Amitabh Bhattacharya is an Indian lyricist and playback singer of Bengali origin from Uttar Pradesh who works in Bollywood films. He shot to fame with the film Dev.D with the song “Emotional Attyachar” turning an instant hit.[1] He has been continuously writing lyrics for a variety of Bollywood movies since then and has also sung a few of them.[2] Bhattacharya has also maintained a close association with Amit Trivedi since their first film Aamir. He has written the lyrics or sang for most of the film albums composed by the latter. His lyrics have been variously described as “frillfree”[3] and “smartly worded”.[4]

A National Award winning lyricist, he has won the National Award for the song “Agar Zindagi” from the film I Am. He won his first Filmfare award for the song “Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin”.[5] In his song-writing career he has won highest number of awards for the song “Channa Mereya” till date.