Harshit Saxena (born 21 August 1985) is an Indian

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and composer. His debut was as music director for the '' Murder 2'' film. Saxena won the Upcoming Music Composer Award in 2012 at Music Mirchi Awards for his song "Haal-E-Dil" from '' Murder 2''.Harshit Saxena turns music composer - Times Of India
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Early life

Harshit Saxena was born on 21 August 1985 in

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. His father, Abhilash Saxena, is a retired subdivisional officer in BSNL,

. His mother, Vandana Saxena, is a housewife from

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. His elder brother, Shobhit Saxena, is a Singer from

Career

Harshit Saxena has participated in a number of reality shows, and he was a finalist in ''

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''. He also appeared in the first two seasons of '' Amul Chhote Ustaad'', and he performed the song "Happy Ending" in ''

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's '' Murder 2'', He composed and sung the song "Haale Dil" in it. It was nominated for several awards, and Saxena received the “Best upcoming Music Director” Award for '' Murder 2''. He also worked as a composer for the movie ''

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'' in 2012 and for '' Super Nani'' in 2014. He wrote and performed songs for both movies. In 2015, he performed the song ''Meet Me Daily'' featuring

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in the film Welcome Back. In 2018, he Composed songs for the movie ''

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'' . and sand 2 songs in the film ''Stepney'', ''Allaudin - Version'' In 2020 , He was the solo Music Composer for the movie ''

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'' . He Sang 4 songs in the Movie. namely, ''Na Duniya Mangi Hai'', ''Sab Kushal Mangal - Title Track'', ''Naya Naya Love'', ''Ishq Ne Mara Re''.

Personal life

Saxena is a trained physiotherapist BPT. Harshit Saxena lives in

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since 2007.

Discography

As a singer

As music director

Accolades

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saxena, Harshit 1985 births Living people Indian male singers Indian film score composers Indian male film score composers