Anurag Saikia

Anurag Saikia
Born Moran, Assam, India
Genres Film score Independent Music
Occupation(s) Film composer, Music director, Singer
Instruments Keyboard, Synthesizers and Piano

Anurag Saikia is an Indian film score composer, music director and instrumentalist from Northeast of India.[1][2] He is one of the youngest composers to be awarded with "Rajat Kamal" National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Music Direction for the film Yugadrashta.

Anurag was born in Assam, situated in the north-east of India. He passed his childhood among the tea gardens, rivers and the ethereal natural environment of the land. The culture of the land enchanted his childhood. The vastness and grandeur of Assamese folk music, the numerous tune of ‘Borgeet’ (classical songs of Assam) created by Srimanta Sankardeva & Madhavdeva (the two great saints and genius of Assam), and folksongs like ‘Bihu-nam’ ,‘Biya-nam’ ,‘Ai-nam’, ‘Zoomuir’, ‘Dehbicharor-geet’, ‘Oi-nitam’, ‘Ojapali’, ‘Kamrupee-Goalporia lokageet’ etc. took him to a new world. His parents Dr. Anil Saikia (Father) & Dipali Dutta Saikia (Mother), for him who is the God, his strength, his guru, took him to the path of both Indian classical music and Assamese Folk Music. He learnt western classical music from Syed Sadullah who also taught him to play piano and guitar.

In 2010 he was admitted on India's World Music Academy SAM (Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music,Chennai), where he explore his Music under the guidance of world class Music Faculty.

Anurag have owned a full-fledged audio workstation with all modern gears and equipments established in the heart of Bollywood, Mumbai, where he engaged himself in search of the truth of life through Music.

Filmography

As Music Director

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
9th Mirchi Music Awards Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) Dangal "Dhaakad" Nominated [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Anurag Saikia". imdb.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "I find music in every element of nature:Anurag Saikia". Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
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