Sunny M.R.

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Sunny M. R.
Born
Sunny Sanour

Patna, Bihar [1]
Other namesSunny [2]
Occupation(s)Music producer, Composer, Singer, Sound engineer
Years active2001–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]

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Early life

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]

Career

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]

Discography

As composer

YearFilmLanguage
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

As arranger and record producer

YearFilmLanguageMusic ProgrammerMusic Sound DesignerScore Mixing EngineerSong Mixing EngineerBacking VocalsRecording Supervisor
2015 Dohchay TeluguYesYesYesYesYesYes
2015 Baahubali: The Beginning Telugu / TamilYesYes
2014 Rowdy Fellow TeluguYesYesYesYesYesYes
2013 Uyyala Jampala TeluguYesYesYesYesYesYes
2013 Swamy Ra Ra TeluguYesYesYesYesYesYes
2013 Race 2 HindiYesYesYes
2012 Barfi! HindiYesYesYesYesYesYes
2012 Cocktail HindiYesYesYesYesYes
2012 Jannat 2 HindiYesYesYesYes
2012 Agent Vinod HindiYesYesYesYesYes
2012 Players HindiYesYesYesYes
2011 Desi Boyz HindiYesYesYesYes
2011 Mausam HindiYesYesYesYes
2011 Bodyguard HindiYesYesYesYes
2011 Ready HindiYesYesYesYes
2011 Dum Maaro Dum HindiYesYesYesYes
2011 Thank You HindiYesYesYesYes
2010 Housefull HindiYesYes
2010 Kedi TeluguYesYesYesYesYesYes
2008 Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic HindiYesYesYes
2007 Om Shanti Om HindiYesYes

As Playback Singer

Awards

YearAwardSongFilmCategoryResultRef.
2013 Mirchi Music Awards "Badtameez Dil" Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Programmer & Arranger of the YearWon [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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