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Amit Trivedi
Trivedi in 2022
Background information
Born	(1979-04-08)8 April 1979 (age 46) Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Origin	Mumbai, India
Genres	Indie-pop
Occupations	Music director singer composer lyricist
Instruments	Vocals keyboards piano
Years active	2001–present
Spouse	Krutee Trivedi

Amit Trivedi (born 8 April 1979)^[1][2] is an Indian composer, singer and lyricist. He began his career composing music for theatre productions, advertising jingles and independent music projects before making his film debut with the Hindi-language filmAamir (2008).^[3]

Amit Trivedi was born inBandra,Mumbai. His family originated fromAhmedabad, Gujarat. During his school years, he developed an interest in electronic musical instruments.^[4]

While in college, Trivedi started a band known as "Om the Fusion Band" alongsideAmartya Bobo Rahut,Shriram Iyer, and fellow members Ram and Vish.^[5] The group performed at local gigs and small shows, eventually releasing an album throughTimes Music.^[6] Trivedi also pursued independent projects, composing for theatre (Hindi andGujarati plays),background music for television shows, programming forMarathi films, live performances anddandiya shows. He also composedadvertising jingles for brands such asMcDonald's andAirtel.^[7]

Upon Kashyap's recommendation, Trivedi was brought in forRaj Kumar Gupta's directorial ventureAamir. Trivedi and Gupta worked on aligning the soundtrack with the film narrative, which garnered positive critical attention.^[8]

He worked on the soundtrack ofDev.D (2009), which he later described as a turning point in his career.^[9]

He was awarded both theFilmfare R. D. Burman Award for New Music Talent and theBest Background Score at the55th Filmfare Awards, in addition to his first nomination for theFilmfare Award for Best Music Director,^[10] before receiving theNational Film Award for Best Music Direction. Trivedi wrote thescore forWake Up Sid (2009), and one of his compositions, "Iktara", was also included in the soundtrack.

In 2009, Anshu Sharma offered Trivedi the opportunity to compose the team anthem "Game for More" forRoyal Challengers Bangalore, a team owned by liquor baronVijay Mallya. Trivedi wrote the title track for the reality showBig Switch aired onUTV Bindaas. He also provided the music and background scoreAisha (2010), providing vocals for two songs, "Suno Aisha" and "Sham". He composed the songs and score forIshaqzaade (2012) andLootera (2013), which earned him his second and third nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, and the soundtrack forVikas Bahl's highly acclaimedQueen (2014), which earned him his fourth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.

He earned three consecutive nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for his diverse compositions inUdta Punjab (2016),Secret Superstar (2017), andManmarziyaan (2018).

He won Best Song for "Naina Da Kya Kasoor" at theNews18 Reel Movie Awards fromAndhadhun (2018). He also sang "Laila Laila" for the film. In 2019, Power Brands honored him with the Best7 Music Director of the Year award forAndhadhun at the Bollywood Film Journalists Awards (BFJA).^[11]

Trivedi again earned two consecutive nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for his compositions inHaseen Dillruba (2021) andUunchai (2022).

Trivedi composed the official anthem of the2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, with lyrics byKausar Munir and vocals by Sharvi Yadav and Anand Bhaskar.^[12]

He has made TV appearances for various shows onMTV.^[13][14] Additionally, he composed the title track for the television showAaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi, hosted byAmitabh Bachchan.^[15] He also composed music for the 2018 filmKedarnath, produced byRSVP Movies and Guy in The Sky Pictures.

Trivedi has continued to work on independent music releases under his label "AT Azaad".^[16]

Amit Trivedi has faced allegations of plagiarism twice in his career.^[17] He was first accused of copying the background score for the trailer ofLootera from Rachel Portman's track "We Had Today" from theOne Day (2011) soundtrack.^[18] Lootera's directorVikramaditya Motwane denied these claims stating, "The theme is sourced from a small musical bit composed by Amit Trivedi for a song that's in the film, which we decided to expand and turn into a full fledged theme for the trailer. Unfortunately, it ends up sounding a lot like One Day but I assure you that it's coincidental".^[19]

In 2015, he was accused again for his composition of the ballad "Nazdeekiyan" forDharma Productions'Shandaar (2015), which was similar to popular alternative-rock bandColdplay's "Oceans" from their sixth studio albumGhost Stories (2014). Addressing the allegations in an interview withDeccan Chronicle, Trivedi said: "I swear on my music, I didn’t copy it at all. I will quit music if I would ever do plagiarism. There are seven music notes, which are used in the entire world. It’s purely a coincidence that my song is similar to this one. I don’t even know about this song. I will surely listen to Coldplay-Oceans after this".^[20]

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