Neel Dutt Biography 
Neel Dutt is a popular music composer of Bengali language. One of the leading names who has been instrumental in the resurgence of Bengali film music, he has given numerous evergreen songs to music lovers. Neel is the son of famous actor and film-maker – Anjan Dutt, known for giving many highly acclaimed movies to Bengali cinema. Associated with Bengali cinema since mid-2000s, some of his best music scores include - The Bong Connection, Bow Barracks Forever, Ranjona ami Ar Ashbona, Byomkesh Bakshi (2010), Madly Bangalee, Maach Mishti & More, Shesh Boley Kichu Nei, Nirbaak and Byomkesh Bakshi (2015). He also wrote lyrics of The Bong Connection.
Neel was born in 1979 in Kolkata to the ace filmmaker Anjan Dutt and Chanda Dutt. His mother is a retired school teacher. Dutt completed his Masters in English Literature from the University of Kolkata in 2002. During his early teens when his father used to write lyrics for movies, Neel used to assist his father with a guitar. Playing guitar professionally at the age of 13, the two went on to become the first father-son musician duo in modern Bengali music. Since 1993, they started performing for stage shows together. Their first album titled ‘Shuntey Ki Chao’ was released in 1995 by HMV.
An English film Bow Barracks Forever marked Neel’s debut as an independent music composer while he was doing his PG. Though a delayed release, the movie was showcased in several film festivals. Thus the bilingual The Bong Connection (2007) became Neel’s first released film album. He experimented with fusion music and gave many memorable songs to Bengali music. He formed Friends of Fusion (FOF), a contemporary fusion band with a group of friends in 2007.
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Updated: December 24, 2015
