Shashwat Sachdev
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 | |
|---|---|
 Shashwat Sachdev | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Symbiosis Law School, Pune |
| Occupation | Music Composer |
| Years active | 2017–present |
| Awards | National Film Awards, Filmfare Award, IIFA Award |
Early life
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]
Career
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] Sha 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] 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 latest release is 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.
Discography
Film Songs
| Year | Film | Track(s) | Singer(s) | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | |||
Film Score Albums
| Year | Film | Track(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Independent Work
| Year | Title | Co-singer(s) | Lyricist(s) | Label | Composer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Albums
| Year | Album | Track(s) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
Accolades
| Award ceremony | Category | Nominated work | Result | Year | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th Mirchi Music Awards | Upcoming Music Composer of The Year | "Bajaake Tumba" from Phillauri | Nominated | 2018 | [17] |
| "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 | [18] |
| The Production Music Awards | Best World Music | Dharma from Euphoria And The Following Realties | Won | [19] | |
| The Production Music Awards | PRS Foundation Best Newcomer | Euphoria And The Following Realities | Won |
References
- "Every genre of music has its own place: Shashwat Sachdev". Hindustan Times. 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- Correspondent, BizAsia (2017-03-24). "Shashwat Sachdev: "I'm going to be forever grateful to Anushka"". BizAsia | Media, Entertainment, Showbiz, Brit, Events and Music. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- "Anushka Sharma's Phillauri music composer Shashwat Sachdev talks about his Bollywood debut - Mumbai Mirror -". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- "Meet the brain behind the soulful songs of 'Phillauri' - Shashwat Sachdev". DNA India. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- Nair, Vipin (9 January 2019). "'Uri' music review: Apart from the crowd". Retrieved 29 April 2019 – via www.thehindu.com.
- Ghosh, Devarsi. "'Uri: The Surgical Strike' music review: Shashwat Sachdev's soundtrack is new and edgy". Scroll.in. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- "Uri background score made into an album now". mid-day. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- Array. "Uri - The Surgical Strike - All Songs - Download or Listen Free - JioSaavn". Retrieved 29 April 2019 – via www.jiosaavn.com.
- PTI. "National Film Award: List of winners in feature film category". @businessline. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
- "Uri - The Surgical Strike bags four National Film Awards; Vicky Kaushal reacts on best actor win". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
- https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards/winners
- Filmfare R. D. Burman Award
- Kapadia, Prashant. "NOMINATIONS FOR 21ST EDITION OF NEXA IIFA AWARDS 2020 ANNOUNCED – NATIONALHERALDNEWS.COM". Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- "21st IIFA Awards", Wikipedia, 2020-06-02, retrieved 2020-06-03
- "Winners 2021". Production Music Awards. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- "The Production Music Awards". Production Music Awards. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- "Nominations - Mirchi Music Awards 2017". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- "Nominations 2021". Production Music Awards. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- "Winners 2021". Production Music Awards. Retrieved 2021-12-18.