Sachin–Jigar
Sachin–Jigar is a music composer duo from Mumbai, India, consisting of Sachin Sanghvi and Jigar Saraiya. They compose for Bollywood and Gujarati movies. They have scored a number of successful soundtracks. Before working independently as music director duo, they were orchestrators of Pritam.
Early life
Both Sachin and Jigar are Gujaratis based in Mumbai Maharashtra.Career
Sachin–Jigar have created music at various platforms from theatre to television soaps to jingles. They must have done not less than 500 plays and not less than 5000 television episodes for various genres and channels. Jigar was assisting music director Rajesh Roshan where he met Amit Trivedi, who in turn introduced him to Sachin. Later that year they joined their hands and started assisting Pritam in setting up musical arrangements.They then programmed and arranged for almost all music directors in Bollywood from the legendary A.R. Rahman, Anu Malik and Nadeem-Shravan to Sandesh Shandilya, Pritam, Vishal-Shekhar etc., before they stepped in to be independent composers in 2009.
In 2009, they composed one song for the film Life Partner, which primarily featured songs by their mentor Pritam. Then in 2011, their first assignment as an independent music director duo was for the film F.A.L.T.U which included the hit song "Le Ja Tu Mujhe" & "Char Baj Gaye ". In 2011, they scored for Hum Tum Shabana & Shor in the City. In the latter, the song Saibo, sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Tochi Raina, was specially appreciated by critics as well as masses and the song Karma Is A Bitch became a huge hit.
After that, they composed music for Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya, one song each for Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum, ' and Ajab Gazabb Love, full albums for ' and Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story, one song for Himmatwala, two songs for I, Me Aur Main, and full albums for Go Goa Gone and Ramaiya Vastavaiya.
They next composed music for the film Issaq and collaborated with Yash Raj films via the highly successful Shuddh Desi Romance directed by Maneesh Sharma.
In 2014, they composed three original songs for the film Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania produced by Karan Johar under the banner of Dharma Productions and directed by Shashank Khaitan which had hit songs such as 'Saturday Saturday' & 'Samjhavan', composed by their album collaborators Sharib-Toshi. It was the first time for the duo working for Dharma Productions. The second album that year was the Akshay Kumar starrer Entertainment directed by the famous writer duo Sajid-Farhad, while their third album that year came with Happy Ending, written and directed by Raj & DK. They ended the year with a hit song, "Dance Basanti", for the film Ungli, starring Emraan Hashmi.
In 2015, their first film was Badlapur whose first single "Jee Karda" was released on 9 December 2014 and was an instant hit. Another single "Jeena Jeena" was released on 15 January 2015 which was a blockbuster song. The album for Disney's ABCD 2 became a hit as well. The song "Sun Sathiya" is widely regarded by many as one of the favourites from this album. Later that year, they composed two songs for Hero, a remake of Subhash Ghai's original film of the same name, which marked their first collaboration with actor-producer Salman Khan.
The next year, they composed for A Flying Jatt. In 2017, they came back with two original songs for Hindi Medium, which also had the chartbuster song, "Suit Suit", sung by Guru Randhawa. They next composed for the Ayushmann Khurrana-Parineeti Chopra starrer Meri Pyaari Bindu, the Kangana Ranaut starrer Simran and Sanjay Dutt starrer Bhoomi, while also composing songs and score for A Gentleman, which included the famous "Bandook Meri Laila".
In 2018, they composed the songs for Stree, starring Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor, which was a huge success, with its songs topping the charts. In 2019, their projects included the spoof comedy Arjun Patiala, the drama Made in China and one of the year's biggest hits, Bala, again starring Ayushmann Khurrana, but being his first film not to feature his vocals on any song.
Sachin & Jigar have also mesmerized the crowd with their musical contribution in Coke Studio India.
Discography
All songs are in Hindi else marked otherwise in comments.| Year | Movie | Comments | Best Song |
| 2006 | Golmaal Marathi Movie | Background Score | |
| 2008 | My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves | 1 Song – Allah Beli | |
| 2009 | Teree Sang | 5 songs composed | |
| 2009 | Life Partner | 1 Song – Gunji Aangna Mein Shehnai | |
| 2010 | Krantiveer: The Revolution | ||
| 2011 | F.A.L.T.U | All songs | Le ja tu mujhe |
| 2011 | Shor in the City | 4 songs | Saibo |
| 2011 | Hum Tum Shabana | All songs | Music Bandh Na karo |
| 2012 | Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya | All songs | Piya |
| 2012 | Kya Super Kool Hain Hum | 1 Song – Dil Garden Garden | |
| 2012 | ' | 1 Song – Hari Bol | |
| 2012 | Ajab Gazabb Love | 1 Song – Ajab Gazzab Love | |
| 2013 | ' | All songs | Bezubaan |
| 2013 | Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story | All songs | |
| 2013 | Himmatwala | 1 Retro Song - "Thank God Its Friday" | |
| 2013 | I, Me Aur Main | 3 songs – Na Jaane, Capuchino & Darbadar | |
| 2013 | Go Goa Gone | All songs | Babaji ki booty |
| 2013 | Ramaiya Vastavaiya | All songs | Jeene Laga hoon |
| 2013 | Issaq | 3 Songs – Issaq Tera, Duet & Jheeni Re Jheeni | Issaq Tera |
| 2013 | D for Dopidi | Telugu film; 1 song | |
| 2013 | Shuddh Desi Romance | All songs | Gulabi |
| 2014 | Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania | 3 Songs – D Se Dance, Lucky Tu Lucky Me & Daingad Daingad | |
| 2014 | Entertainment | All songs | Veere di Wedding |
| 2014 | Bey Yaar | Gujarati film debut | Title |
| 2014 | Finding Fanny | 1 Song – Shake Your Bootiya | |
| 2014 | Happy Ending | All Songs & Background Score | Jaise mera tu |
| 2014 | Ungli | 1 Song - Dance Basanti | |
| 2015 | Badlapur | All songs | Jeena Jeena |
| 2015 | ABCD 2 | All songs | Chunar |
| 2015 | Hero | 2 songs - Jab We Met, Khoya Khoya | |
| 2016 | A Flying Jatt | All Songs | Toota jo kabhi tara |
| 2016 | Wrong Side Raju | Gujarati film | Satarangi Re |
| 2017 | Carry On Kesar | Gujarati film | Aavi re hu aavi re |
| 2017 | Hindi Medium | 2 songs - Hoor, Ek Jindari | Hoor |
| 2017 | Meri Pyaari Bindu | All songs | Haareya |
| 2017 | Raabta | Background Score | |
| 2017 | ' | All songs | |
| 2017 | A Gentleman | All songs and Background Score | Disco Disco |
| 2017 | Chor Bani Thangaat Kare | Gujarati film | Bhuli Javu che |
| 2017 | Bhoomi | All songs | Kho diya hai |
| 2017 | Simran | All songs | Lagdi Hai Thai |
| 2017 | Best of Luck Laalu | Gujarati film | |
| 2017 | Love Ni Bhavai | Gujarati film | Vahlam |
| 2018 | ' | 5 songs | Shubh Din |
| 2018 | Gold | 5 songs and background score | |
| 2018 | Stree | All songs | Nazar |
| 2019 | Arjun Patiala | 4 songs | |
| 2019 | Chaal Jeevi Laiye! | Gujarati film | Chand ne kaho |
| 2019 | Made In China | All songs | Valam Valida |
| 2019 | Bala | 4 songs | Taquila |
| 2020 | Street Dancer | 6 songs and background score | |
| 2020 | Angrezi Medium | 3 songs and background score along with Sanjoy Chowdhury | Laadki |
| 2020 | Shakuntala Devi | All songs |
Jigar Saraiya as singer
Sachin Sanghvi as singer
| Year | Song | Film | Comments |
| 2015 | Happy B’Day | ABCD 2 | Hindi film |
| 2016 | Beat Pe Booty | A Flying Jatt | Hindi film |
| 2017 | Bhuli Javu Che | Chor Bani Thangaat Kare | Gujarati film |
| 2017 | Yaad Chhe | Chor Bani Thangaat Kare | Gujarati film |
| 2017 | Kho Diya | Bhoomi | Hindi film |
| 2019 | Chaand Ne Kaho | Chaal Jeevi Laiye | Gujarati |
| 2019 | Dhuni Re Dhakhavi | New version of an old Gujarati religious song | |
| 2019 | Radha Ne Shyam Mali Jashe | Single Gujarati Garba song with Shruti Pathak |
Personal life
They both are married. Jigar Saraiya is married to singer and lyricist Priya Saraiya. Sachin's daughter is Taniskha Sanghvi, who is known for the song Laadki.Awards and nominations
- 2013: 6th Gujarat Gauravvant Award
- 2016: GIFA: Best Music Album:Wrong Side Raju