AMITABH BHATTACHARYA

AMITABH BHATTACHARYA – Lyricist/Playback Singer

Amitabh Bhattacharya – (born in Lucknow, U.P.) He shot to fame with the film Dev.D. The song "Emotional Attyachar" from the movie was an instant hit. He has been continuously writing lyrics for a variety of Bollywood movies since then and has also sung a few of them. Bhattacharya has also maintained a close association with Amit Trivedi since their first film Aamir. He has written the lyrics or sang for most of the film albums composed by the latter. His lyrics have been variously described as "frillfree" and "smartly worded".

His works include:

As lyricist

Year	Film	Composer	Notes
2008	Aamir	Amit Trivedi
2009	Acid Factory	Shamir Tandon – Manasi Scott – Gourov Dasgupta – Bappi Lahiri – Ranjit Barot
2009	99	Ashutosh Pathak and Shamir Tandon
2009	Dev D	Amit Trivedi
2010	Chance Pe Dance	Adnan Sami – Ken Ghosh – Sandeep Shirodkar	One Song
2010	Housefull	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy	Two Songs
2010	Udaan	Amit Trivedi
2010	Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai	Pritam	One Song
2010	Anjaana Anjaani	Vishal-Shekhar	One Song
2010	Band Baaja Baaraat	Salim-Sulaiman
2011	No One Killed Jessica	Amit Trivedi
2011	Thank You	Pritam	Two Songs
2011	I Am	Amit Trivedi	National Award: Best Lyrics
2011	Luv Ka The End	Ram Sampath
2011	Ready	Pritam	One Song
2011	Delhi Belly	Ram Sampath	Three Songs
2011	Chillar Party	Amit Trivedi	One Song
2011	Always Kabhi Kabhi	Pritam	One Song
2011	My Friend Pinto	Ajay-Atul
2011	Aazaan	Salim-Sulaiman
2011	Ladies V/S Ricky Bahl	Salim-Sulaiman
2011	Pappu Can't Dance Saala	Malhar
2012	Agneepath	Ajay-Atul	IIFA Award for Best Lyrics
2012	Ek Main aur Ekk Tu	Amit Trivedi
2012	Agent Vinod	Pritam
2012	Ferrari Ki Sawaari	Pritam	Two Songs
2012	Cocktail	Pritam	One song
2012	Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi	Jeet Ganguly
2012	Barfi!	Pritam	One song
2012	Heroine	Salim-Sulaiman
2012	Aiyyaa	Amit Trivedi
2013	Bombay Talkies	Amit Trivedi	Three Songs
2013	Go Goa Gone	Sachin-Jigar	Two songs
2013	Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani	Pritam
2013	Ghanchakkar	Amit Trivedi
2013	Lootera	Amit Trivedi
2013	Chennai Express	Vishal-Shekhar
2013	Rabba Main Kya Karoon	Salim-Sulaiman	Three Songs
2013	Phata Poster Nikla Hero	Pritam Chakraborty	Two Songs
2013	Dhoom 3	Pritam Chakraborty	One Song
2014	Mr Joe B. Carvalho	Amartya Rahut	One Song
2014	Yaariyan	Pritam Chakraborty	One Song
2014	Hasee Toh Phasee	Vishal-Shekhar
2014	Shaadi Ke Side Effects	Pritam Chakraborty
2014	Darr @ the Mall	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
2014	One By Two	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
2014	2 States	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
2014	Lekar Hum Deewana Dil	A. R. Rahman
2015	Bombay Velvet	Amit Trivedi	Upcoming

As playback singer

Year	Film	Composer	Song	Director/producer
2008	Aamir	Amit Trivedi	Ek Lau, Ha Raham
2009	Wake Up Sid	Amit Trivedi	Iktara	"Ayan Mukerji"
2010	Band Baaja Baaraat	Salim-Sulaiman	Mitra
2010	Udaan	Amit Trivedi	Geet, Aazadiyan
2010	Admissions Open	Amit Trivedi	Dariya Ubale, Aasman Ke Paar
2010	Housefull	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy	Loser
2010	Fast Forward		Aankhon ki Baat
2011	No One Killed Jessica	Amit Trivedi	Dua
2012	Agent Vinod	Pritam	Pungi
2012	Aiyyaa	Amit Trivedi	What to do	Anurag Kashyap Production
2013	Lootera	Amit Trivedi	Ankahee, Manmarziyan, Shikayatein, Monta Re	Phantom Films Production
2013	Chennai Express	Vishal-Shekhar	Tera Rasta Chhodun Na	Red Chillies
2014	2 States	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy	Offo	Dharma Productions
2014	Happy Ending (film)	Sachin-Jigar	Paaji Tussi Such a Pussy Cat	Illuminati Films

Awards

National Film Award for Best Lyrics, for I Am