Shekhar Ravjiani

Short Biography

Vishal-Shekhar are a music directing duo (Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani) for Hindi films and are among the leading music directors in the industry today. They have had a number of successes including Jhankaar Beats, Om Shanti Om, Tara Rum Pum, Salaam Namaste, Dus, Bluffmaster, Tashan, Bachna Ae Haseeno, Dostana, I Hate Luv Storys, Anjaana Anjaani , Break Ke Baad And Farah Khan's Tees Maar Khan 2010.The duo rose in prominence when they composed the score for the film Jhankaar Beats, which included the hit song Tu Aashiqui Hai. Their efforts paid off when they won the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent for Jhankaar Beats. The music for the film Musafir became very popular with young people in India and overseas. They combined techno music with Indian sounds. The score of the film included the music hits Saaki and Door Se Paas. 2005 was a good year for the duo as they composed the scores for three hit films: Salaam Namaste, Dus and Bluffmaster.Vishal Dadlani is also the vocalist of Mumbai-based electronic band Pentagram and was a sometime-VJ at Channel V. Vishal is still very much a part of the Indian rock band Pentagram.Shekhar is a trained classical singer and has a sound base of Indian music. Shekhar was a participant of Zee TV's singing contest Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 1997.Their music is thus a combination of Indian classical with western rock influence brought by Vishal. They also were the mentors of Raja Hasan in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007, a popular singing contest on Zee TV.Following the terror attacks on Mumbai on 26 November 2008, Vishal Dadlani launched a petition to ban live media coverage during the rescue operations.They are also the composers behind the Kailash Kher song 'Allah Ke Bande' from Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part IICurrently they are mentors in the Zee TV reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar. The have composed title track for Star Plus upcoming daily Navya.They have also composed the IPL theme song of session 3 and anthem of Kolkata Knight Riders.