Shashwat Sachdev is an Indian music composer and entrepreneur. He also won the 65th Filmfare R.D. Burman Award for best new and upcoming talent.
Shashwat Sachdev | |
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Born | Jaipur, Rajasthan |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Symbiosis Law School, Pune |
Occupation | Music Composer |
Years active | 2017–present |
Awards | National Film Awards, Filmfare Award, IIFA Award |
Sachdev was born in Jaipur. He started learning music when he was three years old, beginning with Hindustani classical vocals and rhythm. He then went on to train in the Western classical piano during his school days.[1]
Shashwat started his career in 2011 in Hollywood, Los Angeles working on numerous projects before moving to India in 2016.[2]
In 2017, he was the music composer for Phillauri, which starred Anushka Sharma and Diljit Dosanjh.[3][4]
In 2018, he composed four songs for Veere Di Wedding, a Bollywood female buddy comedy film, directed by Shashanka Ghosh. The film stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, Swara Bhaskar and Shikha Talsania. He scored for Selection Day an Indian Netflix Original Sports web television series, based on Aravind Adiga's 2016 novel of the same name. Produced by Anil Kapoor and Anand Tucker.
In 2019 he composed the music as well as background score for Uri: The Surgical Strike, an Indian action film written and directed by debutant Aditya Dhar and produced by Ronnie Screwvala under his banner RSVP Movies starring Vicky Kaushal. The film is based on the 2016 Indian Army's surgical strikes on PoK in retaliation for the Uri attack. The film's music received rave reviews.[5][6] His background score was also appreciated and released separately on popular demand.[7][8] Shashwat won the award for Best Background Music in the 66th National Film Awards for Uri: The Surgical Strike.[9][10] He won the 65th Filmfare R.D. Burman Award for best new and upcoming talent.[11][12][circular reference] Shashwat also won the 21st IIFA Award for best background score for Uri: The Surgical Strike.[13][14]
He released a production album titled Euphoria And The Following Realties along with Extreme Music for which his track Dharma won Best World Production Music 2021 and Shashwat himself won PRS Foundation The Best Newcomer 2021[15] in the Production Music Awards 2021 held in London on 12 December 2021 that celebrate the best production music libraries and most talented composers from all over the world.[16]
His next release was Attack an Indian Hindi-language superhero film directed and co-written by Lakshya Raj Anand.The film produced by Jayantilal Gada, John Abraham and Ajay Kapoor, stars John Abraham alongside Jacqueline Fernandez and Rakul Preet Singh.[17]
Shashwat is now releasing independent music with, a new label called IndieA Records launched in India with the intention to nurture and promote independent artists backed by Universal Music India, he dropped his first piece of music with them called “Awaara Ho.”[18][19]
Year | Film | Track(s) | Singer(s) | Writer(s) |
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2017 | Phillauri | Dum Dum | Romy, Vivek Hariharan | Anvita Dutt Guptan |
Sahiba | Romy, Pavni Pandey | |||
Naughty Billo | Diljit Dosanjh, Nakash Aziz, Shilpi Paul (Rap:Anushka Sharma) | |||
Bajaake Tumba | Romy, Shehnaz Akhtar | |||
Dum Dum (Reprise Diljit Dosanjh Version) | Diljit Dosanjh | |||
Dum Dum (Punjabi Version) | Romy, Vivek Hariharan | Shellee | ||
2018 | Kaalakaandi | Kaalakaandi Title track | Shashwat Sachdev, Vivek Hariharan, Romy, Arun Kamath | Anvita Dutt Guptan |
Veere Di Wedding | Pappi Le Loon | Sunidhi Chauhan, Shashwat Sachdev | Shellee | |
Bass Gira De Raja | Shashwat Sachdev | |||
Aa Jao Na | Arijit Singh | Raj Shekhar | ||
Bhangra Ta Sajda (No One Gives A Damn) | Neha Kakkar, Romy, Shashwat Sachdev | Gaurav Solanki | ||
2019 | Uri: The Surgical Strike | Challa (Main Lad Jaana) | Romy, Vivek Hariharan, Shashwat Sachdev | Kumaar |
Jigra | Siddhartha Basrur, Shashwat Sachdev | |||
Jagga Jiteya | Daler Mehndi, Shashwat Sachdev, DeeMC | |||
Beh Chala | Yasser Desai, Shashwat Sachdev | Raj Shekhar | ||
Manzar Hai Ye Naya | Shantanu Sudame, Shashwat Sachdev | Abhiruchi Chand | ||
2022 | Attack: Part 1 | Ik Tu Hai | Jubin Nautiyal, Shashwat Sachdev | Kumaar |
Phir Se Zara | ||||
Phir Se Zara - Sha | Shashwat Sachdev | |||
Main Nai Tuttna | Vishal Mishra, Shashwat Sachdev ft Tisoki | |||
Chal Hatt | Girish Nakid, Magic, Shashwat Sachdev | Rap by: Girish Nakod | ||
Bomb! | Shreya Jain, Girish Nakod, Shashwat Sachdev | |||
La La La | Bjorn Surrao, Shashwat Sachdev | Bjorn Surrao | ||
Crazy Now | Shreya Jain, Magic, Shashwat Sachdev ft Tisoki | Tisoki | ||
Akh Kashni | Surbhi Yadav, Nakul Chugh, Shashwat Sachdev | |||
Durga Gayatri Mantra | Shreya Jain, Nakul Chugh, Shashwat Sachdev |
Year | Film | Track(s) |
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2019 | Uri: The Surgical Strike | Seven Sisters |
The Martyr | ||
Special Forces | ||
Chandel Revenge | ||
Home Comin | ||
An Unsettling Peace | ||
Mother | ||
Bleed India With Thousand Cuts | ||
The Uri Attack | ||
The Last Goodbye | ||
Two Shirts And A Watch | ||
How's The Josh | ||
Garud | ||
Kashmir | ||
Interrogation | ||
POK | ||
Chase | ||
The Surgical Strike | ||
Guts | ||
Glory | ||
New India | ||
2022 | ATTACK | Super Soldier Rises |
Infinite | ||
Prologue Is Past | ||
The Storm Within | ||
Justice Served | ||
Nightmare Comes True | ||
Mothers | ||
Future Is Now | ||
Into The Sync | ||
Phoenix Rises | ||
Killing A Nation | ||
The Unholy War | ||
Ethics And Justice | ||
Eye For An Eye | ||
Almost Lost | ||
Love Forever And Beyond | ||
Adrenaline Rush | ||
Evil At Play | ||
Courage Is Invisible |
Year | Title | Co-singer(s) | Lyricist(s) | Label | Composer(s) |
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2019 | Kahaniya | Madhubanti Bagchi | Shashwat Sachdev | Independent | Shashwat Sachdev |
2020 | Maan Ja | N/A | |||
Roko Na | N/A | ||||
2021 | Machlo | Romy | Kumaar | Malsons | |
Sha - Dobara | Shreya Jain | Shashwat Sachdev | |||
Meri Jaan | Jubin Nautiyal | Raj Shekhar | |||
Tenu Vekhan Da | Shirley Setia
Romy |
Kumaar | |||
Sha - O Jaana | N/A | Shashwat Sachdev | |||
2022 | Awaara Ho | N/A | Shashwat Sachdev | IndieA Records - UMG[20] | |
Baaton Baaton Main | Anumita Nadesan | ||||
Paris London Amsterdam | Aanchal Tyagi |
Year | Album | Track(s) | Label |
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2021 | Euphoria (And the Following Realities) | The New Karma | Extreme Music |
Euphoria (Kaala Doriya) | |||
Seeking Rapture | |||
Blade | |||
Delirious | |||
Conqueror (Jugni) | |||
Ecstacy (Ant Bahar) | |||
Dharma | |||
Bliss (Ahir Bhairav) | |||
Brahman | |||
Maya | |||
Climax | |||
2022 | Shades of Cashmere | Blessing the Bride (Bai Sa) | Extreme Music |
Lone Poet (Aeri Aali) | |||
Blissful Homecoming (Jhir Mir) | |||
Rain Dance (Barsan Laagi) | |||
Sweet Stranger (Mithiyan Mehman) | |||
Love and Cloudburst (Baucharan) | |||
Bittersweet Farewell (Jalalo Bilalo) | |||
The Circle of Life (Madhaniyan) | |||
A Life Worth Living (Kesariyo) | |||
Greatest Happiness (Aj Din Shagna Da) |
Award ceremony | Category | Nominated work | Result | Year | Ref. |
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10th Mirchi Music Awards | Upcoming Music Composer of The Year | "Bajaake Tumba" from Phillauri | Nominated | 2018 | [21] |
"Sahiba" from Phillauri | |||||
Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing) | "Naughty Billo" from Phillauri | ||||
National Film Awards | Best Music Director (Background Score) | Uri: The Surgical Strike | Won | 2018 | National Film Award for Best Music Direction |
Filmfare Awards | Best New and Upcoming Talent | Uri: The Surgical Strike | Won | 2020 | Filmfare R. D. Burman Award |
IIFA Awards | Best Background Score | Uri: The Surgical Strike | Won | 2020 | 21st IIFA Awards |
The Production Music Awards | Best World Music | Bliss from Euphoria And The Following Realties | Nominated | 2021 | [22] |
The Production Music Awards | Best World Music | Dharma from Euphoria And The Following Realties | Won | [23] | |
The Production Music Awards | PRS Foundation Best Newcomer | Euphoria And The Following Realities | Won |
National Film Award for Best Music Direction | |||||
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