This week RJ Lavanya chats with Sitar Player Purbayan Chatterjee who weaves his magic across all genres - Classical, Contemporary, World or Film music. He has released multiple private albums collaborating with artists from India and abroad. The list of movies he’s played for includes Pink, Rock On 2, Manikarnika, Katiyar Kaljat Ghusli, Mee Vasantrao and many more. In this chat Purbayan talks about his wonderful teachers, some stalwarts who have influenced him,  his recent album in which he has some Grammy Award winning artists on board, what interests him besides music and much more.

This week RJ Lavanya chats with Sitar Player Purbayan Chatterjee who weaves his magic across all genres - Classical, Contemporary, World or Film music. He has released multiple private albums collaborating with artists from India and abroad. The list of movies he’s played for includes Pink, Rock On 2, Manikarnika, Katiyar Kaljat Ghusli, Mee Vasantrao and many more. In this chat Purbayan talks about his wonderful teachers, some stalwarts who have influenced him,  his recent album in which he has some Grammy Award winning artists on board, what interests him besides music and much more.

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Inside Out With Purbayan Chatterjee

This week RJ Lavanya chats with Flautist, Composer, Producer, Singer and Poet Ashwin Srinivasan who started early at just 2 years of age and then went on to be a part of the music of some of the biggest names across the globe. Besides being an Indian Classical Musician who has been an integral part of the Indian film music he has also worked on some prestigious Hollywood films like The Namesake, Amelia and more recently Mowgli to name a few. In this chat Ashwin talks about how it all began for him so early, some serious challenges faced by musicians today, his Online Fluteschool, his experiences being a part of Indian and International music and much more.

This week RJ Lavanya chats with Flautist, Composer, Producer, Singer and Poet Ashwin Srinivasan who started early at just 2 years of age and then went on to be a part of the music of some of the biggest names across the globe. Besides being an Indian Classical Musician who has been an integral part of the Indian film music he has also worked on some prestigious Hollywood films like The Namesake, Amelia and more recently Mowgli to name a few. In this chat Ashwin talks about how it all began for him so early, some serious challenges faced by musicians today, his Online Fluteschool, his experiences being a part of Indian and International music and much more.

Inside Out With Ashwin Srinivasan

This week RJ Lavanya chats with Guitarist, Composer, Producer and Singer-Performer Sanjeev Thomas who has been the lead guitarist on some of your favourite soundtracks of A.R.Rehman like Rockstar, Delhi 6, Vinnaithandi Varuvaya (Tamil) and Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na to name a few. In this chat Sanjeev talks about his journey as a composer and independent musician, the making of his albums, his music school, how teaching is so satisfying to him and much more.

This week RJ Lavanya chats with Guitarist, Composer, Producer and Singer-Performer Sanjeev Thomas who has been the lead guitarist on some of your favourite soundtracks of A.R.Rehman like Rockstar, Delhi 6, Vinnaithandi Varuvaya (Tamil) and Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na to name a few. In this chat Sanjeev talks about his journey as a composer and independent musician, the making of his albums, his music school, how teaching is so satisfying to him and much more.

Inside Out With Sanjeev Thomas

This week RJ Lavanya chats with music producer Prasad Sashte who has been involved in the making of some super-hits by Pritam. He started way back as an assistant programmer for Devdas and  then teamed up with Pritam and the hits just kept flowing! In this chat, Prasad talks about how he took to music, how he wasn’t a great student so is pretty much self-taught, the secret behind the song Phir Le Aaya Dil and much more.

This week RJ Lavanya chats with music producer Prasad Sashte who has been involved in the making of some super-hits by Pritam. He started way back as an assistant programmer for Devdas and  then teamed up with Pritam and the hits just kept flowing! In this chat, Prasad talks about how he took to music, how he wasn’t a great student so is pretty much self-taught, the secret behind the song Phir Le Aaya Dil and much more. 

Inside Out With Prasad Sashte

This week RJ Lavanya chats with Writer-Lyricist Manoj Yadav who is a Screenplay and Dialogues writer. He is also a lyricist who has written many famous jingles and songs. Besides Hindi he has also worked in the Marathi film Ventilator for which he won the Best Lyricist Award. Madaari, Itni Si Baat, Piku and Pakeezah are a few of his hits. In this chat Manoj talks about his background, his journey from his hometown to the city of dreams Mumbai, what keeps him rooted, the opportunities that have made him what he is and much more.

This week RJ Lavanya chats with Writer-Lyricist Manoj Yadav who is a Screenplay and Dialogues writer. He is also a lyricist who has written many famous jingles and songs. Besides Hindi he has also worked in the Marathi film Ventilator for which he won the Best Lyricist Award. Madaari, Itni Si Baat, Piku and Pakeezah are a few of his hits. In this chat Manoj talks about his background, his journey from his hometown to the city of dreams Mumbai, what keeps him rooted, the opportunities that have made him what he is and much more.

Inside Out with Manoj Yadav

This week RJ Lavanya chats with Arranger-Guitarist Sanjoy Das (Bappi) who besides being an inherent part of almost all of Amit Trivedi’s hit songs has also played on some super hits for Pritam and Ram Sampath and been a part of Vishal Bharadwaj’s MTV Unplugged. In this chat Bappi shares some snippets from his musical journey, how he thinks about and designs his guitar arrangements, what he thinks are must-have qualities in a musician and much more.

This week RJ Lavanya chats with Arranger-Guitarist Sanjoy Das (Bappi) who besides being an inherent part of almost all of Amit Trivedi’s hit songs has also played on some super hits for Pritam and Ram Sampath and been a part of Vishal Bharadwaj’s MTV Unplugged. In this chat Bappi shares some snippets from his musical journey, how he thinks about and designs his guitar arrangements, what he thinks are must-have qualities in a musician and much more. 

Inside Out With Sanjoy Das

This week RJ Lavanya chats with Rhythm Arranger-Player Suresh Soni who was the right-hand man for duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal for about 40 years! The other big composers he has worked with include Shiv-Hari, Usha Khanna, Bappi Lahiri and later Anu Malik and Nadeem-Shravan. In this chat Suresh ji talks about some of the cult songs that he has worked on like Bhor Bhayee Panghat Pe, Dard-E-Dil, Ek Do Teen, Ramba Ho, Khalnayak, Ram Lakhan and others, his beginning with a local band in Baroda, his journey from Baroda to Mumbai, what keeps him going even now and much more.

This week RJ Lavanya chats with Rhythm Arranger-Player Suresh Soni who was the right-hand man for duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal for about 40 years! The other big composers he has worked with include Shiv-Hari, Usha Khanna, Bappi Lahiri and later Anu Malik and Nadeem-Shravan. In this chat Suresh ji talks about some of the cult songs that he has worked on like Bhor Bhayee Panghat Pe, Dard-E-Dil, Ek Do Teen, Ramba Ho, Khalnayak, Ram Lakhan and others, his beginning with a local band in Baroda, his journey from Baroda to Mumbai, what keeps him going even now and much more.

Inside Out With Suresh Soni

This week RJ Lavanya chats with Composer Chirrantan Bhatt who comes from a prestigious family of film makers and made his debut way back in 2008 with Mission Istanbul. Besides Hindi films he has also composed for a National Award winning Telugu film. In this chat Chirrantan talks about how his super hit song ‘Bawra Mann’ from Jolly LLB came about, how he isn’t a trained musician and didn’t really aspire to take music as a career, how a melody needs to simply ‘occur’ to him to make a song, his love for travel and much more.

This week RJ Lavanya chats with Composer Chirrantan Bhatt who comes from a prestigious family of film makers and made his debut way back in 2008 with Mission Istanbul. Besides Hindi films he has also composed for a National Award winning Telugu film. In this chat Chirrantan talks about how his super hit song ‘Bawra Mann’ from Jolly LLB came about, how he isn’t a trained musician and didn’t really aspire to take music as a career, how a melody needs to simply ‘occur’ to him to make a song, his love for travel and much more.

Inside Out With Chirrantan Bhatt

This week RJ Lavanya chats with Composer-Entrepreneur-Speaker Ashish Rego who has ruled the television world scoring for over 120 TV shows and over 22000 episodes of TV music. One of the longest running TV shows ‘Balika Vadhu’ was composed by him. In this chat Ashish talks about some varied topics ranging from his love for animals and how his heart and doors are always open to them, some epic songs he created during the lockdown, some interesting books that have shaped his life and much more.

This week RJ Lavanya chats with Composer-Entrepreneur-Speaker Ashish Rego who has ruled the television world scoring for over 120 TV shows and over 22000 episodes of TV music. One of the longest running TV shows ‘Balika Vadhu’ was composed by him. In this chat Ashish talks about some varied topics ranging from his love for animals and how his heart and doors are always open to them, some epic songs he created during the lockdown, some interesting books that have shaped his life and much more.  

Inside Out With Ashish Rego

This week RJ Lavanya chats with Composer-Producer Tapas Relia, the man behind Ferrari Ki Sawari, Laxmi, Bum Bum Bole and Dhanak. He’s made many memorable advertising jingles too. In this chat he talks about an epic jingle he composed which was done in all of 15mins. He also talks about whether it’s more challenging to compose for jingles, what inspires him, what drains him, which was the song which was a party for him to work on and much more.

This week RJ Lavanya chats with Composer-Producer Tapas Relia, the man behind Ferrari Ki Sawari, Laxmi, Bum Bum Bole and Dhanak. He’s made many memorable advertising jingles too. In this chat he talks about an epic jingle he composed which was done in all of 15mins. He also talks about whether it’s more challenging to compose for jingles, what inspires him, what drains him, which was the song which was a party for him to work on and much more.

Inside Out With Tapas Relia

This week RJ Lavanya chats with Composer, Producer & Singer Gulraj Singh, the man behind the superhit song 'Pakeezah' from the film 'Ungli'. A star performer, Gulraj creates magic on stage with Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Ranjit Barot and A.R.Rehman whose music has been a huge influence on his own musical journey. In this chat Gulraj reminisces and talks about incidents from his childhood as he fondly recalls all his Gurus and Idols who have been instrumental in shaping the musician that he has become, about the surreal feeling of sharing stage with those very people whose music and persona has inspired him all along and much more.

This week RJ Lavanya chats with Composer, Producer & Singer Gulraj Singh, the man behind the superhit song 'Pakeezah' from the film 'Ungli'. A star performer, Gulraj creates magic on stage with Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Ranjit Barot and A.R.Rehman whose music has been a huge influence on his own musical journey. In this chat Gulraj reminisces and talks about incidents from his childhood as he fondly recalls all his Gurus and Idols who have been instrumental in shaping the musician that he has become, about the surreal feeling of sharing stage with those very people whose music and persona has inspired him all along and much more.

Inside Out With Gulraj Singh

THE RJ LAVANYA SHOW

We often know Music Directors, Singers and Lyricists by name. But do you know who played your favourite guitar piece? Who are those fine programmers, violin players, flautists? I'm RJ Lavanya and on this show I bring on some of these genius minds behind your favourite songs to the forefront. How were their journeys? What did they learn along the way? Let's go 'Inside Out' and find out, every week on The Rj Lavanya Show. Podcast Jingle Composer-Producer - Gulraj Singh. Hindi Lyrics - Manoj Yadav. English Lyrics & Singer - RJ Lavanya. Sound Engineer - Fredrick D'Mello (Ex Radio City).

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