Nachiketa Chakraborty

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Nachiketa Chakraborty

Nachiketa Chakraborty, simply known as Nachiketa, is an Indian singer, songwriter, musician, composer and playback singer who is known for his modern Bengali lyrics. He achieved fame in the early 1990s, with the release of his debut album Ei Besh Bhalo Achi. In 2022 the Bengali film Ajker Shortcut was made based on his story.

Known For

Chalo Let's Go...Chalo Let's Go... · 2008
Chalo Let's Go...
★ 6.02008
MovieDramaAdventure
This is a story about four friends, Hari, Shekhar, Ashim, and Sanjay, who start a travel agency called 'Gharoa Travels'. Their first trip begins with nine passengers. On the way to the hills, a young woman named Ria suddenly joins them. The ten tourists and four operators form an assorted medley of characters. As the journey progresses, their personalities slowly unfold.
61 No Gorpar Lane61 No Gorpar Lane · 2017
61 No Gorpar Lane
★ 5.02017
MovieDrama
The film tells the story of an old colonial house and how its inhabitants save it from the hands of money hungry promoters in modern day Calcutta.
KhelaKhela · 2008
Khela
2008
MovieDrama
A filmmaker, averse to starting a family, intends to cast a disapproving couple's school-going son in a movie. What follows is a light-hearted journey that could potentially make him rethink his preferences about having a child.
Madly BangaliMadly Bangali · 2009
Madly Bangali
★ 8.02009
MovieMusic
Madly Bangalee is a Bengali rock band that inspires the film’s title. They rehearse in a dowdy garage of Kolkata, owned by Bobby (Lew Hilt), who owns Bobby’s Garage. Four young boys with stardust in their eyes practise their numbers not knowing what they are really aiming at. But the garage is under threat from a South Kolkata don Baburam (Chandan Sen). One morning, an elderly man, San (Anjan Dutt), arrives from "America and Paris." Baaji, (Sumit) the drummer who is a Muslim had to drop out of school. He escapes from the trap of turning a terrorist like his older brother Sultan. He later becomes a police officer who bashes up everyone who tries to bribe him. Neon (Tanaji) plays the rhythm guitar but, sucked into the world of drugs, he disappears from the face of the earth with his guitar. Pablo, lead singer, bass guitarist and lyricist, leaves for the US and the group breaks up. Bobby dies.
KatakutiKatakuti · 2011
Katakuti
2011
Movie
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Ajker ShortcutAjker Shortcut · 2022
Ajker Shortcut
★ 5.02022
Movie
The story takes off when Bishu, a slum dweller, and Abesh, a wanna-be poet, feel shaken after witnessing suicide of a homeless person on a busy road of Kolkata.

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Madly BangaliMadly Bangali · 2009
Madly Bangali
★ 8.02009
MovieMusic
Madly Bangalee is a Bengali rock band that inspires the film’s title. They rehearse in a dowdy garage of Kolkata, owned by Bobby (Lew Hilt), who owns Bobby’s Garage. Four young boys with stardust in their eyes practise their numbers not knowing what they are really aiming at. But the garage is under threat from a South Kolkata don Baburam (Chandan Sen). One morning, an elderly man, San (Anjan Dutt), arrives from "America and Paris." Baaji, (Sumit) the drummer who is a Muslim had to drop out of school. He escapes from the trap of turning a terrorist like his older brother Sultan. He later becomes a police officer who bashes up everyone who tries to bribe him. Neon (Tanaji) plays the rhythm guitar but, sucked into the world of drugs, he disappears from the face of the earth with his guitar. Pablo, lead singer, bass guitarist and lyricist, leaves for the US and the group breaks up. Bobby dies.

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