Sohail Sen (born 24 June 1984) is an Indian film composer, musician and singer who works in Bollywood. He debuted as a film composer with the Hindi film Sirf (2008), which went majorly unnoticed.[1] Later, he gained fame as a Hindi film composer, with his acclaimed work in What's Your Raashee? (2009).[2][dead link][3][4][5] He is also known for composing the popular soundtracks of Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, Ek Tha Tiger, and Gunday.[6]
Sohail Sen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 June 1984 |
| Genres | Pop, classical music, soft rock, retro, world music |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, record producer, singer, instrumentalist, music director, programmer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, percussion, tabla, piano, dholak, drums, bongos |
| Years active | 2008–present |
Early life
editSen comes from a family of musicians who have worked in the film industry and his entry into the film composing world marked the fourth generation of his family to do so. His father, Sameer Sen (of the music director duo Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen) has always been a strong influence in his life, as was his paternal grandfather Shri Shambhu Sen's singing.[7][8]
Sen started learning music at the age of six. He learnt to play the tabla as a child, and then went on to learn various musical instruments including the piano and percussion and rhythm instruments. He learnt classical music from his grandfather Shri Shambhu Sen. He began his career as a music director at the young age of thirteen when he composed the music for a telefilm titled Roshni and for which renowned singer Kavita Krishnamurthy provided playback.[9] He then decided to assist his father for nine years to fine-tune his skills as a film composer.[8]
Career
editIn 2008, Sen began his career as a film composer, with the Hindi film Sirf, however, the film was supposed to be released in 2006, but it got delayed badly and was released in 2008 and eventually the music went unnoticed. He also composed the music for The Murderer (2009),[10] which also got delayed and the music went unnoticed.[8]
In 2009, he got a turning point, in his career as a film composer, when director Ashutosh Gowariker approached him for his film What's Your Raashee?.[11] Initially he wanted his all-time favourite composer A. R. Rahman to compose for the film, but Rahman couldn't do it, because he wanted to compose for Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire instead.[12] So, he started looking for someone who is capable and can contribute all his time for composing in his film alone. Sen was always keen to work with Ashutosh Gowariker and incidentally his father Sameer Sen knew him from before and knowing that Gowariker was looking for someone to compose for his film, Sen asked his father to fix a meeting with him. His first meeting with Gowariker was a casual one at his office, it was where he told him that he would like to make him listen to some of his compositions. Gowariker immediately agreed to visit his studio the next morning. The next day, when he went to Sen's studio and heard some of his tunes, he really liked what he heard and after a couple of weeks later, Gowariker called up Sen and said "You are on for this project". For Sen, it was a dream come true.[8] At first Sen was thrilled of getting the offer, but when he was told that there would be 13 songs in the movie, one song for each of the 12 zodiac signs and then one song in which the lead protagonist makes the final choice, he was taken aback, since nowadays its quite rare to hear 13 different songs in one album and that itself was a difficult task, and again, it was an equally difficult task to create 13 distinct songs, each for one particular zodiac sign and then incorporating the flavor of all these 12 songs into that final song, was the most toughest task, however he took it up as a challenge and started working on the music, which took more than one and a half years in the making.[13]
The soundtrack of the film, was released in August 2009 and irrespective of the box office status of the film, it has been able to garner mostly positive critical responses.[5] Bollywood Hungama quoted the album as "interestingly done" and "an experience not to be missed".[2] BBC Music praised Sen's work and quoted him as "Sen shows he can successfully compete with the best in Bollywood".[4] Besides composing the soundtrack and the film score, Sen even sang most of the songs in the film.[3][14]
In 2010, director Ashutosh Gowariker roped him again, for his period piece film Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey, based on the Chittagong Uprising of 1930.[7] The soundtrack of which met with positive critical responses.[15][16]
In 2011, he has had a major release with a top banner Yash Raj Films – Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, the music of which got appreciation from both critics and masses. The songs "Dhunki", "Isq Risk" and title track were chartbusters.[17] In 2012, he replaced Pritam as the music director for Salman Khan's next film Ek Tha Tiger, since Pritam had date problems with both Yash Raj projects Ek Tha Tiger and Dhoom 3.[18] The soundtrack received unanimously positive reviews. In 2014, Sen will team up with Ali Abbas Zafar once again after Mere Brother Ki Dulhan for Gunday, which features Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, and Irrfan Khan.[19] While Sen will become music composer for the Hindi theatrical release of Gunday, Bappi Lahiri will compose full Bengali songs for the film, as it is also to be released in Bengali.[20] This marks the first time Bappi Lahiri will work with Yash Raj Films.[21]
Discography
edit| Year | Film | Song | Singer(s) | Lyrics | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Sirf | "Pehle Woh Pyaar" | Kunal Ganjawala | Mehboob, Vipul Saini | All songs collaborating with Shibani Kashyap |
| "Zindagi Ki Kahani" | |||||
| "Zindagi Ki Kahani (II)" | Kunal Ganjawala, Pamela Jain | ||||
| "Tujhpe Fida" | Tarannum Mallik, Sohail Sen | ||||
| "Mumbai Nagariya" | KK, Tarannum Mallik | ||||
| "Ghar Tera Ghar Mera" | Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal | ||||
| "Khel Jo Khele" | Vinod Rathod | ||||
| "Life Peeche Peeche" | Shibani Kashyap | ||||
| 2009 | What's Your Raashee? | "What's Your Raashee? - Pal Pal Dil Jisko Dhoonde" | Sohail Sen | Javed Akhtar | Solo Composer |
| "What's Your Raashee? - Chehre Jo Dekhe Hain" | |||||
| "Jao Na" | Sohail Sen, Tarannum Mallik | ||||
| "Dhadkan Dhadkan" | |||||
| "Salone Kya" | |||||
| "Maanunga Maanunga" | Ashutosh Gowarikar, Pamela Jain | ||||
| "Aa Le Chal" | Aslesha Gowarikar, Harman Baweja | ||||
| "Su Chhe" | Bela Shende, Sohail Sen | ||||
| "Koi Jaane Na" | Rajab Ali Bharti, Bela Shende | ||||
| "Aaja Lehrate" | Shaan, Bhavya Pandit | ||||
| "Bikhri Bikhri" | Sohail Sen, Marianne D'Cruz | ||||
| "Sau Janam" | Udit Narayan, Madhushree, Sohail Sen | ||||
| "Pyaari Pyaari" | Alka Yagnik, Sohail Sen | ||||
| 2010 | Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey | "Yeh Des Hai Mera" | Sohail Sen | ||
| "Sapne Saloney" | Sohail Sen, Pamela Jain | ||||
| "Naiyn Tere" | Pamela Jain, Ranjini Jose, Kids Chorus | ||||
| "Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey" | Suresh Wadkar, Chorus | ||||
| "Vande Mataram Revised" | Chorus | ||||
| "The Escape" | Pamela Jain | Instrumental | |||
| 2011 | Mere Brother Ki Dulhan | "Mere Brother Ki Dulhan" | KK, Krishna Beura | Irshad Kamil | |
| "Dhunki" | Neha Bhasin | ||||
| "Choomantar" | Benny Dayal, Aditi Singh Sharma | ||||
| "Isq Risk" | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan | ||||
| "Isq Risk (Risky Mix)" | Sreeram Chandra, Neha Bhasin | ||||
| "Madhubala" | Ali Zafar, Sreeram Chandra, Shweta Pandit | ||||
| "Do Dhaari Talwaar" | Shahid Mallya, Shweta Pandit | ||||
| 2012 | From Sydney with Love | "Feeling Love in Sydney" | Sohail Sen | Anvita Dutt Guptan | |
| "Ho Jaayega" | Mohit Chauhan, Monali Thakur | ||||
| "Khatkaa Khatkaa" | Mika Singh | ||||
| "Item Ye Hi Fi" | Neeraj Shridhar | ||||
| "Naino Ne" | Palak Muchhal, Mohammad Salamat | ||||
| "Naino Ne (2nd Version)" | Palak Muchhal, Sohail Sen | ||||
| "Pyaari Pyaari (Remix)" | Sohail Sen, Brooklyn Shanti | ||||
| Ek Tha Tiger | "Laapata" | KK, Palak Muchhal | Won BIG Star Entertainment Award for Most Entertaining Music, along with Sajid–Wajid | ||
| "Saiyaara" | Mohit Chauhan, Tarannum Mallik | Kausar Munir | |||
| "Banjaara" | Sukhwinder Singh | Neelesh Misra | |||
| 2014 | Gunday | "Jashn-E-Ishqa" | Javed Ali, Shadaab Faridi | Irshad Kamil | Solo Composer |
| "Rhythm of Jashn-E-Ishqa" | Shaadab Faridi | ||||
| "Mann Kintu Maula" | Altamash Faridi, Shaadab Faridi | ||||
| "Mann Kintu Maula (Classical)" | |||||
| "Jiya" | Arijit Singh | ||||
| "Saaiyaan" | Shahid Mallya | ||||
| "Asalaam-E-Ishqum" | Bappi Lahiri, Neha Bhasin | ||||
| "Tune Maari Entriyaan" | Bappi Lahiri, KK, Vishal Dadlani, Neeti Mohan | ||||
| "Tune Maari Entriyaan (Bengali Version)" | Bappi Lahiri, Monali Thakur | Bappi Lahiri, Gautam Susmit | |||
| "Gunday" | Sohail Sen, Kinga Rhymes | Ali Abbas Zafar | |||
| 2016 | Housefull 3 | "Taang Uthake" | Sohail Sen, Mika Singh, Neeti Mohan, Mamta Sharma | Sameer Sen, Mamta Sharma, Sanjeev Chaturvedi, Sajid-Farhad | |
| Happy Bhag Jayegi | "Happy Oye" | Harshdeep Kaur, Shahid Mallya | Mudassar Aziz | Solo Composer | |
| "Gabru Ready To Mingle Hai" | Mika Singh, Neeti Mohan, Tarannum Mallik, Danish Sabri | ||||
| "Aashiq Tera" | Altamash Faridi | ||||
| "Zara Si Dosti" | Arijit Singh | ||||
| "Yaaram" | Javed Ali | ||||
| 2017 | The Test Case | Title Track | Bhoomi Trivedi | AltBalaji Web Series | |
| 2018 | Love per Square Foot (Netflix film) | "Yatri Kripaya Dhyaan De" | Abhishek Dhusia, Sahir Nawab, Sumeet Suvarna | Solo Composer | |
| "Chicken Dance" | Benny Dayal, Shivangi Bhayana | Anand Tiwari | |||
| "Aashiyana" | Altamash Faridi, Tarannum Mallik | Abhiruchi Chand | |||
| "Maqbool Hai" | Altamash Faridi | Jamil Ahmed | |||
| "Ishq Mein Bajti Hai Ghanti" | Udit Narayan | Gopal Dutt | |||
| "Raaz Apne Dil Ke (Indian)" | Rekha Bhardwaj | ||||
| "Raaz Apne Dil Ke (Western)" | |||||
| Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi | "Swag Saha Nahi Jaye" | Sohail Sen, Shaadab Faridi, Neha Bhasin, Shivangi Bhayana | Mudassar Aziz | ||
| "Happy Bhag Jayegi" | Daler Mehndi, Harshdeep Kaur, Suvarna Tiwari | ||||
| "Koi Gal Nai" | Shahid Mallya, Piyush Mishra, Mudassar Aziz | ||||
| "Kudiye Ni Tere" | Udit Narayan, Shivangi Bhayana | ||||
| "Chin Chin Chu (Remake)" | Jassi Gill, Sonakshi Sinha, Mudassar Aziz | Qamar Jalalabadi | |||
| Baazaar | "Adhura Lafz" | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Pratibha Singh Baghel | Jamil Ahmed | ||
| 2019 | Fraud Saiyaan | "Ishq Ishq Tera" | Altamash Faridi | Kumaar | |
| "Fraud Saiyaan" | Shaadab Faridi | ||||
| "Mashoor Hazoor - E - Aala" | Shahid Mallya | ||||
| "Ladies Paan" | Shahid Mallya, Mamta Sharma, Shaadab Faridi | ||||
| Yaaram | "Baby Mera" | Sohail Sen, Neha Bhasin | |||
| Romeo Akbar Walter | "Bulleya" | Rabbi Shergill, Shahid Mallya | Ashok Punjabi | ||
| Housefull 4 | "Shaitan Ka Saala" | Vishal Dadlani, Sohail Sen | Farhad Samji | ||
| "Ek Chumma" | Sohail Sen, Altamash Faridi, Jyotica Tangri | Sameer Anjaan | |||
| "Chammo" | Sukhwinder Singh, Shreya Ghoshal, Shaadab Faridi, Sohail Sen | ||||
| 2020 | Guns of Banaras | "Band Bajega" | Shahid Mallya | Solo Composer | |
| "Dheere Dheere Se" | Mohit Chauhan, Pawni Pandey | ||||
| "Bande Hai" | Sohail Sen | ||||
| "Pagal Hai Mera Dil" | Sohail Sen, Palak Muchhal | ||||
| 2021 | Velle | "Raakh Ka Dariya" | Divya Kumar | Siddharth-Garima | |
| "Khayali Ishq" | Mohit Chauhan | ||||
| 2022 | Double XL | "Taali Taali" | Sohail Sen, Silambarasan, Rukhsar Bandhukia | Mudassar Aziz | |
| "Rangelo Manva" | Sohail Sen, Shahid Mallya, Rekha Bhardwaj, Pratibha Singh Baghel | ||||
| "Tumse Mila Doon" | Javed Ali, Sohail Sen | ||||
| 2024 | Maharaj | "Achutam Keshavam" | Sonu Nigam, Osman Mir | Traditional | Netflix film |
| "Holi Ke Rang Ma" | Shreya Ghoshal, Shaan, Osman Mir, Sohail Sen | Kausar Munir | |||
| "Haan Ke Haan" | Monali Thakur | ||||
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filmfare Awards | |||||
| 2012 | Best Music Director | Mere Brother Ki Dulhan | Nominated | [22] | |
| Stardust Awards | |||||
| 2010 | Standout Performance by a Music Director | What's Your Raashee? | Nominated | [23] | |
| 2011 | Standout Performance by a Music Director | Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey | [24] | ||
| New Musical Sensation – Male | |||||
| Mirchi Music Awards | |||||
| 2014 | Album of The Year | Gunday | Nominated | [25] | |
| Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) | "Tune Maari Entriyaan" from Gunday | ||||
References
edit- ^ Toolsee, Gianysh (24 August 2009). ""All the tunes were made fresh according to the script." – Sohail Sen". Planet Bollywood. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ a b Tuteja, Joginder (19 August 2009). "What's Your Raashee?: Music Review". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ a b Ojha, Ankit. "What's Your Raashee? – A Musical Extravaganza!". Planet Bollywood. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ a b Mulji, Priya (16 September 2009). "Sohail Sen – What's Your Raashee?: Music Review". BBC Music. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ a b Indo-Asian news service (24 August 2009). "Sohail Sen's music impresses in 'What's Your Raashee?' (IANS Music Review)". Thaindian News. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ Yount, Stacey (24 January 2014). ""Composer Sohail Sen and the Music of Gunday – Exclusive interview!"". Bolly Spice. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ a b Toolsee, Gianysh (30 November 2010). ""I am never completely satisfied with my work" – Sohail Sen". Planet Bollywood. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d Ramsubramaniam, Nikhil (26 September 2009). "Musically Yours: Sohail Sen". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ Yount, Stacey (14 August 2011). ""I make my music from my soul and like to touch the soul of people who listen to it." – Sohail Sen". Bolly Spice. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ "The Murderer (2009)". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 11 June 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ Indo-Asian News Service (17 June 2009). "Gowariker picks new composer over Rahman for '...Rashee?'". Thaindian.com. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ "Trivia for What's Your Raashee?". IMDb. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
- ^ Indo-Asian news service (25 August 2009). "Comparing me to Rahman not fair: Sohail Sen". Thaindian.com. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ Vijayakar, Rajiv (4 September 2009). "'SIGNS' Language". Screen India. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ Indo-Asian news service (30 October 2010). "Patriotism takes centrestage in 'Khelein Hum...' album (IANS Music Review)". Thaindian.com. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ^ Verma, Sukanya (29 October 2010). "Khelein Hum... has beautiful music". Rediff.com. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ^ Nahta, Komal (9 September 2011). "Mere Brother Ki Dulhan Movie Review". Koimoi.com. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ "Pritam chooses Dhoom 3 over Ek Tha Tiger". Bollywood Hungama. 15 September 2011. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- ^ "Yash Raj Films". Yash Raj Films. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ "Bappi Lahiri sings Bengali song in Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor's 'Gunday'". Indian Express. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ "Bappi Lahiri sings Bengali song in Gunday | Bollywood News | Hindi Movies News | News". Bollywood Hungama. 9 December 2013. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ "Filmfare Awards 2011 Winners - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ Hungama, Bollywood (5 December 2013). ""It was like being in a horror movie" - Javed Akhtar on his temporary paralysis - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 19 January 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ Hungama, Bollywood (13 August 2014). "Check out: Bangistan actors Pulkit Samrat, Jacqueline Fernandez and Riteish Deshmukh lunch together - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
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