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Sachin–Jigar
Background information
Also known as	Sachin Sanghvi, Jigar Saraiya
Born	(1980-06-14) 14 June 1980 (age 44)
Origin	Mumbai, India
Genres	Film soundtrack, Electronic, Pop, Rock, Hip Hop, Jazz
Occupation(s)	Music director, singer, record producer, arranger, composer, entrepreneur
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Guitars, Piano, Keyboard, Bass guitar, Stomp, Percussions, Drums, Vibraphone, Flute, Electronic music Clarinet, Oboe, English Horn, Ukulele, Backpacker, Tumbi, Whistle, Techno, Bossa, String instrument, Shehnai, Harmonium, Dhol, Melodica, Mandolin, Charango, Rebab, Koto, Kazoo
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Yash Raj Films, Tips Industries Limited, Sony Music India, Eros Music, T-Series, Zee Music Company

Sachin–Jigar are an Indian music composer duo consisting of Sachin Sanghvi and Jigar Saraiya. They are both known for their compositions in both Hindi and Gujarati language films.

Personal life

Sachin Sanghvi and Jigar Saraiya are both originally from Gujarat, and are both settled in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Career

Prior to working with each other, they both were assistants to Pritam and programmed and arranged music for several composers including A. R. Rahman, Amit Trivedi, Anu Malik, Nadeem–Shravan and Sandesh Shandilya. Jigar had met Sachin while serving as an assistant to Pritam. Seeing their potential, Pritam suggested Sachin & Jigar to work together as a duo. In 2009, they began working with each other and composed a song for the film Life Partner.

In 2011, they independently composed music for the film F.A.L.T.U. In the following years, they composed music for films such as OMG – Oh My God!, Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya, Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum, Ajab Gazabb Love, ABCD: Any Body Can Dance, Shuddh Desi Romance, Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story, Himmatwala, I, Me Aur Main, Go Goa Gone and Ramaiya Vastavaiya.

The duo composed music for the film Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania in 2014 which was produced by Dharma Productions. In 2015, they composed music for the film Badlapur. The same year they composed songs for the film ABCD 2, a sequel to ABCD: Any Body Can Dance and Hero which featured a song sung by Salman Khan.

In 2018, they created the company White Noise Studios which aims to launch new talent and offer them opportunities in the music industry.

They have composed several songs for films such as A Gentleman (2017), Stree (2018), Gold (2018), Arjun Patiala (2019), Made in China (2019), Angrezi Medium (2019), Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui (2021), Bhoot Police (2021), Bhediya (2022), Govinda Naam Mera (2022) and Zara Hatke Zara Bachke (2023).

Discography

As Music Composers

Hindi film

Other film

Television

Short film

Songs sung by Jigar Saraiya

Songs sung by Sachin Sanghvi

Personal life

Jigar Saraiya is married to singer and lyricist Priya Saraiya. Sachin's daughter, Taniskha Sanghvi has sang the song Laadki.

Awards and nominations

• 2013: 6th Gujarat Gauravvant Award
• 2016: GIFA: Best Music Album: Wrong Side Raju

References

1. Mishra, Abhimanyu (10 April 2015). "Sachin-Jigar: With the right films, we can change the face of Gujarati cinema". The Times of India.
2. "Sachin-Jigar to launch new talent".
3. "Priya Saraiya: We have always been a happy working family". Mid-Day. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
4. IANS (23 April 2015). "Composer Sachin's daughter debuts with 'MTV Coke Studio'". The Indian Express. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
5. "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
6. "Nominations - Mirchi Music Awards 2017". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

• Indian film score composers
• Musicians from Mumbai
• Indian musical duos
• Gujarati people
• Indian male film score composers
• Gujarati playback singers