Chirrantan Bhatt

Chirrantan Arun Bhatt is an Indian musician, composer and singer in the Indian film industry. He is active in Bollywood and has composed music for other regional film industries as well. His compositions are generally high on melody with touch of rock.

Bhatt made his debut as a composer in the Hindi film Mission Istaanbul in 2008. He had musical hits such as Shaapit, Haunted 3D, and 1920: Evil Returns in the beginning of his career and later composed chartbusters like "Har Kisi Ko Nahin Milta" in Akshay Kumar's Boss, "Teri Meri Kahaani" and "Coffee Peete Peete" in Gabbar Is Back, and "Bawra Mann" in Jolly LLB 2. After Gabbar Is Back, director Krish offered his Telugu venture, Kanche, to Bhatt, who received rave reviews for his music and background score. The score won him two major awards - the GAMA Award 2016 in Dubai and the Cinemaa Award 2016 in Hyderabad. He was also nominated for Best Music Director for Kanche by the Telugu Filmfare Awards. The film also won the prestigious National Award 2016 in the Best Regional Film category. Bhatt later worked on another period film, Gautamiputra Satakarni, directed by Krish and starring Telugu superstar Nandmuri Balakrishna. Bhatt impressed both audiences and critics with his music and background score for this film. Bhatt created the music and background score for Nandmuri Balakrishna's mass entertainer Jai Simha, with the song "Ammakutti Ammakutti" already a rage.