Rajdweep

Rajdweep is an Indian screenwriter, playwright, lyricist and journalist hails from Dhing, Nagaon, Assam.[1][2][3] He has been awarded by Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan for his script 'Ishqlogy' at Cinestaan India's Storyteller's Script Contest in 2018.[1][3][4][5] He is the first lyricist from Assam who writes Assamese songs in Bollywood film.[6] He wrote the songs 'Jiri Jiri' for the film A Death In The Gunj[7][8] and the bihu song for the film Jagga Jasoos. Again, he becomes the first screenwriter from Assam who signed a Bollywood film. He signed the film on 21 October 2019.[9][10]

Rajdweep
Rajdweep receiving award at Cinestaan India's Biggest Script Contest in 2018
Born	20 September 1986 (1986-09-20) (age 33) Dhing, Nagaon, Assam, India
Occupation	Screenwriter, playwright, lyricist, journalist
Language	Assamese, Hindi, Bengali
Education	MA Economics, MA Journalism
Alma mater	Cotton College, Gauhati University
Notable awards	Winner at Cinestaan India's Storyteller's Script Contest (2018), Assam State Film Award for Best Lyricist (2017), Best Playwright of the year (2019)
Parents	Jiban Dey , Rina Dey
Website
www.rajdweep.com

Personal Life and Education

Rajdweep was born on 20 September 1986 in Nagaon, Assam. After doing graduation in Economics from Gauhati University, Rajdweep did Masters in Economics and then completed his Masters in Journalism.

Career

After working in many Assamese films, albums and plays, Rajdweep made his Bollywood debut in the Konkona Sen Sharma directed film A Death in the Gunj (2016) as a lyricist.[11] His song 'Jiri Jiri' was an Assamese song in the film.[12] He has been credited for writing the first full-length Assamese song in any Bollywood film. After that, he again got the opportunity to write a song for Anurag Basu directed film Jagga Jasoos. He wrote the Bihu song 'Lahe Lahe' for this film. Before that, for MTV dewarist show, he penned the widely accepted song called 'Memories' with Papon and Nucleya. His Hindi songs are 'Pakhi Pakhi', 'Aao Kabhi Jo'. As a screenwriter, Rajdweep's first film was Khel-the Game (2015). His other film as screenplay writer Rum Vodka Whisky has been released across Assam. Rajdweep has written songs in many Assamese films and various albums, theatre plays. As the youngest playwright of Assam's unique mobile theatre industry, Rajdweep has written many full-length plays.[13] Apart from these, Rajdweep has a career in professional journalism and he is working as senior sub-editor of a vernacular daily called 'Assamiya Khabar'. He was conferred with the 2018-19 'Best Play of the Year' award for his play, Bondookor Kobita by All Assam Sahitya Sanmilan.[14]

Awards and recognitions

Rajdweep receiving award from Bollywood Superstar Aamir Khan for his script in Mumbai, 2018.

• Awarded Assam State Film Award (Dr. Nirmalprabha Bordoloi Memorial Award) for Best Lyricist for the film Dooronir Nirola Poja (2017).[15][16]
• 4th Award Winner at India's Biggest Script Contest by Cinestaan (2018). Awarded by Bollywood Superster Aamir Khan on 26 November, at Novotel Hotel, Juhu, Mumbai. Aamir Khan, Rajkumar Hirani, Anjum Rajabali, Juhi Chaturvedi were the jury members of this mega contest with around 4000 contestants from different parts of India. Rajdweep's script 'Ishqlogy - Something greater than technology' won the 4th prize.[17][18][19]
• India Today featured him as 'Young Leader'. The leading news magazine of India featured Rajdweep for his journey from unique Mobile theatre in Assam to Bollywood.[20][21]
• Best Playwright Award for his play 'Bandookor Kobita' at Oikyotaan Award by Asom Sahitya Sanmilani Award (2019).[22][23]

Works in Assamese language

As Screenwriter

Films

Film	Category	Year	Director	Credit
Khel-the Game	Feature Film	2015	Ashok Kumar Bishaya	Story-Screenplay-Dialogue Writer
Rum Vodka Whisky	Feature Film	2017	Prasanta Saikia	Story-Screenplay-Dialogue Writer
Grey	Short Film	2017	Jiny Mahalia	Screenplay-Dialogue Writer
Letters From Deuta	Short Film	2017	Arunjit Borah	Dialogue Writer
Pratighaat (2019 film)	Feature Film	2019	Achinta Sankar	Screenplay-Dialogue Writer

Music

Year	Song	Album
2015	Akash Subo Khuju	Akash Subo Khuju

As a Lyricist

Films

Year	Film	Songs	Composer	Singer(s)	Film Director
2014	Rowd	Pokhi Pokhi Mon Mur, Kinu Jadu Aji	Jatin Sharma	Papon, Rupjyoti, Shreya Phukan	Gautam Baruah
2014	Raag (film)	Akou Ebaar, Tup Tup Xore Endhaar	Avinash Baghel	Anindita Paul, Dikshu	Rajni Basumatary
2014	Shinyor	Bixakto Suma	Anurag Saikia	Neer Dipankar	Kankan Rajkhowa
2015	Ahetuk	Nonsense Hridoye	Poran Borkotoky	Kalpana Patowary	Bani Das
2017	Bahniman	Matal Hol Ei Rati, Kola Kola Endhare, Bahnimaan Title Track	Jatin Sharma	Zubeen Garg, Papon, Kalpana Patowary, Raaj J Konwar	Biswajeet Bora
2017	Dur	Dhora diya, Likhi likhi, Dhora Diya female version	Siddharth- Rahul	Neer Deepankar, Siddhartha, Ritrisha, Rupjyoti	Kankan Rajkhowa
2017	Local Kung Fu 2	Khelimeli Mon		Anisha Sarma	Kenny Basumatary
2017	Dooronir Nirola Poja	Khuje Khuje Jibon, Xur Herabo Khuje	Tony-Utkarsh	Papon	Dhruva Bordoloi
2017	Rum Vodka Whiskey	Morumoy	Tridib Basumatary	Tridib Basumatary	Prasant Saikia
2018	Nijanor Gaan	Neelate Luka Bhaku, Dure Dure Tumi, Natun Ejaak, Osina Batot	Jatin Sharma	Zubeen Garg, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Nahid Afrin, Rupjyoti Devi, Siddhartha, Afsana	Munna Ahmed
2018	Raktabeez	Raktabeez Title Track	Palash Surya Gogoi	Joshua Queh	Biswajeet Bora
2018	Raja Returns	Tumi Mor	Poran Borkotoky	Rohit Sonar	Kishor Das
2018	Suspended Inspector Boro	The Dustbin Song	Utkarsh		Kenny Basumatary
2019	Kokaideu Bindass	Gun Gun	Manas Robin	Neel Akash	Dhruva Bordoloi
2019	Rowd Hoi Aha Tumi	Rowd Hoi Aha Tumi title, Neelaburot, Mukhaar Aarot	Poran Borkotoky	Papon, Zubeen Garg, Pompi Gogoi	Topon Bordoloi
2019	Pratighaat (2019 film)	Bechera Ei Mon, Khupi Khupi	Rahul Devnath, Poran Borkotoky	Papon, Ananya Dutta	Achinta Sankar

Albums

Assamese albums

Album	Singer	Composer	Songs
Notun Puhor (2017	Papon	Papon	Notun Puhor, Bohu Baat
Maati (2014)	Zublee	Zublee	Maah Karein
Mor Lorali (2015)	Dikshu Sarma	Dikshu Sarma	Ojut Tora
Maati 2 (2018)	Zublee	Zublee	Sankar Guru Aamare, Ohori Hoiya, Tauling Porota
Emuthi Habiyax	Pompi Gogoi	Bibhuti Gogoi	Thakok Diya

Assamese Tv series

Serial	Songs	Composer	Singer(s)	TV Channel
Sabda	Title Track	Poran Borkotoky		Rang (TV channel)
Enekoiye Bhagene Xopun	Title Track	Dikshu Sarma		Jonack
Hello Boss	Title Track	Poran Borkotoky		Jonack
Mayabini Ratir Kolat	Title Track	Papon		Jonack
Nixabda	Title Track	Aniruddha Barua		Rang (TV channel)

As playwright

Year	Play	Theatre	Remarks
2014	Akow Edin	Hengul Theatre	Debut as a playwright
2015	Boliya Krishna	Hengul Theatre
2015	Juj	Hengul Theatre
2016	Breaking News	Kohinoor Theatre
2016	Bonoriya	Hengul Theatre
2016	Bekar Bahubali	Hengul Theatre
2016	Betal Police	Bhagyadevi Theatre
2017	Best of Luck	Kohinoor Theatre
2017	Bindass	Chiranjiv Theatre
2017	Boliya Droupadi	Hengul Theatre
2018	Bandookor Kobita	Hengul Theatre
2018	Bauli Mur Priya	Rajmukut Theatre
2018	Beporuwa Prem	Kahinoor Theatre
2018	Barnali Barua Premot Porise	Chiranjeev Theatre
2018	Bapukon Zindabad	Sankardev Theatre
2018	Bonxomorjyada	Sankardev Theatre
2019	Bahadur	Hengul Theatre
2019	Birangana	Rajmukut Theatre
2019	Boroxa Jetiya Name	Kohinoor Theatre
2019	Baagh	Rajmukut Theatre
2019	Bohag Jodi Naahe	Sankardev Theatre

Works in Bollywood and Hindi language

As Lyricist

Year	Film	Songs	Composer	Singer(s)	Film Director
2016	A Death in the Gunj	Jiri Jiri Noi	Sagar Desai	Promila Pradhan	Kankana Sen Sharma
2017	Jagga Jasoos	Bihu Song	Pritam	Neer Deepankar	Anurag Basu
2018	III Smoking Barrels	Uttorbihin	Papon	Papon	Sanjib Dey

Works in Bengali language

As Lyricist

Albums

Songs	Singer	Composer	Album
Bhule Aamay	Dikshu	Palash Surjya Gogoi	Bhule Aamay (2016)

Books & Literary Works by Rajdweep

Rajdweep had written his book titled 'Guwahati Dot Com' in the year 2010. It was a compilation of his popular column with the same title, which was published in Asomiya Khobor.

Cover of the book 'Guwahati Dot Com' written by Rajdweep.

Career in Journalism

Rajdweep had started his career in the popular newspaper in Assamese language. He worked there as Senior Sub-Editor.

External links

• Official website
• Rajdweep on IMDb
• Official Facebook Page : Rajdweep

References

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