Coke Studio India, officially titled Coke Studio @ MTV is an Indian

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, which features live studio-recorded music performances by various artists. Coke Studio combines myriad musical influences, from

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, Carnatic and Indian folk, to contemporary hip hop, rock and

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music. It is inspired by the

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i show of the same name. Season 1 premièred on 17 June 2011 on

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. Season 2 premiered on 7 July 2012 on MTV India

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. Season 3 premiered 17 August 2013 on MTV India, Big FM and DD National. Season 3 also premiered on

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on 24 August 2013. Season 4 premiered on 1 March 2015.

Seasons

Below is a list of featured artists who have performed in Coke Studio India.

Season 1 (2011)

Each hour-long episode of the Coke Studio At MTV featured six songs and a diverse mix of music from alternative genres including Carnatic and

, compositions by new musicians, recreated

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tracks, and a special song created on the programme. This season, directed by upavitra Babul had a total of 10 episodes, including one which showed the best of Season 1. * Advaita * Akriti Kakkar * Bombay Jayashri * Bondo * Chinna Ponnu * Colonial Cousins * Divya * Divya Lewis * Harshdeep Kaur * Kailash Kher * Kavita Seth * Khagan Gogoi * Khagen Gogoi * KK * Lesle Lewis * Mathang * Mathangi Rajshekhar * Megha Dalton * Megha Sriram Dalton * Mousam * Mousam Gogoi * Murtuza * Nandesh * Nandesh Umap * Naresh * Pankhi Dutta * Papon * Paresh * Parthiv Gohil * Qadir * Rabani * Raghu Dixit * Ramya Iyer * Richa Sharma * Rupmatii Jolly * Sabri Brothers * Sanjay Vidyarthi * Sanjeev Thomas * Saurav Moni * Shaan * Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan * Shankar Mahadevan * Shruti Pathak * Sunidhi Chauhan * Sur Sangam Club * Suzanne D'Mello * Tochi Raina * Ustad Rashid Khan * Wadali brothers * Zoheb Hussain

Season 2 (2012)

The second season officially aired from 7 July 2012 on MTV India and Doordarshan. Every episode featured a music composer with his own composed tracks. This season also had a total of 10 episodes, including two showing the best of Season 2. * Agam * Alisha Batth * Altamash Faridi * Amit Trivedi * Apeksha Dandekar * Ash Roy * Ashwin Srinivasan * Banjyotsana Borgohain *

Benny Dayal Benny Dayal (born 13 May 1984) is an Indian playback singer. He is a prominent singer in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Gujarati and Marathi and more languages films. He has sung more than 3500 songs in 19+ Indian langu ...

* Bhanu Pratap Singh * Bianca Gomes * Bonnie Chakraborty * Clinton Cerejo * Devender Pal Singh * Dhruv Sangari * Divya Kumar * Dominique Cerejo * Hari & Sukhmani * Harshdeep Kaur * Jake Charkey * Jasbir Jassi * Jyoti Nooran * Karsh Kale * Kaushiki Chakrabarty * La Pongal * Mahalakshmi Iyer * Mahesh Vinayakraman * Mame Khan * Mami Varte * Mandeep Sethi * Master Saleem * Mili Nair * Monali Thakur * Moora Lala * Nandini Srikar * Natalie Di Luccio * Nicki Wells * Papon * Piyush Mishra * Pranav Biswas * Prasad Khaparde * Raghubir Yadav * Salim Merchant * Salvation Singers * Samidha Joglekar * Sawan Khan Manganiyar * Shadab Faridi * Sharodee Borah * Shilpa Rao * Shriram Iyer * Shruti Pathak * Sonu Kakkar * Sugandha Garg * Sultana Nooran * Suman Shridhar * Swanand Kirkire * Usha Uthup * Vijay Prakash * Vishal Dadlani * Zila Khan After Season 2, a minicert was held at Rendezvous 2012, an annual cultural festival of

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featuring

Shilpa Rao Shilpa Rao (born Apeksha Rao; 11 April 1984) is an Indian singer born and raised in Jamshedpur. She completed her Post Graduation in Applied Statistics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, before working as a jingle singer for three years. During ...

, Papon and

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from 19 to 22 October 2012. The song "Husna" was featured in the Global Indian Music Academy Awards 2012. A minicert was held at Hard Rock Cafe, Hyderabad on 23 November 2012, featuring

Amit Trivedi Amit Trivedi (born 8 April 1979) is an Indian music director, singer and a lyricist who works primarily in Hindi films. After working as a theatre and jingle composer and composing for non-film albums, he debuted as a film composer in the 2008 ...

Hari & Sukhmani Hari & Sukhmani (also styled as Hari + Sukhmani or Hari and Sukhmani) is an Indian folktronic duo comprising Hari Singh Jaaj and Sukhmani Malik, who are known for fusing traditional folk music of Punjab with electronic music, and incorporating ...

. Again a minicert was held at Hard Rock Cafe, New Delhi on 30 November 2012, featuring Papon and

Season 3 (2013)

Season 3 started to be aired from 17 August 2013 at MTV. The first full song was published on 1 August 2013. Named "Zariya", it was composed by

A. R. Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer and songwriter, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in in ...

. The second full song, "Bismillah", by

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, was published on 8 August 2013 on the eve of Eid. The third song, again by A. R. Rahman and named "Jagao mere des ko", was published on 14 August 2013, on the eve of Independence Day of India. On 22 August 2013 "Kattey" by

Ram Sampath Ram Sampath (born 25 July 1977) is an Indian composer, music producer and musician, who started his career composing advertising jingles for Mumbai-based advertising industry, subsequently he started composing for pop albums like ''Tanha Dil'' ( ...

was published. It is the fourth song and was published online before being aired on TV. There will be a total of ten episodes per season, each having one composer, including

, Papon,

Clinton Cerejo Clinton Cerejo is an Indian singer, music composer and musician. Life Clinton Cerejo was born into an academically inclined family with no known musical background. His father was an engineer at L&T and mother is a French professor. His eld ...

, Hitesh Sonik, and

. *

* Adi & Suhail *

Aditi Singh Sharma Aditi Singh Sharma is an Indian playback singer. She made her playback singing debut in Bollywood with Anurag Kashyap's '' Dev.D''. Sharma is known for her work in movies like '' Dev.D, No One Killed Jessica, Dhoom 3, 2 States, Agent Vinod ...

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Ani Choying Drolma Ani Choying Drolma (born 4 June 1971), also known as Choying Dolma and Ani Choying (''Ani'', "nun", is an honorific), is a Nepalese Buddhist nun of Tibetan origin and musician from the Nagi Gompa nunnery in Nepal. She is known in Nepal and thr ...

Anirban Chakraborty Anirban Chakrabarti is an Indian Bengali film actor. Chakrabarti is known for portraying the character '' Ekenbabu'' in a web series. He also played the character Jatayu in a web series directed by Srijit Mukherji. Currently, he is portraying the ...

* Anwesha Datta Gupta *

Aruna Sairam Sangita Kalanidhi Aruna Sairam is an Indian classical vocalist and carnatic music singer. She is a recipient of the Padma Shri award from the Government of India and has been elected as Vice Chairman of the Sangeet Natak Academy (India's premie ...

* Bhanvari Devi *

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* Bismila Khan *

* Des Raj Lachkani (group) * Dhruv Sangari * Dulal Manki * Faiz Mustafa * Farah Siraj * Gaurav Balani *

Hamsika Iyer Hamsika Iyer (born 12 April 1972) is an Indian singer based in Mumbai. She is a regular voice with ad world jingles and Marathi tele-serials, and has sung songs in Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam and Bengali movies. International collaborat ...

Hans Raj Hans Hans Raj Hans is an Indian singer who later became a politician. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and a recipient of the civilian honour of Padma Shri. He sings Punjabi folk and Sufi music as well as in movies and has also released hi ...

* Hard Kaur *

Harshdeep Kaur Harshdeep Kaur (born 16 December 1986) is an Indian playback singer known for her Bollywood Hindi, Punjabi,English and Sufi songs. She is popularly known as "Sufi Ki Sultana" because of her soulful Sufi renditions. After winning titles in two ...

* Hasan Mustafa *

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Jonita Gandhi Jonita Gandhi is a Canadian playback singer of Indian descent. She has recorded songs predominantly in Hindi and Tamil languages with few in Punjabi, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada and Malayalam languages. Some of her most accla ...

Kailash Kher Kailash Kher (born 7 July 1973) is an Indian music composer and singer. He sings songs with a music style influenced by Indian folk music and Sufi music. He was inspired by the classical musicians' Pandit Kumar Gandharva, Pandit Hridayna ...

Kalpana Patowary Kalpana Patowary is an Indian playback and folk singer from Assam. She sings in 30 languages and has many folk and popular songs to her credit, while Bhojpuri music has been her most dedicated foray. In his book, Cinema Bhojpuri, Avijit Ghosh l ...

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* Karthik *

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* Kavita Seth * Kutle Khan * Mangey 'Manga' Khan (Barmer Boys) * Munawar Masoom *

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* Nancy Aren Ao * Nikhil D' Souza * Papon *

Piyush Mishra Piyush Mishra (born as Priyakant Sharma; 13 January 1963) is an Indian actor, lyricist, playwright, musician and screenwriter. Mishra grew up in Gwalior, and graduated from National School of Drama, Delhi in 1986. Thereafter, he started his c ...

* Pt. Sanjeev Abhyankar *

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* Rayhanah & Issrath *

* Samantha Edwards * Sanam Puri *

Shalmali Kholgade Shalmali Kholgade is an Indian playback singer, who predominantly sings for Hindi language films. In addition to Hindi, she has also sung in other Indian languages such as Marathi, Bengali, Telugu and Tamil. Through her singing career, she has r ...

Shraddha Pandit Shradha Pandit (born 4 July 1982) is an Indian playback singer. Career Shradha grew up in Mumbai and belongs to a large family of successful musicians, singers, music producers and actors. She learnt Hindustani Classical Music from her Grandf ...

* Shruti Pathak *

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* Simanta Shekhar * Sona Mohapatra * Sonam Kalra *

Sonu Kakkar Sonu Kakkar is an Indian playback singer, songwriter and television personality. She is the elder sister of Bollywood singers, Neha Kakkar and Tony Kakkar. Sonu Kakkar was born in Rishikesh on October 20, 1979 in Uttarakhand. One of her most p ...

* Suchi & Blaaze *

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* Sunidhi Chauhan * Tanvi Shah * Tarun * Tochi Raina * Usri Banerjee * Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan * Ustad Rashid Khan *

Vijay Prakash Vijay Prakash (born 21 February 1976) is an Indian Playback singer and also a Music Composer from Karnataka. He has given his voice for predominantly Kannada and Telugu language films. In addition, he has also sung in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam ...

* Winit Tikoo

Season 4 (2014)

Anupam Roy Anupam Roy (born 29 March 1982) is an Indian singer, singer-songwriter, music director, composer, songwriter, guitarist, playback singer from Kolkata, West Bengal. He made his debut with ''Amake Amar Moto Thakte Dao'' & ''Benche Thakar Gaan'', ...

Babul Supriyo Babul Supriyo (born 15 December 1970) is an Indian playback singer, live performer, television host, actor and politician who currently serves as Cabinet Minister of Information Technology and Electronics and Tourism of the Government of West ...

Pradeep Giri Pradeep Giri (6 November 1945 – 20 August 2022) was a Nepali politician from Siraha district Madhesh origin and a member of the House of Representatives from the Nepali Congress. He was also part of the party's central committee. Persona ...

* Bhanvari Devi * Bhungarkhan Manganiar * Bobkat * Dhruv Ghanekar *

Diljit Dosanjh Daljit Singh Dosanjh known professionally as Diljit Dosanjh (born 6 January 1984) is an Indian singer, actor, film producer and television personality. He works in Punjabi Music and subsequently in Punjabi and Hindi cinema. Dosanjh entered ...

* Divya Kumar * Gurdas Maan *

Ila Arun Ila Arun is an Indian actress, TV personality and Rajasthani folk and folk-pop singer. She has appeared in many prominent Bollywood movies such as '' Lamhe'', ''Jodhaa Akbar'', '' Shaadi Ke Side Effects'' and '' Begum Jaan''. Personal life ...

* Jashan Singh *

Jasmine Sandlas Jasmine Kaur Sandlas is an Indian-American singer, rapper, television personality, performer, songwriter who mainly sings Punjabi songs. She was also featured on the TEDx Talks, ''MTV'' Coke Studio and spoken word platforms. Jasmine Sandlas i ...

* Jatinder Shah * Jeet Gannguli * Jyoti Nooran *

* Kirtidan Gadhvi *

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Manj Musik Manjeet Singh Ral (Punjabi: ਮਨਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਰਾਲ, born 24 January 1975), better known by his stage-name Manj Musik, is a British Indian composer, singer and Filmi scorer. He was one of the music composer for the bhangra musi ...

Master Saleem Master Saleem also known as Saleem Shahzada is an Indian singer who is known for his work as a devotional singer and also as a playback singer in Bollywood films, like ''Heyy Babyy'' (2007), '' Dostana'' and ''Love Aaj Kal'' (2009). He has also ...

* Raftaar (rapper) * Raj Pandit * Rajesh Radhakrishnan *

Rekha Bhardwaj Rekha Bhardwaj (born 24 January 1964) is an Indian singer and live performer. She has received two Filmfare and one National Awards. In addition to Hindi, she has also sung in Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi and Malayalam languages. Personal ...

* Rituraj Mohanty * Sachin–Jigar *

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Satyaki Banerjee Satyaki Banerjee ( bn, সাত্যকি ব্যানার্জি) is an Indian Bengali composer. He is a part of an Anglo-Bengali band with members in Kolkata and London. He plays instruments like the dotara and the sarod, and his pe ...

* Shadab Faridi *

Sharmilee Supriyo ''Sharmeelee'' is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language romantic film produced by Subodh Mukherjee and directed by Samir Ganguly. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Raakhee, Narendra Nath, Nazir Hussain, Iftekhar, S N Banerjee, Anita Guha, Asit Sen. Ra ...

* Sona Mohapatra *

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* Sunny Brown * Taniskha Sanghvi * Tochi Raina * Tony Sebastian *

Vidya Harikrishna Vidya may refer to: * Vidya (philosophy), a concept in Hindu and Buddhist philosophy * ''Vidya'' (journal), a bimonthly journal published by the Triple Nine Society * ''Vidya'' (film), a 1948 Bollywood film * Vidya Academy of Science and Techn ...

* Viveick Rajgopalan

Coke Studio concerts

After the second season, a concert was held at Chaos, an annual cultural festival of

IIM Ahmedabad Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad) is the world's number 1 business school, located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The school has been accorded the status of an Institute of National Importance by Ministry of Human Resource ...

featuring

, Sona Mohapatra on 28 December 2013. Coke Studio Megacert was held on 9 November 2014 at Xpressions'14, the annual B-School fest of Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar. This programme featured the composer Amit Trivedi and was the biggest live concert in eastern India. After XIMB, it was organized at IIM Lucknow's fest Varchasva 2014 where Javed Ali performed and enthralled the audience. A Coke Studio Megacert was planned for Youth Vibe 2014, the Annual Global Youth Fest of

Lovely Professional University Lovely Professional University (LPU) is a private university located in Chaheru, Phagwara, Punjab, India. The university was established in 2005 by Lovely International Trust, under The Lovely Professional University Act, 2005 (Punjab Act 25 of ...

, featuring Ram Sampath, Sona Mohapatra and Vijay Prakash on 14 November 2014. This is the second time Coke Studio performed at Lovely Professional University. On 28 February 2016, the third megacert featured Diljit Doshanjh and Gurdas Maan. The concert was the biggest concert of Coke Studio so far, with a crowd of over 4,000. The event was organised by Student Entertainment and the Event Management Cell. On 17 October 2015 Coke Studio held a concert in

Jaipur Jaipur (; Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. , the city had a population of 3.1 million, making it the tenth most populous city in the country. Jaipur is also known as ...

featuring artists such as Amit trivedi, Ram Sampath and Sona Mohapatra.

References

External links

Official website

''Coke Studio'' Season 4