Rachita Arora is a singer and music composer in Indian movies. She is best known for her work in the

Anurag Kashyap Anurag Kashyap (born 10 September 1972) is an Indian filmmaker and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. For his contributions to film, the Government of France a ...

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Mukkabaaz ''Mukkabaaz'' (), released internationally as ''The Brawler'', is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language sports drama film co-written, co-produced and directed by Anurag Kashyap. Jointly produced by Aanand L. Rai's Colour Yellow Productions and Phantom F ...

. Rachita hails from Delhi and is trained in Hindustani classical music.

Career

Arora started her career by composing music for theatre plays in Delhi. In Mumbai, she met

Makarand Deshpande Makarand Deshpande (born 6 March 1966) is an Indian actor, writer, and director in Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil cinema, and Indian Theatre. He is often seen in supporting and pivotal roles in various films like ''Jungle'' ...

Prithvi Theatre Prithvi Theatre is one of Mumbai's best known theatres. It was built by Shashi Kapoor and his wife Jennifer Kapoor in memory of Prithviraj Kapoor, Shashi's father, who had dreamt of having a "home" for his repertory theatre company, Prithvi Th ...

who liked her work and asked her to produce music for him. Arora composed the music for his 50th original play, Epic Gadbad. Rachita's first film was the

Rajkummar Rao Rajkummar Rao (born Raj Kumar Yadav; 31 August 1984) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi films. He has appeared in more than 30 films since 2010, and is the recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award, three ...

film Newton. Before entering the film industry, Rachita composed music for theatre. She also composed music for ‘Mumbai Paani Mafia’ a documentary telecast on Discovery Channel, India. Deshpande later introduced her to Anurag Kashyap. Rachita went on to compose the music for Kashyap's movie Mukkabaaz. Later they team again when she lent her voice to the music of

Choked_(film) ''Choked: Paisa Bolta Hai'' () is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed and co-produced by Anurag Kashyap, written by Nihit Bhave, and jointly produced by Netflix and Good Bad Films (in their debut production). The film stars Saiyam ...

Filmography

* ''

Decoupled '' Decoupled'' is an Indian English-language comedy web series for Netflix written by Manu Joseph and directed by Hardik Mehta. The series stars R. Madhavan and Surveen Chawla in the lead roles. Plot A misanthropic writer and his startup-foun ...

'' (Singer) (2021) * ''

'' (Singer) (2020) * ''

Kanpuriye ''Kanpuriye'' is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language anthology film directed by Ashish Aryan, produced and bankrolled by Yoodlee films, film division of Saregama with Aparshakti Khurana, Divyenndu, Harsh Mayar, Vijay Raaz, Rajshri Deshpande and Har ...

''(2019) * '' Judgementall Hai Kya'' (2019) * '' Sacred Games'' (2018) * ''

Karenjit Kaur – The Untold Story of Sunny Leone ''Karenjit Kaur – The Untold Story of Sunny Leone'' is a ZEE5 Original web series. The series captures the journey of former pornstar-turned-actor Sunny Leone, born in a middle-class Sikh family, and her makeover from being an innocent girl t ...

'' (Web series) (2018) * ''

'' (Composer) (2018) * '' Shubh Mangal Saavdhan'' (Background Score) (2017) * ''

Gurgaon Gurgaon (pronunciation: �ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: �ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...

'' (Promotional Songs) (2017) * '' Newton'' ('Chal Tu Apna Kam Kar' Song) (2017)

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