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Sachin Gupta is an India

India

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n Music Director

Music director

A music director may be the director of an orchestra, the director of music for a film, the director of music at a radio station, the head of the music department in a school, the co-ordinator of the musical ensembles in a university or college , the head bandmaster of a military band, the head...

, Composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

, Guitar Player

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

, Record Producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

and a Singer. His work has spanned everything from playing live shows with his previous band 'Mrigya' to composing indie pop

Indie pop

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...

albums for artists like Atif Aslam

Atif Aslam

Atif Aslam is a Pakistani pop singer. He is widely recognized in South Asia and has given several hit songs such as Aadat, Woh Lamhe, Tere Bin, Bakhuda Tumhi Ho, Pehli Nazar Mein, Tera Hone Laga Hoon, Tu Jaane Na, Tere Liye. He is one of the most popular South Asian celebrity on Facebook with...

, Alisha Chinoy

Alisha Chinai

Alisha Chinai in Gujarati family and an Indian pop singer known for her several albums as well as playback singing in Hindi cinema.-Career:...

, Jal

Jal (band)

Jal is a pop rock band from Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The band originally consisted of song writer, vocalist and lead guitarist, Goher Mumtaz and vocalist, Atif Aslam...

, Ahmed Jahanzeb

Ahmed Jahanzeb

Ahmed Jahanzeb Usmani is a Pakistani pop singer and composer. Famously known as AJ, he was born in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Jahanzeb is one of the few singers of the country, who have been trained in classical music and that is why he mostly sings soul stirring slow songs...

, Apache Indian and Mika among others. Termed by international media as the 'Flying Finger Melodies',. His music, as he says, is inspired by real life instances, while his guitar playing has been heavily influenced by Yngwie Malmsteen.

Biography

Sachin Gupta was born in a family of doctors and has studied science at school level. He was in Frank Anthony

Frank Anthony

Frank Anthony was a prominent leader of the Anglo-Indian community in India, and was until his death their nominated representative in the Parliament of India....

and spent a couple of years in Apeejay School in New Delhi. Having gotten through IIT-Delhi in Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineering

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, Sachin decided to instead study physics (honours) and went to Sri Venkateswara College

Sri Venkateswara College

Sri Venkateswara College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi in India providing liberal art, science and commerce education at the undergraduate level...

in Delhi University

University of Delhi

The University of Delhi is a central university situated in Delhi, India and is funded by Government of India. Established in 1922, it offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate level. Vice-President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari is the Chancellor of the university...

. But after a year, he moved to study B.Com (Hons) at Shahid Bhagat Singh College

Shahid Bhagat Singh College

Shaheed Bhagat Singh College is a co-educational institute and was founded in 1967 and is part of The University of Delhi. The college is named after Shaheed Bhagat Singh, an Indian freedom fighter who believed strongly in social justice...

while pursuing music simultaneously. He was introduced to the guitar at the age of 7 by his mother and ever since, he took music as his calling in life.
He has performed at over 600 concerts across various countries including Dubai

Dubai

Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

, London

London

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, Singapore

Singapore

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, New Zealand

New Zealand

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and Australia

Australia

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that has included major music festivals such as the Jazz Fest, Edinburgh Fest and Scotland Fest. He met with the Vice President of TIPS Films in London during one of his shows, and he moved to Mumbai in 2005. A progression into Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

came naturally to him.

Indie pop

Sachin has made a variety of songs under various genres. His rock tones in his compositions for Atif Aslam's Doorie brought him fame in dismal indie music

Indie (music)

In music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie" is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing....

scene. He has composed and produced tracks on Mika's album Dunali, Ashok Masti's Clap on the Beat and Alisha Chinnoy's Shut Up N Kiss Me. He also produced tracks for Apache Indian and UK based Khiza. Other names include Pakistani artists Jal, Adeel and Ahmed Jahanzeb. Presently Sachin is working on two Indian bands, Rooh and Ni9NE.

Film Career

Sachin ventured into Bollywood with the two promotional tracks called Yaad Aaye Woh Pal and Farishta for the Jimmy Shergill-KK Menon starrer Strangers

Strangers (2007 film)

Strangers is 2007 Hindi movie directed by Anand Rai and starring Jimmy Shergill, Kay Kay Menon, Nandana Sen, Sonali Kulkarni. It is an adaption of the 1951 Hitchcock movie Strangers on a Train.-Cast:*Jimmy Shergill as "Rahul"*Kay Kay Menon as "Mr...

released in 2007. His first full-fledged film is Dil Kabaddi

Dil Kabaddi

Dil Kabaddi is a Hindi film directed by debutante Anil Sharma . The film stars Irrfan Khan, Rahul Bose, Konkona Sen Sharma, Soha Ali Khan, Payal Rohatgi, Rahul Khanna and special appearance by Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan....

that stars Irrfan Khan, Soha Ali Khan

Soha Ali Khan

- Early life :Khan was born into the erstwhile princely family of Pataudi. She has Muslim Pashtun ancestry through Nawabs of Pataudi lineage from her father's side and Bengali Hindu ancestry from her mother's side...

, Rahul Bose

Rahul Bose

Rahul Bose is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, social activist, and rugby union player.Bose has appeared in Hindi films such as Pyaar Ke Side Effects and Jhankaar Beats. Time magazine named him "the superstar of Indian arthouse cinema" for his work in parallel cinema films like English,...

, Konkona Sen Sharma

Konkona Sen Sharma

Konkona Sen Sharma is an Indian actress. She is the daughter of actress and filmmaker Aparna Sen. Sharma appears primarily in Indian arthouse and independent films, and her achievements in the genre have established her as one of the leading actresses of contemporary parallel cinema.Making her...

and Rahul Khanna

Rahul Khanna

- Early life and background :Khanna was born and raised in Mumbai. His father is Bollywood matinee idol & politician, Vinod Khanna, and his younger brother is Bollywood actor, Akshaye Khanna....

. His music is a mix of reggaeton beats in the groovy Utha Le Ya Phek De. He shared his voice with Jaspreet Singh for the single Ehsaan which is a soulful melody. He also directed Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

Fateh Ali Khan

Fateh Ali Khan may refer to:* Bade Fateh Ali Khan * Fateh Ali Khan * Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan * Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan * Fateh Ali Khan Umrani, leader of the Umrani tribe of Pakistan...

on the track Zindagi Ye in the same film. His music in the film Bolo Raam

Bolo Raam

Bolo Raam is a 2009 Bollywood film directed by Rakesh Chaturvedi released on 31 December 2009. This film is a remake of the Tamil film, Raam released in 2005. Producer Goldy Bhutani, aka Ratnesh Bhutani, is a fugitive wanted by the US police in connection with a sex crime on minor...

has a nice contemporary sound and is somewhat different than Sachin's earlier works. The songs Maa and Tere Ishq Mein are cord-touching soulful numbers.
He was featured in Prince
Prince (2010 film)
Prince is a 2010 Bollywood film directed by Kookie V Gulati, produced by Kumar S Taurani and starring Vivek Oberoi and Aruna Shields in the lead roles. The film was originally titled as Prince of Thieves and then Prince It's Showtime, the latter of which is still sometimes used to refer to...

, a TIPS film with Kumar Taurani that has Viveik Oberoi in the lead. His second film was Manoj Bajpai

Manoj Bajpai

Manoj Bajpai , also credited as Manoj Bajpayee, is an Indian film actor, known for playing offbeat and unconventional roles. He first shot into fame with his breakthrough role in Ram Gopal Varma's 1998 film Satya.-Early life:...

starrer Jugaad. The rock version of its title track Tension Lene Ka Nahin Dene Ka which was introduced in Ni9NE, got rave reviews from public. Sachin Gupta is now juggling between film projects, pop albums and touring with his two bands. He worked on album Doorie sung by Atif Asla.

As A Music Director

Year	Film	Notes
2011	Damadamm! Damadamm! The film's original soundtrack has been composed by Himesh Reshammiya and Sachin Gupta while the lyrics are penned by Sameer, Himesh Reshammiya and Shabbir Ahmed.-Tracklist:-References:...	1 Song With Himesh Reshammiya Himesh Reshammiya Himesh Reshammiya is an Indian music director, composer, singer and actor.-Music and film career:Himesh Reshammiya was born in Bhavnagar, Gujarat to Vipin Reshammiya and Madhu Reshammiya. He had his first success as a music director of the 2003 film, Tere Naam...
	Warning	5 August 2011
	Chalo Dilli	1 Song
2010	Prince Prince (2010 film) Prince is a 2010 Bollywood film directed by Kookie V Gulati, produced by Kumar S Taurani and starring Vivek Oberoi and Aruna Shields in the lead roles. The film was originally titled as Prince of Thieves and then Prince It's Showtime, the latter of which is still sometimes used to refer to...
2009	Bolo Raam Bolo Raam Bolo Raam is a 2009 Bollywood film directed by Rakesh Chaturvedi released on 31 December 2009. This film is a remake of the Tamil film, Raam released in 2005. Producer Goldy Bhutani, aka Ratnesh Bhutani, is a fugitive wanted by the US police in connection with a sex crime on minor...
2009	Jugaad	13 February 2009
2008	Dil Kabaddi Dil Kabaddi Dil Kabaddi is a Hindi film directed by debutante Anil Sharma . The film stars Irrfan Khan, Rahul Bose, Konkona Sen Sharma, Soha Ali Khan, Payal Rohatgi, Rahul Khanna and special appearance by Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan....

As A Playback Singer

Year	Film	Song Name	Co-Singers
2011	Damadamm! Damadamm! The film's original soundtrack has been composed by Himesh Reshammiya and Sachin Gupta while the lyrics are penned by Sameer, Himesh Reshammiya and Shabbir Ahmed.-Tracklist:-References:...	Bhool Jaaun	Himesh Reshammiya Himesh Reshammiya Himesh Reshammiya is an Indian music director, composer, singer and actor.-Music and film career:Himesh Reshammiya was born in Bhavnagar, Gujarat to Vipin Reshammiya and Madhu Reshammiya. He had his first success as a music director of the 2003 film, Tere Naam...
2010	Prince Prince (2010 film) Prince is a 2010 Bollywood film directed by Kookie V Gulati, produced by Kumar S Taurani and starring Vivek Oberoi and Aruna Shields in the lead roles. The film was originally titled as Prince of Thieves and then Prince It's Showtime, the latter of which is still sometimes used to refer to...	Tere Liye (Unplugged)	Solo
2009	Jugaad	Tension Lene Ka Nahi - Remix	Aditya Jassi Aditya Jassi Aditya Jassi is truly is a rock star who has been rocking the nation for quite some time now. Having performed at innumerable institutions and venues all across the country, he has fan clubs all over the internet. He also won the song of the year and his Rock band Oritus won album of the year in...
2008	Dil Kabaddi Dil Kabaddi Dil Kabaddi is a Hindi film directed by debutante Anil Sharma . The film stars Irrfan Khan, Rahul Bose, Konkona Sen Sharma, Soha Ali Khan, Payal Rohatgi, Rahul Khanna and special appearance by Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan....	Ehsaan	Jaspreet Singh

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