Amit Trivedi (born 8 April 1979) is an Indian music director, singer, film scorer, composer, music producer and lyricist who works primarily in Hindi films. After working as a theatre and jingle composer and composing for non-film albums, he debuted as a film composer in the 2008 Hindi film Aamir, he gained prominence for his work in the Hindi film Dev.D (2009).. He is considered as one of the best music composers in the present bollywood music industry due to his unique style of composition and originality, gaining a huge fanbase.

Early life

Trivedi was born in Bandra, Mumbai. Growing up, his only connect with music was devotional songs and Gujarati folk. His native city is Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Career

In college days, along with Amartya, Shriram Iyer, Ram and Vish started a band known as Om the Fusion Band, who performed at local gigs, small shows and live performances. They struck gold when Times Music took notice at one of their shows, and offered to launch their album. The album however did not fare well, due to lack of promotion. Eventually Trivedi went on to compose for theatre (Hindi, English and Gujarati plays), background music for television shows, programming for some Marathi films, live performances, dandiya shows, orchestras etc. He also had a brief stint composing advertisement jingles, for brands such as McDonald's and Airtel. After sound engineer and Audio Garage Recording Studio owner Arvind Vishwakarma introduced Trivedi to Sony BMG, he began composing music for non-film albums. As a part of his two-year contract, Trivedi composed some tracks for Abhijeet Sawant's ''Junoon'' and one song in Prashant Tamang's debut album. He arranged for many musicians including Amartya Bobo Rahut for a Marathi film Uttarayan in 2004.Film music eventually came his way , Anurag Kashyap had just returned from NY, had heard allot of underground music there, he wanted someone who does this kind of music in India. Asks Shilpa Rao , I want someone who does this kind of music which is beyond anyone can imagine, why is no-one doing this kind of Music here in India , Shilpa Rao says there's this one guy who is doing it suggested his name to film director Anurag Kashyap. The latter was in search of a new composer with a distinct vision for his next film.Asked Shilpa Rao about After meeting Trivedi, Kashyap offered him the chance to compose the soundtrack to ''Dev.D''. Although it was scheduled to be his debut, ''Dev.D'' ran into production delays and was shelved for some time.Upon Kashyap's recommendation, Trivedi was roped in to score Raj Kumar Gupta's directorial venture ''Aamir''. Trivedi and Gupta worked on making the soundtrack fuse with the film narrative, resulting in an effort that garnered critical recognition. After sound engineer and Audio Garage Recording Studio owner Arvind Vishwakarma introduced Trivedi to Sony BMG, he began composing music for non-film albums. As a part of his two-year contract, Trivedi composed some tracks for Abhijeet Sawant's ''Junoon'' and one song in Prashant Tamang's debut album. He arranged for many musicians including Amartya Bobo Rahut for a Marathi film Uttarayan in 2004.Film music eventually came his way , Anurag Kashyap had just returned from NY, had heard allot of underground music there, he wanted someone who does this kind of music in India. Asks Shilpa Rao , I want someone who does this kind of music which is beyond anyone can imagine, why is no-one doing this kind of Music here in India , Shilpa Rao says there's this one guy who is doing it suggested his name to film director Anurag Kashyap. The latter was in search of a new composer with a distinct vision for his next film.Asked Shilpa Rao about After meeting Trivedi, Kashyap offered him the chance to compose the soundtrack to ''Dev.D''. Although it was scheduled to be his debut, ''Dev.D'' ran into production delays and was shelved for some time.Upon Kashyap's recommendation, Trivedi was roped in to score Raj Kumar Gupta's directorial venture ''Aamir''. Trivedi and Gupta worked on making the soundtrack fuse with the film narrative, resulting in an effort that garnered critical recognition. After sound engineer and Audio Garage Recording Studio owner Arvind Vishwakarma introduced Trivedi to Sony BMG, he began composing music for non-film albums. As a part of his two-year contract, Trivedi composed some tracks for Abhijeet Sawant's ''Junoon'' and one song in Prashant Tamang's debut album. He arranged for many musicians including Amartya Bobo Rahut for a Marathi film Uttarayan in 2004.Film music eventually came his way , Anurag Kashyap had just returned from NY, had heard allot of underground music there, he wanted someone who does this kind of music in India. Asks Shilpa Rao , I want someone who does this kind of music which is beyond anyone can imagine, why is no-one doing this kind of Music here in India , Shilpa Rao says there's this one guy who is doing it suggested his name to film director Anurag Kashyap. The latter was in search of a new composer with a distinct vision for his next film.Asked Shilpa Rao about After meeting Trivedi, Kashyap offered him the chance to compose the soundtrack to ''Dev.D''. Although it was scheduled to be his debut, ''Dev.D'' ran into production delays and was shelved for some time.Upon Kashyap's recommendation, Trivedi was roped in to score Raj Kumar Gupta's directorial venture ''Aamir''. Trivedi and Gupta worked on making the soundtrack fuse with the film narrative, resulting in an effort that garnered critical recognition.By the end of 2008, ''Dev.D'' was finally released. The soundtrack, released in December, consisted of 18 tracks of different genres. Trivedi dubbed the soundtrack the "baap (father) of different genres". He sang five songs on the soundtrack, and wrote the lyrics for one ("Aankh Micholi"). He shot to fame with the unusual music of ''Dev.D'', giving many chartbusters like "Emosanal Attyachar", "Saali Khushi", "Pardesi" ,"Nayan Tarse" and many more. He was conferred with both the Filmfare R. D. Burman Award for New Music Talent and the Best Background Score at the 55th Filmfare Awards, in addition to his first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, before receiving the National Film Award for Best Music Direction, the highest recognition for Indian composers. Trivedi wrote the score for ''Wake Up Sid'' (2009) and one of his compositions "Iktara" was also included in the soundtrack. In 2009 itself, Trivedi was roped in by Anshu Sharma to compose the team anthem "Game for More" for Royal Challengers Bangalore, a team owned by liquor baron Vijay Mallya. Between scoring for films, Trivedi also wrote the title track for the reality show ''Big Switch'' aired on UTV Bindaas. He also provided the music and background score for the ensemble romantic comedy-drama ''Aisha'' (2010), which also had him providing vocals for two songs, "Suno Aisha" and "Sham". He then composed the songs and score for ''Ishaqzaade'' (2012) and ''Lootera'' (2013) which earned him his second and third nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.He then composed the soundtrack for Vikas Bahl's highly acclaimed ''Queen'' (2014), which earned him his fourth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.He then earned three consecutive nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for his diverse compositions in ''Udta Punjab'' (2016), ''Secret Superstar'' (2017) and ''Manmarziyaan'' (2018).He won Best Song for "Naina Da Kya Kasoor" at the News18 Reel Movie Awards from ''Andhadhun'' (2018). Apart from "Naina Da Kya Kasoor", he also sang "Laila Laila" for the film. In 2019, Power Brands honored him with the Best Music Director of the Year award for ''Andhadhun'' at the Bollywood Film Journalists Awards (BFJA). before receiving the National Film Award for Best Music Direction, the highest recognition for Indian composers. Trivedi wrote the score for ''Wake Up Sid'' (2009) and one of his compositions "Iktara" was also included in the soundtrack. In 2009 itself, Trivedi was roped in by Anshu Sharma to compose the team anthem "Game for More" for Royal Challengers Bangalore, a team owned by liquor baron Vijay Mallya. Between scoring for films, Trivedi also wrote the title track for the reality show ''Big Switch'' aired on UTV Bindaas. He also provided the music and background score for the ensemble romantic comedy-drama ''Aisha'' (2010), which also had him providing vocals for two songs, "Suno Aisha" and "Sham". He then composed the songs and score for ''Ishaqzaade'' (2012) and ''Lootera'' (2013) which earned him his second and third nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.He then composed the soundtrack for Vikas Bahl's highly acclaimed ''Queen'' (2014), which earned him his fourth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.He then earned three consecutive nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for his diverse compositions in ''Udta Punjab'' (2016), ''Secret Superstar'' (2017) and ''Manmarziyaan'' (2018).He won Best Song for "Naina Da Kya Kasoor" at the News18 Reel Movie Awards from ''Andhadhun'' (2018). Apart from "Naina Da Kya Kasoor", he also sang "Laila Laila" for the film. In 2019, Power Brands honored him with the Best Music Director of the Year award for ''Andhadhun'' at the Bollywood Film Journalists Awards (BFJA). before receiving the National Film Award for Best Music Direction, the highest recognition for Indian composers. Trivedi wrote the score for ''Wake Up Sid'' (2009) and one of his compositions "Iktara" was also included in the soundtrack. In 2009 itself, Trivedi was roped in by Anshu Sharma to compose the team anthem "Game for More" for Royal Challengers Bangalore, a team owned by liquor baron Vijay Mallya. Between scoring for films, Trivedi also wrote the title track for the reality show ''Big Switch'' aired on UTV Bindaas. He also provided the music and background score for the ensemble romantic comedy-drama ''Aisha'' (2010), which also had him providing vocals for two songs, "Suno Aisha" and "Sham". He then composed the songs and score for ''Ishaqzaade'' (2012) and ''Lootera'' (2013) which earned him his second and third nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.He then composed the soundtrack for Vikas Bahl's highly acclaimed ''Queen'' (2014), which earned him his fourth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.He then earned three consecutive nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for his diverse compositions in ''Udta Punjab'' (2016), ''Secret Superstar'' (2017) and ''Manmarziyaan'' (2018).He won Best Song for "Naina Da Kya Kasoor" at the News18 Reel Movie Awards from ''Andhadhun'' (2018). Apart from "Naina Da Kya Kasoor", he also sang "Laila Laila" for the film. In 2019, Power Brands honored him with the Best Music Director of the Year award for ''Andhadhun'' at the Bollywood Film Journalists Awards (BFJA). before receiving the National Film Award for Best Music Direction, the highest recognition for Indian composers. Trivedi wrote the score for ''Wake Up Sid'' (2009) and one of his compositions "Iktara" was also included in the soundtrack. In 2009 itself, Trivedi was roped in by Anshu Sharma to compose the team anthem "Game for More" for Royal Challengers Bangalore, a team owned by liquor baron Vijay Mallya. Between scoring for films, Trivedi also wrote the title track for the reality show ''Big Switch'' aired on UTV Bindaas. He also provided the music and background score for the ensemble romantic comedy-drama ''Aisha'' (2010), which also had him providing vocals for two songs, "Suno Aisha" and "Sham". He then composed the songs and score for ''Ishaqzaade'' (2012) and ''Lootera'' (2013) which earned him his second and third nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.He then composed the soundtrack for Vikas Bahl's highly acclaimed ''Queen'' (2014), which earned him his fourth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.He then earned three consecutive nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for his diverse compositions in ''Udta Punjab'' (2016), ''Secret Superstar'' (2017) and ''Manmarziyaan'' (2018).He won Best Song for "Naina Da Kya Kasoor" at the News18 Reel Movie Awards from ''Andhadhun'' (2018). Apart from "Naina Da Kya Kasoor", he also sang "Laila Laila" for the film. In 2019, Power Brands honored him with the Best Music Director of the Year award for ''Andhadhun'' at the Bollywood Film Journalists Awards (BFJA).Trivedi again earned two consecutive nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for his compositions in ''Haseen Dillruba'' (2021) and ''Uunchai'' (2022).Trivedi was the composer of the official anthem for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, which was backed by lyricist Kausar Munir and sung by Sharvi Yadav and Anand Bhaskar. An Indipop song, he also makes the use of vocal orchestra therein.Trivedi again earned two consecutive nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for his compositions in ''Haseen Dillruba'' (2021) and ''Uunchai'' (2022).Trivedi was the composer of the official anthem for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, which was backed by lyricist Kausar Munir and sung by Sharvi Yadav and Anand Bhaskar. An Indipop song, he also makes the use of vocal orchestra therein.He has made TV appearances for various shows aired on MTV. Also, he composed title track for the television show ''Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi'', hosted by Amitabh Bachchan. He also composed music for the 2018 film Kedarnath produced by RSVP Movies and Guy in The Sky Pictures.

Film Music Composer / Background Score

Year

Film

Director

Notes

Ref.
2008

Aamir

Raj Kumar Gupta

6 Songs

Anthiponvettam

AV Narayanan

Malayalam film, (one song only)

2009

Dev.D

Anurag Kashyap

All songs

Wake Up Sid

Ayan Mukerji

Background score + 2 Songs

2010

Striker

Chandan Arora

One Song

Admissions Open

K.D.Satyam



Udaan

Vikramaditya Motwane

All songs

Aisha

Rajshree Ojha

2011

I Am

Onir

5 songs

No One Killed Jessica

Raj Kumar Gupta

All songs

Chillar Party

Nitesh Tiwari, Vikas Bahl

Trishna

Michael Winterbottom

one of the composers

2012

Ishaqzaade

Habib Faisal

All songs

Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu

Shakun Batra

English Vinglish

Gauri Shinde

Aiyyaa

Sachin Kundalkar

Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana

Sameer Sharma

Pehla Sitara

Owais Hussain



2013

Kai Po Che!

Abhishek Kapoor

All songs

Bombay Talkies

Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee

Ghanchakkar

Raj Kumar Gupta

Lootera

Vikramaditya Motwane

2014

Queen

Vikas Bahl

2015

Bombay Velvet

Anurag Kashyap

Guddu Rangeela

Subhash Kapoor

Highway

Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni

Marathi Debut

Shaandaar

Vikas Bahl

All Songs

2016

Fitoor

Abhishek Kapoor

Udta Punjab

Abhishek Chaubey

Dear Zindagi

Gauri Shinde

2017

Qaidi Band

Habib Faisal

Secret Superstar

Advait Chandan

Rukh

Atanu Mukherjee

2018

Pad Man

R. Balki

Raid

Raj Kumar Gupta

Background score & 2 songs

Blackmail

Abhinay Deo

4 songs & collaborating first time with rapper Divine for a song "Badla"

The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir

Ken Scott

3 songs

Bhavesh Joshi Superhero

Vikramaditya Motwane

All Songs

Fanney Khan

Atul Manjrekar

5 songs

Manmarziyaan

Anurag Kashyap

All songs

Andhadhun

Sriram Raghavan

9 songs

Helicopter Eela

Pradeep Sarkar

3 songs

Kedarnath

Abhishek Kapoor

All Songs


2019

India's Most Wanted

Raj Kumar Gupta




Mission Mangal

Jagan Shakti



Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy

Surender Reddy

Telugu debut; All Songs


2020

Haseen Dillruba

Vinil Mathew




Butterfly

Ramesh Aravind

Kannada debut; remake of Queen

Paris Paris

Tamil debut; remake of Queen

Zam Zam

G. Neelakanta Reddy

Malayalam film; remake of Queen

Maidaan

Amit Ravindernath Sharma

All Songs

V

Mohan Krishna Indraganti

Telugu film; All Songs


That Is Mahalakshmi

Prasanth Varma

Star Screen Awards

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