- Sanjeev Darshan
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Sanjeev Darshan Genres Movie Songs, Film Music Occupations Composer, music director, singer Years active 1999–present Sanjeev-Darshan (also credited as Sanjeev Darshan) is a music director duo[1] in the Bollywood film industry of India. The duo derives its name from the first names of its two principals, Sanjeev Rathod and Darshan Rathod. Sanjeev and Darshan are the sons of Hindi film music director Shravan Rathod, who himself paired with music director Nadeem as the duo Nadeem-Shravan, to create super-hit music soundtracks in the 1990s. Their first released soundtrack was for the 1999 film Mann.
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Early life
Sanjeev was trained under Pandit Kallika Prasad, while younger brother Darshan picked up several instruments on his own. Their grandfather, Pandit Chhaturbhuj Rathod was an avid promoter of classical as well as semi-classical music. Born to a musical family, singer Vinod Rathod and musician and singer Roop Kumar Rathod are their paternal uncles.
Music career
Sanjeev-Darshan made their debut as music directors for a film by Mahendra Shah and Vimal Kumar which was never released. In 1998, they composed a Gujarati album for the Swaminarayan religious group. Indra Kumar had been with the duo at their initial recording and he went on to compose around forty tunes with them. In 1999, he invited them to compose music for his film Mann, starring Aamir Khan and Manisha Koirala . The film was not a financial success, but some of its songs such as "Mera mann kyon tumhein chaahe" and "Kali Nagin Ke Jaisi" became quite popular.
Discography
Year Film Notes 1999 Mann First released film. 2000 Deewane Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai Khiladi 420 2001 Aashiq Style Bal - The Power 2002 Rishtey Talaash Kitne Door Kitne Paas Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke Karz Suno Sasurjee 2003 Excuse Me Aanch Parwana 2005 Fun Yudh Shreeman Chanakya 2006 Mohabbat Ho Gayi Hai Tumse 2011 U R My Jaan Releasing on 23 September 2011[dated info] References
- ^ Morcom, Anna (2007-11-30). Hindi film songs and the cinema. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. pp. 28–. ISBN 9780754651987. http://books.google.com/books?id=kfVdxiSm-aYC&pg=PA28. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
External links
Categories:- Indian film score composers
- Musical duos
- Bollywood
- Filmfare Awards winners
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