Gaurav Dagaonkar

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Gaurav Dagaonkar

Gaurav performing at a University festival in Baroda
Background information
Born (1982-07-10) 10 July 1982
Mumbai, India
Genres Rock, pop
Occupations Music composer, singer-songwriter, producer
Instruments Vocals, guitar
Years active 2008–present
Associated acts Synchronicity

Gaurav Dagaonkar (गौरव डगावकर; born July 10, 1984) is a Music Director/Singer/Songwriter from Mumbai, India.

As Music Director

Prior to this, Gaurav composed an item number called Kaafirana in the film "Joker", directed by Shirish Kunder , starring Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha. The song was sung by Sunidhi Chauhan and picturized on Chitrangada Singh. The lyrics of the song were changed from "I Want Fakht You" to "I Want Just You", as the former was deemed objectionable by the censor board. Kaafirana was in

As music director, Gaurav's first release was the movie Lanka, which released on December 9, 2011. The film was directed by Maqbool Khan and was produced by filmmaker Vikram Bhatt. The song 'Sheet Leher' won 2 Radio Mirchi Music Awards.

Amongst other songs composed by Gaurav has been the song 'Soniye' from the film Will You Marry Me. The song has been sung by Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan as has been written by lyricist Shabbir Ahmed. Gaurav has also featured in the music video of the remix of 'Soniye', alongside Bollywood actors Rajeev Khandelwal, Shreyas Talpade and Mugdha Godse.

Synchronicity

Gaurav is the lead vocalist and frontman of the group 'Synchronicity'. Synchronicity is also the name of the series started by Gaurav in which he performs mash-ups of popular Bollywood and Western songs. The first mashup to be recorded and shot as a music video in this series was Tujhe Bhula Diya / Hello. The video has had over 500,000 hits on YouTube. Subsequently, two more tracks, Yara Sili Sili / Careless Whisper and Pee Loon / You Sang To Me were released to a great response. With several requests to perform live, Gaurav and the musicians involved, got together to form the band Synchronicity. Gaurav and Arunima Bhattacharya are the permanent singers in the group, while guest singers in live shows include names like Neeti Mohan, Shalmali Kholgade, Rahul Saxena, Natalie De Luccio, Ustad Sawan Khan, Thomson Andrews and Vidhi Sharma.

As a Performing Artiste

As a live performer, Gaurav plays with a four-piece band and has performed at some of the biggest festivals in India such as Mood Indigo (IIT Bombay), Chaos (IIM Ahmedabad), Backwaters (IIM Kohzikode). He has shared the stage with renowned artistes and bands from India and Pakistan such as Junoon, Silk Route, Mohit Chauhan, Parikrama, Rahul Sharma etc. He is one of the official brand ambassadors of Gibson guitars in India. Gaurav has been featured amongst the "Faces of the Future" by India Today (Simply Mumbai, January '09).

Discography

As a Solo Artiste

Year Title Writer Producer Singer
2013 Ab Laut Aa (Revisited) Niranjan Iyengar Sanjoy Deb Gaurav Dagaonkar
2013 Liquor Fikar Anurag Bhomia Gaurav Dagaonkar Gaurav Dagaonkar
2008 College Days Gaurav Dagaonkar Ranjit Barot Gaurav Dagaonkar

Filmography

As a music director

Year Film Director Star Cast Song Name (Singer)
2014 Heartless (2014 film) Shekhar Suman Adhyayan Suman, Ariana Ayam All
2012 Chal Pichchur Banate Hain Pritish Chakraborty Rahil Tandon, Bhavna Ruparel, Mukesh Bhatt "Baawra Mann" (Sunidhi Chauhan)
2012 Joker Shirish Kunder Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Shreyas Talpade "Kaafirana" (Sunidhi Chauhan)
2012 Will You Marry Me Aditya Datt Rajeev Khandelwal, Shreyas Talpade, Mugdha Godse "Soniye" (Rahat Fateh Ali Khan)
2011 Lanka Maqbool Khan Manoj Bajpai, Arjan Bajwa, Tia Bajpai "Sheet Leher" (Shreya Ghoshal), "Barham Hain Hum" (KK)

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