Amyt Datta

Amyt Datta, born on 20th October 1960, is a guitarist and producer from Kolkata. His mother came from a musically inclined family, while his father was an educator. Raichand Boral Raichand Boral was an Indian composer who composed >> Read More... , Amyt's maternal grandfather, is revered as the founder of Bollywood music. Amyth and his cousin discovered a lap steel guitar lying about in their home, and they began playing it. Both began taking guitar lessons, primarily in the classical and semi-classical music of India. He began receiving instruction in Western music theory from the illustrious Carlton Kitto.

What he refers to as "the Trunk" was his first guitar and was created by his friend, who only demanded Rs. 300 for it. It had a very high motion and resembled a log. From the middle of the 1980s until the beginning of the 1990s, he went on many tours with the rock group ‘ Shiva Click to look into! >> Read More... ’. Later, in the early 2000s, he performed with Pinknoise, the late-night side project of the pop-rock group Skinny Alley. Since then, he has maintained his solo career, frequently working with Jivraj Singh of Parekh & Singh.

The Red Plant, his most recent album, was published on December 10, 2021. Amyt Datta played the guitar in the Anjan Dutta-directed Bengali rock musical film ‘Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona’ from 2011. He had an appearance in the 2019 documentary ‘If Not for You’, about Kolkata’s enduring romance with famed singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Some of his famous albums are ‘D for Brother’, ‘Escape the Roar’, ‘Pietra Dura’ and many others.