Tanay Gajjar

AVA Studio, Mumbai

Tanay Gajjar is an Indian sound recording engineer.[1] He is popular in Bollywood.[2]

Tanay Gajjar was born 2 September 1973 in Mumbai. He started his career in BR Films Studio in 1995. Two years after that, He then joined Sumi Audio Vision where he headed the audio studio for 2 years. in 2000, He headed one of Indias leading sound recording studios, AvA Entertainment Pvt Ltd. in Mumbai and worked there for 12 years. In 2012, he finally set up his own recording, mixing and mastering studio and called it Wow&flutteR.

Having worked extensively with music stalwarts like the Naushad Saab, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, Dr IllaiyaRaja, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Sahib, Smt Shubha Mudgal, Smt Bombay Jayshree, Dr L. Subramaniam, He also works very frequently, with noted Bollywood Music Directors like Mr. Uttam Singh, Viju Shah, Anu Malik, Ismail Darbar, Salim and Sulaiman Merchant, Meet Bros, Sachin Jigar, Amaal and Arman Malik etc.

He has worked on over 200 films in the capacity of sound designer, sound editor, song and background score recording, mixing and mastering.

He has recorded, mixed and mastered numerous successful Pop, Classical, Fusion and Semi Classical Music Albums, national and international. He has been nominated innumerable number of times for prominent awards and recognitions. He has received an IIFA( Indian international Film Awards) award, a Sahara Sangeet Award, a Zee cine Award, and an IRAA (Indian Recording Arts & Artists) award. He has also been awarded a special recognition award for his work done in the musical recreation and digital restoration of the film Mughal-e-Azam.

Apart from being a Studio engineer, He has also been a pioneer as a Live Sound engineer with the following leading artists :- Dr. L Subramaniam, kavita Krishnamurty, Shubha Mudgal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal, Suzanne Dā€™ Mello, Akriti Kakar, Salim Sulaiman, Kunal Ganjawala, KK, to name a few. He currently tours with 2 of bollywoods leading singers., Sunidhi Chauhan & KK.

Beyond that, he designs and provides acoustical consultation for Recording Studios, Mini theaters and Home Theater solutions as well as Live Sound Reinforcement. He has designed and built few recording studios, 2 mini theaters, most prolifically, the one at Mani Bhavan in Mumbai, it was from Mani Bhavan that Gandhi initiated the Non-Cooperation, Satyagraha, Swadeshi, Khadi and Khilafat movements.

Filmography

References

  1. ā†‘ http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/nS6fWikJ9ybYQ7apOXxeIN/The-invisible-hand-of-audio-engineers.html
  2. ā†‘ http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/interview/oscar-nomination-a-high-note-for-carnatic-music/article4304909.ece

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