut as an actor on Netflix’s Feels Like Ishq. [3] She is a graduate of Berklee College of Music, [4] she has been a part of festivals such as Panama Jazz Festival, Hornbill Festival, NH7 Weekender and Magnetic Fields Festival. As part of her personal project, she has released a series of singles and her track, "Everything’s Fine?" put her on Spotify's global emerging artist program, RADAR in July 2020. [5] Her first international collaboration was with Malagasy singer Niu Raza called ‘Red’. [6] Sanjeeta debuted as an actor in the Netflix series "Feels Like Ishq" on July 23, 2021. [7]

Bhattacharya is also known for her performance that paid tribute to A. R. Rahman at Berklee College of Music in 2014 featuring 109 performers from 32 countries. A. R. Rahman was awarded an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music at that event. [1]

Personal life and education

Bhattacharya was born in a Bengali Brahmin family in New Delhi, India. She is the daughter of artist Sanjay Bhattacharya and a Bangladeshi mother. [8] [9] She graduated from Berklee College of Music, known for the study of jazz and modern American music. [10] Sanjeeta is often referred to as an up-and-coming jazz musician, but she prefers to avoid categorizing her music. She stated during the interview with The Times of India that:

I have roots in Indian classical Hindustani music. In school, I sang RnB, pop, choir music and so on. After which I explored many more genres like flamenco, Balkan folk, Latin American music etc and all of these reflect the music I make. [10]

Musical style

Her music weaves influences from R&B, Indie folk and Latin styles with multi-lingual lyrics to create stories around myriad personal experiences. [11]

Sanjeeta Bhattacharya performing at NH7 Weekender Sanjeeta Bhattacharya.jpg
Sanjeeta Bhattacharya performing at NH7 Weekender

Discography

YearTrackGenreLanguageReference
2017I Will Wait Folk/PopEnglish [12]
2018NatsukashiiPopEnglish [1]
2019Shams Indie folk Hindi/Urdu [13]
2020Watercolour (ft. Dhruv Visvanath) Indie folk English [14] [15]
2020Everything's Fine? R&B/Hip hop English [16] [17]
2020Red (ft. Niu Raza, Aman Sagar, Pranay Parti) R&B/Hip hop English/Malagasy [6]
2021Khoya Sa (ft. Aman Sagar) R&B/ Pop Hindi [18]
2021Itne Pyaar Se (Thoda Darr Lagta Hai)Indie/Pop Hindi/Urdu [19]
2022UDDCHALEINPop/Hip-hop Hindi [20]
2022Out of Tune Indie folk English [21]
2022"Mis Chicas" (Spanish) Jawan Spanish
2023Pyara Mera Veera Varshangalku Shesham Malayalam / Spanish
2024Main Character EnergyEnglish

Web series

YearWeb seriesRoleLanguageReference
2021 Feels Like Ishq Muskaan Hindi [22]
2022 The Broken News Juhi Shergill Hindi [23]

Films

YearFilmsRoleLanguageReference
2023 Jawan Helena Hindi [24]

Other works

Sanjeeta was a TEDx speaker at TEDx, Pune. [25]

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