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Durjoy Datta

Indian author and screenwriter

Durjoy Datta is an Indian author and screenwriter.

Early and personal life

Durjoy Datta was born on 7 February in Mehsana, Gujarat, in a Bengali Hindu family,[1] and was brought up in New Delhi. He completed his schooling at the Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura, and went on to do mechanical engineering at Delhi Technological University.[2] He has done his post-graduation from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany. In , he quit his job as a marketing analyst and became a full-time writer.[3] He is married to travel blogger and air hostess, Avantika Mohan.[4][5]

Career

Durjoy Datta's first novel, Of Course I Love You! (co-authored with Maanvi Ahuja) was released by Srishti Publishers in [6] while he was still in college.[7] In August , his second novel, Now That You're Rich!, was released.[8] In the summer of , his third novel, She Broke Up, I Didn't!, released.[9] His fourth novel, Ohh Yes, I Am Single!, was co-written with Neeti Rustagi.[10] After graduating from MDI, Gurgaon, in , he co-founded Grapevine India Publishers.[11] His fifth novel, You Were My Crush!, was published by Grapevine India Publishers in September If It's Not Forever!, his sixth novel, was released on 1 February [12][13] In the same year, Till the Last Breath was published.[14] On 4 February , Someone Like You, a novel he co-wrote with Nikita Singh, was released by Penguin India.[15] His ninth novel Hold My Hand released on 5 August His tenth novel When Only Love Remains was published on 19 June [16] His eleventh novel World's ̷Best Boyfriend was published on 24 April [17] His twelfth novel, Our Impossible Love and thirteenth novel, The Girl of my Dreams were published in [18][19] He has co-authored books with Maanvi Ahuja, Neeti Rustagi, Orvana Ghai and Nikita Singh. He has also hosted TEDx talks[20] and conferences in colleges, and has written blogs for Miss Malini and That's So Gloss.

He was listed among young achievers in Media and Communications by Whistling Woods International in [21] His debut show Sadda Haq – My Life, My Choice won the Youth Show – fiction category at Zee Gold Awards in and at Indian Telly Awards in and [22][23][24]

Works

Novels

  • Of Course I Love You..!Till I Find Someone Better (co-author Maanvi Ahuja) ()
  • Now That You're Rich! Lets Fall in Love! (co-author Maanvi Ahuja) ()
  • SHE BROKE UP I DIDN'T! I Just Kissed Someone Else! ()
  • Ohh Yes, I'm Single..! And So is My Girlfriend! (co-author Neeti Rustagi) ()
  • The Backbenchers series (contributor) (the first book of the series was published in )
  • You Were My Crush! till you said you love me! (co-author Orvana Ghai) ()
  • If It's Not Forever It's Not Love (co-author Nikita Singh) ()
  • Till The Last Breath ()
  • Someone Like You (co-author Nikita Singh) ()
  • Hold My Hand ()
  • When Only Love Remains ()
  • World's Best Boyfriend ()
  • Our Impossible Love ().[25]
  • The Girl of my Dreams ().[26]
  • The Boy who Loved ()[27]
  • The Boy with A Broken Heart ()[28]
  • The Perfect Us ()
  • Pocketful Of Stories ()
  • Wish I Could Tell You ()[29]
  • A Touch of Eternity ()
  • When I am With you ()
  • World's Best Girlfriend () [30]

Short stories

  • The English Teacher ()
  • Shades of Love (contributor) ()

Television shows

Awards and recognition

See also

References

  1. ^"I have had a very colourful life: Durjoy Datta – Times of India". The Times of India.
  2. ^"About: Durjoy Datta". 9 February
  3. ^"New-age authors cash in on growing market". . 24 February Archived from the original on 26 June Retrieved 1 May
  4. ^"Tweet na?".
  5. ^"Durjoy Datta's honeymoon pics are giving us ultimate relationship goals". 20 March
  6. ^Gupta, Kanishka. "'We find our writers through unsolicited submissions. We read every manuscript': Jayanta Kumar Bose". . Retrieved 5 June
  7. ^"The Lo-Cal Literati". . 18 July Retrieved 30 May
  8. ^Hariharan, Nandhitha. "Man behind the words". . Retrieved 26 April
  9. ^"Street-smart best-sellers". The Indian Express. Retrieved 26 April
  10. ^Aastha Atray Banan (21 April ). "The Lovey-Dovey Boys". Open Magazine. Retrieved 26 April
  11. ^"The Lovey-Dovey Boys". . 21 April Retrieved 30 May
  12. ^Dey, Sreyoshi (1 March ). "Books: Love, Sex And Marriage". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 9 November Retrieved 19 February
  13. ^"Durjoy Datta launches new novel on V-Day". Sify. 15 February Archived from the original on 21 January Retrieved 7 July
  14. ^"Most remarkable and shocking story". . 26 November Retrieved 28 June
  15. ^Username *. "Durjoy Datta". Penguin Books India. Retrieved 7 July
  16. ^"Of love laced stories and emotional sagas". . 28 June Archived from the original on 26 June Retrieved 30 May
  17. ^"There's a pressure to tell a new story every time". Hindustan Times. 28 May Archived from the original on 29 May Retrieved 30 May
  18. ^"Fans ask me to leave my wife for them: Durjoy Datta". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 December
  19. ^"Durjoy Datta's The Girl of My Dreams is a psychological thriller". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 31 December
  20. ^"TEDx Speakers – Durjoy Datta".
  21. ^"happenings". Retrieved 29 November
  22. ^"List of nominees and winners of 13th Indian Telly Awards, ". . 9 September Archived from the original on 26 June Retrieved 7 May
  23. ^"List of nominees and winners of 14th Inwdian Telly Awards, ". . 28 November Archived from the original on 20 April Retrieved 6 December
  24. ^"I have had a very colourful life: Durjoy Datta – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 March
  25. ^"Durjoy Datta to pen first non-fiction series with new take on love". The New Indian Express. 29 August Retrieved 17 February
  26. ^"Durjoy Datta's The Girl of My Dreams is a psychological thriller". . 17 October Retrieved 17 February
  27. ^"The Boy Who Loved" by Durjoy Datta, Penguin Random House
  28. ^"The Boy with A Broken Heart" by Durjoy Datta, Penguin India Metro Reads
  29. ^"Wish I Could Tell You" by Durjoy Datta, Penguin India Metro Reads
  30. ^"World's Worst Best Girlfriend by Fair Observer". 24 September
  31. ^"Never Kiss Your Best Friend review: An easy-breezy show on love and friendship". The Indian Express. 28 January Retrieved 9 July
  32. ^"Josy Joseph, Sujit Saraf and Karan Johar among the winners of this year's Crossword Book Awards". . 17 January Retrieved 19 January
  33. ^Scroll Staff (20 December ). "Sudha Murthy, Ruskin Bond, Snigdha Poonam among winners of this year's Crossword Book Awards". . Retrieved 9 December

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