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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Rohit Sharma
| image = Rohit Sharma Music Composer.jpg
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| caption = Rohit Sharma at his Studio
| othername =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| genre = {{hlist|[[Film score|Soundtracks]]|[[Filmi|Indian Film music]]|[[Indie pop]]|[[World Music]]}}
| occupation = Composer
| years_active = 2005–present
}}

Rohit Sharma is an Indian [[Film score|film composer]], most famously known for being the music director of the film ''[[The Kashmir Files]]''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |title=Vivek Agnihotri on working with music director Rohit Sharma: If people all over have cried watching 'The Kashmir Files', it's because of his heart-wrenching music - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/vivek-agnihotri-on-working-with-music-director-rohit-sharma-if-people-all-over-have-cried-watching-the-kashmir-files-its-because-of-his-heart-wrenching-music/articleshow/92331459.cms |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=The Times of India |date=20 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2022-06-04 |title=The Kashmir Files: Anupam Kher Lauds Music Composer Rohit Sharma, Says "The Evocative Background Score, Resonates In Our Minds Even After The Film Ended" |url=https://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/the-kashmir-files-anupam-kher-lauds-music-composer-rohit-sharma-says-the-evocative-background-score-resonates-in-our-minds-even-after-the-film-ended/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Koimoi |language=en-US}}</ref> His film composing career began during the early 2010s when he composed the song 'Naham Janami' which was featured in the critically acclaimed <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://torontoist.com/2012/09/ship-of-theseus/|title=Ship of Theseus|last=Torontoist|date=2012-09-06|work=Torontoist|access-date=2017-03-02|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/shekharkapur/status/142240072006250497|title=Shekhar Kapur on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2017-03-02|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/hugo-weaving-to-present-ship-of-theseus-in-australia/1186655/|title=Hugo Weaving to present Ship Of Theseus in Australia - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/previews/bollywood/Ship-of-Theseus/articleshow/16236764.cms?referral=PM|title=Ship of Theseus - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-03-02}}</ref> film [[Ship of Theseus (film)|''Ship Of Theseus'']].<ref>{{Citation|last1=Elkashef|first1=Aida|title=Ship of Theseus|date=2013-07-19|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1773764/soundtrack|last2=Shah|last3=Khan|last4=Youssef|first2=Yogesh|first3=Faraz|first4=Hannan|accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref> Since then, he has composed music for films such as ''[[Buddha in a Traffic Jam]]''<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://www.bollywoodirect.com/the-music-of-buddha-in-a-traffic-jam-is-a-result-of-great-hardwork-rohit-sharma/|title=The Music Of 'Buddha In A Traffic Jam' Is A Result Of Great Hardwork: Rohit Sharma - Bollywoodirect|date=2016-05-10|work=Bollywoodirect|access-date=2017-03-01|language=en-US}}</ref> (2016), ''[[Anaarkali of Aarah]]''<ref name=":0" /> (2017), ''[[The Tashkent Files]]'' (2019), ''[[The Kashmir Files]]''<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> (2022) and more. In the [[Over-the-top media service|OTT]] space, Rohit Sharma has worked on prominent titles such as ''[[Aspirants]]'' by ''[[The Viral Fever]]'' and [[Maharani (web series)|''Maharani 2'']]<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |title=Composer Rohit Sharma shares excitement for 'Maharani Season 2'; says, "Huma Qureshi and Subhash Kapoor really loved the work" - Exclusive - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/news/hindi/composer-rohit-sharma-shares-excitement-for-maharani-season-2-says-huma-qureshi-and-subhash-kapoor-really-loved-the-work-exclusive/articleshow/93723260.cms |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=The Times of India |date=23 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Maharani season 2: Music composer Rohit Sharma calls it his best project |url=https://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/web-series/maharani-season-2-music-composer-rohit-sharma-calls-it-his-best-project-2500571.html |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=Zee News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite news |title="The Joy Of Watching Maharani Season Two Would Have Been Incomplete Without Rohit Sharma's Music", Says The Creator And Producer Subhash Kapoor - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/news/hindi/the-joy-of-watching-maharani-season-two-would-have-been-incomplete-without-rohit-sharmas-music-says-the-creator-and-producer-subhash-kapoor/articleshow/94150314.cms |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=The Times of India |date=12 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> among others.http://Vishaloppo.blogspot.com

==Early life==
'''Rohit Sharma''' was born in [[New Delhi]], India and holds a bachelor's degree in Engineering from [[Delhi Technological University|Delhi College Of Engineering]] in 1996. Since childhood, he had a natural passion and talent for music and taught himself to play the [[Bansuri|Indian classical flute]]. Also a gifted singer, he excelled in music & singing competitions all through school and college, bagging multiple awards as a result. At the age of 17, he sought formal education from Pt. Harshwardhan for Classical [[Flute]]. Simultaneously, he trained himself in Western Classical [[Piano]] from the [[Delhi School of Music]]. In the year 2000, he quit his job to become a professional music [[composer]] in Mumbai, India.

==Career==
His music career began with composing a number of jingles and music for TVCs, with agencies such as [[Ogilvy (agency)|Ogilvy and Mather]], Rediffusion Y&R, [[J. Walter Thompson|JWT]], Mudra Communications and production companies namely [[Percept Picture Company|Percept Pictures]], Situations, Kiss Films, Ishana Movies and more. In 2009, he kickstarted his film composing career by composing and arranging the song 'Naham Janami' for the feature film ''[[Ship of Theseus]]''. Further, he created the score for ''[[Buddha in a Traffic Jam]]'' in 2011. These two films were released in 2013 and 2016 respectively. While he earned notable recognition for his track in ''Ship of Theseus'', ''Buddha In A Traffic Jam'' got him widespread critical acclaim for having seventeen tracks that included music genres as varied as tribal blues, [[folk rock]] and [[rock opera]] to [[blues]] and [[jazz]]. The soundtracks also included two [[nazm]]s<ref>{{Cite news |title='बेकार कुत्ते' : बुद्धा, फ़ैज़, नक्सलवाद अौर ट्रैफिक जाम |language=en-US |work=LallanTop – News with most viral and Social Sharing Indian content on the web in Hindi |url=http://www.thelallantop.com/jhamajham/faiz-ahmad-faiz-sung-by-rohit-sharma-buddha-in-a-traffic-jam-new-song/ |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref> namely "Bekaar Kutte" and "Chand Roz", written by [[Faiz Ahmad Faiz]], a revolutionary poet from Pakistan. He continued to compose music for several feature films during this period. In 2016, he scored the music for ''[[Anaarkali of Aarah]]'',<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/010317/who-is-the-musician-behind-anaarkali-of-aarahs-soulful-songs-find-out-here.html|title=Who is the musician behind Anaarkali of Aarah's soulful songs? Find out here!|date=2017-03-01|work=www.deccanchronicle.com/|access-date=2017-03-02|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jagran.com/personalities/15576546.html|title = मेरे गीतों के हैं अर्थ अनेक}}</ref> where he got the chance to experiment with folk music and folk songs from Bihar. This won him the Best Music Director award in the [[8th Jagran Film Festival]].<ref name=":9" /> In 2017, he created the background score for ''The Holy Fish'' and in 2019, he once again received widespread recognition when he composed all tracks of the film ''[[The Tashkent Files]]''. His film composing career reached new heights when he composed the background score (9 themes) for ''[[The Kashmir Files]]''. The soundtrack for this film was created by recording an orchestra in Budapest, and the longstanding, deep impact of this music won him laurels.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> Since then, he has composed music for a number of films such as ''Shadow of Othello'' and ''Dhatura'' which are yet to release.

Rohit Sharma entered the OTT space in 2018 with composing three songs for the Indian web series ''[[Yeh Meri Family]]'' by ''[[The Viral Fever]]''. In 2021, he composed four songs for the award winning series ''[[Aspirants]]'', again by TVF (''[[The Viral Fever]]'') including lending his own voice to one track viz. "Mohbhang". The series was nominated for the Best Original Soundtrack (Series) award in [[2021 Filmfare OTT Awards]]<ref name=":10" /> and won the Best Music (Originals) Series award at IWM Digital Awards (2022).<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":4" /> Rohit Sharma composed all songs for the series ''[[Maharani (web series)|Maharani 2]]'' in 2022, where he was lauded for implementing rustic, folk styles from Bihar (where the series is set) in the soundtracks,<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" /> one of the praises being from renowned folk singer Padma Bhushan [[Sharda Sinha]] herself,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Updated |first=CineBuster Online {{!}} |date=2022-09-26 |title=Padma Bhushan Sharda Sinha hails music composer Rohit Sharma's music of Maharani 2! |url=https://www.cinebuster.in/padma-bhushan-sharda-sinha-hails-music-composer-rohit-sharmas-music-of-maharani-2/ |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=Latest News, Breaking News, National News, World News, India News, Bollywood News, Business News, Politics News, Sports News, Entertainment News - CineBuster |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-26 |title=Rohit Sharma Has Done Fabulous Work Capturing The Rusticity Of Culture- Padma Bhushan Sharda Sinha |url=https://thedainikbharat.com/rohit-sharma-has-done-fabulous-work-capturing-the-rusticity-of-culture-padma-bhushan-sharda-sinha/ |access-date=2022-11-08 |language=en-US}}</ref> who was the singer for one of the tracks of this series. In the same year, he also composed two tracks for the web series ''Flames - Season 3''<ref>{{Citation |title=Flames |date=2018-01-05 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7927936/ |type=Comedy, Drama, Romance |publisher=Contagious Online Media Network, The Timeliners, The Viral Fever |access-date=2022-11-08}}</ref> by ''[[The Viral Fever]]''.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=Flames season 3: OTT music duo Rohit Sharma and Dr Sagar join hands for the romantic series |url=https://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/web-series/flames-season-3-ott-music-duo-rohit-sharma-and-dr-sagar-join-hands-for-the-romantic-series-2527622.html |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=Zee News |language=en}}</ref>

Besides composing music for films & OTT, Rohit Sharma is also part of a band called ''Swaang''.

== Discography ==

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
| style="background:#ffc;"|
| Denotes works that have not yet been released
|}

=== Films ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Film
!Song(s)
!Credited As
!Notes
|-
|2011
|''[[Buddha in a Traffic Jam]]''
|All Songs and Background Score
|Music Composer and Music Producer
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|2012
|''[[Ship of Theseus (film)|Ship of Theseus]]''
|"Naham Janami"
|Music Composer and Music Producer
|
|-
|2014
|''[[Shortcut Safari]]''
|All Songs and Background Score
|Music Composer and Music Producer
|
|-
|2015
|''[[Barefoot to Goa]]''
|All Songs
|Music Composer and Music Producer
|
|-
|2017
|''The Holy Fish''
|Background Score
|Music Composer and Music Producer
|
|-
|2017
|''[[Anaarkali of Aarah]]''
|All Songs and Background Score
|Music Composer and Music Producer
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2019
|''[[The Tashkent Files]]''
|All Songs
|Music Composer
|
|-
|2022
|''[[The Kashmir Files]]''
|Background Score (9 Themes)
|Music Composer
|<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
|-
|
| style="background:#ffc;" |''Shadow of Othello''
|All Songs and Background Score
|Music Composer
|
|-
|
| style="background:#ffc;" |''Dhatura''
|Two Songs and Background Score
|Music Composer
|
|}

=== Web Shows (OTT) ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Series
!Song(s)
!Credited As
!Notes
|-
|2018
|''[[Yeh Meri Family]]''
|"Devi(L) Maa"
"Shararatein" (Chitthi Song)

"Dil Ki Baaton Mein"
|Music Composer
|
|-
|2021
|''[[Aspirants]]''
|"Mohbhang"
"Bairagi"

"Phod De Ya Chhod De"

"Beparwaah"
|Music Composer,
Singer - "Mohbhang"
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Filmfare OTT Awards 2021 - Nominations |url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-ott-awards-2021/nominations |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=filmfare.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />
|-
|2022
|[[Maharani (web series)|''Maharani - Season 2'']]
|All Songs
|Music Composer and Music Producer
|<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" />
|-
|2022
|''Flames 3 - Season 3''
|"Naraaz Hai Hum"
"Kadam Kadam Hai Rokta"
|Music Composer
|<ref name=":11" />
|}

== Awards ==
Best Music Director award in [[8th Jagran Film Festival]] 2017 for the movie [[Anaarkali of Aarah]].<ref name=":9">{{cite web |url=https://www.jagran.com/jagran-film-festival/winners.html |website=jagran.com |title=2017 Winners |access-date=2022-10-29}}</ref>

Nominated as Best Original Soundtrack (Series) for [[Aspirants]] in [[2021 Filmfare OTT Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{cite web |url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-ott-awards-2021/nominations#66 |title=Best Original Soundtrack |website=filmfare.com |access-date=2022-10-29}}</ref>

Best Music (Originals) Series for [[Aspirants]] in IWM Digital Awards (2022).<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |author=Team IWMBuzz|date=2022-05-17 |title=Full Winner List: GNT-IWMBuzz Digital Awards, India's Biggest OTT and Web Entertainment Awards |url=https://www.iwmbuzz.com/digital/news-digital/full-winner-list-gnt-iwmbuzz-digital-awards-indias-biggest-ott-and-web-entertainment-awards/2022/05/17 |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=IWMBuzz |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=IWM Digital Awards (2022) |url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0026600/2022/1/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=IMDb}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=4414165|name=Rohit Sharma}}
* [https://madaboutmoviez.com/2013/07/18/in-conversation-with-rohit-sharma-people-call-rohit-sir/ Q & A With Rohit Sharma]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSvur9XcTCI/The Ship of Theseus music dir Rohit Sharma's extended interview]

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