Sunny M. R. | |
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Born | Sunny Sanour |
Other names | Sunny [2] |
Occupation(s) | Music producer, Composer, Singer, Sound engineer |
Years active | 2001–present |
Sunny M. R. is an Indian music composer, music producer, sound engineer, and playback singer. He is best known for his music in the Telugu films Swamy Ra Ra (2013) and Uyyala Jampala (2013). Musicperk.com rated the album 8/10, quoting "A fresh waft of cool music! Experimental Magic with simplicity". [3] He won Global Indian Music Award, Mirchi Music Award for the Hindi film, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013), as the "Best Music Arranger cum Programmer" and " Song Programmer cum Arranger of the Year " in 2014. [4]
Sunny M. R. studied at St. Anne's High School in Patna, Bihar and then joined as sound engineer to assist his accomplished brother, Shadab Rayeen. [5] After 6 months, Sunny became an independent sound engineer at the age of 15. He mastered mixing, arranging, and composing various tunes primarily for Keerthana Digital Studios, in Hyderabad, Telangana, for 6 years. [6]
In Keerthana Digital studios, Sunny collaborated 350 albums mastering ragas from carnatic Music. In the initial stage, he used to hate composing with carnatic tunes, but realised afterwards, that jazz is a harmonised version of carnatic music. Then he started loving composing albums with carnatic ragas. [6] Sunny moved to Mumbai to meet Sandeep Chowta and joined as a sound engineer. Late Anil Kumar (a music director) and Krishna Chaitanya (a lyricist) inspired Sunny to join as a music director. Sudheer Varma, the director of the Telugu film Swamy Ra Ra selected him to compose its soundtrack. Sunny is part of an innovative open music community called Blogswara. [7] The Blogswara team appreciated Sunny's entry as a music director. [8] [9]
Year | Film | Language |
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2013 | Swamy Ra Ra | Telugu |
Uyyala Jampala | ||
2014 | Rowdy Fellow | |
2015 | Thanu Nenu | |
Dohchay | ||
Bhale Manchi Roju | ||
2017 | Keshava | |
2018 | Husharu | |
2021 | Super Over | |
3 Roses | ||
2024 | Om Bheem Bush | |
Kahan Shuru Kahan Khatam | Hindi |
Year | Film | Language | Music Programmer | Music Sound Designer | Score Mixing Engineer | Song Mixing Engineer | Backing Vocals | Recording Supervisor |
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2015 | Dohchay | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2015 | Baahubali: The Beginning | Telugu / Tamil | Yes | Yes | ||||
2014 | Rowdy Fellow | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2013 | Uyyala Jampala | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2013 | Swamy Ra Ra | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2013 | Race 2 | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
2012 | Barfi! | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2012 | Cocktail | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2012 | Jannat 2 | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2012 | Agent Vinod | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2012 | Players | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2011 | Desi Boyz | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2011 | Mausam | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2011 | Bodyguard | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2011 | Ready | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2011 | Dum Maaro Dum | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2011 | Thank You | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2010 | Housefull | Hindi | Yes | Yes | ||||
2010 | Kedi | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2008 | Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
2007 | Om Shanti Om | Hindi | Yes | Yes |
Year | Award | Song | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2013 | Mirchi Music Awards | "Badtameez Dil" | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani | Programmer & Arranger of the Year | Won | [13] |
2015 | "Selfie Le Le Re" | Bajrangi Bhaijaan | Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) | Nominated | [14] | |
2016 | "Dhaakad" | Dangal | Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) | [15] | ||
Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing) | ||||||
"Bulleya" | Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing) | ||||
2017 | "Ghar" | Jab Harry Met Sejal | Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) | [16] | ||
"Ullu Ka Pattha" | Jagga Jasoos | |||||
"Radio(Film Version)" | Tubelight | |||||
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