Shashwat Srivastava

Shashwat Srivastava is a famous music director in the Hindi film industry. He was born and brought up in Lucknow. He is a music composer, actor, playwright ,and theatre director. His grandmother was closely associated with classical music; therefore, he grew up listening to Begum Akhtar Begum Akhtar’s birth name was ‘Akhtari Bai Faizaba >> Read More... and Bismillah Khan Born on March 21, 1916, in Buxar, Bihar, Ustad Bis >> Read More... . From the age of eight, he was intensely influenced by Ustad Bismillah Khan The Shehnai legend Ustad Bismillah Khan was born w >> Read More... . Also, after listening to A.R. Rahman and western music, he got inspired to create his music. So his music is based on Indian ragas arranged on Jazz and blues, which gives it an exotic feel. He worked in a documentary titled Raising the Bar, a small film based on Onir’s poems. He has given the background to the Raveena Tandon-starrer Shab, starring Ashish Bisht Ashish Bisht is an Indian Actor who has enacted in >> Read More... and Arpita Chatterjee.

He is the co-founder of the band Folka Dots since 2014. His objective behind co-founding this band was to explore the folk music of India. He also co-founded the Actor Factor Theatre Company in 2006. He has been closely attached the theatre, where he has been acting, writing, directing, and composing music for ages. He wrote scores for notable plays, including Girish Karnad’s Ball. He is acclaimed for composing scores for many documentaries and short films. He was the music director of the romantic drama Kuch Bheege Alfaaz in 2018. He is also known for composing jingles for several organizations and brands like Microsoft, Yatra and Incredible India. He composed music for Slow Burns in 2019.