Abhijit Vaghani

Abhijit Vaghani is an Indian film score composer, music composer and music producer.^[1]

Abhijit Vaghani
Background information
Origin	Mumbai, India
Occupation(s)	Music composer, Music Producer

Personal life

Abhijit Vaghani is a Gujarati.^[2] He received a diploma in Sound Engineering from the School of Audio Engineering (SAE), London.^[3] He was originally a Hindu but he married a Pakistani Muslim woman called Suriya for which he had to convert to Islam.^[2]

Music career

Abhijit Vaghani has produced music for Hindi films like 'Dishoom', 'Azhar', 'Ki & Ka', 'Sarbjit', 'Airlift' and 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' and composed the background score for 50 films, He debuted as a music composer with the single, 'Pyaar Manga Hai'.^[1] His other notable works are the remixing popular Hindi retro songs like "Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas" and "Halka Halka Suroor".^[4]

As music producer

Year	Film	Song
2006	Golmaal: Fun Unlimited	Golmaal(Title Track)
	Malamaal Weekly	Hansani O Meri Hansani (Remix)
2008	Superstar	Mann Tu Talbat (Remix)
		Mann Tu Talbat (Spanish Mix)
	Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!	Superchor
		Jugni (remix)
		Hooriya
2009	Billu	Music Producer
	Kaminey	Dhan Te Nan (Remix)
2010	Pyaar Impossible	Alisha (Remix)
		Pyaar Impossible ( Remix)
	Teen Patti	Neeyat (Remix)
		Teen Patti (Remix)
	Badmaash Company	Ayaashi (remix)
	Knock Out	Jab Jab (Remix)
		Knockout (remix)
	Golmaal 3	Golmaal (Title Track)
	Band Baaja Baraat	Ainvayi Ainvayi (remix)
2011	Dum Maaro Dum	Dum Maaro Dum (Remix)
	Pyaar Ka Punchnama	Bann Gaya Kutta
	Thank you	Razia (Remix)
		Pyaar Do Pyaar Lo (Remix)
	Ladies vs Ricky Bahl	Aadat Se Majboor(Remix)
	Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap	Buddha Hoga Tera Baap (Title Track)
	Rascals	Rascals (Dance Mix)
		Rascals – Shake It Saiyyan (Hip Hop Mix)
	Aazaan	Khuda Ke Liye (Remix)
		Afreen (Dessert Mix)
	Ra.One	Chammak Challo (Remix)
	Desi Boyz	Desi Boyz (Remix)
2012	Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu	Aahatein (Remix)
	Agent Vinod	I Will Do The Talking Tonight (Remix)
	Jannat 2	Sang Hoon Tere
		Jannatein Kahan (Power Ballad)
	Ishaqzaade	Pareshaan (Remix)
		Jhalla Wallah (Remix)
	Cocktail	Tere Naam Japdi Phira ( Remix)
2013	Murder 3	Teri Jhuki Nazar
	Dhoom 3	Kamli
		Dhoom (Tap Dance)
		Dhoom Machale Dhoom (Title)
		Malang malang
2014	Gunday	Asaalam-E-Ishqum
		Tune Maari Entriyaan
		Jashn-E-Ishq
	Youngistaan	Youngistaan Anthem
2015	Tevar	Mai Nahin Jaana Pardes
		Radha Nachegi
	Dolly Ki Doli	Babaji Ka Thullu
	Roy	Sooraj Dooba Hai
	Dum Laga Ke Haisha	Dum Lagaake Haisha (Title)
	Hunterrr	Background score
	Bajrangi Bhaijaan	Tu Chahiye
	Phantom	Afghan Jalebi (Dumbek Version)
	Bajirao Mastani	Ab Tohe Jaane Na Doongi
	Hate Story 3	Wajah Tum Ho
		Love to Hate You Baby
2016	Airlift	De Di
	Kapoor And Sons	Buddhu Sa Mann
	Ki and Ka	High Heels
	Sarbjit	Dard
		Salaamat
	Veerappan	Moochi Re
	Baar Baar Dekho	Sau Aasmaan
	Parched	Mai Re Mai
	Tum Bin 2	Jaeger Bomb
		Teri Fariyaad
		Tum Bin
		Nachna Aunda Nahin
	Wajah Tum Ho	Dil Ke Pass
		Dil Ke Pass(Unplugged)
		Dil Mein Choopa Lunga
2017	Kaabil	Kaabil (Title Track)
		Mon Amour
	Commando 2	Hare Krishna Hare Ram
	Naam Shabana	Zubi Zubi
	Noor	Gulabi 2.0
	Hindi Medium	Oh Ho Ho Ho(Remix)
	Raabta	Darasal
	Baadshaho	Piya More
		Socha hai (ove Version)?
	Mubarakan	Mubarakan (Title Track Remix)
	Chef	Tere Mere
	Golmaal Again	Hum Nahin Sudharenge
		Neend Churai Meri
	Ranchi Diaries	Thoda Aur
2018	Hate Story 4	Badnaamiyan
2024	Madgaon Express	"Baby Bring It On"

As music director

Singles

Year	Song	Singer(s)	Notes
2016	Pyaar Manga Hai	Armaan Malik, Neeti Mohan	Single
	Halka Halka Suroor (Remake)	Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
	T-Series Acoustic (2016)	T-Series's Singers	Compilation
2017	Kabhi Yaadon Mein (Remake)	Palak Muchhal, Arijit Singh	Original by Saptarishi
	T-Series Mixtape	T-Series's Singers	Compilation
	T-Series Mixtape Punjabi
2018	T-Series Acoustic (2018)
2019	T-Series Mixtape Season 2
2020	Bepata	Abhijit Vaghani	Music by Anjana Ankur Singh
2021	T-Series Mixtape Rewind Season 3	T-Series's Singers	Compilation
2022	Hona Mere	Dhvani Bhanushali	Along with Dhvani Bhanushali

Film

Year	Film	Song	Singers	Notes
2010	Tere Bin Laden
2016	Wajah Tum Ho	Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas (Remake)	Tulsi Kumar, Arijit Singh, Neuman Pinto	Remake of "Pal Pal Dil Ke Pass" from Blackmail (1973)
		Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas (Unplugged)	Armaan Malik, Shmaita Bhatkat
		Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas (Indian Version)	Arijit Singh, Tulsi Kumar
		Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas (Indian Versio by Arijit)	Arijit Singh
2017	Hindi Medium	Oh Ho Ho Ho (Remake)	Sukhbir, Ikka	Remake of "Oh Ho Ho" Along with Sukhbir
2019	Amavas	"Finito"	Jubin Nautiyal, Sukriti Kakar
	Luka Chuppi	"Duniya (Remake)"	Akhil, Dhvani Bhanushali	Remake of "Khab" sung by Akhil
2023	Shehzada	"Character Dheela 2.0 (Remake)"	Neeraj Shridhar, Style Bai	Remake of "Character Dheela" from Ready (2011) Along with Pritam
	Gumraah	"Gumraah - Title Track"	Sachet Tandon, Parampara Tandon
	Yaariyan 2

For background score

Year	Film
2005	Chocolate
2006	Zinda
2007	Dhamaal
	Goal
	Jab We Met
2008	Sunday
	A Wednesday!
	Golmaal Returns
2009	Billu
	8 x 10 Tasveer
	Ek: The Power of One
	Love Aaj Kal
	Wanted
	London Dreams
	Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
	Kurbaan
	Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year
2010	Pyaar Impossible!
	Teen Patti
	Kites
	I Hate Luv Storys
	Action Replayy
	Band Baaja Baaraat
	Break Ke Baad
2011	Pyaar Ka Punchnama
	Ra.One
	Aazaan
2012	Jodi Breakers
	London, Paris, New York
	Heroine
2013	Akaash Vani
	Race 2
	Kai Po Che!
	Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
	Satyagraha
	Krrish 3
2014	Bhoothnath Returns
	Chaarfutiya Chhokare
2015	MSG: The Messenger
	Hunterrr
	Brothers
2016	Fan
2019	The Accidental Prime Minister

Music influences

Vaghani is inspired by works of notable Indian musicians like RD Burman, Bappi Lahiri and AR Rahman.^[1]

Accolades

Vaghani was nominated for the Best Music Arranger and Programmer award by Global Indian Music Academy Awards for his Music arrangements and programming for the Bollywood film Ra.One in 2012.^[5][6]