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Ram Sampath (born 25 July 1977) is an Indian composer, music producer and musician, who started his career composing advertising jingles for Mumbai-based advertising industry, subsequently he started composing for pop albums like Tanha Dil (2000) by Shaan, before composing for films like Khakee, Delhi Belly (2011), Talaash (2012), Raees etc.

Ram Sampath
Ram Sampath at the Loreal Paris Femina Women Awards 2014.
Background information
Born	(1977-07-25) 25 July 1977 (age 45) [1] Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Genres	Rock music
Occupation(s)	music director, composer, record producer, Singer
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Various
Website	www.ramsampath.com

He has composed music for advertising jingles for brands like Airtel, Docomo, Thums Up, Pepsi and the Times of India.

Early life and background

Born to a Tamilian father and Kannadiga mother, Sampath grew up in Chembur, Bombay where he did his schooling from OLPS High School. Both his parents were musically inclined, while his grandfather TV Ramanujam, was one of the founder of Shanmukhananda Hall, a cultural centre in Sion, Mumbai, established in 1952.[1][2] Thus his ancestral house, was frequented by leading musicians and singers of Carnatic music. Later on, he too learnt Carnatic music for eight years. After his schooling he studied commerce at Podar College, Mumbai, where he played keyboard in a rock band.[1]

Career

Non-film music

Over the years, he has composed advertising jingles for brands like Airtel, Docomo, Thums Up, Pepsi and the Times of India, for which he composed the theme song for the "I Lead India" campaign in 2013.[1][3]

In 2008, he collaborated with the Australian rock band INXS to record Indian version of their songs, God's Top Ten, Devil's Party, and Afterglow.[4] Also in 2008, the Bombay High Court ruled that two songs from the film, Krazzy 4, including the title track "Krazzy4" and "Break-free" plagiarised the "hook-phrase" from an advertisement previously composed by Sampath for Sony Ericsson. The court ordered a stay on film's release with the two songs. Subsequently, the case was settled out-of-court after producers paid Sampath ₹20 million (US$250,000), and film was released along with the songs.[5][6] However the judgment was seen by "landmark decision" by legal commentators, as it set a new precedent in the Indian film industry, often plagued with plagiarism.[7][8] In 2012, he composed the highly popular title track "Tera Rang Aisa" of the debut talkshow Satyamev Jayate hosted by Aamir Khan, it had lyrics by Prasoon Joshi.[9]

He was also part of the 2013 season of the popular television music series Coke Studio.[10]

Film music

Sampath got his first break as a film score composer with Let's Talk (2002) directed by Ram Madhvani. Thereafter, he composed for several films like Khakee (2004) and Family (2006) by Rajkumar Santoshi, besides Jumbo (2008), Aagey Se Right (2009) and Luv Ka The End (2011). However, he first received popular acclaim with Delhi Belly (2011) produced by Aamir Khan.[11] Most notably hit track "Bhaag DK Bose Aandhi Aayi" with -rock beat, became an internet sensation ahead of the release of the film.[12] Later he received a Filmfare Award nomination for the film. His next film, Talaash (2012) was a joint production between Farhan Akhtar's Excel Entertainment and Aamir Khan Productions also starring Aamir Khan as the lead. The music received positive reviews, including Indiaglitz, which noted, "Once again Ram Sampath has an unmatched compilation of tracks here. Along with Javed Akhtar's fantastic lyrics they have created a masterpiece here."[13][14] Thereafter, Akhtar signed him again for his next production, Fukrey, directed by Mrigdeep Singh Lamba.[15] Fukrey was a sleeper hit and opened to good music reviews, especially for the song "Ambarsariya", an adaptation of a traditional Punjabi folk song, performed by Sona Mohapatra, his wife and regular collaborator.[16][17]

Television

In 2009, he appeared as a judge of singing reality series, MTV Rock On (Season 1) on MTV India, along with singer Kailash Kher and MTV VJ Nikhil Chinapa.[18]

Personal life

Ram Sampath is married to Sona Mohapatra, a singer, who is his frequent collaborator and business partner in their music production house OmGrown Music. The couple resides in Mumbai.[19] The couple met in 2002, while she was still working as a brand manager with Marico. They were introduced by director Ram Madhvani, with whom Sampath was working for Let's Talk (2002); they married in 2005.[20][21]

Discography

Films

Year	Film	Director	Notes
2002	Let's Talk	Ram Madhvani	English-language indie film.
2004	Khakee	Rajkumar Santoshi
2006	Family	Rajkumar Santoshi
2007	Positive	Farhan Akhtar	short film
2008	Jumbo	Kompin Kemgumnird	Animation film
2009'	Aagey Se Right	Indrajit Nattoji
2010	Peepli Live	Anusha Rizvi	"Mehngai Dayain" (Remix) sung by Raghubir Yadav
2010	Phillum City	Deven Khote
2011	Game	Abhinay Deo	Background score
2011	Luv Ka The End	Bumpy
2011	Delhi Belly	Abhinay Deo	Filmfare Award Nomination for Best Music Screen Award Nomination for Best Music
2012	Talaash	Reema Kagti
2013	Dekh Le	Ketan Rana	Viral video
2013	Fukrey	Mrighdeep Singh Lamba
2013	Rock The Shaadi	Navdeep Singh
2014	Bhoothnath Returns	Nitesh Tiwari
2014	Purani Jeans	Tanushri Chattrji Bassu
2015	Bangistan	Karan Anshuman
2016	Raman Raghav 2.0	Anurag Kashyap
2017	Raees	Rahul Dholakia

Albums

Year	Album	Singer
1996	Loveology	Shaan
1997	Mohabbat Kar Le	Shiamak Davar
1998	Colourblind	Ram Sampath
2000	Tanha Dil	Shaan
2006	Sona	Sona Mohapatra

Television

Year	Programme	Notes
2009	MTV Rock On (Season 1)	Judge (Reality singing competition)
1998	Baat Ban Jaaye	Title Song
2012	Satyamev Jayate	14 Songs: title track and 13 theme based songs played at the end of each episode.
2013	MTV Coke Studio season 3	6 songs
2015	MTV Coke Studio season 4	4 songs

Awards and nominations

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Filmfare Awards
2012	Best Music Director	Delhi Belly	Nominated	[22]
Mirchi Music Awards
2011	Best Background Score of the Year	Delhi Belly	Won	[23]
2012	Indie Pop Song of the Year	"Satyamev Jayate"	Won	[24][25]
	Programmer & Arranger of the Year	"Jiya Laage Na" from Talaash	Nominated

References

External links

• Official Website of Ram Sampath
• Ram Sampath at IMDb
• Ram Sampath at Last.fm

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