Sanchit Balhara

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Sanchit Balhara is an Indian film score composer, best known for composing the score of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 2015 epic historical romance film, Bajirao Mastani . [1] [2]

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Sanchit Balhara was born in Rohtak, Haryana, India into a family with a music/film background. His father Bhal Singh Balhara, is a singer, actor and filmmaker in the Haryanvi film industry. His mother Mukta Chaudhary, is a national level athlete.

Sanchit has an elder brother Ankit Balhara, who is a composer himself too along with being an actor and a singer. He studied classical music in London. He got his big break as a film score composer with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Bajirao Mastani. His work in Bajirao Mastani was highly appreciated throughout the industry and also won him awards including IIFA, Music Mirchi, GIMA and Zee cine awards.

Education

Sanchit completed a Music Production & Sound Engineering Diploma at Point Blank Music School in 2011. [3]

Filmography as Background Score Composer

YearFilmLanguageNotesRef.
2012 Tera Mera Vaada Haryanvi [4]
2015 Bajirao Mastani Hindi
2018 Padmaavat [5]
Loveyatri
2019 Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi
Kalank
Mamangam Malayalam [6]
Malaal Hindi
War
2020 Panga
Khaali Peeli
2021 Radhe
2022 Gangubai Kathiawadi
Jayeshbhai Jordaar
Prithviraj [7]

Awards and nominations

YearFilmAwardCategoryResultRef.
2016
Bajirao Mastani International Indian Film Academy Awards Best Background Score Won [8]
Global Indian Music Academy Awards Best Background Score Won [9]
Mirchi Music Awards Background Score of the YearWon [10]
Zee Cine Awards Best Background Score Won [11]
2019 Padmaavat Mirchi Music Awards Background Score of the YearWon

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