Durjoy Datta

Durjoy Datta is an Indian author and screenwriter.

Durjoy Datta
Born7 February 1987 (1987-02-07) (age 36)
Mehsana, Gujarat, India
OccupationIndian author and screenwriter
EducationDelhi College of Engineering, Management Development Institute
GenreRomance, Thriller
Years active2008– Present
SpouseAvantika Mohan
Website
dattadurjoy.com

Early and personal life

Durjoy Datta was born on 7 February 1987 in Mehsana, Gujarat, in a Bengali Hindu family,[1] and was brought up in New Delhi. He completed his schooling at the Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura, and went on to do mechanical engineering at Delhi Technological University.[2] He has done his post-graduation from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany. In 2011, he quit his job as a marketing analyst and became a full-time writer.[3] He is married to travel blogger and air hostess, Avantika Mohan.[4][5]

Career

Durjoy Datta's first novel, Of Course I Love You! (co-authored with Maanvi Ahuja) was released by Srishti Publishers in 2008[6] while he was still in college.[7] In August 2009, his second novel, Now That You're Rich!, was released.[8] In the summer of 2010, his third novel, She Broke Up, I Didn't!, released.[9] His fourth novel, Ohh Yes, I Am Single!, was co-written with Neeti Rustagi.[10] After graduating from MDI, Gurgaon, in 2011, he co-founded Grapevine India Publishers.[11] His fifth novel, You Were My Crush!, was published by Grapevine India Publishers in September 2011. If It's Not Forever!, his sixth novel, was released on 1 February 2012.[12][13] In the same year, Till the Last Breath... was published.[14] On 4 February 2013, Someone Like You, a novel he co-wrote with Nikita Singh, was released by Penguin India.[15] His ninth novel Hold My Hand released on 5 August 2013. His tenth novel When Only Love Remains was published on 19 June 2014.[16] His eleventh novel World's ̷Best Boyfriend was published on 24 April 2015.[17] His twelfth novel, Our Impossible Love and thirteenth novel, The Girl of my Dreams were published in 2016.[18][19] He has co-authored books with Maanvi Ahuja, Neeti Rustagi, Orvana Ghai and Nikita Singh. He has also hosted TEDx talks[20] and conferences in colleges, and has written blogs for Miss Malini and That's So Gloss.

He was listed among young achievers in Media and Communications by Whistling Woods International in 2011.[21] His debut show Sadda Haq – My Life, My Choice won the Youth Show – fiction category at Zee Gold Awards in 2014 and at Indian Telly Awards in 2014 and 2015.[22][23][24]

Works

Novels
  • Of Course I Love You..!...Till I Find Someone Better (co-author Maanvi Ahuja) (2008)
  • Now That You're Rich! Lets Fall in Love! (co-author Maanvi Ahuja) (2009)
  • SHE BROKE UP I DIDN'T! ... I Just Kissed Someone Else! (2010)
  • Ohh Yes, I'm Single..! And So is My Girlfriend! (co-author Neeti Rustagi) (2010)
  • The Backbenchers series (contributor) (the first book of the series was published in 2011)
  • You Were My Crush! ... till you said you love me! (co-author Orvana Ghai) (2011)
  • If It's Not Forever ... It's Not Love (co-author Nikita Singh) (2012)
  • Till The Last Breath ... (2012)
  • Someone Like You (co-author Nikita Singh) (2013)
  • Hold My Hand (2013)
  • When Only Love Remains (2014)
  • World's Best Boyfriend (2015)
  • Our Impossible Love (2016).[25]
  • The Girl of my Dreams (2016).[26]
  • The Boy who Loved (2017)[27]
  • The Boy with A Broken Heart (2017)[28]
  • The Perfect Us (2018)
  • Pocketful Of Stories (2019)
  • Wish I Could Tell You (2019)[29]
  • A Touch of Eternity (2021)
  • When I am With you (2022)

Short stories
  • The English Teacher (2012)
  • Shades of Love (contributor) (2012)

Television shows

Awards and recognition

See also

References
  1. "I have had a very colourful life: Durjoy Datta – Times of India". The Times of India.
  2. "About: Durjoy Datta". 9 February 2017.
  3. "New-age authors cash in on growing market". hindustantimes.com. 24 February 2013. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  4. "Tweet na?".
  5. "Durjoy Datta's honeymoon pics are giving us ultimate relationship goals".
  6. Gupta, Kanishka. "'We find our writers through unsolicited submissions. We read every manuscript': Jayanta Kumar Bose". Scroll.in. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  7. "The Lo-Cal Literati". outlookindia.com. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  8. Hariharan, Nandhitha. "Man behind the words". thehindu.com. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  9. "Street-smart best-sellers". The Indian Express. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  10. Aastha Atray Banan (21 April 2012). "The Lovey-Dovey Boys". Open Magazine. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  11. "The Lovey-Dovey Boys". openthemagazine.com. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  12. Dey, Sreyoshi (1 March 2012). "Books: Love, Sex And Marriage". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  13. "Durjoy Datta launches new novel on V-Day". Sify. 15 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  14. "Most remarkable and shocking story". ingoodbooks.com. 26 November 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  15. Username *. "Durjoy Datta". Penguin Books India. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  16. "Of love laced stories and emotional sagas". hindustantimes.com. 28 June 2014. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  17. "There's a pressure to tell a new story every time". Hindustan Times. 28 May 2015. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  18. "Fans ask me to leave my wife for them: Durjoy Datta". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  19. "Durjoy Datta's The Girl of My Dreams is a psychological thriller". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  20. "TEDx Speakers – Durjoy Datta".
  21. "happenings". Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  22. "List of nominees and winners of 13th Indian Telly Awards, 2014". indiantelevision.com. 9 September 2014. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  23. "List of nominees and winners of 14th Inwdian Telly Awards, 2015". indiantelevision.com. 28 November 2015. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  24. "I have had a very colourful life: Durjoy Datta – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  25. "Durjoy Datta to pen first non-fiction series with new take on love". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  26. "Durjoy Datta's The Girl of My Dreams is a psychological thriller". hindustantimes.com/. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  27. "The Boy Who Loved" by Durjoy Datta, Penguin Random House
  28. "The Boy with A Broken Heart" by Durjoy Datta, Penguin India Metro Reads
  29. "Wish I Could Tell You" by Durjoy Datta, Penguin India Metro Reads
  30. "Never Kiss Your Best Friend review: An easy-breezy show on love and friendship". The Indian Express. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  31. "Josy Joseph, Sujit Saraf and Karan Johar among the winners of this year's Crossword Book Awards". Scroll.in. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  32. Scroll Staff. "Sudha Murthy, Ruskin Bond, Snigdha Poonam among winners of this year's Crossword Book Awards". Scroll.in. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

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