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Coke Studio India
is an Indian television series featuring live music performances. Though the programme originated in Brazil as Estúdio Coca-Cola, it follows the closed studio format of the Pakistani
version Coke Studio (Pakistan) rather than a concert style of the original Brazilian
version of the programme. The programme is owned by Coca-Cola
.
Coca-Cola has started their flagship music program in India from June 17, 2011. Coke Studio is a show in the format of a Jam session
and was started in Pakistan
in 2008. Coke Studio (Pakistan) is one of the most popular music programs in Pakistan
.
Formed in 1996, the band comprised the Mumbai
-based composer and singer Lewis and renowned vocalist Hariharan
. Colonial Cousins
, the first Indian band to be featured on MTV
Unplugged, has won numerous awards for their music; the most famous being the MTV Asia Viewers’ Choice Award, 1996, and the US Billboard’s Viewers’ Award, 1996.
Shankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan was born and brought up in Chembur
, a suburb of Mumbai
. He learnt Hindustani classical music
and Carnatic music
in his childhood, and started playing the veena at the age of five. He studied under Srinivas Khale, a well known Marathi music composer. He gained recognition upon the release of his first music album, Breathless, in 1998.
Kailash Kher
Kailash Kher has a uniquely soulful and raw voice which was brought to the fore in 2002. His song “Allah Ke Bande”, from the relatively obscure movie Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II
, made him a household name. Since then he has sung a number of songs in Bollywood
, most of which have gone on to become very popular. He is also the founding member of the band Kailasa
, which fuses Sufi and Hindustani classical music with rock and contemporary music.
KK
Krishnakumar Kunnath or KK, as he is better known – first found fame with his album Pal
in the year 1999. Prior to this, he had lent his voice to ad jingles. In a span of four years, he had sung an astonishing 3,500 jingles in 11 Indian languages. KK got his Bollywood
break with “Tadap Tadap Ke Is Dil” from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
in 1999. However, he also sung a small portion of the song “Chhod Aaye Hum” from Gulzar’s Maachis.
The Sabri Brothers
The Sabri Brothers, Aftab Sabri and Hashim Sabri, are a qawwali party from Pakistan.
They belong to a prestigious qawwal gharana. They were taught music under the age of 10 years by their father and Ustad Ghulam Ali Khan, the famous classical vocalist of India
. They believe that lyrics and mood are the most important for qawwali
.
Shaan
Shantanu Mukherjee is a renowned Indian playback singer. He is not only an accomplished playback singer, but also has released very successful solo albums. Shaan has been wooing the audiences ever since he stepped into the Indian music industry and has been the voice of all of Bollywood
’s leading men. He has also collaborated with a number of international artists, including Blue, Mel C and Michael learns to Rock.
Shafqat Amanat Ali
Part of the seventh generation of the Patiala
gharana, Shafqat was born in Lahore
to Ustad Amanat Ali Khan in 1965. With the band Fuzon, his songs “More Saiyan” and “Tere Bina” became massive hits. Fondly nicknamed Rock Star Ustad, he sang “Mitwa” composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
for the movie Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna, and the rest is history. Shafqat Amannat Ali was also part of Coke Studio (Pakistan) Season-2.
Shruti Pathak
Having sung in Bollywood films, Pathak is a Filmfare Award-nominated playback singer and lyricist. Her career came alive with the song “Mar Jaawa” from Fashion
. Adding Dev D to her resume, Pathak’s career graph is moving upward slowly and steadily.
Tochi Raina
Raina was born on September 2, 1965 in Darbhanga, Bihar. Raina’s family originally hails from Kohat but they moved to Patiala during the Indo-Pak partition. Raina comes from an eminent musical family – his grandmother played sitar and Uncle Ratan Singh Ji
was a violin player for the Mumbai music industry. He belongs to the musical gharaana of Patiala
, and his first guru – for 10 years – was Pt Vinod Kumar Ji, a disciple of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan.
Sunidhi Chauhan
Chauhan began singing at the age of four and was discovered by a local TV anchor. Chauhan also loves western music and cites Mariah Carey
and Michael Jackson
as her inspirations. She has said that one of her ambitions is to achieve global fame like they did. Sunidhi Chauhan is credited with having sung over 2,000 songs.
Some renowned artists that will feature in ‘Coke Studio at MTV’
List of other artists
Advaita
Akiri kakkar
Bombay Jayashri
Bondo
Chinna Ponnu
Divya Lewis
Harshdeep Kaur
Kailasa
Kavita Seth
Khagan Gogoi
Mathangi
Megha Dalton
Mausam Gogoi
Pankhi Dutta
Papon
Parthiv Ghoyel
Praful Dave
Raghu Dixit
Ramya Iyer
Rashvid Khan
Richa Sharma
Roop Johrie
Sanjiv Tv
Sourav
Suzanne D Mello
Wadali brothers
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
is an Indian television series featuring live music performances. Though the programme originated in Brazil as Estúdio Coca-Cola, it follows the closed studio format of the Pakistani
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
version Coke Studio (Pakistan) rather than a concert style of the original Brazilian
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
version of the programme. The programme is owned by Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke...
.
Coca-Cola has started their flagship music program in India from June 17, 2011. Coke Studio is a show in the format of a Jam session
Jam session
Jam sessions are often used by musicians to develop new material, find suitable arrangements, or simply as a social gathering and communal practice session. Jam sessions may be based upon existing songs or forms, may be loosely based on an agreed chord progression or chart suggested by one...
and was started in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
in 2008. Coke Studio (Pakistan) is one of the most popular music programs in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
.
Crew
| Crew | Role |
|---|---|
| Leslie Lewis Leslie Lewis Leslie Lewis is an Indian composer, perhaps best known for his work in Colonial Cousins, a duo composed of Lewis and Hariharan.In 2003 Lewis stated that he felt the public associated him too much with remixes and for that reason he had begun to avoid remixes and instead concentrate on his original... |
Music Director |
| Samar Khan | Executive Producer |
| Supavitra Babul | Director |
| Victor Mukherjee | Supervising Producer |
| Neha Anand | Associate Creative Director |
| Chandrashekhar L | Director (MTV-India) |
| Fali Damania | Sound Engineer |
| Maneesh Chandra Bhatt | Director Of Photography |
| Avdhesh Jha | Light Engineer |
| Avinash Jai Singh | Photographer |
Artists
Colonial CousinsColonial Cousins
Colonial Cousins is a band formed by Indian duo composed of singer Hariharan and singer-composer Leslie Lewis. They also have a largely successful career as solo artists as well. Their unique brand of music fused Indian and Western musical genres instantly won the hearts of young and old alike...
Formed in 1996, the band comprised the Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
-based composer and singer Lewis and renowned vocalist Hariharan
Hariharan (singer)
Hariharan , born 3 April 1955) is an Indian playback singer in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bhojpuri and Telugu movies, an established ghazal singer, and one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music. His melody is strongly appreciated by the film fraternity...
. Colonial Cousins
Colonial Cousins
Colonial Cousins is a band formed by Indian duo composed of singer Hariharan and singer-composer Leslie Lewis. They also have a largely successful career as solo artists as well. Their unique brand of music fused Indian and Western musical genres instantly won the hearts of young and old alike...
, the first Indian band to be featured on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
Unplugged, has won numerous awards for their music; the most famous being the MTV Asia Viewers’ Choice Award, 1996, and the US Billboard’s Viewers’ Award, 1996.
Shankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that composes for Indian films and a playback singer.-Early life:...
Shankar Mahadevan was born and brought up in Chembur
Chembur
Chembur is a suburban neighbourhood in eastern Mumbai, India. It is 22 km from downtown Mumbai and 20 km from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport...
, a suburb of Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
. He learnt Hindustani classical music
Classical 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...
and Carnatic music
Carnatic music
Carnatic music is a system of music commonly associated with the southern part of the Indian subcontinent, with its area roughly confined to four modern states of India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu...
in his childhood, and started playing the veena at the age of five. He studied under Srinivas Khale, a well known Marathi music composer. He gained recognition upon the release of his first music album, Breathless, in 1998.
Kailash Kher
Kailash Kher has a uniquely soulful and raw voice which was brought to the fore in 2002. His song “Allah Ke Bande”, from the relatively obscure movie Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II
Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II
Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II , is a 2003 Indian movie starring Arshad Warsi. Shashanka Ghosh, the creative driver behind the launch of MTV and Channel V in India, marks his debut as a director with this film. Running in many parallel threads, the movie is in equal parts a comedy, satire, crime, and a...
, made him a household name. Since then he has sung a number of songs in Bollywood
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...
, most of which have gone on to become very popular. He is also the founding member of the band Kailasa
Kailasa (band)
Kailasa is an Indian fusion band, founded by Kailash Kher. The name of the band is taken from an accented pronunciation of Kailash's own name as well as Mount Kailash, the abode of Hindu God Shiva...
, which fuses Sufi and Hindustani classical music with rock and contemporary music.
KK
Krishnakumar Kunnath or KK, as he is better known – first found fame with his album Pal
Pal (album)
Pal was released by Sony Music, the album was also the first Indian solo artist debut album from the company. The album was arranged, composed and produced by Leslie Lewis of Colonial Cousins. The lyrics have been written by Mehboob...
in the year 1999. Prior to this, he had lent his voice to ad jingles. In a span of four years, he had sung an astonishing 3,500 jingles in 11 Indian languages. KK got his Bollywood
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...
break with “Tadap Tadap Ke Is Dil” from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
The music was composed by Ismail Darbar with lyrics by Mehboob. It received nine Filmfare Awards nominations in the music and singing categories and produced some winners as well.-Track listing:-2000 National Awards:* Best Music Direction - Ismail Darbar...
in 1999. However, he also sung a small portion of the song “Chhod Aaye Hum” from Gulzar’s Maachis.
The Sabri Brothers
The Sabri Brothers, Aftab Sabri and Hashim Sabri, are a qawwali party from Pakistan.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
They belong to a prestigious qawwal gharana. They were taught music under the age of 10 years by their father and Ustad Ghulam Ali Khan, the famous classical vocalist of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. They believe that lyrics and mood are the most important for qawwali
Qawwali
Qawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia, particularly in the Punjab and Sindh regions of Pakistan, Hyderabad, Delhi, and other parts of northern India...
.
Shaan
Shaan (singer)
Shaan , is an Indian playback singer, and television host. He hosted the shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, Star Voice of India and "Star Voice of India 2"...
Shantanu Mukherjee is a renowned Indian playback singer. He is not only an accomplished playback singer, but also has released very successful solo albums. Shaan has been wooing the audiences ever since he stepped into the Indian music industry and has been the voice of all of Bollywood
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...
’s leading men. He has also collaborated with a number of international artists, including Blue, Mel C and Michael learns to Rock.
Shafqat Amanat Ali
Shafqat Amanat Ali
Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan is a Pakistani classical singer belonging to Patiala Gharana lineage. He is the youngest brother of the late Asad Amanat Ali Khan. He was the lead vocalist of the Pakistani rock band Fuzön...
Part of the seventh generation of the Patiala
Patiala Gharana
The Patiala gharana is one of the most prominent gharanas of vocal Hindustani classical music. It was initially sponsored by the Maharaja of Patiala, Punjab, which was famous for ghazal, thumri, and khyal.-History:...
gharana, Shafqat was born in Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
to Ustad Amanat Ali Khan in 1965. With the band Fuzon, his songs “More Saiyan” and “Tere Bina” became massive hits. Fondly nicknamed Rock Star Ustad, he sang “Mitwa” composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy are an Indian musical trio consisting of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. Record producers, musicians and multi-instrumentalists, they have composed music for over fifty soundtrack across four languages...
for the movie Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna, and the rest is history. Shafqat Amannat Ali was also part of Coke Studio (Pakistan) Season-2.
Shruti Pathak
Shruti Pathak
Shruti Pathak is a Filmfare Award-nominated Indian playback singer and lyricist working in Hindi films.With just one song, 'Mar Jawa', singer Shruti Pathak managed to grab the attention of Bollywood. Like the protagonist of the film Fashion, Shruti too has had to struggle her way into Bollywood...
Having sung in Bollywood films, Pathak is a Filmfare Award-nominated playback singer and lyricist. Her career came alive with the song “Mar Jaawa” from Fashion
Fashion (film)
Fashion is a 2008 Indian film co-produced, co-written, and directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. The film has a massive star cast which includes Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut and newcomers Mugdha Godse and Arjan Bajwa. Based on the dark side of the world of fashion, the movie depicts it through the...
. Adding Dev D to her resume, Pathak’s career graph is moving upward slowly and steadily.
Tochi Raina
Tochi Raina
Tochi Raina is an Indian singer. Best known as a playback singer in Hindi films. His most notable works includes the song Ishq Waale Chor Hain for the Hindi movie Kya yahi sach hai with Vishal Khurana, Saibo for the Hindi movie Shor in the City a duet with Shreya Ghosal, Maldar Ki Jeb for the...
Raina was born on September 2, 1965 in Darbhanga, Bihar. Raina’s family originally hails from Kohat but they moved to Patiala during the Indo-Pak partition. Raina comes from an eminent musical family – his grandmother played sitar and Uncle Ratan Singh Ji
Ratan Singh
Ratan Singh Jatav is an M.P. from Bharatpur constituency in Rajasthan. His educational qualification is B.E.. He is elected from Indian National Congress political party. He is constituted as M.P...
was a violin player for the Mumbai music industry. He belongs to the musical gharaana of Patiala
Patiala Gharana
The Patiala gharana is one of the most prominent gharanas of vocal Hindustani classical music. It was initially sponsored by the Maharaja of Patiala, Punjab, which was famous for ghazal, thumri, and khyal.-History:...
, and his first guru – for 10 years – was Pt Vinod Kumar Ji, a disciple of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan.
Sunidhi Chauhan
Sunidhi Chauhan
Sunidhi Chauhan is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi film songs in Bollywood. She has also recorded songs for Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Assamese and Gujarati films and is credited with over 2000 songs....
Chauhan began singing at the age of four and was discovered by a local TV anchor. Chauhan also loves western music and cites Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...
and Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
as her inspirations. She has said that one of her ambitions is to achieve global fame like they did. Sunidhi Chauhan is credited with having sung over 2,000 songs.
Some renowned artists that will feature in ‘Coke Studio at MTV’
List of other artists
Advaita
Akiri kakkar
Bombay Jayashri
Bombay Jayashri
Bombay Jayashri Ramnath is an Indian Carnatic music vocalist. She has also recorded songs as a playback singer in South Indian films. She has many albums to her credit, released as cassettes and CDs....
Bondo
Chinna Ponnu
Divya Lewis
Harshdeep Kaur
Harshdeep Kaur
Harshdeep Kaur is an Indian playback singer known for her Sufi songs.-Biography:Harshdeep Kaur was born on 16 December 1986 in a Sikh family in Delhi and inherited music from her father, Savinder Singh, who owns a factory of musical instruments. Apart from studying, she started learning music at...
Kailasa
Kavita Seth
Kavita Seth
Sufi Singer Kavita Seth is an Indian singer, who is most known as a playback singer in Hindi cinema, as well as a performer of Ghazals and Sufi music, and has formed her musical group, Karwaan Group, a band of Sufi musicians...
Khagan Gogoi
Mathangi
Megha Dalton
Mausam Gogoi
Pankhi Dutta
Papon
Parthiv Ghoyel
Praful Dave
Raghu Dixit
Ramya Iyer
Rashvid Khan
Richa Sharma
Richa Sharma
Richa Sharma is an Indian film playback singer as well a devotional singer. In 2006, she sang Bollywood's longest track, the bidaai song, in film Baabul .-Early life and background:...
Roop Johrie
Sanjiv Tv
Sourav
Suzanne D Mello
Wadali brothers
Wadali brothers
The Wadali Brothers are Sufi singers and musicians from Guru ki Wadali in the Amritsar District in Punjab, India. Born into the fifth generation of musicians given to singing the messages of Sufi saints, the Wadali brothers dabbled in the most unexpected of professions before they became Sufi...