Pritam
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Pritam Chakraborty (Bengali: প্রীতম চক্রবর্তী), generally known simply as Pritam (Bengali: প্রীতম) (IPA: [priːt̪om] ITRANS:prItam), is a music composer in India.
Born in Kolkata, 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.
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[edit] Education
After completing his schooling at St. James' School and college education at Presidency College, he went to a music school. 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 1993, 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.
[edit] Career
Having completed his education, Pritam moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in Bollywood. During 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 2002 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.
[edit] Solo career
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 Fun2shh - Dudes In The 10th Century and Agnipankh. The films sank at the box office and with them, Pritam’s music too. However, in 2004, 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 2, the sequel to Dhoom. Most recently he composed the music for Life in a Metro and formed a Band named Metro.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Other Notes |
| 2008 | Kidnap | |
| 2008 | Haal-e-dil | |
| 2008 | Billo Barber | |
| 2008 | Kismet Konnection | |
| 2008 | Raaz 2 | |
| 2008 | Golmaal Returns | |
| 2008 | Singh Is Kinng | |
| 2008 | Jannat (film) | |
| 2008 | Race (film) | |
| 2008 | Pirate | Shelved |
| 2008 | My Name is Anthony Gonsalves | |
| 2007 | Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal | |
| 2007 | Jab We Met | |
| 2007 | Bhool Bhulaiya | |
| 2007 | Naqaab | |
| 2007 | Bhram | Bakhwaas |
| 2007 | Raqeeb | |
| 2007 | Awarapan | |
| 2007 | Dhol | |
| 2007 | Life In A... Metro | |
| 2007 | Hattrick | |
| 2007 | Just Married | |
| 2006 | Bhagaam Bhaag | |
| 2006 | Dhoom 2 | |
| 2006 | Bas Ek Pal | |
| 2006 | Woh Lamhe | |
| 2006 | Apna Sapna Money Money | |
| 2006 | Naksha | |
| 2006 | Pyaar Ke Side Effects | |
| 2006 | Ankahee | |
| 2006 | Gangster | |
| 2006 | Fight Club | |
| 2005 | Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena | |
| 2005 | Garam Masala | |
| 2005 | Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets | |
| 2005 | Chehraa | |
| 2004 | Dhoom | |
| 2003 | Fun2shh... Dudes in the 10th Century | |
| 2003 | Mudda: The Issue | With Jeet |
| 2003 | Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai | With Jeet |
| 2003 | Raghu Romeo | |
| 2003 | Stumped | |
| 2000 | Tere Liye | with Jeet |
| 1999 | Tasty Titbits | Short movie |
