Anurag Saikia Explained

Anurag Saikia
Birth Place:Moran, Assam, India
Genre:Film score, independent music
Instrument:Keyboard, synthesizers and piano

Anurag Saikia (born in December 1988)[1] is an Indian film score composer, music director, music producer and instrumentalist from Assam, India.[2] He is one of the youngest composers to be awarded Rajat Kamal for Best Non-Feature Film Music Direction for the film Yugadrashta.[3] [4]

His mother Dipali Saikia, is an All India Radio artist and teacher and his father Dr. Anil Saikia is an academician, who was conferred the Pratima Barua Pandey memorial Award on 27 December 2011 for his contributions towards the preservation and popularization of folk culture and music of the State of Assam.[5] [6]

After completing graduation from Cotton College, Anurag was admitted into the Swarnabhumi Academy of Music (SAM), Chennai.[7] One of the latest movies he composed music for, is Thappad. He has worked with many popular artists like Sonu Nigam, Arijit Singh etc.[8] [9]

Saikia is known for his initiative of syncing Borgeets to the symphonic orchestra.[10]

Discography

Film

Web Series

As Music Producer (Independent Music)

Awards and nominations

AwardCategoryFilmSongResultRef.
61st National Film AwardsBest Music Director (Non-Feature Film)YugadrashtaWinner
Big Music Award 2010Best Music DirectorTup TupWinner
Swarnabhoomi Academy of MusicStudent Brand AmbassadorWinner
Prag Cine Award 2013Best Music DirectorShinyorWinner
Prag Cine Award 2017Best Music DirectorMajrati KetekiWinner
Sailadhar Baruah Award 2017Best Music DirectorDixou Banat PalashWinner
Sher Choudhury Excellence Award 2017Best Music DirectorMajrati KetekiWinner
Radio Gup Shup Award 2018Best Music DirectorMajrati KetekiWinner
10th Mirchi Music AwardsBest SongBas Ek BaarNominated
9th Mirchi Music AwardsBest Song Producer (Programming & Arranging)Dangal"Dhaakad"
Jio Filmfare Awards (Marathi) 2018Best Background ScoreManjhaNominated

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anurag Saikia – An exclusive interview with music composer on winning the National Award. 14 May 2014. creativica.in. 30 June 2019.
  2. News: Composer Anurag Saikia amalgamates folk-based ghazals for Sonu Nigam. The Times of India. 15 February 2019 . 30 June 2019.
  3. News: Sinha . Kumar Raviraj . Anurag Saikia: Excited to introduce 500-year-old Borgeets to world music . 10 February 2024 . . 22 March 2020 . en.
  4. News: Anurag Saikia praises Sonu Nigam, calls him an inspiration . 10 February 2024 . . 9 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240210145050/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/anurag-saikia-praises-sonu-nigam-calls-him-an-inspiration/articleshow/105862089.cms . 10 February 2024.
  5. Web site: Anurag Saikia. 11 June 2017. friedeye.com. 30 June 2019.
  6. Web site: The Assam Tribune Online. assamtribune.com. 30 June 2019.
  7. Web site: Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music. Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music Chennai. 30 June 2019.
  8. News: Singer Pratik Choudhury passes away. The Times of India. 19 February 2019. Priyanka. Dasgupta. 24 October 2019.
  9. News: Anurag Saikia reveals how he got the opportunity to compose music for 'Mulk'. The Times of India. 14 July 2018 . 30 June 2019.
  10. Web site: Project Borgeet: Syncing Assam's 600-year-old songs to the symphonic orchestra. 13 September 2019. The Indian Express. 16 September 2019.
  11. News: Ghosh . Devarsi . ‘Anything but the usual music’: Anurag Saikia on his tunes for ‘Panchayat’ and love for borgeet . 10 February 2024 . . 12 April 2020.
  12. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: KUKUHA - Anurag Saikia Ft. Shankuraj Konwar Rahul Gautam Sharma Anurag Saikia Collective . YouTube.