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Executive Producer

Jayanta Chatterjee

Bio

Jayanta Chatterjee has a diploma in Rabindra Sangeet from Dakshinee. He has mainly been trained by the late Subinoy Roy, one of the best-known male exponents of Tagore’s songs. He has also been trained by other distinguished teachers of Tagore music including the late Shailaja Ranjan Majumdar, the late Kanika Bannerjee, the late Nilima Sen and Maya Sen.

He has performed extensively in Europe and given solo recitals in Kolkata, including at the Rabindra Sadan. He has recorded four albums of Tagore songs, three of which have been released in India.

Since 1979, he has been the Principal of the Prantik Bengali cultural organisation in London, with which he has organised many concerts, as well as plays and musicals. He is very well-known among Bengali cultural circles in London.

Executive Producer- Job Description

The credit given to someone who either contributes or raises the majority of finaces for a production or is responsible for creative input such as writing the screenplay.