D O B June 14,1971
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Kolkata
Known For Singer, Music Director, Song Writer
Married Yes

Biography Pritam Chakraborty better known as Pritam is a music director and composer from India who is currently based in Mumbai Pritam was born in Kolkata into a Bengali family Pritam is the son of Prabodh Chakraborty who runs a music school for children Pritam gained his early training in music from his father and learned to play the guitar while still in school After completing his schooling at St James' School and college education at Presidency College he went to a music school At Presidency he was the Social Services Secretary of the Students Union run by the Independents' Consolidation IC br br Pritam joined a Bangla band Chandrabindoo Before that he formed another band with his Presidency batchmates called Jotugriher Pakhi They even have a cassette released to their credit at that time In January Pritam joined the Film and Television Institute in Pune to undertake a course in sound recording and sound engineering During this time he was offered a chance to compose background music for a film by Hungarian filmmaker Istvan Gaal He also learned African music from musicologist Kedar Avati Having completed his education Pritam Chakraborty moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in Bollywood During More his stay in Mumbai he began composing ad jingles and became friendly with a number of other young men struggling to make it big like Shantanu Moitra Rajkumar Hirani Sanjay Gadhvi and Chandrajeet Ganguly also known as Jeet who played the guitar with Anup Jalota Pritam got his first break when Gadhvi was signed on to direct Tere Liye and he in turn signed on his friends Jeet and Pritam as music composers Though the music was well received the film sank at the box office However in Yashraj Films signed Gadhvi up to direct Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai for which the Jeet-Pritam duo once again composed the music All the songs from that movie were chartbusters and the duo had hit the big time His music comprises various kinds including Indian classical music and western influences br br Pritam was then actively involved in mentoring and judging new talent on Zee TV's singing competition show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge Jeet and Pritam worked together for only one more film which was Mudda-The Issue before amicably parting After the separation Pritam's career as a solo musician stalled as he signed a series of flops like Fun shh - Dudes In The th Century and Agnipankh The films sank at the box office and with them Pritam s music too However in Pritam composed the music for Sanjay Gadhvi's second film Dhoom which was a runaway success The film did well and the music topped the charts Pritam followed up the success of Dhoom with a string of chartbusting numbers after a year for Chocolate Garam Masala and Gangster Also he composed the music for Dhoom the sequel to Dhoom Life in a Metro Most recently he composed the music for Singh Is Kinng Kismat Konnection and formed a Band named Metro His most top rated musics are from the movies Dhoom Dhoom Gangster Life in a metro Jab we met Race Billu Love Aaj Kal Golmaal Returns Tum Mile Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani De Dana Dan Toh Baat Pakki Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge Badmaash Company and more Pritam has been accused of plagiarism on several occasions wherein he has copied the music for a number of his most popular Hindi film songs from various artists from around the world especially Asia without giving credit to the original artists themselves In some cases he has bought the copyright and given due credit too He was nominated several times for Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Star Screen Award for Best Music Director IIFA Best Music Director Award etc He has won the Radio Mirchi composer of the year award for his music in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani He has won The ZEE AWARDS as well as the APSARA PRODUCER'S GUILD AWARD for his music in Love Aaj Kal