Joy Sarkar

Joy Sarkar
Birth nameSourav Sarkar
Also known asJoy Da
Born (1972-01-11) 11 January 1972 (age 52)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
OriginKolkata, West Bengal, India
GenresBengali Modern, Filmi, Bangla Ghazals, Classical
OccupationMusic Composer
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1998–present
Spouse
(m. 2001)

Sourav Sarkar, popularly known as Joy Sarkar, is a Kolkata based Indian Bengali film music composer. Sarkar mainly works in Bengali cinema and albums. He composed soundtracks for Jodi Ekdin (2010), Accident (2012), Muktodhara (2012), Bicycle Kick (2013), Half Serious (2013), Rupkatha Noy (2013), The play (2013), Antaraal (2013), Women Prayed and Preyed Upon (2013), Ek Phali Rodh (2014), Abby Sen (2015), Kiriti Roy (2016), Nayikar Bhumikay (2017), Bilu Rakkhosh (2017), Pupa (2018), Reunion (2019), Shesher Golpo (2019), and Parcel (2019).[1]

Personal life

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Joy Sarkar was born on 1972, 11 January in Kolkata, India, to Sudhin Sarkar, who is a Bengali singer of yesteryears, and Kalyani Sarkar. He has an elder brother, Rana, who is also a musician. Due to the musical bent of his parents, music came to him spontaneously.[2]

Sarkar is married to a Bengali singer Lopamudra Mitra since 2001.[3]

Discography

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Albums

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Year Album Singer(s) Notes
2019 Aashiana Baarishana Nilashree Lyrics by Srijato[4]

Filmography

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Joy Sarkar worked as music director for the following films.

Year Film Name Director/Directors Notes
2010 Jodi Ekdin Riingo Banerjee
2012 Accident Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Nandita Roy
2012 Muktodhara Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Nandita Roy
2013 Bicycle Kick Sumit Das, Debasish Sen Sharma
2013 Half Serious Utsav Mukherjee
2013 Rupkatha Noy Atanu Ghosh
2013 The play Ranjay Ray Choudhury
2013 Antaraal Binay Kumar Mittra, Benoy Mittra
2013 Women Prayed and Preyed Upon (Documentary) Kankana Chakraborty
2014 Ek Phaali Rodh Atanu Ghosh
2015 Abby Sen Atanu Ghosh
2016 Kiriti Roy Aniket Chattopadhyay
2017 Nayikar Bhumikay Swagato Chowdhury
2017 Bilu Rakkhosh Indrasis Acharya
2018 Pupa Indrasis Acharya
2018 Reunion Murari Mohan Rakshit [5]
2019 Shesher Golpo Jiit Chakraborty [6]
2019 Parcel Indrasis Acharya [7]
2020 Doodhpither Gachh Ujjwal Basu
2022 Boudi Canteen Parambrata Chatterjee
2022 Manabjomin Srijato
2023 Datta

Worked as music director for the following Webseries.

Year Series Name Director/Directors Notes
2020 Tansener Tanpura Soumik Chattopadhyay Hoichoi
2020 Feluda Pherot Srijit Mukherjee Addatimes
2021 Robindronath Ekhane Kawkhono Khete Aashenni Srijit Mukherjee Hoichoi
2022 Rudrabinar Obhishaap Joydeep Mukherjee Hoichoi
2022 Feludar Goyendagiri Srijit Mukherjee Hoichoi

Singles

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References

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  1. ^ "Joy Sarkar". Times of India. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Joy Sarkar Biography". Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  3. ^ "We are recreating Balmiki Pratibha: Joy Sarkar". The Times of India. 11 November 2011. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Aashiana Baarishana - Full Album - Nilashree - Joy Sarkar - Srijato". YouTube. Asha Audio. 31 January 2019.
  5. ^ SHANTANU RAY CHAUDHUR (7 December 2018). "Reunion Movie Review: An Interesting Mix Of Youthful Nostalgia And Violent Campus Politics". Film Companion. Archived from the original on 12 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Soumitra Chatterjee, Mamata Shankar breathe new life to Amit and Labanya". Times of India.
  7. ^ "Rituparna, Sreela sing for Indrasis's film". Times of India. 26 February 2019.