Joy Sarkar

Joy Sarkar
জয় সরকার
Joy Sarkar জয় সরকার
Birth name	Sourav Sarkar
Also known as	Joy Da
Born	11 January 1972 (age 50); Kolkata,West Bengal, India
Origin	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Genres	Bengali Modern, Filmi, Bangla Ghazals, Classical
Occupation(s)	Music Composer
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1998–present
Spouse(s)	Lopamudra Mitra (m. 2001)

Sourav Sarkar, popularly known as Joy Sarkar, is a Kolkata based Indian Bengali film music composer. Sarkar mainly works in Bengali cinema and albums. He composed soundtracks for Jodi Ekdin (2010), Accident (2012), Muktodhara (2012), Bicycle Kick (2013), Half Serious (2013), Rupkatha Noy (2013), The play (2013), Antaraal (2013), Women Prayed and Preyed Upon (2013), Ek Phali Rodh (2014), Abby Sen (2015), Kiriti Roy (2016), Nayikar Bhumikay (2017), Bilu Rakkhosh (2017), Pupa (2018), Reunion (2019), Shesher Golpo (2019), and Parcel (2019).^[1]

Personal life[]

Joy Sarkar was born on 1972, 11 January in Kolkata, India, to Sudhin Sarkar, who is a Bengali singer of yesteryears, and Kalyani Sarkar. He has an elder brother, Rana, who is also a musician. Due to the musical bent of his parents, music came to him spontaneously.^[2]

Sarkar is married to a Bengali singer Lopamudra Mitra since 2001.^[3]

Discography[]

Albums[]

Year	Album	Singer(s)	Notes
2019	Aashiana Baarishana	Nilashree	Lyrics:Srijato^[4]

Filmography[]

Joy Sarkar worked as music director for the following films.

Year	Film Name	Director/Directors	Notes
2010	Jodi Ekdin	Riingo Banerjee
2012	Accident
2012	Muktodhara
2013	Bicycle Kick
2013	Half Serious
2013	Rupkatha Noy	Atanu Ghosh
2013	The play	Ranjay Ray Choudhury
2013
2013
2014		Atanu Ghosh
2015	Abby Sen	Atanu Ghosh
2016	Kiriti Roy	Aniket Chattopadhyay
2017
2017		Indrasis Acharya
2018	Pupa	Indrasis Acharya
2018	Reunion		^[5]
2019	Shesher Golpo	Jiit Chakraborty	^[6]
2019	Parcel	Indrasis Acharya	^[7]
2020	Doodhpither Gachh

| 2020 || " Tansener Tanpura" || Bengali Web Series|| |2020 || " [ Feluda Pherot" || Bengali web series || Addatimes ||

Singles[]

"Mon Kemoner Station" with Shreya Ghoshal (2012)
"Kolkata Diaries" (Hindi) with Akriti Kakar (2016)
"Khobor Diyo Hothat Kanna Pele" with Joy Sarkar (2016)
"Dekha Jodi Ba Hoy Abar" with (2016)
"Ei Roko" with Joy Sarkar (2017)
"Taar Daak Naam" with Srija (2017)
Rabindra Sangeet albums ( Music Arrangement)
"Bhalobasa Kare koy" with Srabani Sen (2003)
"Bismaye" with Lopamudra Mitra (2003)
"Krishnakali" with Lopamudra Mitra (2004)
"Mone Rekho" with Lopamudra Mitra (2006)
"Ananda The Ecstasy" with Lopamudra Mitra (2009)
"Silent Amazement" with Rituparna Sengupta, Lopamudra Mitra, (2012)
"Akash-The Infinite" with Lopamudra Mitra (2017)
"Ajana Gaaner Ajana" with Subhamita Banerjee 2019
"Hoytoh Prem" with Shaan and Akriti Kakkar 2018

References[]

^ "Joy Sarkar". Times of India. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ "Joy Sarkar Biography". Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
^ "We are recreating Balmiki Pratibha: Joy Sarkar". The Times of India. 11 November 2011. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013.
^ "Aashiana Baarishana - Full Album - Nilashree - Joy Sarkar - Srijato". YouTube. Asha Audio. 31 January 2019.
^ SHANTANU RAY CHAUDHUR (7 December 2018). "Reunion Movie Review: An Interesting Mix Of Youthful Nostalgia And Violent Campus Politics". Film Companion.
^ "Soumitra Chatterjee, Mamata Shankar breathe new life to Amit and Labanya". Times of India.
^ "Rituparna, Sreela sing for Indrasis's film". Times of India. 26 February 2019.

[1] "Joy Sarkar". Times of India. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

[2] "Joy Sarkar Biography". Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.

[3] "We are recreating Balmiki Pratibha: Joy Sarkar". The Times of India. 11 November 2011. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013.

[4] "Aashiana Baarishana - Full Album - Nilashree - Joy Sarkar - Srijato". YouTube. Asha Audio. 31 January 2019.

[5] SHANTANU RAY CHAUDHUR (7 December 2018). "Reunion Movie Review: An Interesting Mix Of Youthful Nostalgia And Violent Campus Politics". Film Companion.

[6] "Soumitra Chatterjee, Mamata Shankar breathe new life to Amit and Labanya". Times of India.

[7] "Rituparna, Sreela sing for Indrasis's film". Times of India. 26 February 2019.

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