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Monty Sharma
Monty Sharma(right) and Harshit Jaiswal(left) ,a documentary film-maker.
NationalityIndian
OccupationMusic director

Monty Sharma is a music composer from India scoring music for Bollywood. He is popular for being the background music composer for Black (2005), Ram-Leela (2013) and music director for Saawariya (2007).[1]

Early life

Monty Sharma was born on 17 April, in Mumbai.[2] He started learning music at the age of five and had the opportunity to learn under the guidance of his grand father Pandit Ram Prasad Sharma. Monty is nephew of Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma of Laxmikat-Pyarelal fame.[citation needed] Monty started his career as a professional keyboard player with Laxmikat-Pyarelal for the film Mr. India at the age of sixteen.[citation needed] He worked with all the well known music directors such as Laxmikant Pyeralal, R.D. Burman, Rajesh Roshan, Nadeem Shravan, Jatin Lalit, Ismail Darbar, Sanjeev Darshan for many bollywood films.[citation needed]

He was a member of judges' panel of the popular reality show STAR Voice of India 2.

Career

Background Music Composer

Music Director

Awards

Won
Nominated
  • 2008 - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for the film Saawariya
  • 2008 - Set Max Stardust Award for Music for the film Saawariya
  • 2014 - LifeOk Screen Awards for best background score for the film Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela
  • 2014 - Filmfare award for best background score for the film Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela

References

  1. ^ Reshma Kelkar Dabholkar (28 Feb 2011). "Monty Sharma follows Vishal Bhardwaj". Times of India. Retrieved 21 Feb 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "Monty Sharma date of birth". Adlabs. Retrieved 30 April 2014. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)

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