Raghav Sachar

Raghav Sachar
Background information
Born	24th July 1981, India
Genres	Pop, playback singing
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, Music composer, Instrumentalist, Musician
Years active	2003-present
Notable instruments
Can play over 32 instruments

Raghav Sachar (born July 24, 1981 in India) is an Indian singer^[1] born to father, R. K. Sachar, and mother, Usha Sachar. He is the youngest of three children. He started playing his first instrument, the harmonica, at the age of four. Every year since then his parents have gifted him an instrument. Born into a family of music lovers, Raghav was interested in music from a very early age. He won the Best Drummer Award at the Pepsi Cornucopia contest in Delhi in 1994 besides being adjudged the best keyboard player at the BITS Pilani Festival. He also formed a band, Canzona, with some friends before proceeding to Monash Conservatory of Music, Melbourne, Australia in 2000 to study music.

It was during this time that Raghav traveled to countries in South East Asia including Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. He also gave solo concerts while visiting India and worked with Viva and Shubha Mudgal on albums apart from recording for jingles and film soundtracks. His crowning glory was being awarded the Golden Key Award and Earnest Award for academic excellence in 2000 and 2001 at Monash. Raghav now plays more than 32 instruments. The title song of his new album, Charming Lootera enjoyed success throughout India. His recent collaboration is with ZING for his creation of Om Jai Jagdish Hare - Remix, where he plays 9 instrumental voices.

Albums

Album title	Language	Year
Raghav, For the First Time	Hindi	2003
24 Carat	Hindi	2005
Play It Loud	Hindi	2007
Charming Lootera	Hindi	2009
Dil ki zubaan	Hindi	2011

Film soundtracks

Film	Language	Year
Kabul Express	Hindi	2006
Sunday	Hindi	2008
One Two Three	Hindi	2008
Haal-e-dil	Hindi	2008
Daddy Cool	Hindi	2009

References

1. ^ Ferguson, Tom (November 26, 2005). "Global Pulse". Billboard: p. 56. http://books.google.com/books?id=hhMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56&dq=%22Raghav+Sachar%22&hl=en&ei=8R-_TYqGJNDPiAKu-uEo&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=sachar&f=false. Retrieved 2 May 2011. 

External links

• "Ragav new movie One Two Three"
• "Home page"

Persondata
Name	Sachar, Raghav
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Date of birth	July 24, 1981
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