Durjoy Datta

Durjoy Datta is an Indian author and screenwriter.

Early and personal life Durjoy Datta

Born 7 February 1987

Durjoy Datta was born on 7 February 1987 in (age 37)
[1]
Mehsana, Gujarat, in a Bengali Hindu family, and Mehsana, Gujarat,
India
was brought up in New Delhi. He completed his
schooling at the Bal Bharati Public School, Occupation Indian author and
Pitampura, and went on to do mechanical screenwriter

engineering at Delhi Technological University.[2] He Education Delhi College of

has done his post- graduation from Management Engineering,
Management
Development Institute, Gurgaon and Frankfurt
Development
School of Finance & Management, Germany. In Institute
2011, he quit his job as a marketing analyst and
Genre Romance, Thriller
became a full- time writer.[3] He is married to travel
blogger and air hostess, Avantika Mohan.[4][5] Years active 2008– Present

Spouse Avantika Mohan

Career
Website

Durjoy Datta's first novel, Of Course I Love You! dattadurjoy.com (http://dattadurjoy.com/)

(co- authored with Maanvi Ahuja) was released by
Srishti Publishers in 2008[6] while he was still in college.[7] In August 2009, his second novel, Now
That You're Rich!, was released.[8] In the summer of 2010, 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 2011, he co- founded Grapevine India Publishers.[11] His fifth novel,
You Were My Crush!, was published by Grapevine India Publishers in September 2011. If It's Not
Forever!, his sixth novel, was released on 1 February 2012.[12][13] In the same year, Till the Last
Breath... was published.[14] On 4 February 2013, 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 2013.
His tenth novel When Only Love Remains was published on 19 June 2014.[16] His eleventh novel
World's ̷Best Boyfriend was published on 24 April 2015.[17] His twelfth novel, Our Impossible Love and
thirteenth novel, The Girl of my Dreams were published in 2016.[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 2011.[21] 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.[22][23][24]

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).[25]

The Girl of my Dreams (2016).[26]

The Boy who Loved (2017)[27]

The Boy with A Broken Heart (2017)[28]

The Perfect Us (2018)

Pocketful Of Stories (2019)

Wish I Could Tell You (2019)[29]

 A Touch of Eternity (2021)

When I am With you (2022)

World's Best Girlfriend (2023) [30]

Short stories

The English Teacher (2012)

Shades of Love (contributor) (2012)

Television shows

Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera (co- writer Sumrit Shahi) (2012–2015)

Sadda Haq – My Life, My Choice (co- writer Sumrit Shahi) (2013–2016)

Million Dollar Girl – From Banaras to Paris (co- writer Sumrit Shahi) (2014–2015)

Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi [Screenplay writer (co- writer Raghuvir Shekhawat)] (2016–2017)

Never Kiss Your Best Friend [Screenplay writer] (2020)[31]

Awards and recognition

2009 Young Achiever by The Times of India

2011 Young Achievers in the field of Media and Communications by Whistling Woods International

2014 Youth Show in the fiction category for Sadda Haq

2015 Youth Show in the fiction category for Sadda Haq

2017 Crossword Book Award, Popular Choice Award, fiction, for Our Impossible Love[32]

2018 Crossword Book Award, Popular Choice Award, fiction, for The Boy Who Loved[33]

See also

List of Indian writers

References

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14.cms) . The Times of India .
 2. "About: Durjoy Datta" (https://www.vowelor.com/about/durjoy- datta/) . 9 February 2017.

3. "New- age authors cash in on growing market" (https://web.archive.org/web/20150626131209/h

ttp://www.hindustantimes.com/placeholder- ht- ui- businesssectionpage- topstories/new- age- aut
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4. "Tweet na?" (https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/cover- story/tweet- na/articleshow/5

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5. "Durjoy Datta's honeymoon pics are giving us ultimate relationship goals" (https://www.dnaindia.
com/entertainment/report- durjoy- datta- and- avantika- mohan- s- honeymoon- these- pics- will- give
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6. Gupta, Kanishka. " 'We find our writers through unsolicited submissions. We read every
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14. "Most remarkable and shocking story" (http://www.ingoodbooks.com/398/shades- of- love/) .

ingoodbooks.com. 26 November 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

15. Username *. "Durjoy Datta" (http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/en/content/durjoy- datta) .

Penguin Books India. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

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18. "Fans ask me to leave my wife for them: Durjoy Datta" (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life- st
yle/books/interviews/Fans- ask- me- to- leave- my- wife- for- them- Durjoy- Datta/articleshow/5333
5504.cms) . The Times of India . Retrieved 31 December 2016.

19. "Durjoy Datta's The Girl of My Dreams is a psychological thriller" (http://www.hindustantimes.co

m/books/for- love- madness- and- thrills/story- zCHOZkHiZczPzkyG2xJjQP.html) . Hindustan
Times . Retrieved 31 December 2016.

20. "TEDx Speakers – Durjoy Datta" (https://www.ted.com/TEDx/events/5618) .

21. "happenings" (http://www.whistlingwoods.net) . Retrieved 29 November 2011.

22. "List of nominees and winners of 13th Indian Telly Awards, 2014" (https://web.archive.org/web/
20150626121135/http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/tellyawards/2014/index/pages/popu
lar) . indiantelevision.com. 9 September 2014. Archived from the original (http://tellyawards.ind
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24. "I have had a very colourful life: Durjoy Datta – Times of India" (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.co
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14.cms) . The Times of India . Retrieved 10 March 2020.

25. "Durjoy Datta to pen first non- fiction series with new take on love" (https://www.newindianexpre
ss.com/lifestyle/books/2017/aug/29/durjoy- datta- to- pen- first- non- fiction- series- with- new- tak
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26. "Durjoy Datta's The Girl of My Dreams is a psychological thriller" (https://www.hindustantimes.co

m/books/for- love- madness- and- thrills/story- zCHOZkHiZczPzkyG2xJjQP.html) .
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27. "The Boy Who Loved" (https://www.vowelor.com/book/the- boy- who- loved- durjoy- datta- revie
w/) by Durjoy Datta, Penguin Random House

28. "The Boy with A Broken Heart" (https://www.vowelor.com/book/the- boy- with- broken- heart- durjo
y- datta/) by Durjoy Datta, Penguin India Metro Reads

29. "Wish I Could Tell You" (https://www.vowelor.com/book/wish- i- could- tell- you- durjoy- datta/) by
Durjoy Datta, Penguin India Metro Reads

30. "World's Worst Best Girlfriend by Fair Observer" (https://www.fairobserver.com/culture/book/wo

rlds- worst- best- girlfriend/) . 24 September 2023.

31. "Never Kiss Your Best Friend review: An easy- breezy show on love and friendship" (https://india
nexpress.com/article/entertainment/web- series/never- kiss- your- best- friend- review- nakuul- m
ehta- anya- singh- 6238731/) . The Indian Express . 28 January 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

32. "Josy Joseph, Sujit Saraf and Karan Johar among the winners of this year's Crossword Book
Awards" (https://scroll.in/latest/865564/josy- joseph- sujit- saraf- and- karan- johar- among- the- win
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33. Scroll Staff (20 December 2018). "Sudha Murthy, Ruskin Bond, Snigdha Poonam among winners
of this year's Crossword Book Awards" (https://scroll.in/latest/906481/sudha- murthy- ruskin- bo
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their- unheard- love- story- 6363

External links

Grapevine India Publishers (https://web.archive.org/web/20150507111610/http://www.grapevinei

ndia.com/index.php)

Work Summary (http://in.linkedin.com/pub/durjoy- datta/7/161/737)

Listed as one Top 10 Indian Authors (http://books.whatstrendingnow.com/top- ten- indian- romantic-

novels/)

See also

Anuj Tiwari

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