Gaurav Dagaonkar
Biography
Gaurav Dagaonkar Indian Entrepreneur and the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Songfest. He is also known as a popular music director, songwriter, and singer. As a music director, Gaurav's first release was the movie Lanka, which was released on 9 December 2011. As a business executive, Gaurav turned his passion for music by starting Songfest, one of India's premier artiste labels.
Gaurav composed an item number called Kaafirana in the film "Joker", directed by Shirish Kunder, starring Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha. The song was sung by Sunidhi Chauhan and picturized by Chitrangada Singh. The lyrics of the song were changed from "I Want Fakht You" to "I Want Just You", as the former was deemed objectionable by the censor board.
Amongst other songs composed by Gaurav has been the song 'Soniye' from the film Will You Marry Me. The song has been sung by Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has been written by lyricist Shabbir Ahmed. Gaurav has also featured in the music video of the remix of 'Soniye', alongside Bollywood actors Rajeev Khandelwal, Shreyas Talpade, and Mugdha Godse.
