Ajay-Atul

Ajay-Atul is the music alias of Indian music director duo of brothers Ajay and Atul Gogavale. The pair made their debut on the 2015 Forbes India Celebrity 100 List securing a position of 82. They have composed music for many Hindi movies such as PK, Agneepath, Singham, Brothers & Marathi movies like Sairat, Natrang, Lai Bhari.

Not having a musical background, the duo started their musical ventures through their school, temples, local bands etc. Despite not getting direct training, they learnt a lot from these ventures. They would befriend people who owned instruments like harmoniums, mridangam, dhol etc. At college, they started working with local bands as arrangers. Later, they came to Mumbai and started working on an international non-film music album 'Vishwavinayaka'. This proved to be a big break for them and paved the way for their foray into the Indian (mostly Marathi) music industry. They worked on many commercial jingles, ballets and advertisements to strengthen their profile. They have also contributed music to the Aamir Khan starer film PK. In 2016, they worked in Nagraj Manjule's film Sairat which is the only Marathi film to gross over 1 billion. 2018 become a superhit year for them working for Dhadak, Tumbbad, Thugs of Hindustan, Mauli, Zero.