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Surojit Chatterjee (Bengali: সুরজিৎ চট্টোপাধ্যায়, the spelling reads Surajit Caţţōpādhyāy.) is a singer, musician, songwriter and the former member of Bengali band Bhoomi and presently the owner of his solo band Surojit O Bondhura. He has won the Radio Mirchi Music Award as the Best Male vocalist of the year 2012 and 2013 for his album titled Folkira (Times Music). He has also directed music for the following Bengali movies like Ichhe, Muktodhara, Handa and Bhonda.
Surojit is a singer, lyricist, composer, arranger whose repertoire includes a wide range of musical instruments like the guitar, English flute, pan flute, recorders, whistler, blues harp, mandolin, banjo, castanets, dotara, khamak and a whole lot of percussion instruments. He learnt tabla from the tender age of four from Professor Chitta Bose and subsequently from Bhupal Bhattacharya under Allahabad University. Later on, he learned Guitar from Tapas Ghosh and then under Tuhin Ghosh’s tutelage for three years. He also composed and arranged music for commercial movies and has credit for many acclaimed advertising jingles and TV serials title tracks. Being with his family and daughter, writing, listening to music and watching movies are his favourite pastimes. Once in a while, he also manages to rustle up some innovative dishes.