1. Ankit Tiwari is an Indian playback singer, live performer, music director, composer.
19 Facts About Ankit Tiwari
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Ankit Tiwari's career began upon meeting Pradeep Sarkar where he got a chance to work on jingles and started composing background music for television programmes.
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Ankit Tiwari recorded the song "O Yara" for the Pakistani film, Bin Roye.
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Ankit Tiwari instituted at and won several local music competitions during the time.
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Ankit Tiwari used to work as a production head at a radio station in Gwalior, before he moved to Mumbai in December 2007 along with his brother Ankur Tiwari.
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In Mumbai, Tiwari met Pradeep Sarkar who was working on a film at that time.
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Ankit Tiwari met Habib Faisal, who offered him to compose the music for his directorial debut film Do Dooni Chaar which was then released in 2010.
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In 2012, Ankit Tiwari narrated the song "Sunn Raha Hai" to Mahesh Bhatt and Mohit Suri, the director of the film Aashiqui 2.
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Ankit Tiwari shared his first Filmfare Award as the Best Music Director along with Mithoon and Jeet Gannguli.
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Apart from music direction, Ankit Tiwari received his second nomination in Filmfare Awards as the Best Male Playback Singer.
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Ankit Tiwari then performed the track "Kaisa Hai Dard Mera" which was composed by Ismail Darbar for Subhash Ghai's Kaanchi.
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Ankit Tiwari composed and sung the song "Katra Katra" along with Prakriti Kakar for the film Alone.
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Ankit Tiwari stated that he wants to explore different genres given the right opportunity, though it shouldn't be vulgar and should hold meaning.
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In 2014, Ankit Tiwari composed "Tequila Wakila" which lies in Spanish style musical background settings of bass, drums, saxophone, trumpets and guitar while "Sawalon Mein" from the same film has a mysterious type semi-philosophical composition which is decorated with haunting piano notes and bell sounds in the background.
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Rajiv Vijayakar from Bollywood Hungama mentioned that Ankit Tiwari seems to be "evolving into a composer with a decent range".
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Ankit Tiwari's next was a passionate and intense composition, "Bheegh Loon" which fits with the erotic thriller mood of the film.
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Ankit Tiwari named the singers like KK, Puerto Rican and Ricky Martin as his idols.
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On 9 May 2014, Ankit Tiwari was arrested for allegedly raping his girlfriend, while his brother was arrested for making threats to her life.
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Ankit Tiwari married Pallavi Shukla as per Hindu rituals in Kanpur on 23 February 2018.