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Dhruv Ghanekar was born on 30 April, 1974 in India, is an Indian composer and songwriter (born 1974). Discover Dhruv Ghanekar's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 49 years old?
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Dhruv Ghanekar Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Dhruv Ghanekar worth at the age of 49 years old? Dhruv Ghanekar’s income source is mostly from being a successful composer. He is from India. We have estimated Dhruv Ghanekar's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Dhruv Ghanekar (born 30 April 1974) is a Music composer, song writer, producer and guitar player based in Mumbai, India.
Ghanekar has performed and/or recorded with Richard Bona, Raul Midon, Trilok Gurtu, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Bernard Purdee, A.R Rahman, Bob Belden, Scott Kinsey, Etienne M'Bappe, Dominic Dipiazza, Louis Banks, Ranjit Barot.
and many contemporary musicians from across the globe.
His second 2nd album, Voyage, fuses sounds from Africa and India.
In 1990, as he finished school he turned his attention to an acoustic guitar that was gifted to him.
He quickly became obsessed with it and within a year bought an Ibanez RG560 guitar and never looked back.
Often practicing for 8 hours a day within a few years he began composing his own music.
Though the sound was rudimentary in 1993 he formed the power trio Chakraview.
In 1995, he graduated college with a degree in English literature from Mumbai University.
While still in college, Chakraview performed concerts all over India mainly at college festivals and in a short span of time gained a reputation.
In 1996 Chakraview disbanded as Dhruv began to focus more on music production and teamed up with Ashutosh Phatak and formed Smoke Music.
In the early years they were mainly scoring commercials but within 1st year, Ashu and Dhruv - as they were known scored their first feature film Tamanna produced by Pooja Bhatt and Vishwesh Films.
Kaizad Gustad, impressed with the music, approached them to create some songs for Bombay Boys.
The music of Bombay Boys was a runaway hit and their collaboration with Javed Jaffry produced the cult classic Mumbhai.
The success of the music catapulted their careers further as they cemented their position as the 1st call music directors in advertising and indie cinema.
While scoring Bombay Boys, Dhruv took a hiatus and attended Musicians Institute, Los Angeles (1997–98).
He won a scholarship to Berklee College of Music Boston which he later attended in 2003.
Upon his return from America, Dhruv continued producing music for ad commercials, feature films and also produced over a dozen pop albums for indi- pop artists like Mehnaz, Shiamak Davar and Kailash Kher.
Smoke Music Production was now at the helm of the indie music movement in the country having several film credits, commercial pop albums and having score over 2500 commercials within 7 years.
A few of their clients include Absolut Vodka, BBC One, TATA, Reliance, Pepsi, Asian Paints, UNILEVER, Pidilite, Mahindra and Mahindra.
The Blue frog was a 360 degree company that consisted of a 6000 sqft live music venue and club, a 4000 sqft space that housed 4 highly equipped recording studios, a record label, an artist management and a production company.
The Blue Frog Mumbai was voted as one of the top 10 venues in the world by The Independent UK.
At the height of its success, the company had a footprint across 4 cities in India.
Blue Frog is often cited as having revolutionised the independent music scene in the country.
Between 2007 and 2019 across its various clubs, the Blue Frog had hosted over 4500 gigs by artists from India and across the globe.
Blue Frog Productions was home to the top composers in the country and produced music across commercials, television and films.
It also offered strategic sound consultancy, integrated music services and custom designed audio experiences.
Blue Frog Records was launched a year after the club and was created to promote independent music in the country.
The label launched several artists who went on to have successful careers and also released stalwarts such as John Mc Laughlin.
In 2015, Ghanekar was featured as a composer on the hit show Coke Studio Season 4.
Dhruv is one of founding partners of the iconic venue and music company blueFrog that kick started the indie music revolution in India.
In 2019, the Government of India commissioned him to score the world’s largest 3D mapped installation show called Gandhi Yatra - a 35-minute musical on the life of Mahatma Gandhi in Ahmedabad, India.
Ghanekar’s music for the British photographer’s Jimmy Nelson show Blink featured at the Atelier des Lumières in Paris in summer of 2021.
Dhruv’s career in the arts began as a singer studying music under the tutelage of Jialal Vasant ji.
He acted in several feature films and on television.
At the age of 14, he was nominated for the National Award for his work in the Shyam Benegal film, Susman.
He also was the lead actor in the TV series Katha Sagar, featuring in its debut episode.
He also had notable roles in films such as Trikaal and the epic Tv series Bharat Ek Khoj also by acclaimed director Shyam Benegal.
Dhruv began his journey in music as a singer, working with acclaimed music directors of the day, such as : Vanraj Bhatia, Louis Banks, Nathan, Sharang Dev and many more.