Ajay−Atul


Ajay-Atul is the music alias of Indian music director duo of brothers Ajay and Atul Gogavale. They are working on Ranbir Kapoor's Shamshera, Amitabh Bachchan's Jhund, Shoojit Sircar's Sardar Udham Singh & Nagraj Majule & Ritesh Deshmukh's most awaited film on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj' Mahagatha Trilogy. In 2008, Ajay-Atul won the Best Music Direction award at the 56th National Film Awards from the Government of India for contributing music to the Marathi film Jogwa. The pair made their debut on the 2015 Forbes India Celebrity 100 List securing a position of 82. They are first Indian music directors to record their music at Sony scoring studios in Hollywood for Marathi movie Sairat. They have composed music for many hit Hindi movies such as PK, Agneepath, Singham, Brothers & Marathi movies like Sairat, Jogwa, Natrang, Lai Bhari, Fandry. Some of their most popular compositions are Zingaat, Chikni Chameli, Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin,Jeev Rangla, Wajle Ki Bara, Apsara Aali, Kombdi Palali, Malhar Wari, Morya, Lallati Bhandar, Mauli, Bring It On, Mera Naam Mary Hai and Dolby Song.

Career in Marathi and Bollywood

Ajay and Atul Gogavale were born to Ashok Gogavale, a Revenue Department officer in Alandi in Pune. Both were born in Pune and brought up in several villages in western Maharashtra, including Junnar, Shirur, Manchar and Ghodegaon as their father had a transferable job. Atul was born on 11 September 1974 and Ajay his younger brother born on 21 August 1976.
In their childhood, they were not much attracted towards academics. But their interest in music developed while they were still in school. Around this time, they started experimenting with music. In an NCC competition, Ajay played an existing composition differently, and they won the prize for their experiment. This instance inspired them to explore their music potential.
They did not have a musical background. Although they were not supported by their family directly for music, they were never denied any assistance. As their family could not afford the instruments for their musical endeavours, they started their musical ventures through their school, temples, local bands, etc. Despite not getting direct training, they learned a lot from these ventures. They would befriend people who owned instruments like harmoniums, mridangam, dhol etc., since they could not afford them on their own.
Later, while at college, they started working with local bands as arrangers. Their father bought them a keyboard on their mother's insistence. This proved to be one of their greatest gifts. Their father said, "You have not been given any toys during childhood, now this is your toy." This inspired them and they started experimenting.
Later, they came to Mumbai and started working on an international non-film music album "Vishwavinayaka". This proved to be a big break for them and paved the way for their foray into the Indian music industry. They worked on many commercial jingles, ballets, and advertisements to strengthen their profile.
Man Udhān Vāryāche, Malhāravārī, Kombdī Paḷalī are some of their notable compositions. Ajay-Atul composed the songs and background score for the Marathi film Naṭarang . Their composition for Naṭarang was influenced by traditional Marathi folk music forms like Lavani, Phaṭakā and Tamāśā. They composed music for the Hindi films Singham & Bol Bachchan starring Ajay Devgan and directed by Rohit Shetty and Agneepath & Brothers produced by Karan Johar and Directed by Karan Malhotra. They have also contributed music to the Aamir Khan starer film PK. In 2016, they worked in Nagraj Manjule's film Sairat which is the only Marathi film to gross over 1 billion. They also worked in Manasu Malligey Kannada remake of Sairat which is directed by S. Narayan and Dhadak Hindi remake of Sairat which is directed by Shashank Khaitan & Produced by Dharma Productions. They produced Marathi film Jaundya Na Balasaheb Directed by Girish Kulkarni. 2018 become a superhit year for them. They worked for Dhadak, Tumbbad, Thugs of Hindustan, Mauli, Zero. In Mauli, they recreated their Mauli Mauli song from Lai Bhari as Majhi Pandharichi Maay. They also featured in that music video. Their first song from Zero Mera Naam Tu garnered 18 million views in 24 hours on YouTube. But despite the popularity of this song and great acting by Shah Rukh Khan, the film was not successful at the box office.

Filmography

YearFilmDirectorLanguageNotes-
2004GayabPrawaal RamanHindiSongs-
2004Aga Bai Arrecha!Kedar ShindeMarathiSongs and Background Score-
2005Goad Gupit–MarathiSongs and Background Score-
2005Kedar ShindeMarathiSongs and Background Score-
2005Savarkhed: Ek GaonRajiv PatilMarathiSongs-
2005Viruddh... Family Comes FirstMahesh ManjrekarHindi2 tracks and Background Score-
2005Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!Mahesh ManjrekarHindi1 track-
2005Struggler-HindiSongs-
2006RestaurantSachin KundalkarMarathiBackground Score-
2006ShockHarish ShankarTeluguSong-
2007ZabardastMahesh Kothare.MarathiSongs-
2007Bandh Premache–MarathiSongs-
2007Saade Maade TeenAnkush Choudhary –
Sachit Patil		Marathi1 track-
2008CheckmateSanjay JadhavMarathiTitle song-
2008Tujya Majya Sanasarala Aani Kaay HaveRajiv PatilMarathiSong-
2008UladhaalAditya SarpotdarMarathiSongs and Background Score-
2008Mumbai Amchich-MarathiBackground Score-
2009Ek Daav Dhobi PachhadSatish RajwadeMarathi1 track-
2009Bedhund–MarathiSongs-
2009Oxygen: Jiv GudmartoyRajiv PatilMarathiSongs-
2009JogwaRajiv PatilMarathiSongs-
2009NatarangRavi JadhavMarathiSong and Background Score-
2010Ringa RingaSanjay JadhavMarathiSongs-
2011Atta Ga BayaSanjay NarvekarMarathi2 tracks-
2011My Friend PintoRaaghav DaHindiSong and Background Score-
2011SinghamRohit ShettyHindiSong and Background Score-
2012AgneepathKaran MalhotraHindiSong and Background Score-
2012Bol BachchanRohit ShettyHindi1 Track recreated from "Ringa Ringa"-
2013BhartiyaGirish MohiteMarathiSongs-
2013Dhating Dhingana-MarathiSong & Background Score-
2014FandryNagraj ManjuleMarathiTheme Song-
2014Lai BhaariNishikant KamatMarathiSongs-
2014PKRajkumar HiraniHindi-
2015BrothersKaran MalhotraHindiSong & Background Score -
2015Nilkanth MasterGajendra AhireMarathiSongs-
2016SairatNagraj ManjuleMarathiSong, Lyrics & Background Score-
2016Jaundya Na BalasahebGirish KulkarniMarathiSong & Background Score-
2017Manasu MalligeS. NarayanKannadaRemake of Sairat. 4 songs reused.-
2018MauliAditya SarpotdarMarathiSongs-
2018DhadakShashank KhaitanHindiSongs-
2018Thugs of HindostanVijay Krishna AcharyaHindiSongs-
2018TumbbadRahi Anil Barve
Adesh Prasad		HindiTitle track -
2018ZeroAanand L. RaiHindi4 Songs & Background Score-
2019Super 30Vikas BahlHindiSongs & Background Score-
2019PanipatAshutosh GowarikerHindiSong & Background Score-
2020TanhajiOm RautHindi1 Track-
2020JhundNagraj ManjuleHindiSong & Background Score-
2020ShamsheraKaran MalhotraHindiSong & Background Score
2020ChandramukhiPrasad OakMarathiSongs-
2021Sardar Udham SinghShoojit SircarHindiSongs-
2021ShivajiNagraj ManjuleMarathiSongs
and Background
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2021Raja ShivajiNagraj ManjuleMarathiSongs
and Background
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2021Chatrapati ShivajiNagraj ManjuleMarathiSongs
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