Sanjeeta Bhattacharya

Sanjeeta Bhattacharya (Bengali: সঞ্জীতা ভট্টাচার্য, Hindi: संजीता भट्टाचार्य) is a Grammy nominated Indian singer, songwriter and actor.[1][2]

Sanjeeta Bhattacharya
সঞ্জীতা ভট্টাচার্য
Sanjeeta Bhattacharya performing at NH7 Weekender
Background information
BornNew Delhi, India
GenresIndie folk
R&B
Occupation(s)Singer
Songwriter
Actor
Lyricist
Composer
Years active2017-present

A graduate of Berklee College of Music,[3] she has been a part of festivals such as Panama Jazz Festival, Hornbill Festival, NH7 Weekender and Magnetic Fields Festival. As part of her personal project, she has released a series of singles and her track, “Everything’s Fine?” put her on Spotify's global emerging artist program, RADAR in July 2020.[4] Her first international collaboration was with Malagasy singer Niu Raza called ‘Red’.[5] Sanjeeta debuted as an actor in the Netflix series “Feels Like Ishq” on July 23, 2021.[6]

Bhattacharya is also known for her performance that paid tribute to A. R. Rahman at Berklee College of Music in 2014 featuring 109 performers from 32 countries. A. R. Rahman was awarded an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music at that event.[1]

Personal life and education

Bhattacharya was born in New Delhi, India. She is the daughter of artist Sanjay Bhattacharya. She graduated from Berklee College of Music, known for the study of jazz and modern American music.[7] Sanjeeta is often referred to as an up-and-coming jazz musician, but she prefers to avoid categorizing her music. She stated during the interview with The Times of India that:

I have roots in Indian classical Hindustani music. In school, I sang RnB, pop, choir music and so on. After which I explored many more genres like flamenco, Balkan folk, Latin American music etc and all of these reflect the music I make.[7]

Musical style

Her music weaves influences from R&B, Indie folk and Latin styles with multi-lingual lyrics to create stories around myriad personal experiences.[8]

Discography
Year Track Genre Language Reference
2017 I Will Wait Folk/Pop English [9]
2018 Natsukashii Pop English [1]
2019 Shams Indie folk Hindi/Urdu [10]
2020 Watercolour (ft. Dhruv Visvanath) Indie folk English [11][12]
2020 Everything’s Fine? R&B/Hip hop English [13][14]
2020 Red (ft. Niu Raza, Aman Sagar, Pranay Parti) R&B/Hip hop English/Malagasy [5]
2021 Khoya Sa (ft. Aman Sagar) R&B/ Pop Hindi [15]

Web series
Year Web series Role Language Reference
2021 Feels Like Ishq Muskaan Hindi [16]

Commercials and advertisements
Year Commercials and advertisements Reference
2021 Dream11 (With MS Dhoni) [17]

Sanjeeta appeared in televisions advertisement of Clean & Clear, Samsung India, Instagram and Dream11.

Other works

Sanjeeta was a TEDx speaker at TEDx, Pune.[18]

References
  1. Narrain, Aparna (15 July 2019). "Sanjeeta Bhattacharya has quite the ear for music". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  2. "Music to the ears: Sanjeeta Bhattacharya on her debut album being nominated for the 65th Grammys". New Indian Express. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. Sampath, Purvaa. "Berklee Indian Ensemble: Have you met Sanjeeta?". Berklee.edu. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  4. "India's Sanjeeta Bhattacharya Dabbles Freely Across Styles". Spotify. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  5. "Sanjeeta Bhattacharya Experiments on New Single 'Red,' Collabs With Madagascar Singer-Songwriter Niu Raza". Rolling Stone. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  6. "Feels Like Ishq: A few shorts stand out in this Netflix anthology about love". Sify. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  7. "Sanjeeta Bhattacharya: My music has a lot of influences, so I don't want to restrict it by defining it". The Times of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  8. "Meet the budding singer who is adding Latin-American flavours to music in India". India Today. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  9. "Watch: Singer-Songwriter Sanjeeta Bhattacharya's Heart-Wrenching Video for 'I Will Wait'". Rolling Stone. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  10. "Premiere: Sanjeeta Bhattacharya Trysts With Neo-Soul & Hip-Hop on 'Red'". The wild city. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  11. Narrain, Aparna (22 May 2020). "Singer-songwriter Sanjeeta Bhattacharya's new single, 'Watercolour' is out". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  12. "Hear Singer-Songwriter Sanjeeta Bhattacharya's Wistful New Single 'Watercolour'". Rolling Stone. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  13. "A Touch of Surrealism for Sanjeeta Bhattacharya's Ballad on Climate Change". The Indian Music Diaries. January 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  14. "Sanjeeta Bhattacharya talks about her new single, quarantine productivity and more". Indulge. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  15. "Sanjeeta Bhattacharya and Tanmaya Bhatnagar Scour New Delhi Bylanes in Tasteful 'Khoya Sa' Video". Rolling Stone. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  16. "Feels Like Ishq: Danish Aslam Talks About the Importance of Queer Love Stories". News18. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  17. "SINGER-SONGWRITER SANJEETA BHATTACHARYA MAKES HER DEBUT IN WEB SERIES". The Daily Guardian. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  18. "Theme: Walking the Wire". TED (conference). Retrieved 23 March 2021.

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