Sohail Sen

Sohail Sen
Born (1984-06-24) 24 June 1984
Genres Pop, classical music, soft rock, retro, world music
Occupation(s) Composer, record producer, music director, singer, instrumentalist, programmer
Instruments Vocals, guitar, percussion, tabla, piano, dholak, drums, bongos
Years active 2008–present

Sohail Sen (born 24 June 1984) is an Indian film composer, musician and singer who works in Bollywood. He debuted as a film composer with the Hindi film Sirf (2008), which went majorly unnoticed.[1] Later, he gained fame as a Hindi film composer, with his acclaimed work in What's Your Raashee? (2009).[2][3][4][5] He is also known for composing the popular soundtracks of Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, Ek Tha Tiger, and Gunday.[6]

Early life

Sen comes from a family of musicians who have worked in the film industry and his entry into the film composing world marked the fourth generation of his family to do so. His father, Samir Sen (of the music director duo Dilip Sen – Samir Sen) has always been a strong influence in his life, as was his paternal grandfather Shri Shambhu Sen's singing( home town sujangarh(churu) rajasthan).[7][8]

Sen started learning music at the age of six. He learnt to play the tabla as a child, and then went on to learn various musical instruments including the piano and percussion and rhythm instruments. He learnt classical music from his grandfather Shri Shambhu Sen. He began his career as a music director at the young age of thirteen when he composed the music for a telefilm titled Roshni and for which renowned singer Kavita Krishnamurthy provided playback.[9] He then decided to assist his father for nine years to fine-tune his skills as a film composer.[8]

Career

In 2008, Sen began his career as a film composer, with the Hindi film Sirf, however, the film was supposed to be released in 2006, but it got delayed badly and was released in 2008 and eventually the music went unnoticed. He also composed the music for The Murderer (2009),[10] which also got delayed and the music went unnoticed.[8]

In 2009, he got a turning point, in his career as a film composer, when director Ashutosh Gowariker approached him for his film What's Your Raashee?.[11] Initially he wanted his all-time favourite composer A. R. Rahman to compose for the film, but Rahman couldn't do it, because he wanted to compose for Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire instead.[12] So, he started looking for someone who is capable and can contribute all his time for composing in his film alone. Sen who was always keen to work with Ashutosh Gowariker and incidentally his father Sameer Sen knew him from before and knowing that Gowariker was looking for someone to compose for his film, Sen asked his father to fix a meeting with him. His first meeting with Gowariker was a casual one at his office, it was where he told him that he would like to make him listen to some of his compositions. Gowariker immediately agreed to visit his studio the next morning. The next day, when he went to Sen's studio and heard some of his tunes, he really liked what he heard and after a couple of weeks later, Gowariker called up Sen and said "You are on for this project". For Sen, it was a dream come true.[8] At first Sen was thrilled of getting the offer, but when he was told that there would be 13 songs in the movie, one song for each of the 12 zodiac signs and then one song in which the lead protagonist makes the final choice, he was taken aback, since nowadays its quite rare to hear 13 different songs in one album and that itself was a difficult task, and again, it was an equally difficult task to create 13 distinct songs, each for one particular zodiac sign and then incorporating the flavor of all these 12 songs into that final song, was the most toughest task, however he took it up as a challenge and started working on the music, which took more than one and a half years in the making.[13]

The soundtrack of the film, was released in August 2009 and irrespective of the box office status of the film, it has been able to garner mostly positive critical responses.[5] Bollywood Hungama quoted the album as "interestingly done" and "an experience not to be missed".[2] BBC Music praised Sen's work and quoted him as "Sen shows he can successfully compete with the best in Bollywood".[4] Besides composing the soundtrack and the film score, Sen even sang most of the songs in the film.[3][14]

In 2010, director Ashutosh Gowariker roped him again, for his period piece film Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey, based on the Chittagong Uprising of 1930.[7] The soundtrack of which met with positive critical responses.[15][16]

In 2011, he has had a major release with a top banner Yash Raj Films – Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, the music of which got appreciation from both critics and masses. The songs "Dhunki", "Isq Risk" and title track were chartbusters.[17] In 2012, he replaced Pritam as the music director for Salman Khan's next film Ek Tha Tiger, since Pritam had date problems with both Yash Raj projects Ek Tha Tiger and Dhoom 3.[18] The soundtrack received unanimously positive reviews. In 2014, Sen will team up with Ali Abbas Zafar once again after Mere Brother Ki Dulhan for Gunday, which features Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, and Irrfan Khan.[19] While Sen will become music composer for the Hindi theatrical release of Gunday, Bappi Lahiri will compose full Bengali songs for the film, as it is also to be released in Bengali[20] This marks the first time Bappi Lahiri will work with Yash Raj Films.[21]

Discography

As music director

Year Film Notes
2008 Sirf Collaborated with Shibani Kashyap[1]
2009 What's Your Raashee? Nominated, Stardust Awards for Standout Performance by a Music Director[22]
2010 Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey Nominated, Stardust Awards for New Musical Sensation – Male[23]
Nominated, Stardust Awards for Standout Performance by a Music Director[23]
2011 Mere Brother Ki Dulhan Nominated, Filmfare Awards for Best Music Direction
2012 From Sydney with Love
2012 Ek Tha Tiger Won Big Star Entertainment Awards for the most entertaining Music
2014 Gunday[24]
2016 Housefull 3
2016 Happy Bhag Jayegi

As playback singer

Year Song Title Film Title Co-Singer
2008 "Tujhpe Fida" Sirf Tarannum Mallik
2009 "What's Your Raashee? – Pal Pal Dil Jisko Dhoonde" What's Your Raashee? Solo
"Bikhri Bikhri" Marianne D'Cruz
"Pyaari Pyaari" Alka Yagnik
"Su Chhe" Bela Shende
"Salone Kya" Tarannum Mallik
"Jao Na"
"Dhadkan Dhadkan"
"What's Your Raashee? – Chehre Jo Dekhe Hain" Solo
2010 "Yeh Des Hai Mera" Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey Solo
"Sapne Saloney" Pamela Jain
2012 "Feeling Love in Sydney" From Sydney with Love Solo
"Pyaari Pyaari" Brooklyn Shanti
2014 "Gunday" Gunday Solo
2016 "Taang Uthaake" Housefull 3 Mika Singh, Neeti Mohan, Mamta Sharma
"Aashiq Tera" Happy Bhag Jayegi Altamash Faridi

References

  1. 1 2 Toolsee, Gianysh (24 August 2009). ""All the tunes were made fresh according to the script." – Sohail Sen". Planet Bollywood. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
  2. 1 2 Tuteja, Joginder (19 August 2009). "What's Your Raashee?: Music Review". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
  3. 1 2 Ojha, Ankit. "What's Your Raashee? – A Musical Extravaganza!". Planet Bollywood. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
  4. 1 2 Mulji, Priya (16 September 2009). "Sohail Sen – What's Your Raashee?: Music Review". BBC Music. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  5. 1 2 Indo-Asian news service (24 August 2009). "Sohail Sen's music impresses in 'What's Your Raashee?' (IANS Music Review)". Thaindian News. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  6. ↑ Yount, Stacey (24 January 2014). ""Composer Sohail Sen and the Music of Gunday – Exclusive interview!"". Bolly Spice. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  7. 1 2 Toolsee, Gianysh (30 November 2010). ""I am never completely satisfied with my work" – Sohail Sen". Planet Bollywood. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Ramsubramaniam, Nikhil (26 September 2009). "Musically Yours: Sohail Sen". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
  9. ↑ Yount, Stacey (14 August 2011). ""I make my music from my soul and like to touch the soul of people who listen to it." – Sohail Sen". Bolly Spice. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  10. ↑ "The Murderer (2009)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
  11. ↑ Indo-Asian News Service (17 June 2009). "Gowariker picks new composer over Rahman for '...Rashee?'". Thaindian.com. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
  12. ↑ "Trivia for What's Your Raashee?". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
  13. ↑ Indo-Asian news service (25 August 2009). "Comparing me to Rahman not fair: Sohail Sen". Thaindian.com. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
  14. ↑ Vijayakar, Rajiv (4 September 2009). "'SIGNS' Language". Screen India. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
  15. ↑ Indo-Asian news service (30 October 2010). "Patriotism takes centrestage in 'Khelein Hum...' album (IANS Music Review)". Thaindian.com. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  16. ↑ Verma, Sukanya (29 October 2010). "Khelein Hum... has beautiful music". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
  17. ↑ Nahta, Komal. "Mere Brother Ki Dulhan Movie Review". Koimoi.com. Retrieved 2011-09-18.
  18. ↑ Bollywood Hungama News Network (15 September 2011). "Pritam chooses Dhoom 3 over Ek Tha Tiger". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
  19. ↑ "Yash Raj Films". Yash Raj Films. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  20. ↑ "Bappi Lahiri sings Bengali song in Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor's 'Gunday'". Indian Express. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  21. ↑ "Bappi Lahiri sings Bengali song in Gunday | Bollywood News | Hindi Movies News | News". BollywoodHungama.com. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  22. ↑ Bollywood Hungama News Network (16 January 2010). "Nominations for Max Stardust Awards 2010". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
  23. 1 2 Bollywood Hungama News Network (22 January 2011). "Nominations for Max Stardust Awards 2011". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
  24. ↑ Ali Abbas Zafar "Sohail Sen is doing music for GUNDAY. He worked on MBKD followed by ETT..", Twitter, 14 October 2012.
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