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Tapas Relia ( gu, તપસ રેલિયા; born 11 August 1978) is an Indian music composer and producer, known for his famous advertising campaigns for brands like
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,
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, Amaron Batteries, IPL and
Mahabharat The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the '' Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the Kuru ...
. In
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since 1996, he has also scored music for Bollywood films, including India's first major commercial animation film ''
Hanuman Hanuman (; sa, हनुमान, ), also called Anjaneya (), is a Hindu god and a divine '' vanara'' companion of the god Rama. Hanuman is one of the central characters of the Hindu epic ''Ramayana''. He is an ardent devotee of Rama and on ...
'' and the recently released film ''
Lakshmi Lakshmi (; , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty, fertility and prosperity, and associated with ''Maya'' ("Illusion"). Alo ...
'', a film on child trafficking by acclaimed director
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. Based in Mumbai, he works and operates from his own recording studio.


Early life

Tapas Relia was born in Surat, Gujarat, to a Gujarati couple natively from Surat but living in Ahmedabad. He spent his entire childhood and teenage years in Ahmedabad and finished higher secondary school from St. Xavier's High School, Loyola Hall, Ahmedabad. In 1996 he moved to Mumbai to pursue further education and a career in music. He started learning western classical music, with piano as his principal instrument, and finished 7 grades of the
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance is a music and dance conservatoire based in London, England. It was formed in 2005 as a merger of two older institutions – Trinity College of Music and Laban Dance Centre. The conservatoire has ...
in London. Simultaneously, he also experimented in the avenue of commercial music and taught himself music programming on synthesisers and sequencers. In the year 2000 he went to the US, and studied Composing for Film and Multimedia in
New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, th ...
, New York City as a summer course, and returned to
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in the same year, post its completion.


Advertising career

He started composing and arranging music for small advertising jobs, primarily in the corporate and radio sector. His first major break in mainstream advertising came in the form of the
jingle A jingle is a short song or tune used in advertising and for other commercial uses. Jingles are a form of sound branding. A jingle contains one or more hooks and meaning that explicitly promote the product or service being advertised, usually ...
''Kya Aap Closeup Karte Hain'' for Close-Up toothpaste. It was a huge success, and is considered to be one of the top jingles of all time even today. After that he went onto compose hundreds of Ads and other jingles for leading brands and agencies, including the Amaron Batteries campaign,
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''Pizza Aaye Free'' campaign, ''
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'' (2010) campaign, IPL Mumbai Indians Anthem, and several other advertising campaigns, including ad campaigns and promos for leading Television shows like Mahabharata (2013)
Kaun Banega Crorepati ''Kaun Banega Crorepati'' (also simply known as ''KBC'') is an Indian Hindi-language television game show. It is the official Hindi adaptation of the ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' franchise. It has been presented by actor Amitabh Bachchan ...
Season 3,
Bigg Boss ''Bigg Boss'' is an Indian reality television game show franchise based on the Dutch reality show '' Big Brother''. It is produced by Endemol Shine India through Viacom18 and Disney Star. Subsequently, the various versions of the show are made ...
and
MasterChef India ''MasterChef India'' is an Indian competitive cooking game show franchise based on the Australian show '' MasterChef Australia'', which itself is based on the original British ''MasterChef''. MasterChef India Season 1-4 and Junior Masterchef Swa ...
.


Bollywood career

After becoming a well recognised name in the advertising field, he was approached by
Percept Picture Company Percept Picture Company is an Indian film production company, established in 2002 and a division of Percept Limited, an entertainment, media and communications company based in Mumbai. It has produced films like ''Dhol (film), Dhol'', ''MP3: Mera ...
to score the music for India's first animation film called ''
Hanuman Hanuman (; sa, हनुमान, ), also called Anjaneya (), is a Hindu god and a divine '' vanara'' companion of the god Rama. Hanuman is one of the central characters of the Hindu epic ''Ramayana''. He is an ardent devotee of Rama and on ...
'', which was based on the Indian God. The movie was declared a hit, and the music was well received critically and commercially. Following the success of ''Hanuman'', Percept Picture Company offered him the sequel ''
Return of Hanuman ''Return of Hanuman'' is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language animated action-adventure comedy film directed by Anurag Kashyap. A sequel to ''Hanuman'', it was produced by Shailendra Singh at Percept Picture Company and Toonz Animation, and the mus ...
'' in the year 2007, which was directed by ace film maker Anurag Kashyap. Tapas won the 'Golden Cursor Animation Award' for best music. In the year 2008, Tapas was approached by the critically acclaimed film maker
Nagesh Kukunoor Nagesh Kukunoor (born 30 March 1967) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor known for his works predominantly in Hindi cinema, and few Telugu language films. He is known for his works in parallel cinema, such as ''Hyderab ...
to write music for his film ''Yeh Hausla'', starring
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and
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in the lead. The movie which was produced by Percept Picture Company, never released though. He then scored the music for
Nagesh Kukunoor Nagesh Kukunoor (born 30 March 1967) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor known for his works predominantly in Hindi cinema, and few Telugu language films. He is known for his works in parallel cinema, such as ''Hyderab ...
’s '' Mod'' (2011) and followed up with the critically acclaimed ''
Lakshmi Lakshmi (; , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty, fertility and prosperity, and associated with ''Maya'' ("Illusion"). Alo ...
'' (2014). His music in Lakshmi was hugely appreciated by critics and audiences alike. In 2012 he scored the background music for
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’s '' Ferrari Ki Sawaari'' directed by Rajesh Mapuskar. Currently he is working on his next film with Nagesh Kukunoor called ‘Dhanak’, which is slated for a 2015 India Release.


Filmography


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Relia, Tapas People from Surat 1978 births Living people Indian film score composers Indian record producers Television composers Jingle composers Gujarati people New York University alumni