Rajat Dholakia a.k.a. Juku is an Indian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=18175 known for his work on ''Firaaq'' (2008), ''Mirch Masala'' (1987) and ''Holi'' (1985). He has been credited with introducing

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prade ...

i music to

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, and won the 1991 National Film Award for best music director for the film Dharavi directed and written by Sudhir Mishra and in 1992 won award for the film Sunday directed by Pankaj Adwani In childhood he learned the Basics of Music from his father, Shri Dileep Dholakia (noted Composer-Singer from Hindi and Gujarati Films, who mastered Classical music in Bhendibazaar Gharana from his guru Ustad Amaanali Khaan Saaheb) Rajat's main Goal was Music and Film based Technical career, from 1973 he started learning Western music, Staff notation and arrangement of music from The great Western Classical Teacher Pandit Ramprasad Sharma... (Father of famous composer Pyarelal Sharma, of the legendary Laxmikant-Pyarelal duo). To know the further technicalities of Music, he started learning Classical Guitar from his french friend Mark Salaun (classical and Flemingo guitar master). Then learned arranging film musical score for Songs and Background Music from the great film Arranger Shayamrao Kamble. He started his career with producing music in Gujarati and Hindi Theatricals. He has given music in around 300 plays so far. Juku has contributed sound design and music in around 8000 National and International commercial adfilms and public services films. Currently he is busy composing western classical and fusion symphonies.

Filmography

* Holi (film by Ketan Mehta) * Kafila (film by Sudhanshu Huku) * ''

Om-Dar-Ba-Dar ''Om Dar-B-Dar'' (Hindi: ओम-दर-ब-दर) is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language postmodernist film directed by Kamal Swaroop and starring Anita Kanwar, Aditya Lakhia and Gopi Desai. The film, about the adventures of a school boy named Om alo ...

'' (film by Kamal Swaroop) * ''

Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin (English: This Is Not Our Destination) is a 1987 Hindi drama film written and directed by Sudhir Mishra, in a directorial debut. It starred Manohar Singh, Habib Tanvir, B. M. Shah, Pankaj Kapur, Sushmita Mukherjee and Nas ...

'' (1987, film by

Sudhir Mishra Sudhir Mishra (born 22 January 1959) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for directing the films ''Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi'', ''Dharavi (film), Dharavi'' and ''Chameli (film), Chameli''. Mishra has had a 30-year career, with his ...

) * ''

Mirch Masala ''Mirch Masala'' (Translation: Hot Spice) is a 1987 Hindi psychological thriller film directed by Ketan Mehta. It stars Naseeruddin Shah and Smita Patil in the lead roles. On the centenary of Indian cinema in April 2013, ''Forbes'' included Smita ...

'' (1987, film by Ketan Mehta) * ''

Hun Hunshi Hunshilal ''Hun Hunshi Hunshilal'' (; English Title: ''Love in the Time of Malaria'') is a 1992 Indian Gujarati-language musical political satire film directed by Sanjiv Shah. Plot In the kingdom of Khojpuri, King Bhadrabhoop II (Mohan Gokhale), is annoye ...

'' (1992, film by Sanjiv Shah) * ''

Tarpan The term tarpan (''Equus ferus ferus'') refers to free-ranging horses of the Russian steppe from the 18th to the 20th century. It is generally unknown whether those horses represented genuine wild horses, feral domestic horses or hybrids. The las ...

'' (1994, film by Vikramsingh) *

Dharavi Dharavi is a locality in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, considered to be one of the world's largest slums. Dharavi has an area of just over and a population of about 1,000,000. With a population density of over , Dharavi is one of the most dens ...

(film by Sudhir Mishra) * Sunday (film by Pankaj Advani) * Tunnu ki Teena (film by Paresh Kaamdar) * Kahaan Ho Tum (film by Vijay Kumar) *

Maharathi Maharathi may refer to: * Maharathi (warrior) Hindu mythological wars are the wars described in the Hindu texts of ancient India. These wars depicted both mortals of great prowess as well as deities and supernatural beings, often wielding s ...

(film by Shivam Nayar) * Firaque (film by Nandita Das) * '' The Good Road'' (film by Gyan Korea) * Saptapdii (film by Niranjan Thade) * Fisherwoman and Tuk Tuk (Short Film by Suresh Eriyat)

Background score and sound design

* Brocades of Varanasi (documentary by Paresh Mehta) * Rabaries of Kutchh (documentary by Paresh Mehta) * BaanSagar (documentary by Rajendra Jaangle) * Delinquents (documentary by VijayKumar) * Mujse Dosti karoge (film by Gopi Desai) * Figures of Thoughts (1990) (short film by Arun Khopkar) * Colors of Absence (short film by Arun Khopkar) * TotaNama (animated film by Chandita Mukherjee) * Before My Eyes (film by ManiKaul) * Musician Of Gujarat (documentary by Paresh Mehta) * Sanchaari (documentary by Arun Khopker) * Siddheshwari (film by Manikaul) *

Maya Memsaab ''Maya Memsaab'' (also known as ''Maya'' and ''Maya: The Enchanting Illusion'' in English) is a 1993 Indian mystery drama film directed by Ketan Mehta and starring Deepa Sahi, Farooq Shaikh, Raj Babbar, Shah Rukh Khan, and Paresh Rawal. The fi ...

(background music) *

Parinda ''Parinda'' () is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed, produced and distributed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The film stars Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar and Madhuri Dixit. The story and scenario were written by Chopra, ...

(associate in background score and sound design, film by

Vidhu Vinod Chopra Vidhu Vinod Chopra (born 5 September 1952) is an Indian film director, producer, editor, screenwriter, lyricist and actor. His well-known films as director are ''Parinda'' (1988), '' 1942: A Love Story'' (1994). He is also known for producing ' ...

) * 1942 Love Story (associate in background score and sound design, film by

) * Is raat ki Subah Nahi (background score, film by

) * Phir Kabhi (background score, film by VKPrakash) *

Delhi 6 ''Delhi-6'' is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Rakesh Omprakash Mehra. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan as an NRI who arrives in India with his ailing grandmother (played by Waheeda Rehman) and begins discovering his roots ...

(3 songs, film by Rakesh Mehra along with A.R. Rehman)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dholakia, Rajat Living people Indian film score composers Musicians from Chhattisgarh Best Music Direction National Film Award winners 1957 births People from Rajkot 20th-century Indian composers 21st-century Indian composers