Durjoy Datta

Durjoy Datta is an Indian author and screenwriter known for his coffee-table novels about the romantic life of young Indians.

Durjoy Datta
Born7 February 1987 (1987-02-07) (age 33)
Mehsana, Gujarat, India
OccupationIndian author and screenwriter
EducationDelhi College of Engineering, Management Development Institute
GenreRomance, Thriller
Years active2008– Present
SpouseAvantika Mohan
Website
dattadurjoy.com

Early and personal life

Durjoy Datta was born on 7 February 1987 in Mehsana, Gujarat, but grew 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.[1] He did his post-graduation from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany, and majored in marketing and finance. He started writing while he was in the final year of college. In 2011, he quit his job at American Express as a marketing analyst and turned a full-time writer.[2] He is married to travel blogger and air hostess Avantika Mohan.[3] The couple has a daughter named Rayna Mohan Datta, born on 24 July 2017.

Career

Durjoy Datta's first novel, Of Course I Love You! (co-authored with Maanvi Ahuja) was released by Srishti Publishers in 2008 [4] while he was still in college.[5] In August 2009, his second novel, Now That You're Rich!, was released.[6] In the summer of 2010, his third novel, She Broke Up, I Didn't!, released.[7] His fourth novel was written while he was in Europe for four months in the winter of 2010. The book was named Ohh Yes, I Am Single!, which borrowed heavily from Durjoy's life and was written jointly by Neeti Rustagi and Durjoy Datta.[8] After graduating from MDI, Gurgaon, in 2011, he co-founded Grapevine India Publishers.[9] His fifth novel, You Were My Crush!, was published by Grapevine India Publishers in September 2011. It peaked at No. 3 on the Hindustan Times Bestseller list. If It's Not Forever!, his sixth novel, was released on 1 February 2012 and was inspired from the September 2011 blasts in Delhi High Court.[10] The book opened at the No. 6 spot at the Hindustan Times.[11] In the same year, Till the Last Breath... hit the bookstands. The novel was about two young people, a girl suffering from ALS, and a guy whose systems are shutting down after years of drug abuse; the novel charts the last few months of their lives. it opened at No.3 on the Hindustan Times Bestseller list. The English Teacher, a short story written by him was released in August 2012 which outlines the dangerous obsession of a young, brilliant student with his English teacher.[12] On 4 February 2013, Someone Like You, a novel he co-wrote with Nikita Singh, was released by Penguin India.[13] It debuted at No. 5 at Hindustan Times Bestseller list. It was Durjoy's first book written from a female character's perspective. His ninth novel Hold My Hand released on 5 August 2013. The book was commissioned by Hong Kong Tourism Board. His tenth novel When Only Love Remains released on 19 June 2014. When Only Love Remains is another love story from Durjoy Datta, this one set in the troubled world of an aspiring young singer Devvrat and revolving around a young woman Avanti who has been obsessed with him for a long time.[14] His eleventh novel World's ̷Best Boyfriend released on 24 April 2015. Dhruv and Aranya spend a good part of their lives trying to figure out why they want to destroy each other, why they hurt each other so deeply, and why they can't stay away from each other. The answer is just as difficult each time ... yet there is something that tells them: This is not it.[15] His twelfth novel, Our Impossible Love and thirteenth novel, The Girl of my Dreams were released in 2016.[16][17] He has co-authored his books with Maanvi Ahuja, Neeti Rustagi, Orvana Ghai and Nikita Singh. He is one of the best selling writers in contemporary India. He is regular at TEDx talks[18] and conferences in colleges pan-India and often invited as a guest speaker across the country. He has also written blogs like Miss Malini and That's So Gloss.

He was also chosen as one of the two young achievers in the field of Media and Communications by Whistling Woods International in 2011.[19] His debut show Sadda Haq - My Life, My Choice won the Youth Show - fiction category at Zee Gold Awards in 2014 and at Indian Telly Awards in 2014 and 2015.[20][21]

Durjoy Datta has been asked to write a couple of screenplays of his own books by Subhash Ghai for his next Bollywood movie. He narrated one of his books to him and he immediately liked it.[22]

Works

Novels
  • Of Course I Love You..!...Till I Find Someone Better (co-author Maanvi Ahuja) (2008)
  • Now That You're Rich! Lets Fall in Love! (co-author Maanvi Ahuja) (2009)
  • SHE BROKE UP I DIDN'T! ... I Just Kissed Someone Else! (2010)
  • Ohh Yes, I'm Single..! And So is My Girlfriend! (co-author Neeti Rustagi) (2010)
  • The Backbenchers series (contributor) (the first book of the series was published in 2011)
  • You Were My Crush! ... till you said you love me! (co-author Orvana Ghai) (2011)
  • If It's Not Forever ... It's Not Love (co-author Nikita Singh) (2012)
  • Till The Last Breath ... (2012)
  • Someone Like You (co-author Nikita Singh) (2013)
  • Hold My Hand (2013)
  • When Only Love Remains (2014)
  • World's Best Boyfriend (2015)
  • Our Impossible Love (2016).[23]
  • The Girl of my Dreams (2016).[24]
  • The Boy who Loved (2017)[25]
  • The Boy with A Broken Heart (2017)[26]
  • The Perfect Us (2018)
  • Pocketful Of Stories (2019)
  • Wish I Could Tell You (2019)[27]
  • A Touch of Eternity (2021)

Short stories
  • The English Teacher (2012)
  • Shades of Love (contributor) (2012)

Television shows

Awards and recognition

References
  1. https://www.vowelor.com/about/durjoy-datta/
  2. "New-age authors cash in on growing market". hindustantimes.com. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  3. https://www.bollywoodshaadis.com/articles/author-durjoy-datta-gets-married-to-his-girlfriend-avantika-mohan-4587
  4. Gupta, Kanishka. "'We find our writers through unsolicited submissions. We read every manuscript': Jayanta Kumar Bose". Scroll.in. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  5. "The Lo-Cal Literati". outlookindia.com. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  6. Hariharan, Nandhitha. "Man behind the words". thehindu.com. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  7. "Street-smart best-sellers". The Indian Express. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  8. Aastha Atray Banan (21 April 2012). "The Lovey-Dovey Boys". Open Magazine. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  9. "The Lovey-Dovey Boys". openthemagazine.com. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  10. Dey, Sreyoshi (1 March 2012). "Books: Love, Sex And Marriage". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  11. "Durjoy Datta launches new novel on V-Day". Sify.com. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  12. "Most remarkable and shocking story". ingoodbooks.com. 26 November 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  13. Username *. "Durjoy Datta". Penguin Books India. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  14. "Of love laced stories and emotional sagas". hindustantimes.com. 28 June 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  15. "There's a pressure to tell a new story every time". Hindustan Times. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  16. "Fans ask me to leave my wife for them: Durjoy Datta". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  17. "Durjoy Datta's The Girl of My Dreams is a psychological thriller". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  18. "TEDx Speakers – Durjoy Datta".
  19. "happenings". Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  20. "List of nominees and winners of 13th Indian Telly Awards, 2014". indiantelevision.com. 9 September 2014. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  21. "List of nominees and winners of 14th Inwdian Telly Awards, 2015". indiantelevision.com. 28 November 2015. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  22. "I have had a very colourful life: Durjoy Datta - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  23. "Durjoy Datta to pen first non-fiction series with new take on love". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  24. "Durjoy Datta's The Girl of My Dreams is a psychological thriller". hindustantimes.com/. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  25. "The Boy Who Loved" by Durjoy Datta, Penguin Random House
  26. "The Boy with A Broken Heart" by Durjoy Datta, Penguin India Metro Reads
  27. "Wish I Could Tell You" by Durjoy Datta, Penguin India Metro Reads
  28. "Josy Joseph, Sujit Saraf and Karan Johar among the winners of this year's Crossword Book Awards". Scroll.in. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  29. Scroll Staff. "Sudha Murthy, Ruskin Bond, Snigdha Poonam among winners of this year's Crossword Book Awards". Scroll.in. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

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