Arko Pravo Mukherjee

Arko Pravo Mukherjee (অর্ক প্রভ মুখার্জি)
Arko Pravo Mukherjee
Background information
Birth name	Arko Pravo Mukherjee
Born	May 19, 1983 Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Genres	Bollywood Music
Occupation(s)	Music Composer, Singer, Song Writer
Years active	2012–present
Website	http://www.arkopravo.com/

Arko Pravo Mukherjee (Bengali: অর্ক প্রভ মুখার্জি) is an Indian music composer, singer, songwriter working in Bollywood film industry since 2012. Jism 2 was his debut film as a music composer and lyricist.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Early life

Arko Pravo Mukherjee was born on 19 May 1983 to Dr. Apurba Kumar Mukherjee & Mrs. Mahasweta Mukherjee in Kolkata, West Bengal. He did his basic school studies at Don Bosco School, Park Circus, Kolkata. Then Arko graduated with MBBS in 2007 from Burdwan Medical College. He is a Gold Medalist in MBBS. ^[13] Arko Completed his internship at Calcutta Medical College and then in 2008 he shifted to Mumbai to pursue career in Bollywood film industry as a music director, singer and songwriter.^{[14][15][16][17]}

Discography

Year	Film Name	Song	Singer	Music Director	Lyricist	Director	Producer	Language
2012	Jism 2 [18]	Abhi Abhi (Male)	KK	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Arko Pravo Mukherjee Manish Makhija	Pooja Bhatt	Pooja Bhatt, Dino Morea	Hindi
2012	Jism 2	Yeh Jism Hai Toh Kya [19]	Ali Azmat	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Arko Pravo Mukherjee Manish Makhija	Pooja Bhatt	Pooja Bhatt, Dino Morea	Hindi
2012	Jism 2	Maula	Ali Azmat	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Arko Pravo Mukherjee Manish Makhija	Pooja Bhatt	Pooja Bhatt, Dino Morea	Hindi
2012	Jism 2	Abhi Abhi (Duet)	KK, Akriti Kakar, Shreya Ghoshal	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Arko Pravo Mukherjee Manish Makhija	Pooja Bhatt	Pooja Bhatt, Dino Morea	Hindi
2014	Yaariyan [20]	Allah Waariyan	Shafqat Amanat Ali	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Divya Khosla Kumar	Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar	Hindi
2014	Yaariyan [21]	Zor Lagaake Haisha	Vishal Dadlani	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Irshad Kamil	Divya Khosla Kumar	Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar	Hindi
2014	Hate Story 2	Aaj Phir Tumpe Pyaar Aaya Hai	Arijit Singh, Samira Koppikar	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Aziz Qaisi and Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Vishal Pandya	Bhushan Kumar, Vikram Bhatt	Hindi
2014	Tamanchey	Dildara	Sonu Nigam	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Navneet Behal	Suryaveer Singh Bhullar	Hindi
2014	The Shaukeens [22]	Meherbani [23] [24]	Jubin Nautiyal	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Abhishek Sharma	Ashvin Varde Murad Khetani Akshay Kumar Trilogic Digital Media Ltd	Hindi
2015	Kuch Kuch Locha Hai	Pani Wala Dance	Ikka Singh, Shraddha Pandit	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Ikka Singh	Devang Dholakia	Mukesh Purohit, K K Agarwal	Hindi
2015	Bhaag Johnny	Iss Qadar Pyar Hai [25]	Ankit Tiwari	Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Sajid–Wajid	Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Faaiz Anwar	Shivam Nair	Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Vikram Bhatt	Hindi
2015	Jazbaa	Kahaaniya [26]	Nilofer Wani	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Sanjay Gupta	Sanjay Gupta, Aishwarya Rai, Anuradha Gupta Nittin Keni, Akash Chawla, Sachin R. Joshi, Raina Sachin R. Joshi	Hindi
2015	Jazbaa	Jaane Tere Shehar	Vipin Aneja	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Sanjay Gupta	Sanjay Gupta, Aishwarya Rai, Anuradha Gupta Nittin Keni, Akash Chawla, Sachin R. Joshi, Raina Sachin R. Joshi	Hindi
2016	Kapoor & Sons [27] [28]	Saathi Rey	Arko Pravo Mukherjee [29]	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Manoj Muntashir	Shakun Batra	Hiroo Yash Johar Karan Johar Apoorva Mehta	Hindi

Arko Pravo Mukherjee's Upcoming Project as a Music Director is Akshay Kumar starrer film Rustom.
Arko Pravo Mukherjee rendered his voice as the playback singer for the 1st time in the movie Kapoor & Sons. Song name: Saathi Rey ^[30]

Non-film songs

Release Year	Song Name	Singer	Music Director	Lyricist	Record Label	Language
2015	Mainu Ishq Da Lagya Rog [31]	Tulsi Kumar	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	T Series	Hindi
2013	Maa [32]	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Keerthana Music	Bengali
2011	Mira (Hindi Album) [33]	Arko Pravo Mukherjee & Dev(Bishwadeb Bhaumik)	Arko Pravo Mukherjee & Dev(Bishwadeb Bhaumik)	Arko Pravo Mukherjee & Dev(Bishwadeb Bhaumik)	Silk Road Communications	Hindi

Arko Pravo Mukherjee is planning to record an English album in Los Angeles soon. ^[34]

Awards and nominations

Awards

• Stardust Awards 2014 for Best Music Director Category For The Film Yaariyan ^[35]
• GIMA Awards 2014 for Best Music Director Category For The Film Yaariyan
• Radio Mirchi Gold Disc for 25 weeks in top 5 Songs List for the song Aaj Phir Tumpe Pyaar Aaya Hai Hate Story 2

Nominations

• Best Debut Music 2012 - Stardust (Jism 2)
• Best Debut Lyrics 2012 - Stardust (Jism 2)
• Best Sufi song 2012 - GIMA
• Best New Music Director 2013 - GIMA
• Best Lyrics 2013 - GIMA
• Best Music 2014 for Yaariyan - nominated at Filmfare Awards, IIFA awards, Screen Awards etc.

References

1. "'Jism 2' songs are not copied, says composer". IBN Live. 1 August 2012.
2. "Arko to compose music for 'Jism 2'". Times of India. 17 April 2012.
3. "New Prescription Arko Pravo Mukherjee to compose music for Jism 2". India Today. 28 April 2012.
4. "A quick four with Arko Pravo Mukherjee". Deccan Chronicle. 1 December 2014.
5. "Arko Pravo Mukherjee sings an EDM number". Indian Express. 7 November 2014.
6. "Tips Music signs Arko Pravo Mukherjee for ten songs of their upcoming films". Radio And Music. 10 February 2015.
7. "On a high note: Arko Pravo Mukherjee". Indian Express. 13 February 2015.
8. "Item songs don’t work anymore: Dr Arko Pravo Mukherjee". Times of India. 8 August 2012.
9. "Signing A Deal". Box Office India. 7 February 2015.
10. "Nothing works beyond Bollywood, says 'Aaj Phir Tum Pe' singer Arko". Hindustan Times. 28 November 2014.
11. "2014 Rewind: Bollywood musicians pick their favourite songs of the year". MidDay. 29 December 2014.
12. "Music Review: 'Jism 2' has wonderful tracks". IBN Live. 14 July 2012.
13. "Bhatt saab has a fantastic sense of music writing: Arko". Times of India. 11 July 2012.
14. "MEET DR DO MORE OF MUSIC". Daily Pioneer. 4 October 2015.
15. "Rising Arko Pravo sets solid foot in Bollywood". The Asian Age. 9 December 2014.
16. "A quick four with Arko Pravo". The Asian Age. 2 December 2014.
17. "Melody matters". The Asian Age. 2 November 2015.
18. "Made in Calcutta: A DBPC boy has scored the soundtrack. Meet Arko Pravo Mukherjee". The Telegraph. 14 July 2012.
19. ""Yeh Jism' is very close to my heart" - Dr.Arko Pravo Mukherjee". Bollywood Hungama. 3 August 2012.
20. "I don’t mind being part of a multi- composer movie: Arko Pravo Mukherjee". Times of India. 27 December 2013.
21. "How four composers collaborated to create music for Yaariyan". Times of India. 14 December 2013.
22. "The Shaukeens : On a Song - What started in the studio ended at a party". Times of India. 23 October 2014.
23. "Arko Pravo Mukherjee: 'Meherbani' was completed in a couple of days". Radio And Music. 5 November 2014.
24. "WHAT STARTED IN THE STUDIO ENDED AT A PARTY". Mumbai Mirror. 23 October 2014.
25. "Arko Pravo Mukherjee composes 'Iss Qadar Pyar Hai' for 'Bhaag Johnny'". Radio And Music. 2 September 2015.
26. "Why 'Kahaaniyaan' from 'Jazbaa' will end speculations on Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's fitness!". Dna India. 15 September 2015.
27. "Composer Arko Mukherjee on turning singer for two Dharma Productions films, Kapoor & Sons and Baar Baar Dekho". Boxoffice India. 12 March 2016.
28. "Music Review: 'Kapoor & Sons'". The Times of India. 11 March 2016.
29. "Composer Arko Mukherjee raises the pitch with ‘Kapoor & Sons’". scroll.in. 10 March 2016.
30. "It’s not always been my call: Composer Arko Pravo Mukherjee on turning singer only now". dnaindia.com. 9 April 2016.
31. "Tulsi Kumar-Arko Pravo Mukherjee collaborate for Khushali Kumar's next". India Blooms. 10 October 2015.
32. "A Melodious Mother’s Day Tribute From Arko Pravo Mukherjee". koimoi. 12 May 2013.
33. "The songwriter duo Arko & Dev is a UFO in the sky of Indipop". Artist Trove. 25 September 2011.
34. "Arko Pravo Mukherjee keen to record English album". The Indian Express. 13 March 2016.
35. "Winners of Stardust Awards 2014". Bollywood Hungama. 15 December 2014.

External links

• Arko Pravo Mukherjee at the Internet Movie Database
• Arko Pravo Mukherjee on Facebook
• Arko Pravo Mukherjee on Twitter
• Official Website