- Chandril Bhattacharya
-
Chandril Bhattacharya is a popular Bengali columnist, lyricist, poet, singer and director. Being one of the main lyricists of the Bangla band Chandrabindoo, he also performs as an occasional singer for the band. He is popular for his idiomatic lyrics laced with satire and critique of modern society. Chandril,together with Anindya Chatterjee won the National Film Award (Silver Lotus) for the best lyrics(2010) for the song 'Pherari Mon' in the film Antaheen (2009).
He completed B.Sc. in Economics and then pursued M.Sc. in the same from Calcutta University. He married Sanchari Mukherjee in 2006.
Initially, Chandril used to write in the column 'Uttam Madhyam' for Anandabazar Patrika on alternate Sundays, also contributing to occasional op-eds in the same newspaper.'Uttam Madhyam' has been published as a book. Later, he started to air his views in the weekly 'Robbar Pratidin',in the feature titled as 'Du Chhokka Pnach' (two sixes and a five - the highest number of moves you can make in the popular board game Ludo). Since January 2011 his'Du Chhokka Pnach' has become biweekly. He is noted for his satirical viewpoints regarding cultural phenomena,national and international current affairs, human psychology and social norms.He coins peculiar jargons and reconstructs colloquial Bengali phrases and expressions in most of his articles.
He directed a short film named "Y2K (Athoba, 'Sex Krome Aasitechhe')" from Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute in the year 2000.
References
- www.scribd.com
- www.gomolo.in
- www.development-dialogues.blogspot.com
- www.esnips.com/web/ChandrilsWritings
- www.dishant.com/lyricist/Chandril-Bhattacharya.html
- www.thisweekslessons.blogspot.com/2008/06/outrage.html
- www.chandrabindoo.in
- www.chandrabindoo.com
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrabindoo_(band)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antaheen
- www.calcuttatube.com/sex-krome-asiteche-y2k...
Categories:- University of Calcutta alumni
- Bengali poets
- Living people
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
