Bollywoodâs award-winning singer/songwriter and composer Tanishk Bagchi was born November 23, 1980 in West Bengal, India. His work spanned the various languages in which Bollywood films are produced including Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil. His first break into the film business came when he worked as a producer on a track for the 2014 film The Shaukeens. Working with Aditya Dev, Tanishk Bagchi earned his first film songwriting credit with the track âBannoâ for the 2015 film Tanu Weds Manu Returns. He won multiple industry awards for his song âBaarishâ from 2017âs Half Girlfriend. Though his work regularly earned poor reviews his popularity remained high with numerous songs like âAankh Maareyâ, âDilbarâ, and âVaasteâ all receiving over a billion streams online. He continued to work steadily in film and enjoyed success as half of Tanishk-Vayu, a composing team he formed with lyricist Vayu Shrivastav. He also enjoyed a number of successes writing for singer Asees Kaur. In 2021 he was back in the Indian pop charts with âMakhnaâ, a track taken from the soundtrack to the movie Drive. In 2025, the title track from the Saiyaara soundtrack became a hit in the United Kingdom, reaching Number 1 on the Asian Music chart, number 14 on the Independent Singles chart, and number 65 on the Official Singles chart. Tanishk Bagchi followed up in 2026 with soundtrack themes "Roop Di Rani" from Pati Patni Aur Woh Do, and "Wow" from Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai.
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