Anurag Saikia
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Born | Moran, Assam, India |
Anurag Saikia is an Indian film score composer, music director and instrumentalist from Northeast of India.[1][2] He is one of the youngest composers to be awarded with "Rajat Kamal" National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Music Direction for the film Yugadrashta.
Anurag was born in Assam, situated in the north-east of India. He passed his childhood among the tea gardens, rivers and the ethereal natural environment of the land.[tone] The culture of the land enchanted his childhood.[citation needed] The vastness and grandeur of Assamese folk music, the numerous tune of ‘Borgeet’ (classical songs of Assam) created by Srimanta Sankardeva & Madhavdeva (the two great saints and genius of Assam), and folksongs like ‘Bihu-nam’ ,‘Biya-nam’ ,‘Ai-nam’, ‘Zoomuir’, ‘Dehbicharor-geet’, ‘Oi-nitam’, ‘Ojapali’, ‘Kamrupee-Goalporia lokageet’ etc. took him to a new world.[tone] His parents Dr. Anil Saikia (Father) & Dipali Dutta Saikia (Mother), for him who is the God, his strength, his guru, took him to the path of both Indian classical music and Assamese Folk Music.[citation needed] He learnt western classical music from Syed Sadullah who also taught him to play piano and guitar.
In 2010 he was admitted on India's World Music Academy SAM (Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music,Chennai), where he explore his Music under the guidance of world class Music Faculty.[citation needed]
Anurag have owned a full-fledged audio workstation with all modern gears and equipments established in the heart of Bollywood, Mumbai, where he engaged himself in search of the truth of life through Music.
Filmography
As Music Director
- One Last Question
- Yugadrashta
- Holding Back
- The Job
- Maj Rati Keteki
- High Jack (2018)
- Karwaan (2018)
- Mulk (2018)
Awards and nominations
Award | Category | Film | Song | Result | Ref. |
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61st National Film Awards | Best Music Director (Non-Feature Film) | Yugadrashta | Winner | ||
Big Music Award 2010 | Best Music Director | Tup Tup | Winner | ||
Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music | Student Brand Ambassador | Winner | |||
Prag Cine Award 2013 | Best Music Director | Shinyor | Winner | ||
Prag Cine Award 2017 | Best Music Director | Majrati Keteki | Winner | ||
Sailadhar Baruah Award 2017 | Best Music Director | Dixou Banat Palash | Winner | ||
Sher Choudhury Excellence Award 2017 | Best Music Director | Majrati Keteki | Winner | ||
Radio Gup Shup Award 2018 | Best Music Director | Majrati Keteki | Winner | ||
10th Mirchi Music Awards | Best Song | Bas Ek Baar | Nominated | [citation needed] | |
9th Mirchi Music Awards | Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) | Dangal | "Dhaakad" | Nominated | [3] |
References
- ^ "Anurag Saikia". imdb.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "I find music in every element of nature:Anurag Saikia". Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 2018-03-26.