User:Prajaktasangoram/sandbox

Gandhaar wanted to be a composer since his childhood. He used to play the harmonium with ease in school, without having any formal training in music. He was, like all other musicians of his generation, overawed by AR Rahman. He has been working professionally as a composer and arranger for more than 8 years now. He has composed music for many Television Commercials, including McDonalds and TATA Steel. Having worked with some of the topmost advertising agencies like Ogilvy and LeoBurnett, he has also scored music for many Theatre Plays. He has worked with Lilette Dubey for her plays Adhe Adhure, Pulitzer Prize-winning August:Osage County, the musical Where Did I Leave My Purdah?, and Boiled Beans on Toast. His play Geli 21 Varsha has toured Italy twice for International theatre festivals. He used to listen to Kumar Gandharva at a time when he could not even speak. He had made up his mind to be a Music Composer at a very young age. When other kids of his age were busy making paper planes, he listened to stalwarts like Pt.Kumar Gandharva, Pt.Bhimsen Joshi, Pt.Kishori Amonkar, just to name a few. His grandfather Late Dr.Shrirang Sangoram being a very immaculate music critic, he unknowingly gained a lot through him at a tender age. His father being a music connoisseur, it helped him develop a taste for good music.

He idolized AR Rahman since he was very small. He composed his first tune when he was only 12. The tune was later used for a Short Film 'Hungry God' which went on to be screened at many International Film Festivals. He has had formal training in the sitar for 3 years from Pt.Shekhar Ranade in Pune. Having a good base of classical music, it has helped him to give out compositions which will click equally amongst the masses and the classes as well. His first album Aashayien alongwith singer Saavani Ravindra, which was mixed and mastered at YRF Studios, was released in 2009. His second album Patjhad was released by artistaloud.com, which also won him the Best Male award in the 3rd Artist Aloud Awards. His third album Inquilab Zindabad is available for free download, perhaps the first-of-its-kind in India, and has already completed more than 2000 downloads. He is currently scoring the background for a couple of Marathi feature films.