Years active 2008–present Spouse Arunima Bhattacharya | Role Singer-songwriter Name Gaurav Dagaonkar | |
Born July 10, 1982 (age 41) ( 1982-07-10 ) Mumbai, India Occupation Music composer, singer-songwriter, producer Education Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Albums Will You Marry Me?, Heartless, Joker Similar People Pritish Chakraborty, Sharib Sabri, Toshi Sabri, Shekhar Suman, Sachin Gupta Profiles | ||
Record label Universal Music Group | ||
Gaurav dagaonkar interview with hiru tv morning show 2014 01 31
Gaurav Dagaonkar (गौरव डगाकर) is an Indian Music Director, Singer and Songwriter.
Contents
- Gaurav dagaonkar interview with hiru tv morning show 2014 01 31
- Meet gaurav dagaonkar singer composer song writer
- As Music Director
- Synchronicity
- As a Performing Artiste
- References
Meet gaurav dagaonkar singer composer song writer
As Music Director
Prior to this, Gaurav composed an item number called Kaafirana in the film "Joker", directed by Shirish Kunder, starring Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha. The song was sung by Sunidhi Chauhan and picturised on Chitrangada Singh. The lyrics of the song were changed from "I Want Fakht You" to "I Want Just You", as the former was deemed objectionable by the censor board. Kaafirana was in
As music director, Gaurav's first release was the movie Lanka, which released on 9 December 2011. The film was directed by Maqbool Khan and was produced by filmmaker Vikram Bhatt. The song 'Sheet Leher' won 2 Radio Mirchi Music Awards.
Amongst other songs composed by Gaurav has been the song 'Soniye' from the film Will You Marry Me. The song has been sung by Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan as has been written by lyricist Shabbir Ahmed. Gaurav has also featured in the music video of the remix of 'Soniye', alongside Bollywood actors Rajeev Khandelwal, Shreyas Talpade and Mugdha Godse.
Synchronicity
Gaurav is the lead vocalist and frontman of the group 'Synchronicity'. Synchronicity is also the name of the series started by Gaurav in which he performs mash-ups of popular Bollywood, Nepali and Western songs. The first mashup to be recorded and shot as a music video in this series was Tujhe Bhula Diya / Hello. The video has had over 500,000 hits on YouTube. Subsequently, two more tracks, Yara Sili Sili / Careless Whisper and Pee Loon / You Sang To Me were released to a great response. With several requests to perform live, Gaurav and the musicians involved, got together to form the band Synchronicity. Gaurav and Arunima Bhattacharya are the permanent singers in the group, while guest singers in live shows include names like Neeti Mohan, Shalmali Kholgade, Rahul Saxena, Natalie De Luccio, Ustad Sawan Khan, Thomson Andrews and Vidhi Sharma.He has also released synchronized tracks with Nepali and Bollywood songs.
As a Performing Artiste
As a live performer, Gaurav plays with a four-piece band and has performed at some of the biggest festivals in India such as Mood Indigo (IIT Bombay), Chaos (IIM Ahmedabad), Backwaters (IIM Kohzikode). He has shared the stage with renowned artistes and bands from India and Pakistan such as Junoon, Silk Route, Mohit Chauhan, Parikrama, Rahul Sharma etc. He is one of the official brand ambassadors of Gibson guitars in India. Gaurav has been featured amongst the "Faces of the Future" by India Today (Simply Mumbai, January '09).