Anirudha Bhattacharjee
National Award & MAMI award winning author
Anirudha is a SAP consultant by profession and a musician by passion. A huge fan of Kishore Kumar, he loves revisiting football matches, films of Billy Wilder, Alfred Hitchcock, Satyajit Ray, Bimal Roy, Tarun Majumdar, Basu Chatterjee, Gulzar, et al, and a horde of comedies - from the awkwardly funny Crazy Boys series to childhood favourites featuring Terence Hill & Bud Spencer.
He writes only when he has a deadline.
A firm believer in original research, he abhors writing sourced from the net, which unfortunately has become the norm today. An active quizzer for over 30 years, he owes most of his knowledge to co-quizzers who have made him push the envelop from time to time. His partners in crime have been Amitava Chatterjee (Professor of Electrical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Calcutta) with whom he wrote a weekly column for The Statesman , Calcutta, in the early 1990s, and Balaji Vittal (VP - Concentrix), with whom he has authored three books.
His "R D Burman, the Man the Music" has won the National award for Best book on cinema in 2012.
His "Gaata Rahe Mera Dil", won the MAMI award in it's inaugural year, 2015.
He lives with his family in Bangalore, India
Anirudha is a SAP consultant by profession and a musician by passion. A huge fan of Kishore Kumar, he loves revisiting football matches, films of Billy Wilder, Alfred Hitchcock, Satyajit Ray, Bimal Roy, Tarun Majumdar, Basu Chatterjee, Gulzar, et al, and a horde of comedies - from the awkwardly funny Crazy Boys series to childhood favourites featuring Terence Hill & Bud Spencer.
He writes only when he has a deadline.
A firm believer in original research, he abhors writing sourced from the net, which unfortunately has become the norm today. An active quizzer for over 30 years, he owes most of his knowledge to co-quizzers who have made him push the envelop from time to time. His partners in crime have been Amitava Chatterjee (Professor of Electrical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Calcutta) with whom he wrote a weekly column for The Statesman , Calcutta, in the early 1990s, and Balaji Vittal (VP - Concentrix), with whom he has authored three books.
His "R D Burman, the Man the Music" has won the National award for Best book on cinema in 2012.
His "Gaata Rahe Mera Dil", won the MAMI award in it's inaugural year, 2015.
He lives with his family in Bangalore, India
