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Vishal–Shekhar are an Indian music composer, production, singing and songwriting duo consisting of Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani from Mumbai. Known predominantly for their work as music composers in Hindi cinema, Vishal–Shekhar have also recorded in Telugu and Marathi, with the likes of Akon, The Vamps, Imogen Heap, Diplo. They have been streamed over 3 Billion times on YouTube and have had 72 number one singles and been featured on over 350 film sound tracks.

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Vishal–Shekhar
Vishal Dadlani (left) and Shekhar Ravjiani (right)
Background information
Origin	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Genres	Electronic Dance Music Pop Hip Hop Sufi Indian fusion music Western classical Rock Trance
Occupation(s)	Singer-Songwriter Musicians Lyricist Actors
Years active	1999–present
Labels	T-Series YRF Music Sony Music India Zee Music Company
Members	Vishal Dadlani Shekhar Ravjiani

Their most popular soundtracks include Jhankaar Beats (2003), Dus (2005), Bluffmaster (2005), Salaam Namaste (2005), Left Right Left (2006), Om Shanti Om (2007), Tashan (2008), Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008), Dostana (2008), I Hate Luv Storys (2010), Anjaana Anjaani (2010), Tees Maar Khan (2010), Ra.One (2011), Student of the Year (2012), Chennai Express (2013), Hasee Toh Phasee (2014), Bang Bang! (2014), Happy New Year (2014), Sultan (2016), Befikre (2016), Tiger Zinda Hai (2017), Student of the Year 2 (2019), Bharat (2019), War (2019) & Baaghi 3 (2020). They have also appeared as judges on Indian Idol Junior, the stage India, MTV hustle, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Voice of India – Mummy Ke Superstars, Indian Idol, Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar.

Background

Vishal Dadlani is also the vocalist of Mumbai-based electronic band Pentagram. He collaborated with Imogen Heap on the song "Minds Without Fear" for an episode of The Dewarists.

Shekhar Ravjiani is a trained classical singer (under Ustad Niaz Ahmed Khan). He learned to play the accordion from his father, a music enthusiast, Hasmukh Ravjiani. Shekhar was a participant of Zee TV singing contest Sa Re Ga Ma Pa in 1997. He composed and sung Marathi songs "Saazni" in 2012 and "Saavli" (with Sunidhi Chauhan) in 2013.

Musical film career

1999–2002: Beginnings in Bollywood

Vishal Dadlani, along with his Pentagram teammates Shiraz Bhattacharya and Samrat, made his Bollywood debut by composing tracks for Tyger Productions' film Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi (1999) including the hit songs "Woh Pehli Baar" and "Musu Musu Hasi". Coincidentally, Dadlani's childhood friend Shekhar Ravjiani also composed a few tracks on the same film including "Dil Se Mere Door Na Jana". The two childhood friends met in the studio while recording songs for the film where they decided to form a team together to write music for Bollywood films. They formed the musical duo Vishal-Shekhar.

Their first composition in Bollywood as a duo was as guest composers for Padam Kumar's Champion, where they composed two tracks "Aisa Champion Kahan" and "Lelo Lelo". They would compose one song each as guest composers for Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein (2001) and Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai (2001). Vishal-Shekhar's first full soundtrack was Vadh (2002).

2003–2007: Breakthrough

Vishal-Shekhar first got noticed in Bollywood with Jhankaar Beats (2003), which included hit songs such as "Tu Aashiqui Hai" and "Suno Na". They won the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent for Jhankaar Beats. Recognized for introducing techno music in Bollywood, Vishal-Shekhar continued further success after Jhankaar Beats with soundtracks like Supari (2003) and Musafir (2004). "Allah Ke Bande" from Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II also became a success during this period. Vishal-Shekhar began receiving offers from bigger banners and 2005 was hugely successful for the duo as they composed the songs for three films: Salaam Namaste, Dus and Bluffmaster. Dus earned them their first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.

The duo would continue to write music for successful soundtracks during this period including Golmaal: Fun Unlimited (2006), I See You (2006), Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007) and Om Shanti Om (2007). Om Shanti Om which had the hit songs "Main Agar Kahoon", "Dard-e-Disco" and "Aankhon Mein Teri" earned the duo their second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director. They won the Best Composer Award at the 2nd Asian Film Awards for Om Shanti Om.

2008–present: Mainstream success

2008 was the year where Vishal-Shekhar established themselves among the leading music directors in Bollywood with extremely popular soundtracks for Tashan, De Taali, Bachna Ae Haseeno and Dostana. Tashan had the hit song "Falak Tak Chal Saath Mere" while Bachna Ae Haseeno had several hit tracks including "Khuda Jaane" and "Lucky Boy" and Dostana had the evergreen item number "Desi Girl". Dostana earned them their third nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.

After only one release with Aladin in 2009, Vishal-Shekhar continued their success in 2010. The year included Anjaana Anjaani which had the hit songs "Tujhe Bhula Diya" and "Aas Paas Khuda" and I Hate Luv Storys which had evergreen successes with "Bin Tere" and "Bahara". Both these films earned them two nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director at the 56th Filmfare Awards. The same year also included Tees Maar Khan, which included the hit item number "Sheila Ki Jawani", one of the two most popular Bollywood songs of 2010 along with "Munni Badnaam Hui".

Vishal-Shekhar's success continued with two major soundtracks in 2011 for Ra.One and The Dirty Picture. Ra.One included the hit songs "Dildaara" and "Chammak Challo", which featured internationally renowned singer Akon on vocals while The Dirty Picture had the hit item number "Ooh La La" and "Ishq Sufiana". They were nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for Ra.One. The following year, Vishal-Shekhar composed music for Karan Johar's Student of the Year (2012), which included hit tracks such as "Ishq Wala Love" and "The Disco Song", earning the duo their seventh nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.

Vishal-Shekhar continued their association with Red Chillies Entertainment after Om Shanti Om with successful soundtracks for Chennai Express (2013) and Happy New Year (2014). They continued their success in 2016 with Sultan and Befikre. Sultan had the hit song "Baby Ko Bass Pasand Hai" and "Jag Ghoomeya" while Befikre had the hugely hit song "Nashe Si Chad Gayi" which went viral and was the first Indian song to clock 300 million views and then 400  million views on YouTube. It currently has over 600 million views. During the same year, the duo collaborated with British rock band The Vamps for single "Beliya".

Vishal–Shekhar's music for Tiger Zinda Hai (2017) was a huge success with "Dil Diyan Gallan" and "Swag Se Swagat", with the latter song becoming the fastest song in the world to hit 100 million views and clocked up to 650  million views on YouTube in its first year.

Vishal-Shekhar have emerged as Bollywood's biggest music directors by continuing to compose successful soundtracks for Student of the Year 2 (2019), Bharat (2019) and Pathaan (2023).

Other work

They have been judges on the star hunt show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 and the musical talent show Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star with director and choreographer Farah Khan. They are the judges on Voice of India – Mummy Ke Superstars. They were mentors and judges in the reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar with Daler Mehndi and Sajid–Wajid.

They composed the Indian Premier League theme song of season 3 and the anthem of Kolkata Knight Riders.

Following the 2008 Mumbai attacks, Vishal Dadlani launched a petition to ban live media coverage during the rescue operations.[1]

They performed twice at Delhi Technological University −2014 and 2018.

On 23 January 2012, Vishal and Shekhar performed at Spring Fest 2012 in IIT Kharagpur on 22 January 2012; they also performed at Saarang in IIT Madras.[2] and in February 2012, at Crossroads 2012 in SRCC.[3][4] On 25 March 2012, Vishal and Shekhar with Shruti Pathak performed live at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University in Flare.[5]

Vishal–Shekhar composed the IPL 6 anthem "Jumping Japaang" and the IPL 7 anthem "Chalo Bulawa Aya Hai".

Vishal Dadlani appeared in cameo roles in Om Shanti Om, Tees Maar Khan and Happy New Year.

Vishal was one of the first Indian celebrities to openly support the Aam Aadmi Party.[6]

On 28 September 2014, Vishal and Shekhar performed live at Festember at NIT Trichy.[7]

In 2018, Vishal–Shekhar performed at Altice Arena, Lisbon along with Algerian Singer Khaled.[8]

Both Vishal and Shekhar appeared as judges in the reality singing show for children and teens, Indian Idol Junior, Season One, while only Vishal appeared in Season Two.[9]

Awards and nominations

Annual Central European Bollywood Awards

Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2005	Best Song	"Dus Bahane" (from Dus)	Nominated	[10]
	Best Soundtrack	Dus
2007		Om Shanti Om	Won	[11]
	Best Song	"Dastaan-E-Om Shanti Om" (from Om Shanti Om)
		"Main Agar Kahoon" (from Om Shanti Om)	Nominated
2008	Best Soundtrack	Dostana		[12]
		Bachna Ae Haseeno
	Best Song	"Khuda Jaane Om" (from Bachna Ae Haseeno)
2010		"Wallah Re Wallah" (from Tees Maar Khan)		[13]
2011	Best Soundtrack	Ra.One	Won	[14]

Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Award

Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2008	Best Music Director	Om Shanti Om	Nominated	[15]
2011		I Hate Luv Storys		[16]
2014		Chennai Express		[17]

Asian Film Awards

Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2008	Best Composer	Om Shanti Om	Won	[18]

BIG Star Entertainment Awards

Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2010	Most Entertaining Music	Anjaana Anjaani	Nominated	[19]
	Most Entertaining Song	"Sheila Ki Jawani" (from Tees Maar Khan)
2011		"Chammak Challo" (from Ra.One)		[20]
	Most Entertaining Music	The Dirty Picture
2012	Most Entertaining Song	"Radha" (from Student of the Year)		[21]
	Most Entertaining Music	The Dirty Picture
2013		Chennai Express		[22]

Filmfare Awards

Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2004	R. D. Burman Award for New Music Talent	Jhankaar Beats	Won	[23]
2006	Best Music Director	Dus	Nominated	[24]
2008		Om Shanti Om		[25]
2009		Dostana		[26]
2011		Anjaana Anjaani		[27]
		I Hate Luv Storys
2012		Ra.One		[28]
2013		Student of the Year		[29]
2014		Chennai Express		[30]
2017		Sultan		[31]
2020		Bharat

Global Indian Music Academy Awards

Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2011	Best Film Song	"Sheila Ki Jawani" (from Tees Maar Khan)	Nominated	[32]
	Best Film Album	Anjaana Anjaani
		Tees Maar Khan
	Best Music Director	Anjaana Anjaani
2012		Ra.One		[33]
	Best Film Song	"Chammak Challo" (from Ra.One)	Won
	Best Film Album	The Dirty Picture	Nominated
		Ra.One
2013		Student of the Year		[34]
	Best Film Song	"Radha" (from Student of the Year)
	Best Music Director	Student of the Year

International Indian Film Academy Awards

Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2004	Best Music Director	Jhankaar Beats	Nominated	[35]
2006		Bluffmaster!		[36]
		Dus
2009		Dostana		[37]
2011		I Hate Luv Storys		[38]
2012		Ra.One		[39]
	Best Song Recording	"Chammak Challo" (from Ra.One)	Won

Mirchi Music Awards

Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2010	Listeners' Choice Song of the Year	"Sheila Ki Jawani" (from Tees Maar Khan)	Won	[40][41]
	Album of The Year	Break Ke Baad	Nominated
2011	Best Item Song of the Year	"Ooh La La" (from The Dirty Picture)	Won	[42][43]
	Album of The Year	Ra.One	Nominated
		The Dirty Picture
	Music Composer of The Year	"Ooh La La" (from The Dirty Picture)
2012	Listeners' Choice Song of the Year	"Radha" (from Student of the Year)	Won	[44][45]
	Listeners' Choice Album of the Year	Student of the Year
	Song of The Year	"Radha" (from Student of the Year)	Nominated
	Album of The Year	Student of the Year
2014	Music Composer of The Year	"Manwa Laage" (from Happy New Year)		[46]
2016		"Jag Ghoomeya" (from Sultan)		[47]
	Album of The Year	Sultan
2017		Tiger Zinda Hai		[48]

References

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