The Musical Team
Girish Vishwa
Talent is what talent does and Vishwa has never once failed to surprise us with his unbeatable taal of dholak. Some of his biggest contributions in Bollywood music is for dhak dhak karne laga from the movie Beta and working under Ismail Darbar for the movies Hum Dill De Chuke Sanam and Devdaas. And that’s still not all, he has been in the music team of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa since its very first show and has no plan to be replaced any time soon because the production department has already recognized the gem of talent they have.
Chintoo Singh
Speaking about his unique style, once on an international tour, Chintoo got acquainted with Rabab in Kabul. His unforgettable guitar tunes won him laurels for his music contribution in the well-known Kailash Kher album “AllahKeBande”.
R. S. Mani
R S Mani (popularly known as ‘Mani’), started off in the music field by playing the flute in his school band, slowly shifted to the Drums and percussions. He has toured with big legends like KISHORE KUMAR, R D BURMAN, MAHENDRA KAPOOR to name a few. Mani did the complete arrangement, sound designing of all the Songs of the Yash Raj films blockbuster ‘VEER ZAARA’. He also scored the Background music with a 40-piece Live Orchestra and Keyboards and was also nominated for the Best Background score/SCREEN AWARDS for the same film. Mani has also arranged POPULAR FILM SONGS like Chamma Chamma, Mehboob mere, etc composed by Anu Malik, and the songs of the movie ‘MANN’.
Vipul Samani
He is one of the most revered and respected keyboard player and music arranger in the industry with over 30 years of experience playing the keyboard. A regular feature of the Aryan’s band, Vipul is a disciple of Pt. Anupam Rai. Having performed for multiple international artistes and concerts across the globe, Vipul chose to become an instructor and coach and impart his knowledge to budding and upcoming artistes and trains over 300 students at his institute – Gurukul academy in Mumbai. Vipul has also arranged and composed music along with Ameya for their Ekam Satt concerts.
Sanchit Mhatre
Sanchit is a talent with enormous energy and finesse in his art. A drummer and Tabla player par excellence, he has learnt his art from Gino Banks and Taufiq Qureshi after initial training from Jayesh Dhargalkar. He has been training for over 15 years and has been a part of Ameya’s ensemble for over 10 years. He also plays with other prolific singers such as Pooja Gaitonde and is also a part of the ROOH band.
Jayesh Dhargalkar
He is the disciple of late maestro Ustad Allarakha Qureshi. He has been a tabla exponent and a child prodigy has now been practicing the art for the past 27 years. He is a core member of Ameya’s musical concerts and has been performing together for over 10 years.
Keshab Baruah
Keshab is equivalent to folk sound of North East India. After discovering his musical abilities in a reality show, he has been performing for multiple folk and YouTube concerts all around India with his band. He has also featured in Kingfisher Strong Backstage for his heart-worming Qawwali Maula, not to forget his regular features on Doordarshan with his band for Indian folk rock.
Prasad Mayekar
An all-rounder in the art of Dholak, Tabla, Punjabi Dhol and numerous other percussion has played with multiple Sufi and Bollywood playback singer. He was a runner-up in reality show Dholki Zali Bolki which was telecasted on Doordarshan. He has also contributed in recordings of music tracks for Marathi feature films.
Prasad Chavan
Prasad Has been learning and teaching music at Suresh Wadkar’s Ajivasan Music Academy.
He has been a part of vocal background score for Bollywood movie Bajirao Mastani, sung 6 songs for Patanjali Yog Darshan album.
Pankaj Das
Neha Rane
Sangeet visharad from Gandharv Mahavidyala, recipient of Sangeet Ratna Degree in light classical music, Neha Rane is a rising star in Mumbai Music scene. She has also recorded scratch tracks for the Voice of Bollywood Shreya Ghosal.
Manuraj Rajput
A sensation from &Tv reality show Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani is a student of Padma-Vibhushan Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. Manuraj is a stellar act with his skills to combine Hindustani Classical Music with Groovy Bollywood hits. He has travelled all-around the globe for his performances.
Punit Lotia
A star guitarist and life of Radio Channel Fever 104.8 in Mumbai, Punit loves to play Bollywood music, and has played with numerous celebrities all around India.
Priyanka Jadhav
Priyanka is a versatile singer, she is learning light music and classical music under her Guru Pandit B. A. Tupe. She has been training for over 14 years, and has been performing in shows and concerts for more than 10 years. She has been honored with the celibacy of “Punyanagari sargam”. She had participated in “Sangeet Samrat” which was organized on “Zee Yuva” channel. She has recorded songs for some of the upcoming Marathi films.
Sanchita Garge
Sanchita is a versatile singer, she has learnt light music under famous Marathi playback singer Uttara Kelkar. She has completed her master’s in music and currently she is learning classical under Shuchita Athalekar. She has been training for over 16years, she has been performing in shows and concerts across India for more than 12 years. She had participated in Marathi Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and a very famous Marathi show Nakshatranche dene and many others. Currently, she is working with Ameya Dabli.