Sneha Khanwalkar

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Sneha Khanwalkar
Born (1983-04-28) 28 April 1983 (age 41)
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation Film score composer
Years active2004–present
Spouse
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(m. 2019)​

Sneha Khanwalkar (born 28 April 1983) is an Indian music director who works in Hindi films. [1] She is best known for her score for the film, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! , and also for Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1, Part 2 . [1] [2] She had been nominated in Best Music Director category at the 58th Filmfare Awards for Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 & Part 2 (credited as music director of Gangs of Wasseypur). [3] She is only the second woman to gain a nomination in this category 28 years after Usha Khanna. [4] [5]

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Early life and education

Born and brought up in Indore, where her mother's family was entrenched in the Gwalior gharana of Hindustani classical music, through which she learned music as a child. [6]

During her HSC vacations, she did an animation course and art direction course. In 2001, her family moved to Mumbai, with an aim of her joining an engineering college, but instead she started working in animation followed by art direction before deciding on music direction as a career, after rediscovering her childhood passion for music. [1]

Career

In 2004, she scored the movie The Hope, which competed at the Internationales Filmfest Emden in Germany. [7] Meanwhile, she also did the title track for Ruchi Narain's film, KAL – Yesterday and Tomorrow (2005), though her big break came when she composed music for the 2007 movie Go , produced by Ram Gopal Varma, and also got to compose a song for Sarkar Raj (2008). [8]

In 2008, she won accolades for her score for the film, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! for which she travelled through rural North India, especially Haryana, where she visited the Raagini music festival, while researching for the film's music, eventually she created a hit soundtrack, embellished with Haryanvi musical influences. [1] [9]

She was the music director of Anurag Kashyap's celebrated movie Gangs of Wasseypur (Part 1 & Part 2), for which she was nominated in Best Music Director category at the 58th Filmfare Awards.

Sound Trippin

She was also the host of a popular music-based MTV mini-series called Sound Trippin [10] in which she travels to places like Punjab, Banaras, Yellapur (North Canara, Karnataka), Goa, Leh, etc. collecting local sounds both ambient and everyday singers to local musicians, and creating a final piece of music that resonates the feel and the sounds from that location. [11] [12] The show is shot by Babble Fish Productions [13]

Episode 1 – Tung Tung - Punjab (Qila Raipur Rural olympics)
Episode 2 – Ram Ram - Benaras
Episode 3 – Yere Yere - Yellapura (North Kanara, Karnataka)
Episode 4 – Susegaado - Goa
Episode 5 – Phinger Song - Kanpur
Episode 6 – Review of All Episodes
Episode 7 – Majuli(Assam)
Episode 8 – Scrap Rap - Dharavi (A Slum in Mumbai)
Episode 9 – Ghumma - Mumbai
Episode 10 – Babu - Kolkata
Episode 11 – Ju Ju Leh - Leh

Filmography

Movie music composer

YearFilmNote(s)
2006 UndisputedShort film
2005 Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow One song
2007 Go All songs
2008 Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
2010 Love Sex Aur Dhokha
2011 Bheja Fry 2 One song
2012 Gangs of Wasseypur (Part 1 & Part 2)All songs
Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director [14] (for the music of both parts)
Supermen of Malegaon Documentary
2014 Dishkiyaoon Two songs
Youngistaan
Khoobsurat Four songs
2015 Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! One song along with Dibakar Banerjee
Singh is Bling One song
2017 Hanuman Da' Damdaar All songs
Also provided the voice for the character "Seeti"
2018 Manto Four songs
2020 Ghoomketu Two songs
Trance As a playback singer for one track
Malayalam film
Raat Akeli Hai All songs
2022 Sharmaji Namkeen
Chup: Revenge of The Artist One song
Mister Mummy Four songs
2024 Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2 One song
CTRL All songs

Web series music composer

YearTitlePlatformNotes
2020 REJCTX ZEE5 Theme Music
2021 Dhindora YouTube Original track
2022 London Files Voot Original & Background Score
2023Psuedo Saiyaan Amazon Prime Video Cinema Marte Dum Tak
Star Wars: Visions Disney+ Episode: "The Bandits of Golak"

TV Show

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