Sunny M.R.
Sunny M.R. | |
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Born | Sunny Sanour |
Other names | Sunny[2] |
Occupation(s) | Music Producer, Composer, Singer, Sound Engineer |
Years active | 2001–present |
Sunny M.R. is an Indian music composer, music Producer, Sound Engineer and a Playback Singer. He is best known for his music in the Telugu films Swamy Ra Ra (2013) and Uyyala Jampala (2013). Musicperk.com rated the album 8/10, quoting "A fresh waft of cool music! Experimental Magic with simplicity".[3] He won Global Indian Music Award, Mirchi Music Award for the Hindi film Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) as the "Best Music Arranger cum Programmer" and " Song Programmer cum Arranger of the Year " in 2014.[4]
Early life[edit]
Sunny M.R. studied at St. Anne's High School, Patna[5] and then joined as sound engineer to assist his accomplished brother, Shadab Rayeen. After 6 months Sunny became an Independent Sound Engineer at the age of 15. He mastered mixing,arranging,composing various tunes primarily worked with Keerthana Digital studios,Hyderabad,Telangana for 6 years.[6]
Career[edit]
In Keerthana Digital studios, Sunny collaborated 350 albums mastering ragas from carnatic Music. In the initial stage, he used to hate composing with carnatic tunes, but realised afterwards, that jazz is a harmonised version of carnatic music. Then he started loving composing albums with carnatic ragas.[6] Sunny moved to Mumbai to meet Sandeep Chowta and joined as a sound engineer. Late Anil Kumar (a music director) and Krishna Chaitanya (a lyricist) inspired Sunny to join as a music director. Sudheer Varma, the director of the Telugu film Swamy Ra Ra selected him to compose its soundtrack. Sunny is part of an innovative open music community called Blogswara.[7] The Blogswara team appreciated Sunny's entry as a music director.[8][9]
Discography[edit]
As Composer[edit]
Year | Work | Language |
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2024 | Om Bheem Bush | Telugu |
2021 | 3 Roses | |
2021 | Super Over | |
2018 | Husharu | |
2017 | Keshava | |
2015 | Bhale Manchi Roju | |
2015 | Thanu Nenu | |
2015 | Dohchay | |
2014 | Rowdy Fellow | |
2013 | Uyyala Jampala | |
2013 | Swamy Ra Ra |
As Arranger & Record Producer[edit]
Year | Film | Language | Music Programmer | Music Sound Designer | Score Mixing Engineer | Song Mixing Engineer | Backing Vocals | Recording Supervisor |
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2015 | Dohchay | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2015 | Baahubali: The Beginning | Telugu / Tamil | Yes | Yes | ||||
2014 | Rowdy Fellow | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2013 | Uyyala Jampala | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2013 | Swamy Ra Ra | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2013 | Race 2 | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
2012 | Barfi! | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2012 | Cocktail | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2012 | Jannat 2 | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2012 | Agent Vinod | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2012 | Players | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2011 | Desi Boyz | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2011 | Mausam | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2011 | Bodyguard | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2011 | Ready | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2011 | Dum Maaro Dum | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2011 | Thank You | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2010 | Housefull | Hindi | Yes | Yes | ||||
2010 | Kedi | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2008 | Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
2007 | Om Shanti Om | Hindi | Yes | Yes |
As Playback Singer[edit]
- Track "Mana Bandham" in Uyyala Jampala.[10]
- Track Swamy Ra Ra (Reload) in Swamy Ra Ra.[10][11]
- Track "aanati devadasu" in dohchay.[12]
- Track "Dil udd Jaare" in Paaglait.
Awards[edit]
Year | Award | Song | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2013 | Mirchi Music Awards | "Badtameez Dil" | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani | Programmer & Arranger of the Year | Won | [13] |
2015 | "Selfie Le Le Re" | Bajrangi Bhaijaan | Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) | Nominated | [14] | |
2016 | "Dhaakad" | Dangal | Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) | [15] | ||
Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing) | ||||||
"Bulleya" | Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing) | ||||
2017 | "Ghar" | Jab Harry Met Sejal | Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) | [16] | ||
"Ullu Ka Pattha" | Jagga Jasoos | |||||
"Radio(Film Version)" | Tubelight |
References[edit]
- ^ "Journey of Sunny M.R. - Telugu cinema news". www.idlebrain.com.
- ^ "Sunny - Blogswara". blogswara.in.
- ^ "Swamy ra ra". musicperk.com. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
- ^ "Sunny M.R." IMDb.
- ^ "Sunny Sanour". www.facebook.com.
- ^ a b "Journey of Sunny M.R. – Telugu cinema news". Idlebrain.com. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ "Sunny | Blogswara". Blogswara.in. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ Jo (10 April 2013). "Every great thing must come to an end | Just Jo". Jocalling.com. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ "Sunny M.R." YouTube.
- ^ a b Swamy Ra Ra
- ^ "Sunny M.R." IMDb.
- ^ Lahari Music - T-Series (15 July 2015). "Aanati Devadasu -- video Song -- Dohchay -- Naga Chaitanya, Kritisanon" – via YouTube.
- ^ Parande, Shweta (28 February 2014). "Mirchi Music Awards 2014 winners: Shahrukh Khan, Farhan Akhtar honoured; Aashiqui 2 wins 7 trophies". India.com. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
External links[edit]
- Sunny M.R. at IMDb