Hitesh Modak is a music composer, arranger and producer from Mumbai. He is the arranger and music producer of the track "Moh Moh Ke Dhaage" from the film ''

Dum Laga Ke Haisha ''Dum Laga Ke Haisha'' (), released internationally as ''My Big Fat Bride'', is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Sharat Katariya, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar, Sanjay Mishra and ...

''.

Life

He is born in an economically challenged family in

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...

. Before Bollywood, he played in various bands and performed in international stage shows.

Career

Modak established his identity in Bollywood as an arranger and producer. His song "Moh Moh ke Dhaage" from ''Dum Laga Ke Haisha'' won in several categories at the 63rd National Awards. He has written background scores for films like ''Shaitaan'', ''Ishqzaade'', ''Daawat-e-Ishq'', ''Qaidi Band'' and ''Simran''. He has arranged and produced songs like "Qareeb Qareeb Single" ('' Daana Paani''), Hichki ( Oye Hichki, Teri Dastaan), Sunder Sushil, Welcome back song ( 20/20), Chadta Sooraj, Ye pal, Indu Sarkar songs, Begum Jaan film songs such as Holi, O re Kaharo, Aazadiya, Murshida, Prem mei tohre and Home ( An ALT Balaji Web Series). Recently Home has been nominated in ITA awards. He has remade a

Yash Raj Films Yash Raj Films (YRF) is an Indian film production and distribution company founded by veteran filmmaker Yash Chopra in 1970. It mainly produces and distributes Hindi and Punjabi films. The company has grown to be one of the largest film studios ...

song with Aditya Chopra and Shiv Rawal, "Ni Main Yaar Manana Ni" Dance Mix ft. Vaani Kapoor. Among his upcoming ventures are a Marathi film with Majesh Manjrekar, untitled Bollywood movies and a web series with Ehswar Niwas. Esani Dey was the guitarist and co-arranger of ''

PM Narendra Modi ''PM Narendra Modi'' is a 2019 Hindi-language biographical drama film directed by Omung Kumar, and written by Anirudh Chawla and Vivek Oberoi. The film is jointly produced by Suresh Oberoi, Sandip Singh, Anand Pandit, Acharya Manish under the b ...

''. Modak was the music composer of the film, ''PM Narendra Modi'', writing the songs "Namo Namo" (lyrics : Lavraj, Parry G ), "Junoon" (lyrics: Lavraj) and "Ishwar Allah" (original lyrics by Javed Akhtar). He has received a Black Swan Award in 2019 for the movie. He was also the composer, arranger and producer in ''Marathi Big Boss'' season 2.

Filmography (as music composer)

* ''Hero Naam Yaad Rakhi'' (2015) * ''Main Yaar Manana Ni Dance Mix ft. Vaani Kapoor'' (2017) * ''Ek Dopahar'' (short film) (2017) * ''Home'' (2018) * ''

Yeh Saali Aashiqui ''Yeh Saali Aashiqui'' () is an Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film. The film is directed by Cherag Ruparel and produced by Jayantilal Gada & Amrish Puri Films. The film stars debutantes Vardhan Puri, grandson of Amrish Puri, and Shi ...

'' (2019) * ''

'' (2019 * ''

Jinde Meriye ''Jinde Meriye'' is a 2020 Indian Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi ma ...

'' (2020) * '' Antim: The Final Truth'' (2021) * ''

Har Har Mahadev ''Har Har Mahadev'' is a 2022 Indian Marathi-language epic historical action drama film written and directed by Abhijeet Deshpande and produced by Zee Studios along with Sunil Phadtare under the banner of Shree Ganesh Marketing And Films. It s ...

'' (2022) * '' Pangharun'' (2022) * '' Vedat Marathe Veer Daudle Saat'' (2023) * ''

Jogira Sara Ra Ra ''Jogira Sara Ra Ra'' is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written by Ghalib Asad Bhopali and directed by Kushan Nandy and jointly produced by Kiran Shroff and Naeem Siddiqui. The film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Neha Sharma, ...

'' (2023)

As arranger and producer

* ''

'' ("Moh Moh ke Dhaage", "Sunder Susheel") (2015) * '' Welcome Back'' ("20/20") (2015) * '' Daana Paani'' (2018) * ''

Indu Sarkar ''Indu Sarkar'' is a 2017 Indian period political thriller film, co-written, co-produced and directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. The story screenplay of the movie is written by Anil Pandey and Madhur Bhandarkar and the dialogues are penned by Sanjay ...

'' (2017) * ''

Begum Jaan ''Begum Jaan'' is a 2017 Indian Hindi period drama film. It is written and directed by National Film Award-winning director Srijit Mukherji and produced by Mukesh Bhatt, Vishesh Bhatt and Play Entertainment. The film is co-produced by Sakshi ...

'' ("O Re Kaharo", "Aazadiyan", "Murshida", "Prem Mein Tohre") (2017) * ''

Hichki ''Hichki'' (; ) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film co-written and directed by Siddharth P. Malhotra and produced by Aditya Chopra and Maneesh Sharma under the former's banner of Yash Raj Films. Based on American motivational s ...

'' ("Oye Hichki", "Teri Dastaan") (2018)

Background score composer

* '' Shaitaan'' (2011) * ''

Ishaqzaade ''Ishaqzaade'' () is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language romantic action film written and directed by Habib Faisal, and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. The film stars debutant Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra in the lead roles, with Ga ...

'' (2012) * ''

Daawat-e-Ishq ''Daawat-e-Ishq'' () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Habib Faisal, and produced by Aditya Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films. It stars Parineeti Chopra and Aditya Roy Kapur. The soundtrack was composed by ...

'' (2014) * ''

Qaidi Band ''Qaidi Band'' () is a 2017 Indian musical drama film, it revolves around seven innocent under-trials, who give a band performance in the prison to get into the good books of the authorities and secure their acquittal. It features newcomers Aad ...

'' (2017) * ''

Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar ''Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar'' () is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language black comedy drama film directed and produced by Dibakar Banerjee with distribution by Yash Raj Films. Parineeti Chopra and Arjun Kapoor star in lead roles. The filming began on ...

'' (2021)

Awards

* "Moh Moh Ke Dhaage" from ''Dum Laga Ke Haisha'' wan a National award. Modak was the arranger and music producer of the song. * Black Swan Award 2019 for composition in ''PM Narendra Modi''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Modak, Hitesh Indian composers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Musicians from Mumbai