Hriday Deepak Gattani (born 20 January 1991) is an Indian playback singer, music director, songwriter and performer from Mumbai, India.

Hriday Gattani
Born (1991-01-20) 20 January 1991 (age 33)[1]
Mumbai, India
Occupations
  • Singer
  • Composer
Years active2014–present
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)Vocals, Guitar & Piano

Personal life

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Hriday Gattani was born and brought up in Mumbai. His father Deepak Gattani has officially managed many music concerts and live performances for music director A. R. Rahman.[2]

Hriday Gattani grew up watching great artists perform live and was surrounded by musicians in his formative years because of his father's career in music management.[3]

Career

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Hriday was mentored by the legendary Music Maestro A. R. Rahman.[4] Under Rahman's music direction, Hriday made his Bollywood debut as a singer in the 2014 film Lekar Hum Deewana Dil, with the songs 'Maaloom' and 'Tu Shining'.[5][6] He got the opportunity for playback singing while he was a student of Western Classical at KM College of Music and Technology.[7]

Apart from touring with A. R. Rahman for live concerts and performances, Hriday has also recorded for A. R. Rahman's 'One Vision', a song composed from prose written by then President, Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.[8][9] Hriday recorded an upbeat indie pop track "I Just Met Somebody" in collaboration with Singer Neeti Mohan. Neeti sang the Hindi verses of the song while Gattani sang the English ones.[10] He Collaborated with Shruti Pathak on the Fusion cover ‘Nothing on You' and with Suchismita Das on ‘Let It Be'. As per the Singer, his Single 'Uljha' in collaboration with Vishal Dadlani's label VLT (Vishal Likes This), is based on his personal experiences.[11][12][13][14][15]

Hriday debuted as a full fledged Music Director with a Marathi movie "Youngraad".[16]

Musical style and influence

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After starting out with Classical Music, Gattani branched out to other genres and musical styles. He shifted base to Chennai to learn Western vocals. He also got training under Sanjay Mishra of the Banaras gharana and Vishwaraj Pandit Ji of Mewati Gharana. He simultaneously started composing songs. The Singer revealed in an Interview that A R Rahman has been an influence on him along with John Mayer, Coldplay and The Beatles.[17][18]

Discography

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References

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  1. ^ "Hriday Gattani Profile".
  2. ^ Trivedi, Tanvi (20 June 2014). "Hriday Gattani: I hate making mistakes". The Times of India.
  3. ^ "Difficult to sustain in this cut-throat industry: Hriday Gattani".
  4. ^ "Singer Hriday Gattani Profile".
  5. ^ "I was called to Chennai to dub Tango Kalalo for A R Rahman: Hriday Gattani".
  6. ^ "Singer Hriday Gattani Songs on Saavn".
  7. ^ "Singer Hriday Gattani on Insider".
  8. ^ IANS, ed. (23 December 2017). "A.R. Rahman's concert a hit with Delhi crowd". New Indian Express.
  9. ^ Maqsood, Zofeen (26 December 2017). "A.R. RAHMAN CAST HIS MUSICAL SPELL at a Concert In Delhi". Broadway World.
  10. ^ Sengupta, Arka (24 November 2014). "After Singing For AR Rahman, Singer-songwriter Hriday Gattani Goes Indie with His New Single". MTV Indies.
  11. ^ Vinayan, Ashwin (24 November 2016). "Vishal Dadlani set to present Hriday Gattani's brand new single 'Uljha'". The Asian Age.
  12. ^ Team, RnM (24 April 2017). "Hriday Gattani presents musical series on 'Friendship'". radioandmusic.com.
  13. ^ "Uljha Came From My Personal Experiences – Hriday Gattani".
  14. ^ Team, RnM (24 November 2016). "Independent music is coming back: Hriday Gattani". radioandmusic.com.
  15. ^ Vinayan, Ashwin (24 November 2016). "Hriday Gattani to release single 'Uljha' under Vishal Dadlani's label". Deccan Chronicle.
  16. ^ Rajshri Marathi (27 June 2018), Youngraad | Shankar Mahadevan & Hriday Gattani | Music Launch | Marathi Movie 2018, retrieved 27 June 2018
  17. ^ Vinayan, Ashwin (20 September 2016). "AR Rahman's tutelage helped me immensely: Hriday Gattani". Deccan Chronicle.
  18. ^ TNN, Reporter (17 January 2017). "Hriday Gattani: AR Rahman is so much fun in the recording room". Times of India.
  19. ^ Team, Editorial (14 June 2014). "Rahman does well in Lekar Hum Deewana Dil's music". rediff.com.
  20. ^ Team, Editorial (24 November 2016). "Sun Re Sajna By Hriday Gattani Will Soon Get Into Your Loop Playlist". Yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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