Darshan Doshi (born 16 January 1986) is an Indian drummer and composer, who is currently touring with Salim–Sulaiman, Farhan Akhtar, Adnan Sami, Diljit Dosanjh and Amit Trivedi. He has played drums for several Bollywood films such as ''Rock On'', ''Black'', ''Dhoom 2'', ''Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'', ''Queen'', ''Secret Superstar'', ''Fitoor'', and ''Dear Zindagi''. Based in Mumbai, Darshan started performing at the age of 2 and has established his name in the Limca Books of Records as the youngest drummer of India in 1997. He also was part of the kids group "Little Wonders" by Kalyanji Anandji. He has performed with all leading composers in India such as AR Rahman, Amit trivedi,

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, Pritam, and Vishal–Shekhar. He is also an integral part of

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and MTV Unplugged. He currently endorses Pearl Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Evans Drumheads, Vicfirth sticks, and AKG Mics.

Early life and training

Born to Shailesh and Surbhi Doshi in Mumbai, his father was his first

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. Later, Darshan was trained in the drums by Pankaj Sharma and Ranjit Barot. His younger brother, Umang Doshi, plays keyboards with

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and Farhan Akhtar.

Career

In 1997, his name was entered in the Limca Book of Records as the youngest drummer of India. Darshan has played drum set for the movie '

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'. He played percussion and drums for '' Paheli'', and

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's '' Sarkar'', as well as for ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Dhoom 2'', ''

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'', and '' Rock On!!''. Over the years he has worked with music directors like

, Anu Malik, N M Kareem,

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, Salim–Sulaiman, Pritam, Vishal & Shekhar, Amit Trivedi and

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. Most notably he was original drummer for the film '' Rock On!!'' (2008). He has also performed on

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's live music performance series, ''

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/ref> & '' MTV Unplugged'' Darshan has also been associated with bands including “Fuzonica", "Aakruti", "Defying Gravity", "Tapasya", and "Nakshatra". Currently, he is working with music trio Shankar, Ehsaan & Loy as a rhythmist. In December 2011, he was part of their 12-piece band which toured Middle-East and performed at

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Filmography

* ''

(Haan Maine Chukar - Monty Sharma)'' (2005) * '' Paheli'' (2005) * '' Sarkar'' (2005) * '' Dhoom 2'' (2006) * ''

'' (2007) * '' Rock On!!'' (2008) * '' Luck by Chance'' (2009) * '' Sikandar'' (2009) * ''

'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2009) * ''

My Name Is Khan ''My Name Is Khan'', is a 2010 social drama film directed by Karan Johar and written by Shibani Bathija and lyricist Niranjan Iyengar. It was produced by Hiroo Yash Johar and Gauri Khan under their production companies, Dharma Productions and ...

'' (2010) * ''

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag ''Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'' () is a 2013 Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra from a script written by Prasoon Joshi. The story is based on the life of Milkha Singh, an Indian athlete and Olympian who was ...

'' (2013) * ‘’

Fitoor ''Fitoor'' (''Madness, Obsession, Passion'') is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Abhishek Kapoor, produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur, and written by Kapoor and Supratik Sen based on Charles Dickens' 1861 novel ''Grea ...

’’ 2018 * ‘m Dear Zindagi 2016 * Notebook * Saandh ki Aankh * Kabir Singh * M.S.Dhoni

Live performances

Darshan Doshi is currently performing live shows with: * Farhan Akhtar *

* Hariharan *

* Salim–Sulaiman * Adnan Sami * Vishal–Shekhar * Ashwin Srinivasan & The Bombay Project * "Mumbai Stamp" with Taufiq Qureshi * "Sitar Funk" with

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* Lesle Lewis * Amit Trivedi

References

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIS4KJ4x_p-JqYCKllDySIA

External links

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