Shreyas Puranik is an Indian music composer. He was awarded Filmfare R.D Burman Award for upcoming music talent at the

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. He received recognition for his composition 'Satranga' featured in the 2023 film ''Animal''.

Early life and career

Puranik was born and brought up in Nagpur and attended Somalwar Nikalas School School there and received training in

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while growing up. Puranik shifted to Mumbai to pursue formal training in music under the guidance of

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and attended Mithibai College for higher education. He started his Bollywood career in 2014 by assisting film maker Sanjay Leela Bhansali in the music production of Bajirao Mastani's soundtrack and composed song 'Gajanana' for Bhansali's film Bajirao Mastani Puranik composed songs for films such as Photocopy,

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and

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. Puranik received recognition for his composition 'Satranga' featured in Animal movie, the song is written by Siddharth-Garima and was sung by

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Puranik was awarded the Filmfare R. D. Burman Award for upcoming music talent for composing the 'Satranga' song.

Personal life

Puranik married Aishwarya Bhandari in 2021 in Pune. Puranik had met Bhandari at Suresh Wadkar's music academy in 2011.

Discography

References

{{reflist Indian composers People from Nagpur Indian film score composers Musicians from Nagpur Indian musicians Year of birth missing (living people) Living people