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Anurag Saikia - Wikipedia

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Anurag Saikia
Born	Moran, Assam, India
Genres	Film score, independent music
Occupation(s)	Film composer, music director, music producer, instrumentalist
Instrument(s)	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.^[5]^[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

Prague (2012)
Yugadrashta ^[11]
Holding Back
The Job (2014)
One Last Question (2015)
Chor: The Bicycle (2016)
Dikchow Banat Palaax (2016)
III Smoking Barrels (2017)
Maj Rati Keteki (2017)
Ishu (2017)
Manjha (2017)
Rainbow Fields (2018)
Toba Tek Singh (2018)
High Jack (2018)
Karwaan (2018) ^[11]
Mulk (2018) ^[11]
Market (2019)
Article 15 (2019) ^[11]
Thappad (2020) ^[11]
Serious Men (2020)
Kaun Pravin Tambe? (2022)
Anek (2022)
Babli Bouncer (2022)
Bheed (2023)
Dhak Dhak (2023)
Mast Mein Rehne Ka (2023)
Swargarath (2024)
Bhakshak (2024)
Dedh Bigha Zameen (2024)
Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba (2024)

Web Series

Stories by Rabindranath Tagore (2015)
Cubicles (2019–)
Cheesecake (2019)
Gullak (2019–)
Mismatched (2020–)
Panchayat (2020–) ^[11]
Kaun Banegi Shikharwati (2022)
Unpaused: Naya Safar (2022-)
Love Storiyaan (2024)

As Music Producer (Independent Music)

'Va Kanamma' The Anurag Saikia Collective
'Kukuha' The Anurag Saikia Collective ^[12] (2020)

Awards and nominations

Award	Category	Film	Song	Result	Ref.
61st National Film Awards	Best Music Director (Non-Feature Film)	Yugadrashta		Winner
Big Music Award 2010	Best Music Director	Tup Tup		Winner
Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music	Student Brand Ambassador			Winner
Prag Cine Award 2013	Best Music Director	Shinyor		Winner
Prag Cine Award 2017	Best Music Director	Majrati Keteki		Winner
Sailadhar Baruah Award 2017	Best Music Director	Dixou Banat Palash		Winner
Sher Choudhury Excellence Award 2017	Best Music Director	Majrati Keteki		Winner
Radio Gup Shup Award 2018	Best Music Director	Majrati Keteki		Winner
10th Mirchi Music Awards	Best Song		Bas Ek Baar	Nominated	^{[citation needed]}
9th Mirchi Music Awards	Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging)	Dangal	"Dhaakad"	Nominated
Jio Filmfare Awards (Marathi) 2018	Best Background Score	Manjha		Nominated	^[8]

References

^ "Anurag Saikia – An exclusive interview with music composer on winning the National Award". creativica.in. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
^ "Composer Anurag Saikia amalgamates folk-based ghazals for Sonu Nigam". The Times of India. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
^ Sinha, Kumar Raviraj (22 March 2020). "Anurag Saikia: Excited to introduce 500-year-old Borgeets to world music". National Herald. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
^ "Anurag Saikia praises Sonu Nigam, calls him an inspiration". The Times of India. 9 December 2023. Archived from the original on 10 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Anurag Saikia". friedeye.com. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
^ "The Assam Tribune Online". assamtribune.com. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
^ "Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music". Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music Chennai. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b Dasgupta, Priyanka (19 February 2019). "Singer Pratik Choudhury passes away". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
^ "Anurag Saikia reveals how he got the opportunity to compose music for 'Mulk'". The Times of India. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
^ "Project Borgeet: Syncing Assam's 600-year-old songs to the symphonic orchestra". The Indian Express. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Ghosh, Devarsi (12 April 2020). "'Anything but the usual music': Anurag Saikia on his tunes for 'Panchayat' and love for borgeet". Scroll.in. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: KUKUHA - Anurag Saikia Ft. Shankuraj Konwar | Rahul Gautam Sharma | Anurag Saikia Collective. YouTube.

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