Arjuna Harjai facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Arjuna Harjai
Background information
Also known as	Arjunna Harjaie, Arjunaa Harjai & Arjun Harjai
Born	Delhi
Genres	Film score pop
Occupation(s)	Singer composer record producer instrumentalist
Years active	2009–present

Arjuna Harjai is a talented Indian musician, singer, and composer. He is well-known for his work in Bollywood movies. He also creates music for advertisements.

Arjuna Harjai has worked closely with director Nikkhil Advani. He composed music and songs for the film Guddu Engineer. He also worked on the TV series P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke. Critics really liked his music for these projects. For P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke, he created the background music for 107 episodes. He also composed six songs and sang them himself. Other singers like Nandini Srikar, Shashaa Tirupati, Jonita Gandhi, and Surabhi Dashputra also sang with him.

His music for Nikkhil Advani's film Lucknow Central was also very popular. This movie starred Farhan Akhtar and was directed by Ranjit Tiwari. Arjuna Harjai composed three songs, the background music, and music for the trailers and commercials for this film.

Early Life and Music Journey

Arjuna Harjai started learning Hindustani classical music when he was very young. His parents taught him a lot. He also learned about many different music styles. In 2006, he moved to Mumbai to study more. He learned from the famous singer Suresh Wadkar.

He also played the piano from a young age. He studied western classical and jazz piano up to Grade 8. He learned at the Delhi School of Music. In 2008, he finished his studies at SAE Institute, Mumbai. He was the top student in Audio Engineering. In 2009, he studied jazz and composition. He did this through music exchange programs in Delhi and Mumbai.

Music Career Highlights

Arjuna Harjai started his career by composing music for big brands. These were called advertising jingles. While doing this, he also helped music composer Lalit Pandit. He worked on projects like Besharam and Dabangg.

He began composing for movies when a Punjabi producer, Rajan Batra, was looking for new talent. Rajan Batra wanted a unique sound for his film Titoo MBA. Arjuna Harjai composed all the music for this film. Since then, he has worked on many other movie soundtracks and songs. By 2022, he had composed over 500 advertising jingles. He also worked on a dozen feature films.

Since 2021, Arjuna Harjai has been working from the United Kingdom. He moved there temporarily because his wife is studying for a postgraduate degree. Arjuna Harjai has two YouTube channels. One is called 'Arjuna Harjai' and features vlogs. It has over 1.2 million subscribers. The other channel, 'Arjuna Harjai 2.0', has podcasts with interesting guests. He manages these channels along with his music career.

In 2023, he worked with Sounds of Isha and other international artists. These artists included Machel Montano, Marge Blackman, and Sandeep Narayan. They created songs like "Save Soil" and "Come Awake". These songs supported the Save Soil movement by Sadhguru.

In 2024, Arjuna Harjai started a creative project called "The One Minute Composer." For this project, he composed and released short songs. Each song was inspired by a random idea and was about one minute long. Songs like "Winter Ayun Waliye," "Mangoge Na," and "Zikar Hai" were part of this series. "Zikar Hai" was a special collaboration with Pakistani singer Natasha Noorani. This project quickly became very popular. All three songs reached Spotify's viral 50 charts. This showed how well Harjai's music connected with people worldwide. "Zikar Hai" was known for its deep emotions and the cool cross-border teamwork. Harjai worked from the UK and Noorani from Lahore. Also in 2024, BBC Asian Network named him their "Introducing Artist of the Week." This shows his growing influence in music around the world.

International Music Projects

Singles (Individual Songs)

Film Music Projects

Arjuna Harjai has composed music for many films. Here are some of them:

Songs from Films

Here are some of the songs Arjuna Harjai has composed for movies: