27 Facts About Pritam

Pritam debuted as a solo composer with the 2003 film Stumped.

Pritam was born to Anuradha Chakraborty and Prabodh Chakraborty in a Bengali Family.

Pritam gained his early training in music from his father who used to run a musical school and learned to play the guitar while he was in school.

Pritam went to St James' School and has a bachelor's degree in geology from Presidency College.

Pritam was associated with the non-partisan political platform Independents' Consolidation during his days at Presidency.

In 1994, Pritam joined FTII, Pune, where he took up Sound Recording and Engineering.

Pritam formed a band called "Jotugriher Pakhi" with his Presidency batchmates, for which he played the guitar.

Pritam's compositions were noted for their ability to blend Indian classical music with western styles.

Pritam received his first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for the soundtrack of Dhoom.

Pritam followed this up with compositions for films like Gangster, Jannat, Kismat Konnection and Kidnap.

Pritam formed a band called Metro with Suhail Kaul, Sohu pet name Chakraborty, Eric Pillai and Bangladeshi singer James for the film.

Pritam won his second Zee Cine Award for Best Track of the Year for the song "Mauja Hi Mauja" from Jab We Met by Imtiaz Ali.

Pritam then composed the soundtracks of Jab We Met, Race, Kismat Konnection, Kidnap, Love Aaj Kal and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, all of which earned him his fifth, sixth and seventh nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.

Pritam teamed up again with Mahesh Bhatt and Vishesh Films for music of Crook of which the song "Mere Bina" got instant recognition with public.

Pritam recreated the famous 1971 song, "Dum Maro Dum" for Ramesh Sippy's 2011 movie of the same name.

Pritam then composed for the romance Mausam which had a strong influence of Punjabi.

Pritam reunited with Imtiaz Ali for the romantic comedy-drama Cocktail, which earned highly positive reviews, in addition to his tenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani in particular proved to be a milestone in Pritam's career, earning him widespread critical acclaim and accolades, and proved to be the highest selling Indian music album of the year.

Pritam received his twelfth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for Yaariyan.

Pritam composed the soundtracks of Dishoom, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and Dangal.

The soundtrack of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil proved to be yet another milestone in Pritam's career, earning him career-best reviews and accolades, including his second Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.

Pritam has been alleged to have plagiarized numerous songs from the beginning of his film music career.

Pritam's critically acclaimed soundtrack Ae Dil Hai Mushkil faced allegations of plagiarism as the guitar riff of the song "Bulleya" was lifted from the Papa Roach song "Last Resort".

Pritam mentored and judged Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009 and was a judge for Chhote Ustaad on Zee TV.

Pritam composed the title track for Hrithik Roshan's TV series Just Dance for Star TV which was sung by KK.

Pritam sang some of his top hits on the popular show MTV Unplugged on 13 February 2016.

Pritam was a part of Star plus' show Dil Hai Hindustani as a judge alongside Sunidhi Chauhan and Badshah in 2018.