Sunny M.R.
Sunny M.R. is an Indian music composer, music Producer, Sound Engineer and a Playback Singer. He is best known for his music in the Telugu films Swamy Ra Ra (2013) and Uyyala Jampala (2013). Musicperk.com rated the album 8/10, quoting "A fresh waft of cool music! Experimental Magic with simplicity".[3] He won Global Indian Music Award, Mirchi Music Award for the Hindi film Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) as the "Best Music Arranger cum Programmer" and " Song Programmer cum Arranger of the Year " in 2014.[4]
Sunny M.R. | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sunny Sanour |
| Other names | Sunny[2] |
| Occupation(s) | Music Producer, Composer, Singer, Sound Engineer |
| Years active | 2001–present |
Early life
Sunny M.R. studied at St. Anne's High School, Patna[5] and then joined as sound engineer to assist his accomplished brother, Shadab Rayeen. After 6 months Sunny became an Independent Sound Engineer at age of 15. He mastered mixing,arranging,composing various tunes primarily worked with Keerthana Digital studios,Hyderabad,Telangana for 6 years.[6]
Career
In Keerthana Digital studios,Sunny collaborated 350 Albums mastering ragas from Carnatic Music. In Initial stage he used to hate doing Carnatic tunes but later realised that jazz is harmonised version of Carnatic music. Started loving and doing Albums with Carnatic ragas.[6] Sunny moved to Mumbai to meet Sandeep Chowta and joined as Sound Engineer.Late Anil Kumar,Music Director and Krishna Chaitanya,Telugu songs lyricist inspired Sunny to join as Music Director.Sudheer Varma,The Director of Telugu Film Swamy Ra Ra selected Sunny.He is part of Innovative Open Music Community called Blogswara.[7] The Blogswara team appreciated for Sunny's entry as Music Director.[8][9]
Discography
As Composer
| Year | Work | Language |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 Roses | Telugu |
| 2021 | Super Over | |
| 2018 | Husharu | |
| 2017 | Keshava | |
| 2015 | Bhale Manchi Roju | |
| 2015 | Thanu Nenu | |
| 2015 | Dohchay | |
| 2014 | Rowdy Fellow | |
| 2013 | Uyyala Jampala | |
| 2013 | Swamy Ra Ra |
As Arranger & Record Producer
| Year | Film | Language | Music Programmer | Music Sound Designer | Score Mixing Engineer | Song Mixing Engineer | Backing Vocals | Recording Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Dohchay | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2015 | Baahubali: The Beginning | Telugu / Tamil | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2014 | Rowdy Fellow | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2013 | Uyyala Jampala | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2013 | Swamy Ra Ra | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2013 | Race 2 | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| 2012 | Barfi! | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2012 | Cocktail | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2012 | Jannat 2 | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2012 | Agent Vinod | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2012 | Players | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2011 | Desi Boyz | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2011 | Mausam | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2011 | Bodyguard | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2011 | Ready | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2011 | Dum Maaro Dum | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2011 | Thank You | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2010 | Housefull | Hindi | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2010 | Kedi | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2008 | Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| 2007 | Om Shanti Om | Hindi | Yes | Yes |
As Playback Singer
- Track "Mana Bandham" in Uyyala Jampala.[10]
- Track Swamy Ra Ra (Reload) in Swamy Ra Ra.[10][11]
- Track "aanati devadasu" in dohchay.[12]
- Track "Dil udd Jaare" in Paaglait.
Awards
| Year | Award | Song | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Mirchi Music Awards | "Badtameez Dil" | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani | Programmer & Arranger of the Year | Won | [13] |
| 2015 | "Selfie Le Le Re" | Bajrangi Bhaijaan | Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) | Nominated | [14] | |
| 2016 | "Dhaakad" | Dangal | Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) | [15] | ||
| Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing) | ||||||
| "Bulleya" | Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing) | ||||
| 2017 | "Ghar" | Jab Harry Met Sejal | Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) | [16] | ||
| "Ullu Ka Pattha" | Jagga Jasoos | |||||
| "Radio(Film Version)" | Tubelight | |||||
References
- "Journey of Sunny M.R. - Telugu cinema news". www.idlebrain.com.
- "Sunny - Blogswara". blogswara.in.
- "Swamy ra ra". musicperk.com. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
- "Sunny M.R." IMDb.
- "Sunny Sanour". www.facebook.com.
- "Journey of Sunny M.R. – Telugu cinema news". Idlebrain.com. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- "Sunny | Blogswara". Blogswara.in. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- Jo (10 April 2013). "Every great thing must come to an end | Just Jo". Jocalling.com. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- "Sunny M.R." YouTube.
- Swamy Ra Ra
- "Sunny M.R." IMDb.
- Lahari Music - T-Series (15 July 2015). "Aanati Devadasu -- video Song -- Dohchay -- Naga Chaitanya, Kritisanon" – via YouTube.
- Parande, Shweta (28 February 2014). "Mirchi Music Awards 2014 winners: Shahrukh Khan, Farhan Akhtar honoured; Aashiqui 2 wins 7 trophies". India.com. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
External links
- Sunny M.R. at IMDb