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Vishal Dadlani
Dadlani in 2015
Dadlani in 2015
Background information
Born (1973-06-28) 28 June 1973 (age 51)
OriginMumbai, Maharashtra, India
GenresElectronic Dance Music, Pop, Hip Hop, Sufi, Rock, World
Occupation(s)Music Composer, Playback Singer, Record Producer,Musician, Lyricist, Performer, Actor, Main front of Rock Band Pentagram
Years active1994–present

Vishal Dadhlani (born 28 June, 1973) also known as Vishal Taklani is an Indian music composer, playback singer, music record producer, lyricist, and performer. He is one half of the film music producing duo Vishal–Shekhar, the other being Shekhar Ravjiani.

Early life

Vishal was born and raised in a Sindhi family from Mumbai, Maharashtra.[1] Vishal went to Hill Grange High School, Mumbai and subsequently attended Jai Hind College, Mumbai for two years (1989–90), then was shifted to H.R. College of Commerce and Economics. Vishal graduated in 1994 with a degree of Bachelor of Commerce. In Indian Idol 10, a show where he is the judge, Dadlani has said that he is an atheist.[citation needed]

Career

Pentagram (1994-present)

Vishal Dadlani's musical journey started back in 1994, with the electronica/indie-rock band Pentagram formed in Mumbai. The band fronted by Vishal Dadlani (one half of the film music producing duo Vishal-Shekhar) with Randolph Correia on guitars, Clyde D'souza (former member) on guitars, Papal Mane on bass and Shiraz Bhattacharya on drums. All of whom have recently been actively involved in the Bollywood music business. Pentagram received their initial recognition and fame by winning three major rock competitions at IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay. Of these, Livewire, the annual band competition at Mood Indigo landed them a record deal. Pentagram regarded as one of the pioneers of original Indian independent music, the band has received major recognition.[2] Pentagram has been recognized among the top rock bands of India since past 20 years.[3] Pentagram have had a brief touring history outside India; including the Sundance Music Festival in Estonia in 2003. In 2005, Pentagram became the first Indian band to play at the Glastonbury Music Festival in the UK.[4]

We Are Not Listening (1996-2001), was the debut album of Pentagram. Pentagram won MTV India's Artist of the Month award in 1997 and also won the Channel V awards for Best Live Band and Best Indian Band in 1997 and 1998. They were featured on Channel V's Big Gig show, an hour-long live performance, which was plagued with bad sound.[5] The second album, Up (2002) saw the band's sound evolve into a deliberate, definitive electro rock. One of their greatest hits as listed by Rolling Stone Magazine in their article "25 Greatest Indian Rock Songs of the Last 25 Years" was "Drive" (Up, 2002).[6] During this time Dadlani found fame as a Bollywood music composer, singer and lyricist with movies like Jhankaar Beats, Bluff Master and Salaam Namaste. Pentagram's third album It's OK, It's All Good in 2007 recorded under their own record label, Pentagram Music too received noticeable attention in India. The first single off this album "Voice" won the Song Of The Year and vocalist Vishal was awarded Vocalist Of The Year at the Jack Daniel's Annual Indian Rock Awards. "Voice" also received considerable airplay on VH1 India. The song was later used in a music video competition by the channel and Nokia, and the video that has been released features the contributions of various fans across India who sent in their videos.[7] Pentagram have toured around the country, performing at clubs, college festivals and music festivals like the Bacardi NH7 Weekender and the Invasion festival.[8] In 2011, they released their fourth album, Bloodywood (EMI) and have been touring the same live for the past few years. The same year, they also got to open for one of their biggest inspirations, The Prodigy, at the Invasion Festival in New Delhi and Bangalore.[9] In 2013, they appeared on MTV Unplugged, supported by guitarist and producer Gaurav Gupta and pianist Karan Joseph. In 2014, they complete over 20 years of being together.[8]

Pentagram discography

Vishal & Shekhar

Main article: Vishal–Shekhar

In 1999, Vishal & Shekhar, the Bollywood composing/producing and performing music duo was formed. The duo consisting of Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani who have worked in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Marathi films. Their notable works include Jhankaar Beats (2003), Dus (2005), Bluffmaster (2005), I See You (2006), Om Shanti Om (2007), Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008), Dostana (2008), Anjaana Anjaani (2010), Ra.One (2011), Student of the Year (2012),Chennai Express (2013), Bang Bang! (2014) and Happy New Year (2014).[10] The duo has received noticeable recognition in the past 15 years, and today are credited with being amongst the architects of the modern Bollywood sound, having composed for 60 films and released over 300 songs, and performed over 1,000 shows worldwide. The duo rose to prominence in 2003 when they composed the score for the film Jhankaar Beats which included the song "Tu Aashiqui Hai". They won the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent for Jhankaar Beats.[11]

Other work by Vishal-Shekhar

Vishal Shekhar have been consistently delivering ChartToppers every Year. In 2016 they released a song called Nashe Si Chad Gayi which got extremely hit and was the first Indian song to clock 300 million then 400 million and 435 million on Youtube. Vishal-Shekhar composed the biggest hit Swag Se Swagat which became the fastest song in the world to hit 100 million views and counting upto 650 million in within a year on Youtube.Swag Se Swagat has a funky rap written spontaneously by Vishal Dadlani and his powerful vocals did justice to the song to clock 650 million views within a Year. They have been judges on the star hunt show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 and the musical talent show Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star with director and choreographer Farah Khan. They are the judges on Amul Star Voice of India Mummy Ki Superstars. They were mentors and judges in the reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa with Sajid-Wajid. They composed the Indian Premier League theme song of season 3 and the anthem of Kolkata Knight Riders. Following the 2008 Mumbai attacks, Vishal Dadlani launched a petition to ban live media coverage during the rescue operations.[12] They composed the song "Allah Ke Bande" from Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II.

Both Vishal and Shekhar appeared as judges in the reality singing show for children and teens, Indian Idol Junior, Season One, while only Vishal appeared in Season two.[13]

Vishal has also performed a Sufi performed with DEV GUPTA influenced song "Madari" in the Season 2 of Coke Studio.

Playback singer

Vishal Dadlani's vocals were usually recorded for Vishal-Shekhar and Pentagram Albums. Vishal Got his First Break as Playback Singer when Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy called him for the movie Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. But because of some reasons the song came out late and Vishal had Recorded a Track called "Dhoom Again" for Pritam Chakraborty which came out earlier than the first one in 2006. Hence it Became the most popular track in the Country and Became Vishal's first Track as a Playback Singer.

Lyrics by Vishal Dadlani

Filmography

Main article: Vishal–Shekhar discography

Awards and nominations

Following is the list of awards and nominations received by Vishal Dadlani alone. List of awards and nominations received by Vishal-Shekhar can be seen here.

Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Award

Year Category Recipient Result Ref.
2008 Best Lyricist Ankhon Mein Teri (from Om Shanti Om)' Nominated [14]
2010 Best Male Playback Singer Dhan Te Nan (from Kaminey)
(along with Sukhwinder Singh) 		[15]

BIG Star Entertainment Awards

Year Category Recipient Result Ref.
2013 Most Entertaining Singer (Male) "Balam Pichkari" (from Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani) Nominated [16]

Filmfare Awards

Year Category Recipient Result Ref.
2008 Best Lyricist "Ankhon Mein Teri" (from Om Shanti Om) Nominated [17]
2010 Best Male Playback Singer "Dhan Te Nan" (from Kaminey)
(along with Sukhwinder Singh) 		[18]
2011 Best Lyricist "Bin Tere" (from I Hate Luv Storys) [19]
2012 "Chammak Challo" (from Ra.One)
(along with Niranjan Iyengar) 		[20]
Best Male Playback Singer "Chammak Challo" (from Ra.One)
(along with Akon)

Global Indian Music Academy Awards

Year Category Recipient Result Ref.
2011 Best lyricist "Tujhe Bhula Diya" (from Anjaana Anjaani)
(shared with Kumaar) 		Nominated [21]
2013 Best Duet "Radha" (from Student Of The Year)
(shared with Shekhar Ravjiani, Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal) 		[22]
2014 "Balam Pichakari" (for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)
(shared with Shalmali Kholgade) 		[23]

International Indian Film Academy Awards

Year Category Recipient Result Ref.
2010 Best Playback Singer Male "Dhan Te Nan" (from Kaminey)
(along with Sukhwinder Singh) 		Nominated [24]
2011 "Adhoore" (from Break Ke Baad) [25]

Mirchi Music Awards

Year Category Recipient Result Ref.
2011 Album of The Year Ra.One Nominated [26]
2012 Male Vocalist of The Year "Jee Le Zaara" (from Talaash) [27]
2014 "Tu Meri" (from Bang Bang!) [28]

References

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  2. ^ Travel CNN – Retrieved 21 July 2010
  3. ^ Maverickvedem Blog, Retrieved 24 March 2011
  4. ^ India Today, Retrieved 11 July 2005
  5. ^ Times Of India, e-paper, Retrieved 23 November 2008
  6. ^ "25 Greatest Indian Rock Songs of the Last 25 Years", Retrieved 8 October 2014
  7. ^ Times of India, Retrieved 23 November 2008
  8. ^ a b "Bacardi NH7 Weekender". nh7.in.
  9. ^ Miss Milani, Retrieved 1 October 2010
  10. ^ "Vishal Dadlani music director of Happy New Year". PlanetBollywood. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Jhankaar Beats" – via www.imdb.com.
  12. ^ "'We should plug this leak once and for all'". Rediff.com. 31 December 2004. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  13. ^ "Vishal Dadlani to judge Indian Idol Junior 2015". SonyLIV. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  14. ^ "Nominations for 3rd Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards". Apsara Awards. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  15. ^ "Nominations for 5th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards". Apsara Awards. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  16. ^ "Nominations for 4th Big Star Entertainment Awards". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  17. ^ "53rd Filmfare Award Nominations". Indicine. 6 February 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  18. ^ "Nominations for 55th Idea Filmfare Awards 2009". Bollywood Hungama. 11 February 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  19. ^ "Nominations for 56th Filmfare Awards 2010". Bollywood Hungama. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  20. ^ "Nominations for 57th Idea Filmfare Awards 2012". Bollywood Hungama. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  21. ^ "Film Nominations: Chevrolet GiMA Awards 2011 Powered By Lava Music Phones". GiMA. 19 October 2014. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ "Film Music Nominations: 5th Gionne Star Global Indian Music Academy (GiMA) Awards 2013 Powered By Reliance 3G". GiMA. 19 October 2014. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ "Film Music Nominations: 4th Gionne Star Global Indian Music Academy (GiMA) Awards 2014 Powered By Reliance 3G". GiMA. 19 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  24. ^ "3 Idiots win big at IIFA awards". Rediff.com. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  25. ^ "Winners at the big IIFA Awards 2011". NDTV. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  26. ^ "Nominations - Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2011". 30 January 2013. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  27. ^ "Nominations - Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2012". www.radiomirchi.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  28. ^ "Nominations - Mirchi Music Awards 2014". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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