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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Neel Dutt
| image = Neel Dutt.jpg
| caption = Neel Dutt
| native_name_lang = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|3|7}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| genre = Urban folk, [[Pop music|pop]]
| occupation = [[Composer]], [[Singing|singer]]
| instrument = vocals
}}
'''Neel Dutt''' (born 7 March 1979) is an Indian [[music composer]] and singer from [[Kolkata]]. He received the [[National Film Award for Best Music Direction]] from the Govt. of India in 2012 for the soundtrack of the [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film ''[[Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona]]'' (Ranjana I ain’t coming back no more). Dutt is the third person from [[West Bengal]] to win the Best Music Direction award. He is arguably the first music director in India to rearrange a [[Rabindranath Tagore]] composition with modern electronic music.

==Early life==
Neel Dutt was born on 7 March 1979, in [[Kolkata]]. His parents are [[Anjan Dutt]]<ref>{{cite news|title=In a first, Anjan Dutt to put together a midnight jam|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/in-a-first-anjan-dutt-to-put-together-a-midnight-jam/articleshow/63730092.cms|author=Zinia Sen|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=12 April 2018|access-date=23 August 2019}}</ref> and Chanda Dutt.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Arindam Chatterjee|author2=Meghdeep Bhattacharyya|title=Neel Dutt interviews dad Anjan dutt just for t2|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/boroma-kidnap-slur-on-trinamul-kin/cid/1316802|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|date=14 February 2015|access-date=23 August 2019}}</ref> Anjan, an actor and filmmaker, is also a prolific musician from the 1990s scene of modern Bengali music. Chanda is a retired English teacher at St. Augustine's Day School, Kolkata.

As an infant, Dutt's first school was Mr. Pires Private School. Later, he moved to middle school at Seventh Day Adventist School, Kolkata. Following his high school education at [[St. Augustine's Day School, Kolkata|St. Augustine's Day School]], he studied English literature at [[Asutosh College]], Kolkata. He completed his master's degree in English literature from the [[University of Calcutta]] in 2002.

==Early career==
Dutt was still in middle school when his father started writing songs in Bengali in 1993. That was when he first began to accompany him on the [[guitar]]. The two went on to become the first father-son musician duo in modern Bengali music. Playing the guitar professionally with his father from the age of 13 was his first experience in live music as well as studio sessions. From the end of 1993, the duo started performing live and they toured extensively. He received his first Gold Disc from HMV for their first album, ''Shuntey Ki chao'', which released in 1995.

==Film music==
While studying for his post graduation, Dutt composed for his first feature film, titled ''[[Bow Barracks Forever]]'', a film made in English. He scored and composed the whole soundtrack including the songs. A four-year long delay in the film's release made it the second released feature film with Dutt as the music director. It was showcased in various film festivals all over the world and has been a recipient of awards and accolades.

The feature film that became his first musical release is ''[[The Bong Connection]]'', a bilingual film made in English and in Bengali. The soundtrack was the highest selling album in 2007.{{clarify|date=December 2018}}{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} The film was screened at the [[Museum of Modern Art|Museum of Modern Arts]] in [[New York City|New York]] in 2007.

==Musical origins and influences==
Dutt grew up listening to a lot of sixties and seventies British and American musicians, whose influence seeped into every aspect of his musical performance. He started playing the guitar from the age of twelve when he was still in junior school. It began with picking up a few chords from his seniors in school and gradually developed into quite a love affair with the instrument. He began to take private lessons from one of the most prominent guitar players in the country, Amyt Datta, whom ''Rolling Stone'' magazine (India) announced to be one of the country's true live guitar gods.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} The guitar then became an inseparable part of his life.

In 2007 Dutt joined his friend and vocalist [[Arko Pravo Mukherjee|Arko Mukherjee]], a fellow guitar player Rajkumar Sengupta and drummer Deboprotim Baksi to form Friends of Fusion (FOF), a contemporary fusion project. They started experimenting with Hindustani classical and folk traditions. The band released its self-titled debut album in 2009 from [[Saregama|Saregama India]] which was considered to be a failure amongst the fans. FOF toured for three years and released its second album, titled ''4/'', in 2012. The band split shortly after this and Dutt moved on with his career in films.

When ''[[Byomkesh Bakshi (2010 film)|Byomkesh Bakshi]]'' released in 2010, it brought Dutt's abilities and his fondness for background scoring to the forefront. Dutt received the Etv Sangeet Puroshkar for the Best Background Score in 2013 for the film ''[[Dutta Vs Dutta]]''.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} With the success of subsequent ''Byomkesh Bakshi'' films, ''[[Abar Byomkesh]]'' (2012), ''[[Byomkesh Phire Elo]]'' (2014) and the new revamped ''[[Byomkesh Bakshi (2015 film)|Byomkesh Bakshi]]'' (2015) starring [[Jisshu Sengupta]], the ''[[Byomkesh]]'' theme has become quite synonymous to the legendary truth seeker's appearance on the big screen as well as on television.

Dutt's subsequent scoring for Anjan Dutt's ''[[Shesh Boley Kichu Nei]]'' (2013) and [[Srijit Mukherjee]]'s ''[[Nirbaak]]'' (2015) received accolades from critics. In 2014, Neel composing for filmmaker [[Aparna Sen]]'s experimental Hindi film ''[[Saari Raat]]''. There on he composed for Sen’s next two films Sonata(2017) and Gharey O Baire (2019).
In 2016, Neel rejoined Srijit Mukherjee for his film Uma.
Currently he on going projects are Anjan Dutt’s Saheber Cutlet. This is a musical in the authentic way. For the first time in an Indian film the entire cast sang the songs themselves after rigorous training sessions with Neel. No playback singers have been used.

==Filmography==

===Music composer===
*''[[Bow Barracks Forever]]'' (2004)
*''[[Ek Mutho Chabi]]'' (2005)
*''[[The Bong Connection]]'' (2006)<ref name="Tomorrow’s stars"/>
*''[[Chalo Let's Go]]'' (2008)<ref name="Tomorrow’s stars">{{cite news|title=Tomorrow's stars|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090104/jsp/graphiti/story_10338348.jsp|access-date=9 July 2012|newspaper=Telegraph Calcutta|date=4 January 2009|location=Calcutta, India|first1=A|author=Clutch, A.|author2=Guha, Nandini|author3=Mukherjee, Promita}}</ref>
*''[[Brake Fail]]'' (2009)
*''Chowrasta Crossroads of Love'' (2009)
*''[[Madly Bangalee]]'' (2009)
*''[[Cross Connection]]''<ref name="Song Connection">{{cite news|title=Song Connection|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/song-connection/449335/|access-date=9 July 2012|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=21 April 2009}}</ref> (2010)
*''[[Byomkesh Bakshi (2010 film)|Byomkesh Bakshi]]'' (2010)
*''Rong Melanti'' (2011)
*''[[Jaani Dyakha Hawbe]]'' (2011)
*''[[Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona]]'' (2011)
*''[[Abar Byomkesh]]'' (2012)
*''[[Dutta Vs Dutta]]'' (2012)
*''[[Maach Mishti & More]]'' (2013)
*''Ammi R Aamar Girlfriends'' (2013)
*''[[Ganesh Talkies]]'' (2013)
*''Biye Notout''
*''Shesh Boley Kichu Nei'' (2013)
*''[[Khola Hawa]]'' (2014)
*''[[Byomkesh Phire Elo|Byomkesh Phirey Elo]]'' (2014)
*''[[Nirbaak]]'' (2015)
*''Cross Connection 2'' (2015)
*''[[Byomkesh Bakshi (2015 film)|Byomkesh Bakshi]]'' (2015)
*''[[Hemanta (film)|Hemanta]]'' (2016)
*''[[Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana]]'' (2016)
*''Saari Raat'' (2016)
*''Sonata'' (2017)
*''[[Byomkesh O Agnibaan]]'' (2017)
*''[[Aami Ashbo Phirey]]'' (2018)
*''[[Uma (2018 film)|Uma]]'' (2018)
*''[[Ahare Mon]]'' (2018)
*''[[Shonar Pahar]]'' (2018)
*’’[[Finally Bhalobasha]]’’ (2019)
*’’[[Ghawre Bairey Aaj]]’’(2019)
*''[[Tiki Taka (film)|Tiki-Taka]]'' (2020)

===Lyricist===
*''[[The Bong Connection]]'' (2005)

==References==
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==External links==
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