Shantanu moitra biography samples

Indian composer (born 1968)

Musical artist

Shantanu Moitra (born 22 January 1968) is an Indian pianist, score composer and musician who has composed songs for the Hindi film industry, and is most known for his scores in the films Parineeta (2005), Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2005), Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006) and 3 Idiots (2009), and private albums, Mann ke Manjeere and Ab ke Saawan sung by Shubha Mudgal.

Shantanu moitra biography samples

In 2014, he received the National Film Award for Best Music Direction (Background Score) for Na Bangaaru Talli.^[2]

Early life and education

Shantanu was born in Lucknow, where his father came from a Bengali Brahmin musical family.

He was very young when he moved to Delhi with his family, where initially he lived in Patel Nagar in West Delhi, and studied at Springdales School, Pusa Road. There, he was the leader and singer of a band, and in 1982, the band hosted the school's first rock show.

"What was even better was receiving an award