Rohit Sharma (composer)
{{Short description|Indian film composer}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Rohit Sharma
| image = Rohit Sharma Music Composer.jpg
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| caption = Sharma at his Studio
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| birth_place = New Delhi, India
| genre = {{hlist|Soundtracks|Indian Film music|Indie pop|World Music}}
| occupation = Music Composer
| years_active = 2005–present
}}
Rohit Sharma is an Indian film composer, most famously known for being the music director of the film The Kashmir Files.{{Cite news |title=Vivek Agnihotri on working with music director Rohit Sharma: If people all over have cried watching 'The Kashmir Files', it's because of his heart-wrenching music - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/vivek-agnihotri-on-working-with-music-director-rohit-sharma-if-people-all-over-have-cried-watching-the-kashmir-files-its-because-of-his-heart-wrenching-music/articleshow/92331459.cms |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=The Times of India |date=20 June 2022 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-06-04 |title=The Kashmir Files: Anupam Kher Lauds Music Composer Rohit Sharma, Says "The Evocative Background Score, Resonates In Our Minds Even After The Film Ended" |url=https://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/the-kashmir-files-anupam-kher-lauds-music-composer-rohit-sharma-says-the-evocative-background-score-resonates-in-our-minds-even-after-the-film-ended/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Koimoi |language=en-US}} His film composing career began during the early 2010s when he composed the song 'Naham Janami' which was featured in the critically acclaimed {{Cite news|url=http://torontoist.com/2012/09/ship-of-theseus/|title=Ship of Theseus|last=Torontoist|date=2012-09-06|work=Torontoist|access-date=2017-03-02|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/shekharkapur/status/142240072006250497|title=Shekhar Kapur on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2017-03-02|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/hugo-weaving-to-present-ship-of-theseus-in-australia/1186655/|title=Hugo Weaving to present Ship Of Theseus in Australia - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-03-02}}{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/previews/bollywood/Ship-of-Theseus/articleshow/16236764.cms?referral=PM|title=Ship of Theseus - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-03-02}} film Ship Of Theseus.{{Citation|last1=Elkashef|first1=Aida|title=Ship of Theseus|date=2013-07-19|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1773764/soundtrack|last2=Shah|last3=Khan|last4=Youssef|first2=Yogesh|first3=Faraz|first4=Hannan|accessdate=2017-03-01}} Since then, he has composed music for films such as Buddha in a Traffic Jam{{Cite news|url=http://www.bollywoodirect.com/the-music-of-buddha-in-a-traffic-jam-is-a-result-of-great-hardwork-rohit-sharma/|title=The Music Of 'Buddha In A Traffic Jam' Is A Result Of Great Hardwork: Rohit Sharma - Bollywoodirect|date=2016-05-10|work=Bollywoodirect|access-date=2017-03-01|language=en-US}} (2016), Anaarkali of Aarah (2017), The Tashkent Files (2019), The Kashmir Files (2022) and more. In the OTT space, Rohit Sharma has worked on prominent titles such as Aspirants by The Viral Fever and Maharani 2{{Cite news |title=Composer Rohit Sharma shares excitement for 'Maharani Season 2'; says, "Huma Qureshi and Subhash Kapoor really loved the work" - Exclusive - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/news/hindi/composer-rohit-sharma-shares-excitement-for-maharani-season-2-says-huma-qureshi-and-subhash-kapoor-really-loved-the-work-exclusive/articleshow/93723260.cms |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=The Times of India |date=23 August 2022 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Maharani season 2: Music composer Rohit Sharma calls it his best project |url=https://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/web-series/maharani-season-2-music-composer-rohit-sharma-calls-it-his-best-project-2500571.html |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=Zee News |language=en}}{{Cite news |title="The Joy Of Watching Maharani Season Two Would Have Been Incomplete Without Rohit Sharma's Music", Says The Creator And Producer Subhash Kapoor - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/news/hindi/the-joy-of-watching-maharani-season-two-would-have-been-incomplete-without-rohit-sharmas-music-says-the-creator-and-producer-subhash-kapoor/articleshow/94150314.cms |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=The Times of India |date=12 September 2022 |language=en}} among others.
Early life
Rohit Sharma was born in New Delhi, India and holds a bachelor's degree in Engineering from Delhi College Of Engineering in 1996. Since childhood, he had a natural passion and talent for music and taught himself to play the Indian classical flute. Also a gifted singer, he excelled in music & singing competitions all through school and college, bagging multiple awards as a result. At the age of 17, he sought formal education from Pt. Harshwardhan for Classical Flute. Simultaneously, he trained himself in Western Classical Piano from the Delhi School of Music. In the year 2000, he quit his job to become a professional music composer in Mumbai, India.
Career
His music career began with composing a number of jingles and music for TVCs, with agencies such as Ogilvy and Mather, Rediffusion Y&R, JWT, Mudra Communications and production companies namely Percept Pictures, Situations, Kiss Films, Ishana Movies and more. In 2009, he kickstarted his film composing career by composing and arranging the song 'Naham Janami' for the feature film Ship of Theseus. Further, he created the score for Buddha in a Traffic Jam in 2011. These two films were released in 2013 and 2016 respectively. While he earned notable recognition for his track in Ship of Theseus, Buddha In A Traffic Jam got him widespread critical acclaim for having seventeen tracks that included music genres as varied as tribal blues, folk rock and rock opera to blues and jazz. The soundtracks also included two nazms{{Cite news |title='बेकार कुत्ते' : बुद्धा, फ़ैज़, नक्सलवाद अौर ट्रैफिक जाम |language=en-US |work=LallanTop – News with most viral and Social Sharing Indian content on the web in Hindi |url=http://www.thelallantop.com/jhamajham/faiz-ahmad-faiz-sung-by-rohit-sharma-buddha-in-a-traffic-jam-new-song/ |access-date=2017-03-01}} namely "Bekaar Kutte" and "Chand Roz", written by Faiz Ahmad Faiz, a revolutionary poet from Pakistan. He continued to compose music for several feature films during this period. In 2016, he scored the music for Anaarkali of Aarah,{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/010317/who-is-the-musician-behind-anaarkali-of-aarahs-soulful-songs-find-out-here.html|title=Who is the musician behind Anaarkali of Aarah's soulful songs? Find out here!|date=2017-03-01|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=2017-03-02|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.jagran.com/personalities/15576546.html|title = मेरे गीतों के हैं अर्थ अनेक}} where he got the chance to experiment with folk music and folk songs from Bihar. This won him the Best Music Director award in the 8th Jagran Film Festival. In 2017, he created the background score for The Holy Fish and in 2019, he once again received widespread recognition when he composed all tracks of the film The Tashkent Files. His film composing career reached new heights when he composed the background score (9 themes) for The Kashmir Files. The soundtrack for this film was created by recording an orchestra in Budapest, and the longstanding, deep impact of this music won him laurels. Since then, he has composed music for a number of films such as Shadow of Othello and Dhatura which are yet to release.
Rohit Sharma entered the OTT space in 2018 with composing three songs for the Indian web series Yeh Meri Family by The Viral Fever. In 2021, he composed four songs for the award-winning series Aspirants, again by TVF (The Viral Fever) including lending his own voice to one track viz. "Mohbhang". The series was nominated for the Best Original Soundtrack (Series) award in 2021 Filmfare OTT Awards and won the Best Music (Originals) Series award at IWM Digital Awards (2022). Rohit Sharma composed all songs for the series Maharani 2 in 2022, where he was lauded for implementing rustic, folk styles from Bihar (where the series is set) in the soundtracks, one of the praises being from renowned folk singer Padma Bhushan Sharda Sinha herself,{{Cite web |last=Updated |first=CineBuster Online {{!}} |date=2022-09-26 |title=Padma Bhushan Sharda Sinha hails music composer Rohit Sharma's music of Maharani 2! |url=https://www.cinebuster.in/padma-bhushan-sharda-sinha-hails-music-composer-rohit-sharmas-music-of-maharani-2/ |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=Latest News, Breaking News, National News, World News, India News, Bollywood News, Business News, Politics News, Sports News, Entertainment News - CineBuster |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-09-26 |title=Rohit Sharma Has Done Fabulous Work Capturing The Rusticity Of Culture- Padma Bhushan Sharda Sinha |url=https://thedainikbharat.com/rohit-sharma-has-done-fabulous-work-capturing-the-rusticity-of-culture-padma-bhushan-sharda-sinha/ |access-date=2022-11-08 |language=en-US}} who was the singer for one of the tracks of this series. In the same year, he also composed two tracks for the web series Flames - Season 3{{Citation |title=Flames |date=2018-01-05 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7927936/ |type=Comedy, Drama, Romance |publisher=Contagious Online Media Network, The Timeliners, The Viral Fever |access-date=2022-11-08}} by The Viral Fever.{{Cite web |title=Flames season 3: OTT music duo Rohit Sharma and Dr Sagar join hands for the romantic series |url=https://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/web-series/flames-season-3-ott-music-duo-rohit-sharma-and-dr-sagar-join-hands-for-the-romantic-series-2527622.html |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=Zee News |language=en}}
Besides composing music for films & OTT, Rohit Sharma is also part of a band called Swaang.
Discography
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= Films =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Film !Song(s) !Credited As !Notes |
| 2011
|All Songs and Background Score |Music Composer and Music Producer |
| 2012
|"Naham Janami" |Music Composer and Music Producer | |
| 2014
|All Songs and Background Score |Music Composer and Music Producer | |
| 2015
|All Songs |Music Composer and Music Producer | |
| 2017
|The Holy Fish |Background Score |Music Composer and Music Producer | |
| 2017
|All Songs and Background Score |Music Composer and Music Producer |
| 2019
|All Songs |Music Composer | |
| 2022
|Background Score (9 Themes) |Music Composer |
| 2023
|All Songs and Background Score |Music Composer | |
| | style="background:#ffc;" |Dhatura
|Two Songs and Background Score |Music Composer | |
| 2023
|Background Score |Music Composer | |
| 2024
|All Songs and Background Score |Music Composer |
= Web Shows (OTT) =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Series !Song(s) !Credited As !Notes |
| 2018
|"Devi(L) Maa" "Shararatein" (Chitthi Song) "Dil Ki Baaton Mein" |Music Composer | |
| 2021
|"Mohbhang" "Bairagi" "Phod De Ya Chhod De" "Beparwaah" |Music Composer, Singer - "Mohbhang" |{{Cite web |title=Filmfare OTT Awards 2021 - Nominations |url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-ott-awards-2021/nominations |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=filmfare.com |language=en}} |
| 2022
|All Songs |Music Composer and Music Producer |
| 2022
|Flames 3 - Season 3 |"Naraaz Hai Hum" "Kadam Kadam Hai Rokta" |Music Composer |
| 2024
|"Kaun Bola Ban Hai" "Kaun Thagwa Nagariya" "Naya Savera" "Hum Nahi Maati Ke Khilona" "Bediyaan" |Music Composer, Singer - "Kaun Bola Ban Hai" | |
| 2024
|"Bakheda" "Sirsa Ka Phorey (Naam Ki Apne Tuti Bole)" |Music Composer, Singer - "Sirsa ka Phorey (Naam ki Apne Tuti Bole)" | |
Awards
Best Music Director award in 8th Jagran Film Festival 2017 for the movie Anaarkali of Aarah.{{cite web |url=https://www.jagran.com/jagran-film-festival/winners.html |website=jagran.com |title=2017 Winners |access-date=2022-10-29}}
Nominated as Best Original Soundtrack (Series) for Aspirants in 2021 Filmfare OTT Awards.{{cite web |url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-ott-awards-2021/nominations#66 |title=Best Original Soundtrack |website=filmfare.com |access-date=2022-10-29}}
Best Music (Originals) Series for Aspirants in IWM Digital Awards (2022).{{Cite web |author=Team IWMBuzz|date=2022-05-17 |title=Full Winner List: GNT-IWMBuzz Digital Awards, India's Biggest OTT and Web Entertainment Awards |url=https://www.iwmbuzz.com/digital/news-digital/full-winner-list-gnt-iwmbuzz-digital-awards-indias-biggest-ott-and-web-entertainment-awards/2022/05/17 |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=IWMBuzz |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=IWM Digital Awards (2022) |url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0026600/2022/1/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=IMDb}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=4414165|name=Rohit Sharma}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20131215222330/http://madaboutmoviez.com/2013/07/18/in-conversation-with-rohit-sharma-people-call-rohit-sir/ Q & A With Rohit Sharma]}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSvur9XcTCI/The Ship of Theseus music dir Rohit Sharma's extended interview]
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Category:Musicians from Mumbai
Category:Hindi film score composers