Tanishk Bagchi

Biography

Tanishk Bagchi (Bengali pronunciation: [toniʃko baɡt͡ʃi]; born 23 November 1980) is an Indian music producer, composer, singer and lyricist in Hindi films. He is known for tracks like "Vaaste×Vaaste6 April 2019 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Vaaste3:16", "Bolna", "Ve Maahi×Ve Maahi11 June 2019 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Ve Maahi3:20", "Aankh Maarey" (recreated), "Dilbar" (recreated), "Jehda Nasha" (recreated) and "Lut Gaye" (recreated).

Early life and background

Tanishk Bagchi was born to musicians Nand Kumar Bagchi and Sharmistha Das and hails from Kolkata, West Bengal. He attended the Frank Anthony Public School and the Scottish Church College.

Career

Bagchi released the Bengali-language album City Life in 2007. Bagchi later worked as a music producer alongside Aditya Dev in the song Meherbani, composed and written by Arko Pravo Mukherjee for the film 2014 film The Shaukeens. Bagchi collaborated with lyricist Vayu Srivastava for a single Oopar Oopar Renn De. Anurag Kashyap liked it and led the duo to a person named Ravi Adhikari, a close relative to the director of the 2015 film Tanu Weds Manu Returns, Aanand L. Rai. The duo then made their debut in Bollywood with the song Banno. Before composing for films, he produced and arranged music for TV shows like Thapki...Pyar Ki etc. Bagchi debuted as a solo composer in the song Samandar in Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon.
In 2018, Bagchi composed the soundtrack album of the film Loveyatri×Loveyatri5 September 2018 · Album · SoundtrackSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 9 tracks1Chogada4:092Akh Lad Jaave3:003Tera Hua3:344Dholida3:365Rangtaari3:376Loveyatri Title Track2:327Chogada (unplugged)4:008Tera Hua (unplugged)3:509Loveyatri Mashup4:00, with DJ Chetas-Lijo George and JAM8. Bagchi made his Telugu debut in the song "Adbhutam" from the film Lover. He, along with Vayu, composed the new Red FM Jingle, which includes the voice of Rajnigandha Shekhawat and the lyrics were written by Vayu. He also recreated two songs that year - Dilbar in the film Satyamev Jayate which received 20 million views in its first 24 hours of release on YouTube, and Aankh Maarey for Simmba which became the party anthem of 2018-19 New Year's parties. Aankh Maarey crossed 1 billion views in 2021.
In 2019, Bagchi was nominated as the best lyricist for his song Ve Maahi from the 2019 film Kesari at the 65th Filmfare Awards. He later released his single "Khud Se Zyada" with the independent record label VYRL originals as a singer-songwriter.
In 2021, he composed and produced the official anthem for Fearless And United- Guards, a game developed by nCore games. The anthem was released by actor-producer Akshay Kumar on 3 January 2021.
Bagchi composed the song "Har Funn Maula" for the film Koi Jaane Na. The song featured actors Aamir Khan and Elli AvrRam. The song marked the first collaboration between Bagchi and singer Vishal Dadlani, who had earlier criticised the former for remaking the song "O Saki Saki", which was originally created by Vishal–Shekhar.

Collaborations with other artists

Tanishk Bagchi's first song as a solo composer Samandar from the film Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon was sung by Jubin Nautiyal and Shreya Ghoshal. Since then, Bagchi and Nautiyal have collaborated for more tracks- The Humma Song from Ok Jaanu, Tera Junoon from Machine, Socha Hai from Baadshaho, Raat Baaki from Ittefaq, Adbhutam from Lover, Sawarne Lage from Mitron, Akh Lad Jaave from Loveyatri, Bimar Dil from Pagalpanti, Haiya Ho from Marjaavaan. Their most successful collaboration'till date are Lut Gaye Single and Raataan Lambiyan from Shershaah.
Actress Zahrah S Khan debuted as a singer with Tanishk Bagchi. The 2019 single Khud Se Zyada, which featured both of them, was Khan's first song as a singer. Later, Khan debuted in Bollywood as a singer by singing the rehashed version of Anuradha Paudwal's song Kya Karte The Sajna for the 2020 film Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, recreated by Bagchi. The two collaborated for a Gaana Original song called Jogan, which was sung by Khan and Yasser Desai and written and composed by Tanishk Bagchi. Zara Khan also sang the song Nayi Dhoop, a composition by Bagchi for Nikhil Advani's short film "Apartment" in 2020 anthology film Unpaused. In 2021, the two collaborated for Aamir Khan-Elli AvrRam song Har Fun Maula in the film Koi Jaane Na, recreated versions of popular Punjabi songs Sakhiyaan and Lehanga for the films Bell Bottom and Satyameva Jayate 2, respectively. Zara Khan also gave her voice to the background score of Akshay Kumar starrer film Bell Bottom's teaser, created by Tanishk Bagchi. The two had collaborated for Arjun Kapoor and Rakul Preet Singh starrer Dil Hai Deewana song, which also featured the voice of Darshan Raval and was a remake of Hassan Jahangir's song of the same name. For the same actor duo, Bagchi and Khan sang a song "Dil Nahi Todna" from Sardar Ka Grandson.
Bagchi has collaborated many a times with singer Asees Kaur. The composer-singer duo has delivered hits like Akh Lad Jaave, Bolna, Ve Maahi, Chandigarh Mein, Raja Ganapati, Tu Lagdi Ferrari, Raataan Lambiyan etc.
Bagchi is credited for the rise of Dhvani Bhanushali in the music industry. One of her first songs, Humsafar, which was originally composed by Akhil Sachdeva for Badrinath Ki Dulhania, was reprised by Bagchi for T-Series Acoustics. Her songs like Leja Re, Koka, Vaaste etc. were compositions of Bagchi. On working with Bagchi, she commented that he is her mentor. She said, "He has guided me really well. My career is mostly made because of him."

Won

2016

Mirchi Music Award for Critics' Choice Upcoming Music Composer of the Year for "Bolna" from Kapoor & Sons
2017

Zee Cine Awards Song of the Year for "Baarish×Baarish2017 · Single · SoundtrackSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Baarish2:22" from Half Girlfriend
International Indian Film Academy Awards for Best Music Director for Badrinath Ki Dulhania along with Amaal Mallik and Akhil Sachdeva

Reception

Bagchi has been panned by critics over the quantity and quality of his remixes.
In 2019, his remake version of the song O Saki Saki achieved a lot of views but was criticised by the original music director, Vishal Dadlani. In 2020, his remake version of the Delhi-6 song Masakali, titled Masakali 2.0, which was initially supposed to be released as part of the soundtrack of Marjaavaan, was severely criticised by the makers of the original, including composer A. R. Rahman, lyricist Prasoon Joshi and singer Mohit Chauhan. He was also trolled on entertainment websites and social media platforms.
After the controversy "Masakali 2.0" Tanishk Bagchi also received criticism through memes that spread on twitter. It also refers to the artist Neha Kakkar, where all the memes are mostly aimed at the two for often making remake songs together. Bagchi had earlier said that he didn't want to make remakes in the beginning, but got an opportunity to make the music for "The Humma Song" for Ok Jaanu. Bagchi also received harsh criticism because of the song Zaalima Coca Cola which was sung by Shreya Ghoshal and starred Nora Fatehi. The song was originally released for the action film, Bhuj: The Pride of India. The song was criticised by Pakistani netizens because the film is considered anti-Pakistan, while the original version of this song is a song from Pakistan sung by Noor Jehan. The song also drew criticism for the lyrics used, but others praised the performance of Ghoshal and Fatehi for this song.