Jeet Pritam Chakraborty

Jeet Pritam Chakraborty is a renowned singer, composer, instrumentalist, and guitarist. He was born on 14 June 1971 in a Bengali family to Anuradha Chakraborty and Prabodh Chakraborty.  Pritam learned to play guitar while he was in school and got his music training from his father. After completing his secondary education at St. James School, Pritam pursued his bachelor’s in geology from Presidency College. In 1994, he joined FTII Pune and pursued Sound Recording and Engineering.

During his college days, he was a member of a non-partisan political platform, Independents’ Consolidation. He also formed a band called Jotugriher Pakhi with his batchmates, for which he played guitar. In 1997, after completing his sound engineering, he came to Mumbai and started composing ad jingles. Thereafter, Pritam composed jingles for famous brands like Santro, Head & Shoulders, Emami, Limca, Complan, and McDonald’s. He also composed little soundtracks for many TV serials like Kkavyanjali, Ye Meri Life Hai, Remix, Dil Kare, and Astitva.

His debut in the industry came with Tere Liye Tere Liye is a popular Hindi TV series broadcasted >> Read More... (released in 2001) and Mere Yaar Ki Shadi Hai. Pritam’s composition became widely popular due to his ability to perfectly blend Indian Classical music with Western styles. Pritam received his first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for the soundtrack of Dhoom, which was a super hit at that time. He also composed music for films like Gangster, Jannat, and Kismat Konnection Click to look into! >> Read More... . Later, In 2007, he joined a bhangra band, Chandrabindoo, and started a new band called Metro during his film Life in a…Metro. Mauja Hi Mauja from the movie Jab We Met Click to look into! >> Read More... earned him the second Zee Cine Award for Best Track of the Year.

His soundtracks for Race (2008), Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009) and Love Aaj Kal Click to look into! >> Read More... (2009) and songs Pee Loon and Tum Jo Aaye were widely popular with the masses and earned him many nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director. Pritam was also a judge for the show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009 and Chhote Ustaad Chhote Ustaad was a singing talent hunt show. It b >> Read More... on Zee TV and a guest judge for the X factor. He has also recreated the famous song of 1971, Dum Maro Dum.