Sachin–Jigar
Sachin–Jigar is an Indian music composer duo consisting of Sachin Sanghvi and Jigar Saraiya. They compose for Hindi and Gujarati language films. They have scored a number of successful soundtracks. Before working independently as music directors, they were orchestrators of Pritam.
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| Background information | |
| 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 Music, T-Series, Zee Music Company |
Early lifeEdit
Both Sachin and Jigar are Gujaratis based in Mumbai, Maharashtra .[1]
CareerEdit
Sachin–Jigar have created music at various platforms from theatre to television soaps to jingles. They must have done not less than 500 plays and not less than 5000 television episodes for various genres and channels. Jigar was assisting music director Rajesh Roshan where he met Amit Trivedi, who in turn introduced him to Sachin. Later that year they joined their hands and started assisting Pritam in setting up musical arrangements.
They then programmed and arranged for almost all music directors in Bollywood from A.R. Rahman, Amit Trivedi, Anu Malik and Nadeem-Shravan to Sandesh Shandilya, Pritam, Vishal-Shekhar etc., before they stepped in to be independent composers in 2009.[citation needed]
In 2009, they composed one song for the film Life Partner, which primarily featured songs by their mentor Pritam. 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 songs "Le Ja Tu Mujhe" & "Char Baj Gaye (Party Abhi Baaki Hai)". In 2011, they scored for Hum Tum Shabana & Shor in the City. In the latter, the song Saibo, sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Tochi Raina, was specially appreciated by critics as well as masses and the song Karma Is A Bitch became a huge hit.
After that, they composed music for Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya (2012), one song each for Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum (2012), OMG: Oh My God! (2012) and Ajab Gazabb Love (2012), full albums for ABCD: Any Body Can Dance (2013) and Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story (2013), one song for Himmatwala (2013), two songs for I, Me Aur Main (2013), and full albums for Go Goa Gone (2013) and Ramaiya Vastavaiya (2013).
They next composed music for the film Issaq and collaborated with Yash Raj films via the highly successful Shuddh Desi Romance directed by Maneesh Sharma.
In 2014, they composed three original songs for the film Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania produced by Karan Johar under the banner of Dharma Productions and directed by Shashank Khaitan which had hit songs such as 'Saturday Saturday' & 'Samjhavan', composed by their album collaborators Sharib-Toshi. It was the first time for the duo working for Dharma Productions. The second album that year was the Akshay Kumar starrer Entertainment directed by the famous writer duo Sajid-Farhad, while their third album that year came with Happy Ending, written and directed by Raj & DK. They ended the year with a hit song, "Dance Basanti", for the film Ungli, starring Emraan Hashmi.[2]
In 2015, their first film 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 Disney's ABCD 2 became a hit as well. The song "Sun Sathiya" is widely regarded by many as one of the favourites from this album. Later that year, they composed two songs for Hero, a remake of Subhash Ghai's original film of the same name, which marked their first collaboration with actor-producer Salman Khan.
The next year, they composed for A Flying Jatt. In 2017, they came back with two original songs for Hindi Medium, which also had the chartbuster song, "Suit Suit", sung by Guru Randhawa. They next composed for the Ayushmann Khurrana-Parineeti Chopra starrer Meri Pyaari Bindu, the Kangana Ranaut starrer Simran and Sanjay Dutt starrer Bhoomi, while also composing songs and score for A Gentleman, which included the famous "Bandook Meri Laila".
In 2018, they composed the songs for Stree, starring Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor, which was a huge success, with its songs topping the charts. In 2019, their projects included the spoof comedy Arjun Patiala, the drama Made in China and one of the year's biggest hits, Bala, again starring Ayushmann Khurrana, but being his second film not to feature his vocals on any song.
Sachin & Jigar have also mesmerized the crowd with their musical contribution in Coke Studio India.
DiscographyEdit
All songs are in Hindi else marked otherwise.
| Year | Movie | Contributions |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Golmaal Marathi Movie | Background Score |
| 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) | ||
| 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 (Gujarati film) | ||
| 2018 | Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran | 5 songs |
| Gold | 5 songs and background score | |
| Stree | All songs | |
| 2019 | Arjun Patiala | 5 songs (three with Guru Randhawa) |
| Chaal Jeevi Laiye! | Gujarati film | |
| Made In China | All songs | |
| Bala | 4 songs (one with Badshah) | |
| 2020 | Street Dancer | 6 songs (one with Guru Randhawa) and background score |
| Angrezi Medium | 3 songs and background score along with Sanjoy Chowdhury | |
| Shakuntala Devi | All songs | |
| 2021 | Roohi |
All songs |
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 Stree -kamaria |
Sachin Sanghvi as singerEdit
| Year | Song | Film | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Happy B’Day | ABCD 2 | Hindi film |
| 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
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) |
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| 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.
- ^ "Sachin - Jigar - Singer, Music Director, Lyricist, Artist | MySwar". myswar.co. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "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.