Ajay-Atul facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Ajay-Atul
Ajay (left)-Atul (right) in Pune
Background information
Born	21 August 1976 (1976-08-21) (age 48) (Ajay) 11 September 1974 (1974-09-11) (age 50) (Atul) Pune, Maharashtra, India
Genres	Indian folk music filmi classical semi-classical folk orchestral
Occupation(s)	Music composers music producers producers judges
Years active	2000–present

Ajay-Atul is an Indian music composer duo comprising brothers Ajay Ashok Gogavale and Atul Ashok Gogavale. They won the Best Music Direction award at the 56th National Film Awards from the Government of India for their music in the Marathi film Jogwa in 2008. They made their debut in the 2015 Forbes India Celebrity 100 List securing a position of 82 and were placed 22nd in 2019. They have composed music for many hit Marathi & Hindi films.

Early life

Ajay and Atul were born to Ashok Gogavale, a Revenue Department officer of Alandi, Pune. They spent their childhood in several villages of western Maharashtra, such as Rajgurunagar, Junnar, Shirur, Manchar and Ghodegaon as their father had a transferable job. Atul, the elder of the brothers, was born on 11 September 1974 and Ajay, the younger of the brothers, was born on 21 August 1976.

Throughout their childhood, they were not much interested in academics. But their interest in music developed while they were still in school. Around this time, they started experimenting with music. In an NCC competition, Ajay played an existing composition differently, and they won the prize for their experiment. This instance inspired them to explore their music potential.

They did not have a musical background. Although they were not supported by their family directly for music, they were never denied any assistance. As their family could not afford the instruments for their musical endeavors, they started their musical ventures through their school, temples, local bands, etc. Despite not getting direct training, they learned a lot from these ventures. They would befriend people who owned instruments like harmoniums, mridangam, dhol, etc., since they could not afford them on their own. Later, while at college, they started working with local bands as arrangers. Their father bought them a keyboard on their mother's insistence. This proved to be one of their greatest gifts. Their father said, "You have not been given any toys during childhood, now this is your toy". This inspired them and they started experimenting.

Career as music composers

Later, they came to Mumbai and started working on an international non-film music album "Vishwavinayaka". This proved to be a big break for them and paved the way for their foray into the Indian (mostly Marathi) music industry. They worked on many commercial jingles, ballets, and advertisements to strengthen their profile.

Man Udhān Vāryāche (मन उधाण वाऱ्याचे), Malhāravārī (मल्हारवारी), Kombdī Paḷalī (कोंबडी पळाली ) are some of their notable compositions. Ajay-Atul composed the songs and background score for the Marathi film Naṭarang (नटरंग) (2010). Their composition for Naṭarang was influenced by traditional Marathi folk music forms like Lavani (लावणी), Phaṭakā (फटका) and Tamāśā (तमाशा). They composed music for the Hindi films Singham & Bol Bachchan starring Ajay Devgan directed by Rohit Shetty and Agneepath & Brothers produced by Karan Johar directed by Karan Malhotra. They have also contributed music to the Aamir Khan starrer PK. In 2016, they worked in Nagraj Manjule's film Sairat which is the only Marathi film to gross over 1  billion. They also composed for Manasu Mallige, the film's Kannada remake and Dhadak, the Hindi remake. They produced the Marathi film Jaundya Na Balasaheb directed by Girish Kulkarni. They composed for Tumbbad, Thugs of Hindostan, Mauli and Zero. Their first song from Zero, "Mere Naam Tu", garnered 18 million views in 24 hours on YouTube.

They were awarded as 'Composer of the Decade' in Mirchi Music Awards (Hindi) 2021 for Agneepath and Mirchi Music Awards (Marathi) 2021 for Sairat.

Almost all of their songs and albums are recorded using live instruments, the most notable of them being Agneepath, Sairat and Dhadak.

Filmography

Albums

Films

Year	Film	Director	Language	Notes
2004	Gayab	Prawaal Raman	Hindi	Songs
	Aga Bai Arrecha!	Kedar Shinde	Marathi	Songs and Background Score
2005	Goad Gupit	–
	Jatra	Kedar Shinde
	Savarkhed Ek Gaon	Rajiv Patil		Songs
	Viruddh... Family Comes First	Mahesh Manjrekar	Hindi	2 songs and Background Score
	Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!	Mahesh Manjrekar		1 Song
	Struggler	–		Songs
2006	Restaurant	Sachin Kundalkar	Marathi	Background Score
	Shock	Harish Shankar	Telugu	Song
2007	Zabardast	Mahesh Kothare	Marathi	Songs
	Bandh Premache	Abhiram Bhadkamkar
	Saade Maade Teen	Ankush Choudhary – Sachit Patil		Title Song
2008	Checkmate	Sanjay Jadhav		Title Song
2008	Tujya Majya Sanasarala Aani Kaay Have	Rajiv Patil		Song
	Uladhaal	Aditya Sarpotdar		Songs and Background Score
	Mumbai Amchich	Sharad Bansode		Background Score
2009	Ek Daav Dhobi Pachhad	Satish Rajwade		Title Song
	Bedhund	Dnyanesh Bhalekar		Songs
	Oxygen: Jiv Gudmartoy	Rajiv Patil
	Jogwa	Rajiv Patil
	Natarang	Ravi Jadhav		Song and Background Score
2010	Ringa Ringa	Sanjay Jadhav		Songs
2011	Atta Ga Baya	Sanjay Narvekar		1 Song
	My Friend Pinto	Raaghav Dar	Hindi	Songs
	Singham	Rohit Shetty
2012	Agneepath	Karan Malhotra		Songs and Background Score
	Bol Bachchan	Rohit Shetty		1 Song
2013	Bhartiya	Girish Mohite	Marathi	Songs
	Dhating Dhingana	Mandar Devsthali		Song & Background Score
2014	Fandry	Nagraj Manjule		Theme Song
	Lai Bhaari	Nishikant Kamat		Songs
	PK	Rajkumar Hirani	Hindi	1 Song
2015	Brothers	Karan Malhotra		Songs & Background Score (1 song recreated from Jatra)
	Nilkanth Master	Gajendra Ahire	Marathi	Songs
2016	Sairat	Nagraj Manjule		Song, Lyrics & Background Score
	Jaundya Na Balasaheb	Girish Kulkarni		Song & Background Score
2017	Manasu Mallige	S. Narayan	Kannada	Remake of Sairat. 4 songs reused.
2018	Mauli	Aditya Sarpotdar	Marathi	Songs
	Dhadak	Shashank Khaitan	Hindi
	Thugs of Hindostan	Vijay Krishna Acharya
	Tumbbad	Rahi Anil Barve Adesh Prasad		1 song (Title Track)
	Zero	Aanand L. Rai		4 Songs & Background Score
2019	Super 30	Vikas Bahl		Songs & Background Score
	Panipat	Ashutosh Gowariker
2020	Tanhaji	Om Raut		1 Song
2022	Jhund	Nagraj Manjule		Songs
	Ram Setu	Abhishek Sharma		1 song
	Chandramukhi	Prasad Oak	Marathi	Songs
	Ved	Riteish Deshmukh		Songs
2023	Jaggu Ani Juliet	Mahesh Limaye
	Maharashtra Shahir	Kedar Shinde		Songs & Background
	Adipurush	Om Raut	Hindi Telugu	4 songs
2024	Madgaon Express	Kunal Khemu	Hindi	1 song
0TBA	Bhadrakali	Prasad Oak	Marathi	Songs and background score
0TBA	Palatwaar	Divyansh Pandit	Hindi	Songs
0TBA	Mahatma Part 1: Kranti Surya	Sameer Vidwans	Marathi	Songs & Background Score
0TBA	Mahatma Part 2: Kranti Jyoti	Sameer Vidwans
0TBA	Raja Shivaji	Riteish Deshmukh
0TBA	Jatra 2	Kedar Shinde

Series/daily soaps

Plays/dramas

Awards and recognition

See also

In Spanish: Ajay-Atul para niños

• List of Indian film music directors