Achint Thakkar

Achint released his debut album, titled Shalimar, in 2015.^[2] In 2018, he released Achint & The Khan Brothers, an album featuring Rajasthani folk singers The Khan Brothers. This album consists of arrangements fusing electronic tempos and folk singing.^[4]

Achint collaborated with Hansal Mehta and Jai Mehta to score Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story. The album's soundtrack was released on Sony Liv in 2020.^[5] His next scoring project was Rocket Boys, directed by Abhay Pannu and produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur with Monisha Advani, and Madhu Bhojwani under the banners Roy Kapur Films and Emmay Entertainment, respectively.^[6][7]

In 2021, Achint worked with director Vasan Bala for the first time to score Monica, O My Darling, a Netflix original.^[8]

Achint also composed and produced "Khalasi", a song for the first season of Coke Studio Bharat. The lyrics for this song were written by Saumya Joshi, and it was sung by Aditya Gadhvi and Achint. This song became viral and was praised by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "Khalasi" won a bronze at the 71st Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity for diversity and inclusion in the music category.^[9]

Achint, working with Nirmit Shah, composed and produced "Rangaara", which celebrates the spirit of Gujarat. Aditya Gadhvi and Falguni Pathak collaborated to provide vocals, with lyrics written by Saumya Joshi.^[10]

Achint and Vasan collaborated again on his latest theatrical release, Jigra. The lyrics for the soundtrack were written by Varun Grover. "Tenu Sang Rakhna", a track from the film, was sung by Arijit Singh and Anumita Nadesan.^[11]