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Jeet Gannguli
Jeet Gannguli (left) at Aashiqui 2 music concert in 2013
Background information
Birth name	Chandrajeet Ganguly
Born	(1977-05-24) 24 May 1977 (age 47) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Occupation(s)	score composer , music director , singer

Jeet Gannguli (born Chandrajeet Ganguly, Bengali: চন্দ্রজিৎ গাঙ্গুলী on 24 May 1977), popularly known as Jeet, is a score composer of Bengali and Hindi movies. Gannguli is a music director in Bollywood, scoring music for films.

Early life and education

Gannguli was initiated into the world of music at the age of three. He was a student of Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School from where he completed his schooling. Later he graduated from the University of Calcutta. He is trained in Indian classical music under the guidance of his father Kali Ganguly and his pisima (father's sister) Shibani Roychowdhury. He studied western classical music, jazz and rock with jazz guitarist Carlton Kitto.

Career

Gannguli got his first break when Sanjay Gadhvi was signed on to direct Tere Liye and he, in turn, signed on his friends Jeet Gannguli and Pritam as music composers. In 2002 Yash Raj Films signed Gadhvi up to direct Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai, for which the Gannguli-Pritam duo composed the music.

After the duo parted ways, Jeet started scoring music for Hindi and Bengali films, TV serials and Jingles. Jeet Gannguli has also composed music for a single track sung by well known singer in Hindi, Bengali.

Personal life

Ganguly is married to Chandrani Ganguly.

Discography

Select discography

• "Suno Na Sangemarmar" from Youngistaan
• "Baatein Ye Kabhi Na" from Khamoshiyan
• "Chahun Main Ya Naa" from Aashiqui 2
• "Muskurane" from CityLights

Awards and nominations

Bengali Cinema Awards

Hindi Cinema Awards

See also

• List of Indian film music directors

References

1. ^ "Jeet Ganguly Height, Weight, Age, Biography, Wiki, Wife, Family, Profile".
2. "Composer Jeet Ganguly made a comeback in Bollywood". Ibnlive. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
3. "Music Composer Jeet Ganguly". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
4. Mid-year review: Roy, Hamari Adhuri Kahani, Badlapur -Top 5 hit music albums of the year. India.com. Retrieved on 15 March 2017.
5. "Jeet Gannguli Biography".
6. Sur, Prateek. (25 January 2015) Khamoshiyan music review: Arijit Singh, Ankit Tiwari and Jeet Ganguly's album is laden with romantic tracks!. Bollywoodlife.com. Retrieved on 2017-03-15.
7. Youth can connect to any good music : Jeet Ganguly – Indian Express. Archive.indianexpress.com (16 September 2013). Retrieved on 2017-03-15.
8. Jeet Ganguli composes a romantic song for Alone. The Indian Express (28 November 2014). Retrieved on 2017-03-15.
9. "Youngistaan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Jeet Gannguli, Shiraz Uppal, Sneha Khanwalkar, Shree D & Ishq Bector. iTunes. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
10. Akshata Shetty (29 January 2015). "Khamoshiyan song Baatein Ye Kabhi Na: Watch Gurmeet Choudhary, Sapna Pabbi, and Ali Fazal's quintessential love triangle!". Retrieved 26 June 2017.
11. "Aashiqui 2 Songs". Retrieved 26 April 2013.
12. Ria Lawrence (29 August 2014). "Jeet Gannguli: Music has no barriers of region or language". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
13. ^ "Awards of Jeet Gannguli".

External links

• Jeet Gannguli at IMDb
• Jeet Gannguli on Facebook
• Jeet Gannguli on Twitter
• Jeet Ganguly first time working with Pandit Ajoy Chakroborty in a Bengali film Bhorer Allo produced by Green Pigeon Movies

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• Bengali people
• Bengali Hindus
• Musicians from Kolkata
• Indian film score composers
• Indian guitarists
• Living people
• Filmfare Awards winners
• Ramakrishna Mission schools alumni
• University of Calcutta alumni
• 1977 births
• Bengali film score composers
• 21st-century Indian composers
• Hindi film score composers
• People from Baranagar
• BRKMAHS Alumni
• Jeet Gannguli