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'''Susmit Sen''' is an Indian guitarist formerly part of [[Indian Ocean (band)|Indian Ocean]], an Indian [[fusion music|fusion rock]] band, which he co-founded with lead vocalist [[Asheem Chakravarty]] in 1990. Sen released his first solo album, ''Depths of the Ocean'' in 2011, in the following year, he also started touring with his separate band, ''The Susmit Sen Chronicles'', and eventually left Indian Ocean in 2013 to pursue a solo career.
<ref>{{cite web | title = I'm not leaving due to ego clashes: Susmit Sen | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/Im-not-leaving-due-to-ego-clashes-Susmit-Sen/articleshow/20573741.cms
|author=Z|date= 14 June 2013|accessdate = 2014-11-17 | work = The Times of India}}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Susmit Sen's first guitar was one bought by his father for his elder brother in Mumbai. He had been influenced by his brother's ability to attract attention by playing the guitar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=20535#.UUGXvhxYJmU |title=Susmit Sen: From the Ruins |publisher=Allaboutjazz.com |date= |accessdate=2013-10-15}}</ref>

He did his schooling from [[St. Xavier's School, Delhi]] in 1981, and graduation from [[Hansraj College]].

==Career==
[[File:Indian Ocean by Rangilo Gujarati.jpg|thumb|190px|right|Sen performing with Indian Ocean in Pune]]
A self-taught musician, Sen started the band, ''Indian Ocean'', with Late Asheem Chakravarty in 1990. They were joined by [[Rahul Ram]] in 1991, and in 1991 by multi-instrumentalist [[Amit Kilam]] completing the quartet. Using Indian rhythms, melodies and folk music influences the band created a unique sound and soon achieved success; in following decades produced five studio albums, and a live album, ''Desert Rain''. Besides this a concert DVD, ''Indian Ocean Live In Concert'' of their two-hour live concert at the [[Garden of Five Senses]] in Delhi was released in 2008. ''[[Leaving Home – the Life & Music of Indian Ocean]]'' (2010) directed by [[Jaideep Varma]], it became the first band ever in India to be subject of a documentary.<ref>{{cite web | title = Ocean in concert |work= The Hindu| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/ocean-in-concert/article1435068.ece | accessdate = 2014-11-20 }}</ref><ref name=ndtv/> At the [[58th National Film Awards]], the documentary went on to win the [[National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film|Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film]].<ref name="58thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm58NFAAward.aspx|title=58th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=29 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414003922/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm58NFAAward.aspx|archive-date=14 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="58thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/58_NFA.pdf|title=58th National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=29 March 2012}}</ref><ref name="58thawarddff">{{cite web|title=58th National Film Awards, 2010|url=http://dff.nic.in/Press%20Release%20-%2058th%20National%20Film%20Awards%20Winners%202010.pdf|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=29 March 2012}}</ref>

Founder member, Chakrvarty died suddenly in 2009, due to heart attack.<ref name=ndtv/> Sen released his first solo debut album ''Depths of the Ocean'' in 2011, an album which had been in the making for the last ten years. Featuring collaboration with Shubha Mudgal, Nitin Malik, Papon, and Asheem Chakravarty.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-09/news-and-interviews/30491039_1_susmit-sen-asheem-chakravarty-musicians |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014210355/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-09/news-and-interviews/30491039_1_susmit-sen-asheem-chakravarty-musicians |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-10-14 |title=Indian Ocean's Susmit Sen goes solo |date=2011-12-09 |work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=2013-10-15}}</ref> In 2012, he started touring with a new setup of artistes, called ''The Susmit Sen Chronicles'', which included drummer Nikhil Vasudevan, bassist Anirban Ghosh, tabla player Varun Gupta and vocalists Amit Sharma and [[Sudhir Rikhari]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Music/Indian-Ocean-is-also-my-own-Susmit-Sen/Article1-910862.aspx |title=Indian Ocean is also my own: Susmit Sen |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=2012-08-09 |access-date=2013-10-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014074955/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Music/Indian-Ocean-is-also-my-own-Susmit-Sen/Article1-910862.aspx |archive-date=14 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=stone/> Thereafter Sen left Indian Ocean in June 2013, to pursue his solo career.<ref name=ndtv>{{cite web | title = Indian Ocean co-founder Susmit Sen quits band |work= NDTV | url = http://movies.ndtv.com/music/indian-ocean-co-founder-susmit-sen-quits-band-612287 |date=12 June 2013| accessdate = 2014-11-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Indian Ocean guitarist Susmit Sen quits band - Rediff.com movies | url = http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/indian-ocean-guitarist-susmit-sen-quits-band/20130612.htm |date=12 June 2013|accessdate = 2014-11-17 }}</ref> However, he joined the Indian Ocean for a farewell tour in end 2013, thereafter he was replaced by guitarist Nikhil Rao.<ref>{{cite web | title = Susmit Sen Quits Indian Ocean - Rolling Stone India | work=Rolling Stone India| url = http://rollingstoneindia.com/susmit-sen-quits-indian-ocean/ | accessdate = 2014-11-20 }}</ref>

Early, 2014 saw the release of an eponymously titled coffee table photography book on the group's history.<ref>{{cite web | title = New Book On Indian Ocean Hits The Stands - Rolling Stone India |work= Rolling Stone India| url = http://rollingstoneindia.com/new-book-indian-ocean-hits-stands/ |date=26 December 2013| accessdate = 2014-11-20 }}</ref> As a tribute, the Dehradun Guitar Company has created the SS Series of Guitars named after Susmit Sen.<ref>[http://dehradunguitars.com/steel-string/ Dehradun Guitar Company, the Super Sustain guitar named after Susmit Sen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429055921/http://dehradunguitars.com/steel-string/ |date=29 April 2013 }}</ref> He started work on his second solo-album in October 2013 and completed it in following March. In July 2014, the album ''Ocean to Ocean''<ref>{{cite web|title='Ocean to Ocean' album|url=https://songdew.com/musicpremiere/songdew/ocean-to-ocean/86|publisher=Songdew|accessdate=10 July 2014}}</ref> was released, which also featured a collaborative track with [[Bernie Marsden]], the former Whitesnake guitarist.<ref name=stone>{{cite web | title = Guitarist Susmit Sen Ready To Launch His Second Solo Album |work= Rolling Stone India | url = http://rollingstoneindia.com/guitarist-susmit-sen-ready-launch-second-solo-album/ |date=24 July 2014| accessdate = 2014-11-17 }}</ref> Later in the year he released his memoir, ''Ocean to Ocean: A Memoir'' co-written with Sehba Imam.<ref>{{cite web | title = Susmit Sen's discordant chronicles |work= Business Standard| url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/susmit-sen-s-discordant-chronicles-114100901040_1.html |date=11 October 2014| accessdate = 2014-11-17 | first = Geetanjali | last = Krishna }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Susmit Sen's memoir 'Ocean to Ocean' resonates with the most exciting phase of Indian rock |work=CNN-IBN | url = http://ibnlive.in.com/news/susmit-sens-memoir-ocean-to-ocean-resonates-with-the-most-exciting-phase-of-indian-rock/505738-40-101.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141016023025/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/susmit-sens-memoir-ocean-to-ocean-resonates-with-the-most-exciting-phase-of-indian-rock/505738-40-101.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = 16 October 2014|date= 13 Oct 2014 | accessdate = 2014-11-17 }}</ref> In its 2014 listing of "25 Greatest Indian Rock Songs of the last 25 Years", "[[Rolling Stone]] India" featured two songs, ''Ma Rewa'' and ''Kandisa'' from the album, ''[[Kandisa (album)|Kandisa]]'' (2000).<ref>{{cite web | title = The Search for Rolling Stone India's 25 Greatest Indian Rock Songs of the last 25 Years |work= Rolling Stone India | url = http://rollingstoneindia.com/rs-polls-top-twenty-five-indian-songs/ |date=8 October 2014| accessdate = 2014-11-20 }}</ref>

==Discography==

===Indian Ocean===
*''[[Indian Ocean (Album)|Indian Ocean]]'' (1993)
*''[[Desert Rain]]'' (1997)
*''[[Kandisa (Album)|Kandisa]]'' (2000)
*''[[Jhini]]'' (2004)
*''[[Black Friday (Indian Ocean album)|Black Friday]]'' (2005)
*''[[16/330 Khajoor Road]]'' (2010)
* Footballwaaliyan (2019)

===Susmit Sen Chronicles===
* ''Depths of the Ocean'' (2011)
* ''Ocean to Ocean'' (2014)

==Filmography==
* ''Swaraj: The Little Republic'' (2003)
* ''[[Black Friday (2004 film)|Black Friday]]'' (2004) <ref>{{IMDb name|2342911|Indian Ocean}}</ref>
* ''[[Peepli Live]]'' (2010)
*Footballwaaliyan (2019)

==Works==
* ''Ocean to Ocean: A Memoir'' (with Sehba Imam), HarperCollins, 2014. {{ISBN|9351362019}}.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''Indian Ocean: A Photographic Journey'', Vineet Sharma. Parragon Publishing, 2014. {{ISBN|147230750X}}.

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://susmitsenmusic.com}}
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