Gaurav Dagaonkar is a Music Director and singer from Mumbai, India. Gaurav shot to fame in India in 2006 after his decision to pursue a career in music after completing his masters in business management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad

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, the most prestigious business school in India. This rare incident received tremendous coverage in all prominent newspapers and news channels in India. Gaurav's music career was flagged off by Mr. Narayana Murthy

Narayana Murthy

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, the founder of Infosys

Infosys

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, the Indian software giant. Subsequently, his debut album "College Days" was released in February 2008. The first single "College Days" peaked at #5 on the Indipop Charts of Radio Mirchi

Radio Mirchi

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 and Planet M

Planet M

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, India's biggest Radio Station and music store, respectively. It has become the newest college anthem in India similar to Ali Haider

Ali Haider

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's Purani Jeans and KK's Yaaron.

Gaurav has written and composed all the songs of "College Days". The album was produced by Ranjit Barot, one of India's leading producers and drummers. Gaurav is also a left-handed guitar player and is one of the official brand ambassadors of Gibson guitars in India.

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), Sparsh (SVNIT, Surat), Dishaa 09 (SCT College of Engineering, Trivandrum), Taj Mahotsava to name a few. He has shared the stage with renowned artistes and bands from India and Pakistan such as Junoon, Silk Route, Mohit Chauhan

Mohit Chauhan

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, Parikrama

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, Rahul Sharma

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 etc.

Gaurav has been featured amongst the "Faces of the Future" by India Today

India Today

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 (Simply Mumbai, January '09).

Gaurav has composed the music of the film "Main...Joker", starrting Rajeev Khandelwal and Prachi Desai. The film is scheduled to release by December 2010. He has also composed and recorded a song with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for the film "Will You Marry Me?" (to be released in Nov 2010). He is presently composing the music for a film being produced by TV personality Shekhar Suman, starring his son, Adhyayan Suman.

External links

• Gaurav's http://www.gauravonline.com
• Gaurav refuses job offers to choose music - http://inhome.rediff.com/cms/print.jsp?docpath=//money/2006/apr/01iim.htm
• Narayana Murthy releases Gaurav's demo - http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060402/asp/frontpage/story_6046972.asp
• Gaurav releases his album - http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2752731.cms
• Gaurav on Indiatimes: http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2759382.cms
• Gaurav in the "Times of India" - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/828003.cms
• Gaurav named in Faces of the Future - http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25296&Itemid=1&issueid=89§ionid=20&secid=34&limit=1&limitstart=3
• Gaurav in Westside Plus, TOI - http://www.mumbaipluses.com/santacruzplus/index.aspx?page=article§id=3&contentid=200802292008030316282966e77f5bbe§xslt=&comments=true&pageno=1
• Sonu Nigam sings for 'Joker' - http://sonuniigaamandviviek.blogspot.com/2010/01/sonu-niigaam-ji-records-two-songs-in.html