Amit Trivedi
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Amit Trivedi is an Indian film composer, musician, singer and lyricist, working in Bollywood
. After working as a theater and jingle composer and composing for non-film albums, he debuted as a film composer in the 2008 Hindi film
Aamir, and shot to fame in the Hindi film music scene with his critically acclaimed work in the more popular Dev.D (2009)., which earned him several accolades, including the 2010 National Film Award for Best Music Direction.
. At the age of 19-20, he started composing music. During college days he became part of a band called Om, which was primarily a group of music lovers, and the band would perform at local gigs, small shows and live performances. They struck gold when Times Music took notice of them, at one of the shows, and offered to launch their album. The album however did not fare well, due to lack of proper promotions. Eventually Amit went on to compose for theater (Hindi, English and Gujarati plays), background music
for TV serials, live performances, dandiya shows
, orchestras etc. He also had a brief stint with ad jingles
, providing music for Mc Donalds, Airtel. When a Sound Engineer and Owner of Audio Garage Recording Studio ( Arvind Vishwakarma) Introduced Amit to Sony BMG he composed for non-film albums. As a part of a two year contract with Sony BMG, Amit composed some tracks for Abhijeet Sawant
’s Junoon
and one track in Prashant Tamang
's debut album.
Film music eventually came his way, when friend and playback singer Shilpa Rao
suggested Amit's name to film director, Anurag Kashyap
. Anurag was in search of a new composer with a distinct vision for his film. After meeting up with Amit, the director offered him the chance to compose for Dev.D. Dev.D was intended to be Amit's debut but the film ran into production delays and was shelved for some time.
Anurag Kashyap
, who was the creative producer for his assistant, Raj Kumar Gupta
's directorial venture Aamir recommended Amit for the film. Amit was roped in and started working on the film soundtrack. Raj Kumar and Amit worked on making the soundtrack fuse with the film narrative. The unconventional soundtrack received critical recognition.
By the end of 2008, Dev.D eventually was released. The soundtrack, released in December, consisted of 18 tracks of multiple genres. Amit coined the soundtrack as "baap of different genres" and himself sang five songs in the film, besides writing the lyrics for one song ("Aankh Micholi") as well. He shot to fame with the unusual music of Dev. D, giving many chart-busters like "Emosanal Attyachar", "Saali Khushi", "O Pardesi" and many more. He was conferred with both the R. D. Burman Award
and the Best Background Score at the Filmfare Awards 2010, before receiving the National Film Award for Best Music Direction, the highest recognition for Indian composers. Amit wrote the score
for the 2009 Hindi Film, Wake Up Sid
and one of his compositions "Iktaara" was also included in the soundtrack. In 2009 itself, Amit was roped in by Anshu Sharma (Creative Director from Rediffusion Y&R) to compose the team anthem "Game for More" for Royal Challengers Bangalore
which is a team owned by liquor baron Vijay Mallya
. Between scoring for films, Amit also wrote the title track for the reality show Big Switch
aired on UTV Bindaas
.
, Kavita Seth, Nikhil D'Souza
, Raja Hasan, Aditi Singh Sharma, Sriram Iyer, etc. performing with him.
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
. After working as a theater and jingle composer and composing for non-film albums, he debuted as a film composer in the 2008 Hindi film
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
Aamir, and shot to fame in the Hindi film music scene with his critically acclaimed work in the more popular Dev.D (2009)., which earned him several accolades, including the 2010 National Film Award for Best Music Direction.
Career
In his younger days, an electronic musical instrument fascinated Amit and he was slowly drawn towards music, mainly influenced by classical musicClassical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
. At the age of 19-20, he started composing music. During college days he became part of a band called Om, which was primarily a group of music lovers, and the band would perform at local gigs, small shows and live performances. They struck gold when Times Music took notice of them, at one of the shows, and offered to launch their album. The album however did not fare well, due to lack of proper promotions. Eventually Amit went on to compose for theater (Hindi, English and Gujarati plays), background music
Background music
Although background music was by the end of the 20th century generally identified with Muzak or elevator music, there are several stages in the development of this concept.-Antecedents:...
for TV serials, live performances, dandiya shows
Raas
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, orchestras etc. He also had a brief stint with ad jingles
Music in advertising
Music in Advertising means integrating music in electronic media advertisements in order to enhance its success. Music for this purpose provides different characteristics which makes it especially interesting for usage in advertisements....
, providing music for Mc Donalds, Airtel. When a Sound Engineer and Owner of Audio Garage Recording Studio ( Arvind Vishwakarma) Introduced Amit to Sony BMG he composed for non-film albums. As a part of a two year contract with Sony BMG, Amit composed some tracks for Abhijeet Sawant
Abhijeet Sawant
Abhijeet Sawant is an Indian singer. He is the winner of Indian Idol , a show that follows the extremely popular Idol series format, which began with Pop Idol in the UK...
’s Junoon
Junoon - Abhijeet Sawant
Junoon was the second album by Abhijeet Sawant, the winner of the first Indian Idol. The album was released in 2007 by Sony BMG. Its title track, "Junoon", remained at the top of the Indian pop music charts for several weeks.-Discography:...
and one track in Prashant Tamang
Prashant Tamang
Prashant Tamang is a Darjeeling-based singer and actor. He was the winner of Indian Idol Season 3 in 2007. He is the first Indian from Nepali community to make it to the final rounds of Indian Idol and win it...
's debut album.
Film music eventually came his way, when friend and playback singer Shilpa Rao
Shilpa Rao
Shilpa Rao is an Indian female playback singer.-Early life:She was born on 11 April 1984 in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. Her father S. V. Rao, who held a degree in music, introduced her to music...
suggested Amit's name to film director, Anurag Kashyap
Anurag Kashyap (director)
Anurag Singh Kashyap is an Indian film director and screenwriter. As a director, he is known for Black Friday , a controversial and award-winning Hindi film about the 1993 Bombay bombings, followed by No Smoking , Dev D and Gulaal...
. Anurag was in search of a new composer with a distinct vision for his film. After meeting up with Amit, the director offered him the chance to compose for Dev.D. Dev.D was intended to be Amit's debut but the film ran into production delays and was shelved for some time.
Anurag Kashyap
Anurag Kashyap (director)
Anurag Singh Kashyap is an Indian film director and screenwriter. As a director, he is known for Black Friday , a controversial and award-winning Hindi film about the 1993 Bombay bombings, followed by No Smoking , Dev D and Gulaal...
, who was the creative producer for his assistant, Raj Kumar Gupta
Raj Kumar Gupta
Raj Kumar Gupta is an acclaimed Indian film maker and screen writer. He made his debut as director with critically acclaimed Aamir and followed it up with Rani Mukherjee and Vidya Balan starrer No One Killed Jessica based on the Jessica Lall murder case, which also received critical acclaim...
's directorial venture Aamir recommended Amit for the film. Amit was roped in and started working on the film soundtrack. Raj Kumar and Amit worked on making the soundtrack fuse with the film narrative. The unconventional soundtrack received critical recognition.
By the end of 2008, Dev.D eventually was released. The soundtrack, released in December, consisted of 18 tracks of multiple genres. Amit coined the soundtrack as "baap of different genres" and himself sang five songs in the film, besides writing the lyrics for one song ("Aankh Micholi") as well. He shot to fame with the unusual music of Dev. D, giving many chart-busters like "Emosanal Attyachar", "Saali Khushi", "O Pardesi" and many more. He was conferred with both the R. D. Burman Award
Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent
The Filmfare R.D. Burman Award for New Music Talent is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.The award is named after late R.D. Burman...
and the Best Background Score at the Filmfare Awards 2010, before receiving the National Film Award for Best Music Direction, the highest recognition for Indian composers. Amit wrote the score
Film score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...
for the 2009 Hindi Film, Wake Up Sid
Wake up Sid
Wake Up Sid is a 2009 Hindi romantic comedy film. It is directed by Ayan Mukerji, produced by Karan Johar's Dharma Productions, distributed by UTV Motion Pictures, and has visual effects by the Prime Focus Group...
and one of his compositions "Iktaara" was also included in the soundtrack. In 2009 itself, Amit was roped in by Anshu Sharma (Creative Director from Rediffusion Y&R) to compose the team anthem "Game for More" for Royal Challengers Bangalore
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Royal Challengers Bangalore is a cricket team based in Bangalore that plays in the Indian Premier League and currently lead by Daniel Vettori. The team is owned by Dr...
which is a team owned by liquor baron Vijay Mallya
Vijay Mallya
Vijay Mallya is an Indian liquor and airline baron. The son of industrialist Vittal Mallya, he is the chairman of the United Breweries Group and Kingfisher Airlines. His United Spirits is world's second largest liquor maker, by volume...
. Between scoring for films, Amit also wrote the title track for the reality show Big Switch
Big Switch
Big Switch is a television show based on slum kids hosted by Genelia D'Souza on UTV Bindass channel. In the show, ten rich brats from around the country, are paired with a youngster from the slums, referred to as a "slum buddy". The rich brats live in the slums and try to fulfil their slum buddie's...
aired on UTV Bindaas
Bindass
Bindass is a Hindi entertainment channel in India targeted at Indian youth. It was launched on 24 September 2007 under CEO Zarina Mehta.Bindass is defined by its brand values of being Fun, Frank, Fearless and Free...
.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Other Notes |
| 2007 | Junoon | Non-film album, 4 songs |
| 2008 | F4 - Tu To Na Aayi | Non-film album (for Indian Idol F4 band) |
| Aamir | ||
| Anthiponvettam | Malayalam film, 1 song (Aaja Sajna) | |
| 2009 | Dev D Dev D Dev.D is a 2009 Indian romance film released on 6 February 2009. Written and directed by Anurag Kashyap, the film is a modern day take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's classic Bengali novel Devdas., previously adapted for the screen by P.C. Barua and Bimal Roy and more recently by Sanjay Leela... |
Winner, National Film Award for Best Music Direction National Film Award for Best Music Direction The National Film Award for Best Music Direction are given annually. In years 1994, 1995 and 2010, an award for Best Background Score was instituted by the Jury, which was won by Johnson and by Ilaiyaraaja . Ilaiyaraaja and A. R... Winner, Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent The Filmfare R.D. Burman Award for New Music Talent is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.The award is named after late R.D. Burman... Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Background Score Winner, Star Screen Award for Best Background Music Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Nominated, Stardust Awards Stardust Awards The Stardust Awards is an award ceremony for Hindi movies, which congratulate the superstars of the new generation who are making an impact on the future. It is sponsored by Stardust magazine.- Background :... for Standout Performance by a Music Director Nominated, Stardust Awards Stardust Awards The Stardust Awards is an award ceremony for Hindi movies, which congratulate the superstars of the new generation who are making an impact on the future. It is sponsored by Stardust magazine.- Background :... for New Musical Sensation - Male |
| Wake Up Sid Wake up Sid Wake Up Sid is a 2009 Hindi romantic comedy film. It is directed by Ayan Mukerji, produced by Karan Johar's Dharma Productions, distributed by UTV Motion Pictures, and has visual effects by the Prime Focus Group... |
Background score + 1 song (Iktaara) Winner, Airtel Mirchi Music Award for Listeners' Choice – Best Song of the Year Mirchi Music Awards The Mirchi Music Awards are presented annually by Radio Mirchi to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film music industry of India. The awards, given in seventeen different categories, were instituted to award the best of 2008. In 2010, the Southern... Winner, Global Indian Music Awards - Best Film Song (Iktaara) Nominated, Global Indian Music Awards - Best Background Score |
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| 2010 | Striker Striker (film) The soundtrack album of Striker consists of 8 songs composed by various artists such as Vishal Bhardwaj, noted Tamil composer Yuvan Shankar Raja in his Bollywood debut, Amit Trivedi, rapper Blaaze, Shailendra Barve and lyricist-singer Swanand Kirkire, whilst lyrics are penned by Nitin Raikwar,... |
1 song (Bombay Bombay) |
| Admissions Open | ||
| Udaan Udaan (2010 film) Udaan is a 2010 Hindi film produced by Sanjay Singh, Anurag Kashyap, and Ronnie Screwvala; and directed by Vikramaditya Motwane. The film was officially selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard category at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.- Plot :17-year-old Rohan is expelled from the reputed... |
Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Background Score Winner, Best Soundtrack Award at Giffoni Film Festival Giffoni Film Festival The Giffoni International Film Festival is the largest children’s film festival in Europe, and possibly the World. It takes place in the little Italian town of Giffoni Valle Piana in Southern Italy, close to Salerno. Over 2,000 children attend the festival from 39 countries around the world... Winner, Global Indian Film & Television Honors Best Background Score Award Nominated, Star Screen Award for Best Background Music |
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| Aisha Aisha (film) - Tracklist :... |
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Background Score Nominated, Stardust Awards Stardust Awards The Stardust Awards is an award ceremony for Hindi movies, which congratulate the superstars of the new generation who are making an impact on the future. It is sponsored by Stardust magazine.- Background :... for Standout Performance by a Music Director Nominated, Stardust Awards Stardust Awards The Stardust Awards is an award ceremony for Hindi movies, which congratulate the superstars of the new generation who are making an impact on the future. It is sponsored by Stardust magazine.- Background :... for New Musical Sensation - Male |
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| 2011 | No One Killed Jessica No One Killed Jessica No One Killed Jessica is a 2011 Bollywood film starring Rani Mukerji and Vidya Balan, produced by UTV Spotboy and directed by Raj Kumar Gupta, who directed the acclaimed film Aamir .... |
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| I Am | 3 songs | |
| Chillar Party | ||
| Trishna | Original songs by Amit Trivedi, original score by Shigeru Umebayashi Shigeru Umebayashi is a Japanese composer.Once the leader of Japan's new-wave rock band EX, composer Shigeru Umebayashi began scoring films in 1985 when the band broke up. He has more than 40 Japanese and Chinese films to his credit and is perhaps best known in the West for his score for director Wong Kar-wai's In... |
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| Conditions Applied | Filming | |
| Chamkila | Punjabi film, Filming |
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| Pehla Sitara | Filming | |
| Kusar Prasad Ka Bhoot | Filming | |
| Bombay Velvet | Filming | |
| 2012 | Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu | Previously titled Short Term Shaadi |
| Ishaqzaade Ishaqzaade Ishaqzaade is an upcoming romantic drama film written and directed by Habib Faisal, and produced by Aditya Chopra under his banner Yash Raj Films. Film stars Arjun Kapoor, son of prolific producer Boney Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra, cousin of Priyanka Chopra in the lead roles... |
Filming | |
| Aiyaa | Filming | |
| English Vinglish | Filming | |
| Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana | Filming | |
| Lootera | Filming |
Live Performance
Amit Trivedi recently did his first live concert at Mood Indigo (IIT Bombay's annual cultural festival), on 23 December 2010. The concert also witnessed Tochi Raina, Amitabh BhattacharyaAmitabh Bhattacharya
Amitabh Bhattacharya is an Indian lyricist and playback singer who works in Bollywood films. He shot to fame with the film Dev.D. The song "Emosanal Attyachar" from the movie was an instant hit. He has been continuously writing lyrics for a variety of Bollywood movies since then and has also sung a...
, Kavita Seth, Nikhil D'Souza
Nikhil D'Souza
Nikhil D'Souza is an Indian Singer, song writer and guitarist. He made his playback singing debut in Rajshree Ojha's Aisha.-Early life:Nikhil was born and brought up in Mumbai. He majored in Geology from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.-Playback Singing:...
, Raja Hasan, Aditi Singh Sharma, Sriram Iyer, etc. performing with him.
Awards
- 2009: National Film Award for Best Music DirectionNational Film Award for Best Music DirectionThe National Film Award for Best Music Direction are given annually. In years 1994, 1995 and 2010, an award for Best Background Score was instituted by the Jury, which was won by Johnson and by Ilaiyaraaja . Ilaiyaraaja and A. R...
: Dev DDev DDev.D is a 2009 Indian romance film released on 6 February 2009. Written and directed by Anurag Kashyap, the film is a modern day take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's classic Bengali novel Devdas., previously adapted for the screen by P.C. Barua and Bimal Roy and more recently by Sanjay Leela... - 2009: Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music TalentFilmfare RD Burman Award for New Music TalentThe Filmfare R.D. Burman Award for New Music Talent is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.The award is named after late R.D. Burman...
: Dev DDev DDev.D is a 2009 Indian romance film released on 6 February 2009. Written and directed by Anurag Kashyap, the film is a modern day take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's classic Bengali novel Devdas., previously adapted for the screen by P.C. Barua and Bimal Roy and more recently by Sanjay Leela... - 2009: 55th Filmfare Award for Best Background Score: Dev DDev DDev.D is a 2009 Indian romance film released on 6 February 2009. Written and directed by Anurag Kashyap, the film is a modern day take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's classic Bengali novel Devdas., previously adapted for the screen by P.C. Barua and Bimal Roy and more recently by Sanjay Leela...
- 2010: 56th Filmfare Award for Best Background Score: UdaanUdaanUdaan is 1997 Hindi language movie directed by Asrani and starring Rekha, Saif Ali Khan, Prem Chopra, Danny Denzongpa, Dalip Tahil, Asrani, Deven Varma, Annu Kapoor, Mohnish Bahl.-Plot:...