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Pandit Surendra Sharma - The Santoorist is a name yet to be discovered; for many years despite contributing his lifetime to the Indian Music Industry ever since he was four years old. Initially, he started his beautiful music journey as a musician with "Jal-Tarang" (a musical instrument with a lot of clay bowls filled with water and played with two wooden sticks). The first Asian-Indian movie he played this instrument in was "Mughal-e-Azam" (starring Dilip Kumar and Madhubala); the song was "Jab Pyar Kiya Toh Darna Kya" and other background score in the main sequences of the movie. He had directed music and many background scores in many theater-drama plays pertaining to other regional languages of India such as Gujarati (Drama Titles: "Bay Number Ni Baaydi"; "Shaabash Birbal Shaabash", etc.; all crossing more than 120-125 nights with an impeccable response from the audiences), Marathi 'Natyasangeet', Punjabi and many more. He has an incredible knowledge about most of the Indian and Western instruments and has tried his hands on many of them such as Violin, Tabla, Sitar, Guitar, Piano, 'Patti-Tarang', Xylophone, and many unknown. Most of his fans and music associates address him as 'Panditji', which means the 'Guru' in his own field.

He has won many awards at Inter-Collegiate levels and celebrated extensive recognition during his school and college days. He is well-known for his outstanding contribution to 'Ghazals' (An Urdu Poetic Form) and Asian Indian movies. However, his instrument in the interim changed from 'Jal-Tarang' to 'Santoor' (a hundred strings Persian instrument). His unique style of playing Santoor has not only mesmerized the audiences, but many from the music industry too.

Famous Gazal singers he has played in lead with are Jagjit & Chitra Singh, Bhupinder & Mitali Singh, Pankaj Udhas, Madhurani, Talat Aziz, Ghulam Ali, Rajendra & Neena Mehta, Talat Mehmood, Ahmed & Mohammad Hussain, Chandan Das, Anup Jalota, Parvez Mehendi, Peenaz Masani, and the list goes on. Famous lead singers he has played with are Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Manna Dey, Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Anuradha Paudwal, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam, Sukhwinder Singh, Suresh Wadkar, and almost all from the 90's that one can think of.

Greatest hits (Bollywood movies) he has played in are Maine Pyar Kiya, Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, Dil Toh Pagal Hai, Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, Dushman, Hum Tumpe Marte Hain, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, The Hero:Love Story of a Spy, Waaris, and it's a never-ending list.