Rajdeep Chatterjee

Rajdeep Chatterjee is an Indian playback singer and musician from Jamshedpur in the Indian state of Jharkhand.[1][2] He participated in the Indian music shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, Indian Idol 4 and Sitaron Ko Choona Hai.[3][4][5]

Rajdeep Chatterjee
Born (1991-06-17) 17 June 1991
Jamshedpur Jharkhand, India
GenresPlayback singing
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2011–present

Early life

Chatterjee was interested in music from age two and studied under Pandit Shri Chandrakant Apte. He graduated with a degree in Indian classical music. He was top Finalist of Zee TV music show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs in 2006.[6] Rajdeep ranked fourth in 2008 on Indian Idol. He was declared one of the best singers of all four seasons of the show by judges Anu Malik, Javed Akhtar, Kailash Kher and Sonali Bendre.

He was declared as the "Jharkhand Icon" by the Symbiosis group along with Film director Imtiaz Ali.

He recorded a song for AR Rahman in his studio for his show in Germany and a song for a Tamil film with Shreya Ghoshal.

Rajdeep's first ever Bollywood playback is in the movie Bodyguard, where he is part of the team of "Band of Powers" who sang the title track of that movie. Recently he sang the title track for Akshay Kumar's newest release, Khiladi 786 he voiced music the action movies Policegiri and Gunday. He has performed more than 200 shows in India as well as abroad.[7]

Reality shows
YearShowRoleChannelNote
2006Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il ChampscontestantZee TVEliminated
2008–2009Indian Idol 4contestantSony TVEliminated
2012Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star 2contestantSTAR PlusEliminated

Discography
YearFilmSong name(s)Co-singer(s)Music Director(s)
2012Khiladi 786"Khiladi (Title Track)", "Khiladi – Remix"Vinit Singh, Aman Trikha, Alamgir Khan, Yashraj KapilHimesh Reshammiya
2013Policegiri"Ab Tere Bin Jeelenge Hum"Aman Trikha, Yashraj Kapil, Keshav
2013Gunday"Gunday - Bangla Version"None

References
  1. "McDonald's goes hi-tech to attract young customers". Zee News. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  2. "The Album Is A Mixed Bag/". bollywoodlife.com. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  3. "Rising Talents to Vie for IYS 'Singing Superstar' Title". daijiworld.com.com. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  4. "Indian Actress Singer Vasundhara Das to judge finalists at Singing Superstar". bellevision.com. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  5. "Rajdeep Chatterjee". indianidol.sify.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  6. "Powerhouse of talent". newindianexpress.com. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  7. "Indian Idol 4 Stars Rajdeep and Torsha Rock Washington DC". washingtonbanglaradio.com. 19 November 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
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