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Origin | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
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Years active | 1999–present |
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Members | Vishal Dadlani Shekhar Ravjiani |
Vishal–Shekhar are an Indian music composition, production, singing, and songwriting duo consisting of Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani from Mumbai. Known predominantly for their work as music composers in Hindi cinema, Vishal–Shekhar have also recorded in Telugu, Tamil and Marathi with the likes of Akon, The Vamps, Imogen Heap and Diplo. They have been streamed over 3 billion times on YouTube, have had 72 number-one singles, and have been featured on over 350 film sound tracks. They are one of the most successful music composers in the history of Bollywood music.
Their most popular soundtracks include Jhankaar Beats (2003), Dus (2005), Salaam Namaste (2005), Bluffmaster (2005), Om Shanti Om (2007), Tashan (2008), Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008), Dostana (2008), I Hate Luv Storys (2010), Anjaana Anjaani (2010), Tees Maar Khan (2010), Ra.One (2011), The Dirty Picture (2011), Student of the Year (2012), Chennai Express (2013), Gori Tere Pyaar Mein (2013), Hasee Toh Phasee (2014), Bang Bang! (2014), Happy New Year (2014), Sultan (2016), Befikre (2016), Tiger Zinda Hai (2017), Bharat (2019), War (2019) and Pathaan (2023). They have also appeared as judges on Indian Idol Junior , The Stage India, MTV Hustle, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa , Voice of India – Mummy Ke Superstars , Indian Idol , and Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar . The also composed background scores from 1994 to 2012. After a part, Ravvjiani composed background music independently.
Vishal Dadlani is also the vocalist of Mumbai-based electronic band Pentagram. He collaborated with Imogen Heap on the song "Minds Without Fear" for an episode of The Dewarists.
Shekhar Ravjiani is a trained classical singer (under Ustad Niaz Ahmed Khan). He learned to play the accordion from his father, a music enthusiast, Hasmukh Ravjiani. Shekhar was a participant of Zee TV singing contest Sa Re Ga Ma Pa in 1997. He composed and sung Marathi songs "Saazni" in 2012 and "Saavli" (with Sunidhi Chauhan) in 2011.
Vishal Dadlani, along with his Pentagram teammates Shiraz Bhattacharya and Samrat, made his Bollywood debut by composing tracks for Tyger Productions' film Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi (1999) including the hit songs "Woh Pehli Baar" and "Musu Musu Hasi". Coincidentally, Dadlani's childhood friend Shekhar Ravjiani also composed a few tracks on the same film including "Dil Se Mere Door Na Jana". The two childhood friends met in the studio while recording songs for the film where they decided to form a team together to write music for Bollywood films. They formed the musical duo Vishal-Shekhar.
Their first composition in Bollywood as a duo was as guest composers for Padam Kumar's Champion , where they composed two tracks "Aisa Champion Kahan" and "Lelo Lelo". They would compose one song each as guest composers for Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein (2001) and Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai (2001). Vishal-Shekhar's first full soundtrack was Vadh (2002).
Vishal-Shekhar first got noticed in Bollywood with Jhankaar Beats (2003), which included hit songs such as "Tu Aashiqui Hai" and "Suno Na". They won the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent for Jhankaar Beats. Recognized for introducing techno music in Bollywood, Vishal-Shekhar continued further success after Jhankaar Beats with soundtracks like Supari (2003) and Musafir (2004). "Allah Ke Bande" from Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II also became a success during this period. Vishal-Shekhar began receiving offers from bigger banners and 2005 was hugely successful for the duo as they composed the songs for three films: Dus , Salaam Namaste and Bluffmaster . Dus earned them their first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.
The duo would continue to write music for successful soundtracks during this period including Golmaal: Fun Unlimited (2006), I See You (2006), Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007) and Om Shanti Om (2007). Om Shanti Om which had the hit songs "Main Agar Kahoon", "Dard-e-Disco" and "Aankhon Mein Teri" earned the duo their second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director. They won the Best Composer Award at the 2nd Asian Film Awards for Om Shanti Om.
2008 was the year when Vishal-Shekhar established themselves among the leading music directors in Bollywood with extremely popular soundtracks for Tashan , De Taali , Bachna Ae Haseeno and Dostana . Tashan had the hit song "Falak Tak Chal Saath Mere" while Bachna Ae Haseeno had several hit tracks including "Khuda Jaane" and "Lucky Boy" and Dostana had the evergreen item number "Desi Girl". Dostana earned them their third nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.
After only one release with Aladin in 2009, Vishal-Shekhar continued their success in 2010. The year included Anjaana Anjaani which had the hit songs "Tujhe Bhula Diya" and "Aas Paas Khuda" and I Hate Luv Storys which had evergreen successes with "Bin Tere" and "Bahara". Both these films earned them two nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director at the 56th Filmfare Awards. The same year also included Tees Maar Khan , which included the hit item number "Sheila Ki Jawani", one of the two most popular Bollywood songs of 2010 along with "Munni Badnaam Hui".
Vishal-Shekhar's success continued with two major soundtracks in 2011 for Ra.One and The Dirty Picture . Ra.One included the hit songs "Dildaara" and "Chammak Challo", which featured internationally renowned singer Akon on vocals while The Dirty Picture had the hit item number "Ooh La La" and "Ishq Sufiana". They earned their sixth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for Ra.One. The following year, Vishal-Shekhar composed music for Karan Johar's Student of the Year (2012), which included hit tracks such as "Ishq Wala Love" and "The Disco Song", earning the duo their seventh nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.
Vishal-Shekhar continued their association with Red Chillies Entertainment after Om Shanti Om with successful soundtracks for Chennai Express (2013) and Happy New Year (2014), earning their eighth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for the former.
They continued their success in 2016 with Sultan and Befikre . Sultan had the hit song "Baby Ko Bass Pasand Hai" and "Jag Ghoomeya" while Befikre had the huge hit song "Nashe Si Chad Gayi" which went viral and was the first Indian song to clock 300 million views and then 400 million views on YouTube. It currently has over 600 million views. During the same year, the duo collaborated with British rock band The Vamps for the single "Beliya". Sultan earned them their ninth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.
Vishal–Shekhar's music for Tiger Zinda Hai (2017) was a huge success with "Dil Diyan Gallan" and "Swag Se Swagat", with the latter song becoming the fastest song in the world to hit 100 million views and clocked up to 650 million views on YouTube in its first year.
Vishal-Shekhar have continued their good run with soundtracks for Student of the Year 2 (2019), Bharat (2019) and Pathaan (2023), earning their tenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for Bharat.
Year | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2005 | Best Song | "Dus Bahane" (from Dus) | Nominated | [1] |
Best Soundtrack | Dus | |||
2007 | Om Shanti Om | Won | [2] | |
Best Song | "Dastaan-E-Om Shanti Om" (from Om Shanti Om) | |||
"Main Agar Kahoon" (from Om Shanti Om) | Nominated | |||
2008 | Best Soundtrack | Dostana | [3] | |
Bachna Ae Haseeno | ||||
Best Song | "Khuda Jaane Om" (from Bachna Ae Haseeno) | |||
2010 | "Wallah Re Wallah" (from Tees Maar Khan ) | [4] | ||
2011 | Best Soundtrack | Ra.One | Won | [5] |
Year | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2008 | Best Music Director | Om Shanti Om | Nominated | [6] |
2011 | I Hate Luv Storys | [7] | ||
2014 | Chennai Express | [8] | ||
Year | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2008 | Best Composer | Om Shanti Om | Won | [9] |
Year | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | Most Entertaining Music | Anjaana Anjaani | Nominated | [10] |
Most Entertaining Song | " Sheila Ki Jawani" (from Tees Maar Khan) | |||
2011 | "Chammak Challo" (from Ra.One ) | [11] | ||
Most Entertaining Music | The Dirty Picture | |||
2012 | Most Entertaining Song | "Radha" (from Student of the Year ) | [12] | |
Most Entertaining Music | The Dirty Picture | |||
2013 | Chennai Express | [13] | ||
Year | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2004 | R. D. Burman Award for New Music Talent | Jhankaar Beats | Won | [14] |
2006 | Best Music Director | Dus | Nominated | [15] |
2008 | Om Shanti Om | [16] | ||
2009 | Dostana | [17] | ||
2011 | Anjaana Anjaani | [18] | ||
I Hate Luv Storys | ||||
2012 | Ra.One | [19] | ||
2013 | Student of the Year | [20] | ||
2014 | Chennai Express | [21] | ||
2017 | Sultan | [22] | ||
2020 | Bharat | |||
2024 | Pathaan | Pending |
Year | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2011 | Best Film Song | "Sheila Ki Jawani" (from Tees Maar Khan ) | Nominated | [23] |
Best Film Album | Anjaana Anjaani | |||
Tees Maar Khan | ||||
Best Music Director | Anjaana Anjaani | |||
2012 | Ra.One | [24] | ||
Best Film Song | "Chammak Challo" (from Ra.One ) | Won | ||
Best Film Album | The Dirty Picture | Nominated | ||
Ra.One | ||||
2013 | Student of the Year | [25] | ||
Best Film Song | "Radha" (from Student of the Year) | |||
Best Music Director | Student of the Year | |||
Year | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2004 | Best Music Director | Jhankaar Beats | Nominated | [26] |
2006 | Bluffmaster! | [27] | ||
Dus | ||||
2009 | Dostana | [28] | ||
2011 | I Hate Luv Storys | [29] | ||
2012 | Ra.One | [30] | ||
Best Song Recording | "Chammak Challo" (from Ra.One) | Won | ||
Year | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | Listeners' Choice Song of the Year | "Sheila Ki Jawani" (from Tees Maar Khan) | Won | [31] [32] |
Album of The Year | Break Ke Baad | Nominated | ||
2011 | Best Item Song of the Year | "Ooh La La" (from The Dirty Picture ) | Won | [33] [34] |
Album of The Year | Ra.One | Nominated | ||
The Dirty Picture | ||||
Music Composer of The Year | "Ooh La La" (from The Dirty Picture) | |||
2012 | Listeners' Choice Song of the Year | "Radha" (from Student of the Year ) | Won | [35] [36] |
Listeners' Choice Album of the Year | Student of the Year | |||
Song of The Year | "Radha" (from Student of the Year) | Nominated | ||
Album of The Year | Student of the Year | |||
2014 | Music Composer of The Year | "Manwa Laage" (from Happy New Year ) | [37] | |
2016 | "Jag Ghoomeya" (from Sultan) | [38] | ||
Album of The Year | Sultan | |||
2017 | Tiger Zinda Hai | [39] | ||
Jhankaar Beats is a 2003 Indian musical comedy film written and directed by Sujoy Ghosh in his feature directorial debut and produced by Pritish Nandy Communications. It stars Juhi Chawla, Sanjay Suri, Rahul Bose, debutant Shayan Munshi, Rinke Khanna and Riya Sen. This film is a story about love, friendship, and music and pays tribute to music of R. D. Burman.
Vishal Dadlani is an Indian singer, songwriter, actor and music composer. He is one half of the duo Vishal–Shekhar, Front Man and vocalist of one of India's leading rock bands Pentagram.
Shekhar Ravjiani is an Indian singer, music director, record producer and actor, who has been one half of the Bollywood composing/producing duo Vishal–Shekhar, since 1999.
Neeti Mohan Sharma is an Indian singer. She sings mainly in Hindi and Tamil films, but has also sung songs in Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Punjabi and English. Born in Delhi, she was one of the winners of the Channel V's reality show Popstars, subsequently being chosen for Aasma, with other winners of the show. She rose to prominence after recording "Ishq Wala Love" for Student of the Year (2012), ultimately winning the Filmfare R. D. Burman Award for New Music Talent and was nominated for the Best Female Playback Singer for "Jiya Re" from Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012).
"Chammak Challo" is a song performed by Akon and Hamsika Iyer, and composed by Akon, Giorgio Tuinfort as well as music director duo Vishal–Shekhar and by Gobind Singh, as a part of the soundtrack for the 2011 Bollywood film Ra.One. It is Akon's first musical collaboration with Indian artists. There are four other versions of the song in the album, including a remix by Abhijit Vaghani, another remix by DJ Khushi and an international version sung solely by Akon. The song, along with the rest of the soundtrack, was officially released on 21 September 2011. However, the song faced controversy when the rough version was leaked on the Internet on 31 May 2011.
"Sheila Ki Jawani" is an Indian Hindi-language song sung by Sunidhi Chauhan and Vishal Dadlani featuring Katrina Kaif along with Akshay Kumar in the 2010 Bollywood film Tees Maar Khan. The music is composed by composer duo Vishal–Shekhar and the lyrics are penned by Dadlani. The moves were choreographed by choreographer-director Farah Khan, who went on to win the Filmfare award for best choreography for the movie.
Arijit Singh is an Indian playback singer and music composer. The recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award and seven Filmfare Awards, he has recorded songs in several Indian languages, predominantly Hindi and Bengali.
Ankit Tiwari is an Indian playback singer, live performer, music director, composer. His career began upon meeting Pradeep Sarkar where he got a chance to work on jingles and started composing background music for television programmes. Subsequently, he was offered to compose music for Do Dooni Chaar (2010) and Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster (2011), where he started his singing career with the song he composed for the later.
Aashiqui 2 is the soundtrack to the 2013 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical drama film of the same name, directed by Mohit Suri and starring Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor in the lead roles. The album was produced by Bhushan Kumar and Mahesh Bhatt under the banner T-Series and Vishesh Films. The enormous success of multi composer setup has been followed in many films.
"Duaa" (transl. Prayer) is a sad Hindi song from the 2012 Bollywood film, Shanghai. Composed by Vishal–Shekhar, the song is sung by Arijit Singh, Nandini Srikar and Shekhar Ravjiani, with lyrics penned by Kumaar. The music video of the track features actors Emraan Hashmi, Abhay Deol and Kalki Koechlin.
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani is the soundtrack to the 2013 Hindi film of the same name directed by Ayan Mukerji. Produced by Karan Johar under Dharma Productions banner, the film starred Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone in lead roles, while Kalki Koechlin and Aditya Roy Kapur play supporting roles. The film's music and score is composed by Pritam with lyrics written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, except for one song written by Kumaar.
"Ghungroo" is an Indian Hindi-language song, composed by the duo of Vishal-Shekhar, with lyrics written by Kumaar and recorded by Arijit Singh and Shilpa Rao for the soundtrack album of the 2019 Indian film War. It was released on 5 September 2019 as the first single from the album, through YRF Music.
Sultan is the soundtrack to the 2016 film of the same name directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, starring Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma. The soundtrack featured musical score composed by Vishal–Shekhar while the lyrics are penned by Irshad Kamil. It was released by YRF Music on 8 June 2016.
Om Shanti Om is the soundtrack to the 2007 film of the same name directed by Farah Khan, produced by Gauri Khan through Red Chillies Entertainment and starred Shah Rukh Khan, Arjun Rampal and Deepika Padukone. The film's soundtrack featured six original songs, four remixes and an instrumental track, all of them were composed by Vishal–Shekhar, and written by Javed Akhtar, Kumaar and Vishal Dadlani, except for one song composed by Pyarelal of the Laxmikant–Pyarelal duo. The soundtrack was released by T-Series on 9 September 2007 to critical acclaim and was one of the highest-selling music albums of the year.
The Dirty Picture is the soundtrack to the biographical musical drama film of the same name directed by Milan Luthria and produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Motion Pictures and ALT Entertainment. Starring Vidya Balan, Emraan Hashmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Tusshar Kapoor, the film's soundtrack featured six songs composed by Vishal–Shekhar and lyrics written by Rajat Arora. The soundtrack was released on 4 November 2011 and was commercially successful, with the song "Ooh La La" becoming chartbuster.
Zehnaseeb (transl. Luck) is a romantic Hindi-language song from the 2014 film Hasee Toh Phasee. The track is composed by Vishal-Shekhar, with lyrics written by Amitabh Bhattacharya. The song has been sung by Chinmayi Sripaada and Shekhar Ravjiani. The music video of the song featured actors Parineeti Chopra and Sidharth Malhotra.
Bang Bang! is the soundtrack to the 2014 film of the same name directed by Siddharth Anand starring Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif. Produced by Fox Star Studios, the film is an adaptation of the American film Knight and Day (2010). The film's musical score is composed by Salim–Sulaiman, while the five-song soundtrack accompanying the film is composed by the duo Vishal–Shekhar and lyrics written by Vishal Dadlani, Anvita Dutt and Kumaar. The soundtrack to the film was released by Zee Music Company on 12 September 2014.
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