Sanjeev–Darshan

Sanjeev and Darshan are the sons of music director Shravan Rathod, one half of the composer duo Nadeem–Shravan. Sanjeev received formal training in Indian classical music under Pandit Kallika Prasad, while Darshan is largely self-taught and learned to play several musical instruments independently.

They were born into a family with a strong musical background. Their grandfather, Pandit Chhaturbhuj Rathod, was associated with the promotion of classical and semi-classical music. Their paternal uncles are singer Vinod Rathod and singer-composer Roop Kumar Rathod.

Sanjeev–Darshan made their debut as music directors for a film by Mahendra Shah and Vimal Kumar which was never released. In 1998, they composed a Gujarati album for the Shree Swaminarayan Gadi Sansthan. Their first film album was Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke, which was released in 1998;^{[citation needed]} however, the film was released 3 years later. Indra Kumar had been with the duo at their initial recording and he went on to compose around forty tunes with them. In 1999, he invited them to compose music for his film Mann, starring Aamir Khan and Manisha Koirala . The film was an average success but its songs became hugely popular. All the songs of Mann were copied from other popular hits, a Malaysian singer also filed a case against them for copying his song, and then Iwan won the case later. "Nasha ye pyar ka nasha hain" song copied from Toto Cutungo's "l'italiano" song.