His father was an educationist and his mother belonged to a family with a strong musical tradition.

Amyt's maternal grandfather Raichand Boral is regarded as the father of Bollywood music.

He started taking western music theory lessons from the legendary Carlton Kitto.

[4][better source needed] In 2011, Amyt Datta appeared as a guitarist in a Bengali rock musical movie Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona directed by Anjan Dutt.

In 2019, he appeared in If Not for You,[8] a documentary about Kolkata's long lasting love affair with legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.