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Varun Prabhudayal Gupta

Varun Prabhudayal Gupta is an Indian film director, producer and supervisor who works in Hindi cinema.[1] He is known for the song Guzar Jayega.[2]

Varun Prabhudayal Gupta
NationalityIndian
Alma materXLRI Jamshedpur, ICFAI University
Occupation(s)Film director, music producer, content curator
Notable workGuzar Jayega

Personal life

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Varun Prabhudayal Gupta completed his schooling from Jaswant Modern Senior Secondary School in 2000. He joined Shri Ram College of Commerce to pursue Bachelor of Commerce degree in brand management. Then he pursued Master of Business Administration in marketing in XLRI Jamshedpur. Later he did Post-Graduation Diploma in Brand Management & International Marketing from ICFAI University in Tripura. He worked as brand manager in Dainik Jagran for three years.[1]

Career

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Varun Prabhudayal Gupta started his career as a media professional. In 2020 he worked as a music supervisor in a Hindi web series, Bebaakee. Gupta founded a content curation company and music label, Republik of Musik[3] and The Ampliify Times in 2015.[4] He works as a content curator for Balaji Telefilms and Zee5.[1] Amidst the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, Gupta created and produced a motivational song Guzar Jayega (in English; this too shall pass) which featured 115 artistes, including Amitabh Bachchan, Sunny Leone and Raveena Tandon.[5][6] It was sung by Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Babul Supriyo, Shreya Ghoshal and others.[7][8] The song was submitted for Guinness World Records.[9] After Guzar Jayega, he directed Zaroorat, another music video that included Shatrughan Sinha and Sonakshi Sinha.[10][11][12] In 2021, he directed and produced, Meherbaniyan, a single music video by Simran Choudhary;[13][14] and the remake of Ek Ladki Bheegi Bhaagi Si with Urvashi Rautela.[15][16] As of April 2022, Gupta along with Imtiaz Ali, is directing a musical film, Jeena Abhi Baaki Hai, about women empowerment.[17][18][19] Tiraha, a film based on the 1994 Uttarakhand statehood movement; the sacrifices and sufferings of people during the movement. The film was announced in the Dehradun Literature Festival by Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami.[20]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Role
2022 Jeena Abhi Baaki Hai Director

Music

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Year Music Role
2020 Bebaakee Music supervisor
2020 It Happened In Calcutta Music supervisor
2020 Guzar Jayega Producer
2020 Zaroorat Director
2020 Ek Ladki Bheegi Bhaagi Si Director
2021 Meherbaniyan Director, producer

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Bollywood Music Producer Varun Prabhudayal Gupta Biography, News, Photos, Videos". nettv4u. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Guzar Jayega: Amitabh Bachchan, Sunny Leone, Sania Mirza, Bhaichung Bhutia and Others Reunite For an Inspirational Song About Hope in the Times of COVID-19 Pandemic | 🎥 LatestLY". LatestLY. 13 May 2020. Archived from the original on 16 May 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Releasing Shortly". Republik of Musik. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Amplify headed by Ad Filmmaker Varun Prabhudayal Gupta to relaunch with a fresh look and new approach". MediaNews4U. 20 February 2021. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Amitabh Bachchan's Guzar Jayega set to be enlisted in the Guinness Book of Records". Hindustan Times. 26 May 2020. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  6. ^ Ians (11 May 2020). "COVID-19: Amitabh Bachchan and 60 celebs in 'Guzar Jayega', a new motivational song". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  7. ^ "With 51 artistes, one voice, Big B's Guzar Jayega to enter record books". www.mid-day.com. 26 May 2020. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Guzar Jayega: Bachchan, Leander Paes, over 60 celebrities come together for new motivational song". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Amitabh Bachchan lends his voice to a song of hope amidst #CoronaCrisis - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 December 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Zaroorat: Shatrughan Sinha, Sonakshi Sinha's new song brings hope". www.mid-day.com. 1 October 2020. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Sonakshi Sinha and Shatrughan Sinha join hands for an upcoming musical initiative 'Zaroorat', song to be out soon : Bollywood News - Bollywood news » TTN NEWS". TTN NEWS. 28 September 2020. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Varun Gupta talks about how he got Sonakshi and Shatrughan Sinha on board for the song 'Zaroorat' - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Singer Simran Choudhury drops her new single, Meherbaniyan". www.indulgexpress.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  14. ^ Service, Tribune News. "Simran Choudhary releases her latest single Meherebaniyan". Tribuneindia News Service. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  15. ^ Correspondent (3 March 2021). "URVASHI RAUTELA ON TRYING TO RECREATE MADHUBALA'S MAGIC IN A MUSIC VIDEO". The Daily Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  16. ^ "Tribute to the legends". The Pioneer. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  17. ^ Suthar, Author: Manisha (22 September 2021). "Exclusive: Divyanka Tripathi, Vivek Dahiya, Anupria Goenka, Madhurima Tuli in Imtiaz Ali's project Jeena Abhi Baaki Hai?". IWMBuzz. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  18. ^ "Exclusive! Rasha Kirmani roped in for Varun Prabhudayal Gupta's Jeena Abhi Baaki Hai". Tellychakkar.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  19. ^ "Jeena Abhi Baaki Hai (2022) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  20. ^ CineBlitz, Team (8 April 2022). "Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Prasoon Joshi announce Varun Prabhudayal Gupta's debut film 'Tiraha' in Dehradun Literature Festival". CineBlitz. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
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