Nitin Kumar Gupta

Nitin Kumar Gupta
Birth name Nitin Kumar Gupta
Also known as Nitin Gupta
Origin Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Genres film score
Occupation(s) Composer, Lyricist, Film Director, Film Producer
Years active since 2000
Associated acts Kailash Kher, Kavita Krishnamurthi, Zubin Garg, Shaan, Kunal Ganjawalla, Sunidhi Chauhan, Hariharan, Alka Yagnik, Roop Kumar Rathod, Vinod Rathod

Nitin Kumar Gupta is a music director and film director and producer in the Hindi (or Bollywood) film industry. He has won the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival Award for his work in Road to Sangam.[1] Nitin Kumar Gupta's debut film song was in 2009. His songs for children on YouTube have over 10 billion combined views.

Early years

Nitin Kumar Gupta passed out with a medical degree to become a qualified medical doctor from the prestigious King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College in Mumbai, India. He did further post graduation in Ophthalmology. But he left his medical career to pursue more creative professions.

Nitin Kumar Gupta started his musical career through the internet, launching and selling his music on the famous online music site – mp3.com. He was in the Top 40 world artist chart, and listed among the top earning artists on the site. He also collaborated with international artists such as Allerian and Cassandra Fink during that period thus gaining immense experience in incorporating international flavour into Indian music.

His albums on mp3.com included –

  • Vampyress
  • 2001 – The First Coming
  • Dance of the Bat
  • Extremes – the Dark Skies
  • The Adventure Compilation

Nitin Kumar Gupta worked for Magnasound as an arranger and remixer on several of their 'B-side' tracks for the top names in the Indian pop industry. Nitin also did several lesser known remixes for DJ Suketu.

Television

Nitin Kumar Gupta worked for B. P. Singh and Pradeep Uppoor for a couple of years composing the background scores for several episodes of the chart topping series C.I.D. (TV series) and Aahat.

Nitin Kumar Gupta did his first complete album as composer and lyricist for a collaboration between Zee Saregama (Gajendra Singh) and Magnasound (Sashi Gopal) in 2004. The album featured the top singers from Zee Saregama's Popular Choice series, and gave breaks to singers who went on to sing for India's top music directors. These included Nehha Rajpal (later sung for Shankar Ehsaan Loy), Abhijit Ghoshal (playback singer in films such as London Dreams) and Rahul Saxena (sung the title song for Om Shanti Om).

Under 'Shethia Audio Video', Nitin composed and wrote the songs and also did the background score and sound design, including mixing and dolby mixing for several animations, including Ghatotkacha and Prahlad, which were heavily showcased on Star network in India[2]

Musical Aura

Nitin Kumar Gupta collaborated with Prem Hariya on an ongoing series of albums called 'Musical Aura', which feature dolby surround music playing with high definition videos of nature to produce a relaxing atmosphere. The series currently has 22 albums.[3]

Film Music

Nitin Kumar Gupta got his first chance to compose for films under producer Oscar V. Ravichandran, one of the biggest producers in the south. The movie 'Devdas 2006', however failed to take off after the preproduction stage. It did give Nitin a huge insight into the creative and technical logistics behind creating chartbusting songs that appeal to the masses and classes alike. After this, Nitin composed, wrote and recorded songs for the films Aashiqui.in and Road to Sangam with top Indian playback singers.

Nitin Gupta directed and featured in Marathi film industry's first animated and live mixed music video Bewda Bewda which he also composed [4]

Nitin Gupta also directed and featured in another Marathi music video 'Tujha Bina' which he also composed [5]

YouTube

His song, Dabang Style, a spoof on Gangnam Style meets Salman Khan from Dabang, went viral on YouTube, as reported in The Times of India.[6] The song was written and sung by him under the nickname N.K.G.

Nitin composes and writes children's songs for over 100 channels on YouTube, having gathered over 10 billion combined views. His songs on KidsTV alone have received 5 billion views [7]

Dolby 5.1 For Television

Nitin Kumar Gupta was the first person to mix in Dolby 5.1 for Indian television for the UTV Produced Star Plus show Maayke Se Bandhi Dor. The Dolby episode was telecast on 18 March 2011. He then did the Dolby 5.1 mix for several Indian television shows including Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava?, Issi Ka Naam Zindagi, Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai and more.

Awards

Nitin Kumar Gupta received the award for Best Foreign Film Original Score at 'Los Angeles Reel Film Festival' for the songs of Road to Sangam announced on 30 December 2009[8]

Direction & Production

Nitin Gupta produced and directed his first film in 2017, titled 'One Night at the Villa' which is an erotic horror film with a guest appearance by the character Savita Bhabhi.

In 2017, Nitin Gupta also produced and directed a big budget action thriller 'Sayonee', filmed in Russia in two languages, Hindi and Russian.

Discography

MUSIC FOR FILMS

DIRECTION & PRODUCTION

  • One Night At The Villa (2017)
  • Sayonee (2017)

ANIMATION

  • Savita Bhabhi – The Movie (Animation)
  • Ghatotkacha (Animation)
  • Prahlad (Animation)
  • Prithviraj Chauhan (Animation)
  • Chetak (Animation)
  • Luv Kush (Animation)
  • Sikandar Porus (Animation)
  • Singhasan Batteesi (Animation)

FOLK MUSIC OF INDIA ALBUMS

  • Goa
  • Assam
  • Bihar
  • Rajasthan
  • Ladakh
  • Punjab
  • Orissa
  • Bengal
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Maharashtra

MUSICAL AURA ALBUMS

  • Introspective Instruments (Musical Aura)
  • Journey Through India (Musical Aura)
  • Jungle Lounge (Musical Aura)
  • Fire (Musical Aura)
  • Water (Musical Aura)
  • Wind (Musical Aura)
  • Space (Musical Aura)
  • Earth (Musical Aura)
  • Voices from the Village (Musical Aura)
  • Inner Calm (Musical Aura)
  • Descent into the Indian Ocean (Musical Aura)
  • Rain (Musical Aura)
  • Summer (Musical Aura)
  • Winter (Musical Aura)
  • Spring (Musical Aura)
  • Lost Journeys (Musical Aura)
  • Pure Relaxation (Musical Aura)
  • Indian Summer Nights (Musical Aura)
  • Unexplained Dreams (Musical Aura)
  • Blue Lounge (Musical Aura)
  • Lonely Hearts (Musical Aura)
  • Moments of Bliss (Musical Aura)

POP ALBUMS

  • Sindhi Rocks (Pop Album)
  • Darna Chod Do (Pop Album)
  • Khatti Meethi (Pop Album)
  • Mera Piya (Pop Album)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.lareelfilmfest.com/2009_Winners.html
  2. ↑ http://www.indiantelevision.com/release/y2k8/mar/marrel61.php
  3. ↑ http://www.musicalaura.com/
  4. ↑ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/Marathi-item-numbers-just-got-sexier/articleshow/46311661.cms
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIpNYhBJoUI
  6. ↑ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-15/news-interviews/35836397_1_salman-khan-psy-s-gangnam-style-salman-s-dabangg
  7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Pq3Ko42YpkCB_Q4E981jw
  8. ↑ http://www.lareelfilmfest.com/2009_Winners.html
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