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Pritam Chakraborty, better known by the mononym Pritam, is an Indian music director, composer, singer and record producer for Bollywood films. In a career spanning nearly two decades, he has composed music for more than 125 Bollywood movies. He has won One National Award, Six Filmfare Awards for Music Director & Three Filmfare Awards for Best BGM, seven Zee Cine Awards, three Star Screen Awards and seven IIFA Awards among many others.
He has been frequent collaborators with directors like Imtiaz Ali, Anurag Basu, Kabir Khan,Mohit Suri, Priyadarshan, Karan Johar,Ayan Mukerji, Rajkumar Hirani and more. His frequent lyricists are Sameer Anjaan, Kumaar, Mayur Puri, Irshad Kamil, Sayeed Quadri, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Kausar Munir
In his long career, almost every popular singer has sung for his films. His frequent playback Singers are Sonu Nigam, KK, Shaan, Kunal Ganjawala, Atif Aslam, Mohit Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Neeraj Shridhar,Tulsi Kumar,Mika Singh, from early phase of his career and Arijit Singh & Antara Mitra, Nakash Aziz, Amit Mishra,Shilpa Rao, Shalmali Kholgade, Jubin Nautiyal, Raghav Chaitanya, Jonita Gandhi, Nikhita Gandhi from recent times. KK has sung over 70+ songs in almost 50 albums for Pritam.
| Year | Film | Director | Lyricist(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Tere Liye | Sanjay Gadhvi | Abbas Tyrewala | Composed with Jeet Gannguli |
| 2002 | Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai | Javed Akhtar | ||
| 2003 | Stumped | Gaurav Pandey | Abbas Tyrewala Zubeen Garg Shaan | All songs except "Humko Toh Hai Poora Yakeen" & "Ek Sapna" |
| Mudda – The Issue | Saurabh Shukla | Chandrani Gannguli Saurabh Shukla Sanjay Swami | Composed with Jeet Gannguli | |
| Imtiaz Punjabi | Pravin Rai Nitin Raikwar Amitabh Verma | |||
| 2004 | Agnipankh | Sanjiv Puri | ||
| Raghu Romeo | Rajat Kapoor | Sanjeev Sharma | ||
| Dhoom | Sanjay Gadhvi | Sameer | Nominated – Filmfare Best Music Director Award Nominated – Star Screen Award for Best Music Director | |
| 2005 | Chocolate | Vivek Agnihotri | Mayur Puri Parveen Bhardwaj Dev Kohli Ajit Srivastava | |
| Garam Masala | Priyadarshan | Sameer Mayur Puri | ||
| Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena | Suparn Verma | Shabbir Ahmed Amitabh Verma Dev Kohli Subrat Sinha Mayur Puri. | ||
| 2006 | Fight Club – Members Only | Vikram Chopra | Mayur Puri Neelesh Mishra | Nominated – Global Indian Film Awards for Best Music |
| Gangster | Anurag Basu | Sayeed Quadri Mayur Puri Neelesh Mishra | Nominated – Global Indian Film Awards for Best Music[1] Nominated – Zee Cine Awards for Best Music Director | |
| Ankahee | Vikram Bhatt | Amitabh Varma Sameer Subrat Sinha. | ||
| Naksha | Sachin Bajaj | Sameer Mayur Puri | ||
| Pyaar Ke Side Effects | Saket Chaudhary Mayur Puri | |||
| Bas Ek Pal | Onir | Amitabh Verma Sayeed Quadri | Composed one song ("Hai Ishq") | |
| Woh Lamhe... | Mohit Suri Sayeed Quadri | All songs except "So Jaoon Main" | ||
| Apna Sapna Money Money | Sangeeth Sivan | Mayur Puri | ||
| Dhoom 2 | Sanjay Gadhvi | Sameer | Nominated – Filmfare Best Music Director Award Nominated – IIFA Best Music Director Award | |
| Bhagam Bhag | Priyadarshan | Sameer | ||
| 2007 | Nehlle Pe Dehlla | Ajay Chandok | Sameer Dev Kohli | Composed three songs ("Parvar Digara", "Hoga Hoga Khuda Gawah" & "Nehle Pe Dehla") |
| Hattrick | Milan Lutharia | Mayur Puri | All songs except "Jab Chhaye Mera Jadoo" | |
| Just Married | Meghna Gulzar | Gulzaar | ||
| Kya Love Story Hai | Lovely Singh | Shabbir Ahmed | ||
| Life in a... Metro | Anurag Basu | Sayeed Quadri Amitabh Verma Sandeep Shrivastva | Nominated – Filmfare Best Music Director Award Nominated – Star Screen Award for Best Music Director Nominated – Apsara Award for Best Music | |
| Raqeeb | Anurag Singh | Sameer | ||
| Awarapan | Mohit Suri | Sayeed Quadri Asif Ali Baig Annie Khalid | ||
| Naqaab | Abbas-Mustan | Sameer | ||
| Kaisay Kahein... | Mohit Husein | All songs except "Teri Yaadein" | ||
| Darling | Ram Gopal Verma | Sameer | All songs except "Tadap" & "Awaaz Koi" | |
| Dhol | Priyadarshan | Irshad Kamil | ||
| Bhool Bhulaiyaa | Sameer Sayeed Quadri | Nominated – IIFA Best Music Director Award | ||
| Speed | Vikram Bhatt Mayur Puri | |||
| Jab We Met | Imtiaz Ali | Irshad Kamil | All songs except "Aaoge Jab" Won Apsara Award for Best Music Director Won Zee Cine Award for Best Track of the Year | |
| Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal | Vivek Agnihotri | Javed Akhtar | ||
| 2008 | My Name is Anthony Gonsalves | Eeshvar Nivas | Sameer | All songs except "Tum Mile" & "Allah Belli" |
| Bombay to Bangkok | Nagesh Kukunoor | Shabbir Ahmed Mir Ali Hussain Ibrahim Ashiq | Composed one song ("Dil Ka Haal") | |
| Race | Abbas-Mustan | Sameer | Nominated – Filmfare Best Music Director Award Nominated – IIFA Best Music Director Award | |
| Bhram | Pavan Kaul | Irshad Kamil Kumaar | Composed two songs ("Jaane Kaisa" & "Jaane Kyun") | |
| Jannat | Kunal Deshmukh | Sayeed Quadari Kamraan Ahmed R. Mehndi Neelesh Mishra | Nominated – Star Screen Award for Best Music Director | |
| Haal-e-Dil | Anil Devgan | Munna Dhimman Sameer Shabbir Ahmed Aditya Dhar | Composed one song ("Aag Lage") | |
| Kismat Konnection | Aziz Mirza | Sayeed Quadari Shabbir Ahmed | ||
| Singh Is Kinng | Anees Bazmee | Mayur Puri | All songs except "Title Track" Nominated – Star Screen Award for Best Music Director Nominated – Apsara Award for Best Music | |
| Mukhbiir | Mani Shankar | P.K. Mishra | Composed one song ("Tu Salaamat") | |
| Kidnap | Sanjay Gadhvi | Mayur Puri | All songs except "Mit Jaye" | |
| Golmaal Returns | Rohit Shetty | Sameer | ||
| 2009 | Billu | Priyadarshan | Gulzar Neeraj Shridhar Sayeed Quadri Ashish Pandit Mayur Puri | |
| Sangeeth Sivan | Mayur Puri | All songs except "Sona Lagda" | ||
| Aa Dekhen Zara | Jehangir Surti | Composed two songs ("Ghazab" & "Mohabbat Aapse") | ||
| New York | Kabir Khan | Sandeep Srivastava Juniad Wasi | All songs except "Aye Saaye Mere" | |
| Love Aaj Kal | Imtiaz Ali | Irshad Kamil | Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Won IIFA Best Music Director Award Won Apsara Award for Best Music Director Nominated – Star Screen Award for Best Music Director | |
| Life Partner | Rumi Jaffery | Javed Akhtar | All songs except "Gunji Angna Mein" | |
| Love Khichdi | Srinivas Bhasyam | Amitabh Verma Shaleen Sharma | ||
| Dil Bole Hadippa! | Anurag Singh | Jaideep Sahni | All songs except "Gym Shim" | |
| Rohit Shetty | Kumaar | |||
| Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani | Rajkumar Santoshi | Irshad Kamil Ashish Pandit | Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Nominated – Apsara Award for Best Music Nominated – Star Screen Award for Best Music Director Won Mirchi Music Listeners Choice Album of the Year Won Music Director of the Year in RMIM Puruskaar[2] | |
| Tum Mile | Kunal Deshmukh | Sayeed Quadari Kumaar | Nominated – Star Screen Award for Best Music Director | |
| De Dana Dan | Priyadarshan | Sayeed Qudari Irshad Kamil | All songs except "Paisa Paisa" & "Title Track" |
| Year | Film | Director | Lyricist(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Chance Pe Dance | Ken Ghosh | Kumaar | Composed one song ("Pe Pe Pe Pein") |
| Toh Baat Pakki! | Kedarh Shinde | Mayur Puri | ||
| Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? | Ashwini Dhir | Irshad Kamil | Composed two songs ("Aaja Aaja" & "Na Jaane Kab Jaoge") | |
| Badmaash Company | Parmeet Sethi | Anvita Dutt | ||
| Raajneeti | Parkash Jha | Irshad Kamil | Composed one song ("Bheegi Si") | |
| Khatta Meetha | Priyadarshan | Irshad Kamil Nitin Raikwar | All songs except "Bullshit" | |
| Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai | Milan Luthria | Irshad Kamil Neelesh Mishra Amitabh Bhattacharya | Won Mirchi Music Listeners Choice Album of the Year[3] Won Big Star Entertainment award for song Pee Loon Won Star Screen Award for Most Popular Music[4] Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Won Mirchi Music Listeners Choice Album of the Year Won Big Star Entertainment award for song "Pee Loon" Nominated – Star Screen Award for Best Music Director Won Most Popular Music in Star Screen Award Nominated – Apsara Award for Best Music Director Nominated – IIFA Award for Best Music Director | |
| Aashayein | Nagesh Kukonoor | Mir Ali Hussain | Composed two songs ("Mera Jeena Hai Kya" & "Dilkash Dildaar Duniya") | |
| Hello Darling | Manoj Tiwari | Shabbir Ahmed Kumaar Ashish Pandit | ||
| Mallika | Wilson Louis | Sudhakar Sharma | Composed two songs ("Chahoon Tujhe" & "Shah e Khubaan") | |
| Crook | Mohit Suri | Kumaar | Nominated – Apsara Award for Best Music Director[5] | |
| Aakrosh | Priyadarshan | Irshad Kamil | ||
| Golmaal 3 | Rohit Shetty | Kumaar | Nominated – Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director. Golmaal and Desi Kali and their remixes were co-composed by Amar Mohile. | |
| Action Replayy | Vipul Amrutlal Shah | Irshad Kamil | ||
| No Problem | Anees Bazmee | Shabbir Ahmed Kumaar Anand Raj Anand | All songs except "Mast Panjabi" & "Title Track" | |
| 2011 | Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji | Madhur Bhandarkar | Neelesh Mishra Kumaar Sanjay Chhel Sayeed Quadri | |
| United Six | Mahesh Bhatt | Ashish Pandit | ||
| Thank You | Anees Bazmee | Kumaar Ashish Pandit Amitabh Bhattacharya | ||
| Dum Maaro Dum | Rohan Sippy | Jiadeep Sahni | "Dum Maaro Dum" track from Hare Rama Hare Krishna originally composed by R. D. Burman was recreated for the film with title "Mit Jaaye Gum". Nominated – Apsara Award for Best Music Director | |
| Kucch Luv Jaisaa | Barnali Shukla | Irshad Kamil | ||
| Ready | Anees Bazmee | Amitabh Bhattacharya Ashish Pandit Neelesh Mishra Kumaar | All songs except "Dhinka Chika" Nominated – Apsara Award for Best Music Director Nominated – BIG Star Most Entertaining Music | |
| Always Kabhi Kabhi | Roshan Abbas | Amitabh Bhattacharya Irfan Siddiqui | All songs except "Title Track" | |
| Bodyguard | Siddique | Neelesh Misra | Composed one song ("I Love You" and a version "I Love You (Unplugged)") Won BIG Star Most Entertaining Music Nominated – Apsara Award for Best Music Director | |
| Mausam | Pankaj Kapur | Irshad Kamil | ||
| Tell Me O Kkhuda | Hema Malini | Mayur Puri | All songs except "Title Track", "Someone Somebody" & "Mile Na Tu" | |
| Desi Boyz | Rohit Dhawan | Irshad Kamil Kumaar Amitabh Bhattacharya | ||
| 2012 | Players | Abbas-Mustan | Ashish Pandit | |
| Agent Vinod | Sriram Raghvan | Amitabh Bhattacharya Neelesh Misra | ||
| Jannat 2 | Kunal Deshmukh | Sayeed Qudari Mayur Puri | ||
| Ferrari Ki Sawaari | Rajesh Mapuskar | Swanand Kirkire Amitabh Bhattacharya | ||
| Cocktail | Homi Adajania | Irshad Kamil | All songs except "Angrezi Beat" Won People's Choice Awards India for Favorite Movie Album of the Year Won MTV Video Music Awards India VMAI for Best Bollywood Album Won U.K. Bollywood Cosmopolitan Award for Best Music Album Won Best Music Director's award in 8th Apsara producers guild Award Won GIMA Hottest Song of the Year for Daaru Desi Won Screen Awards for Most Popular Music Won Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director Nominated – IIFA Award for Best Music Director Nominated – Screen Award for Best Music Director Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Nominated – Song of the Year for "Tum Hi Ho Bandhu" at Mirchi Music Awards Nominated – Album of the Year at Mirchi Music Awards Nominated – Music Composer of the Year in Mirchi Music Awards Nominated – for Best Music award in 8th Apsara Awards | |
| Barfi! | Anurag Basu | Swanand Kirkire Ashish Pandit Neelesh Misra Sayeed Quadri | Won Asia Pacific Screen Awards for Best Music Won IIFA Award for Best Music Director Won Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Won Screen Award for Best Music Director Won Screen Award for Most Popular Music Won GIMA Award for Most Outstanding Music of the Year 2012 Nominated – Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director Won RMIM Puruskaar Album of the Year[6] Won RMIM Puruskaar for Song of the Year for Phir Le Aayaa Dil Won RMIM Puruskaar for Best Sung Songs (Solo) for Phir Le Aayaa Dil Won RMIM Puruskaar for Best Sung Songs (Duet) for Aashiyaan Satish Kalra Sammaan in RMIM Puruskaar Nominated – Album of the Year in Mirchi Music Awards Nominated – Music Composer of the Year in Mirchi Music Awards | |
| Rush | Shamin Desai | Sayeed Quadri Kumaar Ashish Pandit | All songs except "Mumkin Nahi" & "Hote Hote" | |
| 2013 | Race 2 | Abbas-Mustan | Mayur Puri Sameer | |
| Murder 3 | Vishesh Bhatt | Sayeed Quadri | All songs except "Hum Jee Lenge" Song "Jaata Hai Tujh Tak" was co-composed by Anupam Amod | |
| Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani | Ayan Mukerji | Amitabh Bhattacharya Kumaar | Won Screen Award for Best Music Director Won Star Guild Award for Best Music Won GIMA Award for Best Music Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Nominated – Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director Nominated – Mirchi Music Award for Composer of the Year | |
| Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara! | Milan Lutharia | Rajat Arora | All songs except "Tayab Alli" & "Bismillah" Pritam's 100th film as a music director | |
| Phata Poster Nikhla Hero | Rajkumar Santoshi | Irshad Kamil Amitabh Bhattacharya | ||
| R... Rajkumar | Prabhudeva | Anupam Amod Mayur Puri | ||
| Dhoom 3 | Vijay Krishna Acharya | Amitabh Bhattacharya Sameer Kausar Munir | All songs except "Bande Hain Hum Uske" | |
| 2014 | Yaariyan[7] | Divya Khosla Kumar | Amitabh Bhattacharya Irshad Kamil | Composed two songs ("ABCD" & "Love Me Thoda Aur") Won Stardust Award for Best Music Nominated – Screen Award for Best Music Director Nominated – BIG Star Most Entertaining Music Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Nominated – Star Guild Award for Best Music |
| Shaadi Ke Side Effects | Saket Chaudhary | Amitabh Bhattacharya | All songs except "Ahista Ahista" | |
| Holiday | A.R Murgadoss | All songs except "Palang Tod" | ||
| 2015 | I Love NY | Radhika Rao Vinay Sapru | Sayeed Quadri Mayur Puri | Composed two songs ("Aao Na" & "Halki Halki") |
| Bajrangi Bhaijaan | Kabir Khan | Mayur Puri Amitabh Bhattacharya Neelesh Mishra Shabbir Ahmed Kausar Munir | Nominated – BIG Star Entertainment Awards for Best Music Nominated – Stardust awards for Best Music Nominated – Guild film Awards for Best Music | |
| Phantom | Amitabh Bhattacharya Kausar Minar | |||
| Dilwale | Rohit Shetty | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Music Director | |
| 2016 | Azhar | Tony D'Souza | Manoj Yadav | Composed one song "Itni Si Baat" |
| Dishoom | Rohit Dhawan | Kumaar Mayur Puri Ashish Pandit | ||
| Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | Karan Johar | Won Critics' Choice Music Composer of the Year Award at Mirchi Music Awards Won Critics' Choice Album of the Year Award at Mirchi Music Awards Won Critics' Choice Song of the Year Award at Mirchi Music Awards for "Channa Mereya" Won Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Won Stardust Award for Best Music Director Won Screen Award for Best Music Director Won Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director Won Zee Cine Award for Song of the Year for "Channa Mereya" Won IIFA Award for Best Music Director Won IIFA Award for Best Background Score Won BIG Zee Most Entertaining Music Award Won BIG Zee Most Entertaining Song Award for "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" Won Platinum Disc at MT20Jubilee Awards for "Channa Mereya" Won Platinum Disc at MT20Jubilee Awards for "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" Won News18 Movie Award 2017 for Best Music Won 2017 SpotBoyE Award for Best Music | ||
| Dangal | Nitesh Tiwari | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Won Listeners' Choice Album of the Year Award at Mirchi Music Awards Won Screen Award for Best Music Director | |
| 2017 | Raabta | Dinesh Vijan | Amitabh Bhattacharya Irshad Kamil | All songs with JAM8 except for "Main Tera Boyfriend" "Raabta" Track from Agent Vinod originally composed by himself was recreated for the film |
| Tubelight | Kabir Khan | Amitabh Bhattacharya Kausar Munir | ||
| Jagga Jasoos | Anurag Basu | Amitabh Bhattacharya Neelesh Mishra | Won Filmfare Award for Best Music Album Won Filmfare Award for Best Background Score Won Listeners' Choice Album of the Year Award at Mirchi Music Awards | |
| Jab Harry Met Sejal | Imtiaz Ali | One Song "Phhur" With Diplo Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Music Album Won Critics' Choice Music Composer of the Year Award at Mirchi Music Awards Won Critics' Choice Album of the Year Award at Mirchi Music Awards Won Critics' Choice Song of the Year Award at Mirchi Music Awards for "Hawayein" | ||
| 2019 | Kalank | Abhishek Varman | Amitabh Bhattacharya | |
| Chhichhore | Nitesh Tiwari | |||
| The Sky Is Pink | Shonali Bose | Gulzaar |
| Year | Film | Director | Notes | |
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| 2012 | Barfi! | Anurag Basu | ||
| 2013 | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani | Ayan Mukerji | Won Zee Cine Award for Best Background Score Nominated – GiMA Award for Best Background Score Nominated – Mirchi Music Award for Best Background Score | |
| 2016 | Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | Karan Johar | ||
| Dangal | Nitesh Tiwari | |||
| 2017 | Jagga Jasoos | Anurag Basu | Won Filmfare Award for Best Background Score | |
| 2020 | Ludo | |||
| 2022 | Ayan Mukerji | |||
| 2023 | Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani | Karan Johar |
| Album | Release date | Record label | |
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| Shake It Up | 2006 | Saregama | |
| Best of Pritam | 5 December 2012 | T-Series | |
| 25 January 2013 | Tips Music | |
| Pritam Club | 9 February 2013 | Unspecified | |
| Best of Me: Pritam | 18 June 2013 | Sony Music | |
| Best of Pritam – Subhanallah | 22 November 2013 | T-Series | |
| Radio Favourites – Pritam | 28 November 2014 | Sony Music | |
| Musical Bond: Pritam & KK | 28 May 2015 | Sony Music | |
| Pritam's Playlist | 28 August 2015 | Unspecified | |
| Pritam: My Favourites | 25 September 2015 | Sony Music |
| Song | Film | Year | Lyrics | Co-singers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Aise Hi Bada Hua Gavaskar" | Stumped | 2003 | Gaurab Pandey | K.K, Shaan Anjan Srivastava, Suresh Menon | |
| "U & I (Let's Do Balle Balle) – Part 2" | Naksha | 2006 | Mayur Puri | K.K | |
| "Kar Salaam" | Life in a... Metro | 2007 | Sayeed Quadri | Soham Chakraborty, Suhail Kaul | |
| "Khwaab Dekhe (Sexy Lady)" | Race | 2008 | Sameer Anjaan | Monali Thakur, Neeraj Shridhar | |
| "Karle Mujhse Pyaar" | Toh Baat Pakki | 2010 | Sayeed Quadri | Rana Mazumder, Soham Chakraborty | |
| "Karle Mujhse Pyaar (Remix)" | |||||
| "Pungi" | Agent Vinod | 2012 | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Mika Singh, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Nakash Aziz | |
| "Pungi (Remix)" | |||||
| "Fatafati" | Barfi! | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Ranbir Kapoor, Arijit Singh, Nakash Aziz | ||
| "Selfie Le Le Re" | Bajrangi Bhaijaan | 2015 | Mayur Puri | Vishal Dadlani, Nakash Aziz, Badshah | |
| "Selfie Le Le Re (EDM Mix)" | |||||
| "Phurr" | Jab Harry Met Sejal | 2017 | Irshad Kamil | Marshmello, Diplo, Mohit Chauhan, Tushar Joshi | |
| "Biba" | BIBA | 2019 | Marshmello, Shirley Setia, Dev Negi, Pardeep Singh Sran | ||
| "Hockey Hai Dil Mera" | The Hockey World Cup 2023 Song | 2022 | Namita Meleka, Benny Dayal, Neeti Mohan, Amit Mishra, Lisa Mishra, Antara Mitra, Sreerama Chandra, Nakash Aziz, Jonita Gandhi | ||
| "Dil Jashn Bole" | The Cricket World Cup 2023 Anthem | 2023 | Amit Mishra, Sreerama Chandra, Nakash Aziz, Jonita Gandhi, Charan, AKASA |