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Anirudha Bhattacharjee

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Satyajit Ray, Agatha Christie, Kumar Prasad Mukherji, Raju Bharatan

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National Award & MAMI award winning author

Anirudha is a SAP consultant by profession and a musician by passion. A huge fan of Kishore Kumar, he loves revisiting football matches, films of Billy Wilder, Alfred Hitchcock, Satyajit Ray, Bimal Roy, Tarun Majumdar, Basu Chatterjee, Gulzar, et al, and a horde of comedies - from the awkwardly funny Crazy Boys series to childhood favourites featuring Terence Hill & Bud Spencer.

He writes only when he has a deadline.

A firm believer in original research, he abhors writing sourced from the net, which unfortunately has become the norm today. An active quizzer for over 30 years, he owes most of his knowledge to co-quizzers who have made him push the envelop from time to time. His partners in crime have ...more

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	R. D. Burman: The Man, The Music by Anirudha Bhattacharjee (Goodreads Author), Balaji Vittal 4.11 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography, Winner of the National Award for Best Book on Cinema, 2022 by Anirudha Bhattacharjee (Goodreads Author), Parthiv Dhar 4.05 avg rating — 137 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	S. D. Burman: The Prince-Musician by Anirudha Bhattacharjee (Goodreads Author), Balaji Vittal 4.11 avg rating — 83 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gaata Rahe Mera Dil: 50 Classic Hindi Film Songs by Balaji Vittal, Anirudha Bhattacharjee (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Basu Chatterji And Middle-of-the Road-Cinema 3.96 avg rating — 25 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Songwriter by Pushpak Sarkar, Anirudha Bhattacharjee (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Lata Mangeshkar: My Favourites, Vol. 2 (33 1/3 South Asia) by Anirudha Bhattacharjee (Goodreads Author), Chandrashekhar Rao, Natalie Sarrazin (series_editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Aug 03, 2018 06:51AM

Salil wrote: "Hindi film music is an important part of our cultural history and needs to be chronicled. So Thank you for all the 3 books you’ve written with Balaji. If you need a research assistant for your next..."

Sure.. where are you based

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message 1: by Salil

Aug 02, 2018 08:55AM

Hindi film music is an important part of our cultural history and needs to be chronicled. So Thank you for all the 3 books you’ve written with Balaji. If you need a research assistant for your next book, I can gladly volunteer!

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