Sachin–Jigar
Sachin–Jigar is a music composer duo from Mumbai, India, consisting of Sachin Sanghvi and Jigar Saraiya. They compose for Bollywood and Gujarati movies. They have scored a number of successful soundtracks. Before working independently as music director duo, they were assisting Pritam in setting up musical arrangements.
Sachin-Jigar | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Sachin Sanghvi and Jigar Saraiya |
| Origin | Mumbai, India |
| Genres | Film Soundtrack, Electronic, Pop, Rock, Hip Hop, Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Music director, singer, record producer, arranger, composer, entrepreneur |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitars, Piano, Keyboard, Bass guitar, Stomp, Percussions, Drums, Vibraphone, Flute, Electronic music Clarinet, Oboe, English Horn, Ukulele, Backpacker, Tumbi, Whistle, Techno, Bossa, String instrument, Shehnai, Harmonium, Dhol, Melodica, Mandolin, Charango, Rebab, Koto, Kazoo |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Yash Raj Films, Tips Industries Limited, Sony Music India, Eros International, T-Series, Zee Music Company |
Early lifeEdit
CareerEdit
Sachin–Jigar have created music at various platforms from theatre to television soaps to jingles. They must have done not less the 500 plays and not less than 5000 television episodes for various genres and channels. Jigar Saraiya was assisting Music Director Rajesh Roshan where he met Amit Trivedi. Then Amit introduced Sachin Sanghvi to Jigar. Later year they joined their hands and started assisting Pritam in set up musical arrangements.
They then programmed and arranged for almost all music directors in Bollywood from the legend A.R. Rahman, Anu Malik, Nadeem-Shravan, Sandesh Shandilya, Pritam, Vishal-Shekhar etc., before they stepped in to be independent composers.[citation needed]
In 2009, they composed one song for the movie Life Partner. Then in 2011, their first assignment as an independent music director duo was for the film F.A.L.T.U which included the hit song "Le Ja Tu Mujhe" & "Char Baj Gaye (Party Abhi Baaki Hai)". In 2011, they scored for the movie Hum Tum Shabana & Shor in the City. In this movie, Saibo sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Tochi Raina, was specially appreciated by critics as well as masses and Karma Is A Bitch become huge hit.
After that, they composed music for Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya (2012), Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum (2012), OMG: Oh My God! (2012), Ajab Gazabb Love (2012), ABCD: Any Body Can Dance (2013), Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story (2013), Himmatwala (2013), I, Me Aur Main (2013), Go Goa Gone (2013), Ramaiya Vastavaiya (2013).
They composed music for the movie Issaq and collaborated with Yash Raj films via the interesting movie Shuddh Desi Romance directed by Maneesh Sharma.
In 2014, they composed for albums Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania produced by Karan Johar under the banner of Dharma Productions directed by Shashank Khaitan which had hit songs such as 'Saturday Saturday' & 'Samjhavan'. It was the first time for the duo working for Dharma Productions. The second, Akshay Kumar movie Its Entertainment directed by the famous writer duo Sajid-Farhad, other one was Happy Ending Directed by Raj & DK.[2]
In 2015, their first movie was Badlapur whose first single "Jee Karda" was released on 9 December 2014 and was an instant hit. Another single "Jeena Jeena" was released on 15 January 2015 which was a blockbuster song. The album for ABCD 2 became a hit as well. The song "Sun Sathiya" is one of the favourites from this movie.
Sachin & Jigar have also mesmerized the crowd with their musical contribution in Coke Studio (India), Season 4, Episode 2 (12 April 2015).
DiscographyEdit
All songs are in Hindi else marked otherwise in comments.
| Year | Movie | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves | 1 Song – Allah Beli |
| 2009 | Teree Sang | 5 songs composed |
| Life Partner | 1 Song – Gunji Aangna Mein Shehnai | |
| 2010 | Krantiveer: The Revolution | |
| 2011 | F.A.L.T.U | All songs |
| Shor in the City | 4 songs | |
| Hum Tum Shabana | All songs | |
| 2012 | Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya | |
| Kya Super Kool Hain Hum | 1 Song – Dil Garden Garden | |
| OMG: Oh My God! | 1 Song – Hari Bol | |
| Ajab Gazabb Love | 1 Song – Ajab Gazzab Love (not included in album) | |
| 2013 | ABCD: Any Body Can Dance | All songs |
| Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story | ||
| Himmatwala | 1 Retro Song - "Thank God Its Friday" | |
| I, Me Aur Main | 3 songs – Na Jaane, Capuchino & Darbadar | |
| Go Goa Gone | All songs | |
| Ramaiya Vastavaiya | ||
| Issaq | 3 Songs – Issaq Tera, Duet & Jheeni Re Jheeni | |
| D for Dopidi | Telugu film; 1 song | |
| Shuddh Desi Romance | All songs | |
| 2014 | Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania | 3 Songs – D Se Dance, Lucky Tu Lucky Me & Daingad Daingad |
| Entertainment | All songs | |
| Bey Yaar | Gujarati film debut | |
| Finding Fanny | 1 Song – Shake Your Bootiya | |
| Happy Ending | All Songs & Background Score | |
| Ungli | 1 Song - Dance Basanti | |
| 2015 | Badlapur | All songs |
| ABCD 2 | ||
| Hero | 2 songs - Jab We Met, Khoya Khoya | |
| 2016 | A Flying Jatt | All Songs |
| Wrong Side Raju | Gujarati film | |
| 2017 | ||
| Carry On Kesar | Gujarati film | |
| Hindi Medium | 2 songs - Hoor, Ek Jindari | |
| Meri Pyaari Bindu | All songs | |
| Raabta | Background Score | |
| Haseena: The Queen of Mumbai | All songs | |
| A Gentleman | All songs and Background Score | |
| Chor Bani Thangaat Kare | Gujarati film | |
| Bhoomi | All songs | |
| Simran | ||
| Best of Luck Laalu | Gujarati film | |
| Love Ni Bhavai | ||
| 2018 | Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran | 5 songs |
| Gold | 5 songs & Background Score | |
| Stree | All songs | |
| 2019 | Arjun Patiala | 4 songs (one with Guru Randhawa) |
| Chaal Jeevi Laiye! | Gujarati film | |
| Made In China | All songs | |
| 2020 | Street Dancer | One of the composers |
Jigar Saraiya as singerEdit
| Year | Song | Film | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Morey Saiyan | Teree Sang | |
| Rab Milaya | |||
| Mere Naal | Do Knot Disturb | ||
| 2010 | Lau Jali | Krantiveer: The Revolution | |
| 2011 | Awaaz | F.A.L.T.U | |
| Nayee Subah | |||
| O Teri | |||
| Beh Chala | |||
| Bhoot Aaya | |||
| Piya Kesariyo | Hum Tum Shabana | ||
| 2013 | Chandu Ki Girl Friend | ABCD: Any Body Can Dance | |
| Sorry Sorry | |||
| Slowly Slowly | Go Goa Gone | ||
| Babaji Ki Booti | |||
| I Keel Ded Peepul (Boris Mix) | |||
| Gulabi | Shuddh Desi Romance | ||
| 2014 | Johnny Johnny | Entertainment | |
| Paaji Tussi Such A Pussy Cat | Happy Ending | ||
| 2015 | Happy B'day | ABCD 2 |
Sachin Sanghvi as singerEdit
| Year | Song | Film | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Beat Pe Booty | A Flying Jatt | Hindi film |
| 2017 | Bhuli Javu Che | Chor Bani Thangaat Kare | Gujarati film |
| Yaad Chhe | |||
| Kho Diya | Bhoomi | Hindi film | |
| 2019 | Chaand Ne Kaho | Chaal Jeevi Laiye | Gujarati |
| Dhuni Re Dhakhavi | New version of an old Gujarati religious song | ||
| Radha Ne Shyam Mali Jashe | Single Gujarati Garba song with Shruti Pathak |
Personal lifeEdit
They both are married. Jigar Saraiya is married to singer and lyricist Priya Saraiya.[3] Sachin's daughter is Taniskha Sanghvi, who is known for the song Laadki.[4]
Awards and nominationsEdit
- 2013: 6th Gujarat Gauravvant Award
- 2016: GIFA: Best Music Album:Wrong Side Raju
| Year | Category | Nominated Song | Film | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirchi Music Awards | |||||
| 2015 | Music Composer of The Year | "Chunar" | ABCD 2 | Nominated | [5] |
| Best Background Score | - | ||||
| Album of The Year | - | ||||
| - | Badlapur | ||||
| Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) | "Jee Karda" | ||||
| 2017 | "Haareya" | Meri Pyaari Bindu | [6] | ||
| Music Composer of The Year | "Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin (Duet)" | ||||
| "Hoor" | Hindi Medium | ||||
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Mishra, Abhimanyu (10 April 2015). "Sachin-Jigar: With the right films, we can change the face of Gujarati cinema". The Times of India.
- ^ http://myswar.com/artist/sachin-jigar
- ^ "Priya Saraiya: We have always been a happy working family". Mid Day. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ IANS (23 April 2015). "Composer Sachin's daughter debuts with 'MTV Coke Studio'". The Indian Express. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ "Nominations - Mirchi Music Awards 2017". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
"Firangi paani works its magic". The Times of India. 2010.