Mihir Joshi (born March 15, 1981) is an Indian singer, television anchor and former All India Radio FM Rainbow

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Early life

Joshi is an

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by training and studied at Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering.

Professional life

Joshi started his career as a

with the stage-name Music-man Mihir. His first interview was with Engelbert Humperdinck. He worked Mumbai-based music store Furtados Music to help promote local bands and create a bridge between artists and instrument manufacturing companies. He also worked as a freelance writer and photographer for many magazines and newspapers such as (

Rock Street Journal ''Rock Street Journal'' or ''RSJ'' is a monthly magazine covering the rock scene in India and South Asia. It was started in January 1993 in Allahabad by Amit Saigal and Shena Gamat Saigal after they noted the lack of a support system for India ...

Rave A rave (from the verb: '' to rave'') is a dance party at a warehouse, club, or other public or private venue, typically featuring performances by DJs playing electronic dance music. The style is most associated with the early 1990s dance mus ...

, Yuva, Jam, JLT,

Hindustan Times ''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia. It was founded by Sunder Singh Lyall ...

Mumbai Mirror The ''Mumbai Mirror'' is an Indian English-language newspaper published in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Launched in 2005 as a compact daily newspaper, its coverage focuses on city specific local news and civic issues concerning education, healthcare an ...

and various others, including his own, called eMUSICPOST.com). After serving 5 years as a

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, he moved to

Radio One (India) 94.3 Radio One is a commercial radio network in India owned by HT Media. It has stations in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Pune. History The newspaper ''Mid-Day'' founded the station as Radio Midday in Mumbai, which ...

to host One Mumbai One Music, a show dedicated to featuring Indian musicians on radio. The talk-show format of this radio show later grew into an independent show, The MJ Show.

Music career

Performing artist

Mihir Joshi formed and fronted three English bands as the lead vocalist, The King Keys in 2006, The Works in 2007, and Mihir Joshi Band in 2012. He also formed his first

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band, Bombay Rock Project in 2011, that went on to perform and do quite well on season 3 of

India's Got Talent India's Got Talent is a televised Indian Hindi language talent show series and is part of the '' Got Talent franchise''. The program is produced and distributed by Fremantle. The show aired on Colors TV till season 8; since season 9 the show is ...

. He also formed his new Bollywood Band in 2014.

Album

Mihir released his first album on May 31, 2014 – Mumbai Blues, produced by Ashish Manchanda, recorded at

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's Nirvana Studios and Ashish's Flying Carpet Productions. It was released worldwide digitally by ''Times Music'' and physically by Flying Carpet Productions. The album was launched by

Ehsaan Noorani Ehsaan Noorani is an Indian composer and guitarist. Music career Noorani is the part of the ''Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy'' trio, which consist of Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa and himself. He was the guitarist for many music directors before he ...

and

Loy Mendonsa Loy Mendonsa is an Indian music director and part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio which consist of himself, Shankar Mahadevan and Ehsaan Noorani. Before becoming a music composer, he played piano and keyboards for famous Indian music compose ...

of the famous

Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy () is an Indian musical trio consisting of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. They have composed music for over 50 soundtracks across five languages: Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and English. Amongst t ...

music director trio on the Harman Live Arena stage at the Palm Expo in Mumbai. In February 2015, Mihir's label ''Times Music'' was ordered by

Central Board of Film Certification The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is a statutory film-certification body in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India. It is tasked with "regulating the public exhibition of films under the provision ...

to remove the word

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from one of his songs, Sorry.

Television Hosting

Joshi hosted two TV

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– ICICI Direct Aspire on

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and Maruti Suzuki Colors Of Youth on

MTV India MTV India is an Indian pay television channel specialising in music, reality and youth culture programming. It was launched in 1996 as the Indian version of MTV and is owned by Viacom 18, a joint venture operation between MTV International owne ...

The MJ Show

Joshi started The MJ Show as a blog in 2010, and later took it to a visual platform on YouTube with help from Ping Network in August 2013. Season 1 had 50 episodes and Season 2 is about to end with 25 episodes on the YouTube channel. The show is also broadcast by

NDTV Prime NDTV Prime is an Indian information and entertainment channel owned by NDTV. It was launched on June 5, 2017. Prior to the launch, NDTV transferred their business from profit to regular business and finance segments on NDTV 24x7. NDTV Prime is ava ...

WWE Mihir is also a professional emcee and has hosted events for a lot of really big companies for over 11 years. He is also the official host for the world's largest sports entertainment brand – WWE in India.

Awards

Global Indian Music Awards

The

Global Indian Music Academy Awards The Global Indian Music Academy Awards (also known as the GiMA Awards) are presented annually by Global Indian Music Academy to honour and recognise Music of India, Indian music. The nominees are voted by GiMA's jury, who have some of the most ...

are presented annually by Global Indian Music Academy to honour and recognise

Indian music Owing to India's vastness and diversity, Indian music encompasses numerous genres in multiple varieties and forms which include classical music, folk (Bollywood), rock, and pop. It has a history spanning several millennia and developed ove ...

. Joshi and his band, the Mihir Joshi Band won an award for their debut album Mumbai Blues . , - , align="center", 2015 , align="center", Mumbai Blues , align="center", Best Rock Album , , - , -

References

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