Shekhar Ravjiani is a music composer and singer cum songwriter who has scripted numerous hit songs in Bollywood.

Age and Height

Shekhar Ravjiani was born on 29th November 1978 and is 41 years of age as in 2019. He is five feet and nine inches in height. 

Marriage/Relationships

Shekhar Ravjiani is married to Chhaya Ravjiani. 

Family

Shekhar Ravjiani is the son of Hasmukh Ravjiani and Kusum Ravjiani. He has a daughter named Bipasha Ravjiani.

Career

Shekhar Ravjiani was born into a musically inclined family and began his journey in music by participating in the reality show “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa”. His first composition was for the movie “Pyar Mein Kabhi Kabhi” in the year 1999. He later bumped into Vishal during a professional shoot and the duo has been composing songs by name of Vishal-Shekhar ever since. Their first joint music composition was for “Jhankar Beats”, which was awarded as Best New Music Talent in Filmfare.
Shekhar and Vishal have composed music for many popular movies like “Bachna Ae Haseeno”, “Dostana”, “The Dirty Picture”, “Student of The Year” and “Bang Bang”. The duo has also composed the theme song for IPL and anthem song of Kolkata Night Riders.
Besides singing and composing music, Shekhar has also tried his hand in acting and made his debut in the same from the movie “Neerja”. He has also been a host of many music reality shows including “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa”, “Indian Idol Junior” and “Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star”. 

Controversies

Though there have been rumours of Shekhar not being on good terms with Shaan, he denies the same and says that they both are good friends.
 

Favourites

Shekhar Ravjiani is a foodie and likes different kinds of food. His favourite actor is Shahrukh Khan while his favourite actress is Madhuri Dixit. His favourite singers are Sukhvinder Singh and Shreya Ghoshal. His favourite destination is London. Shekhar likes singing and travelling. 

Awards

Shekhar has won numerous awards in his career. He was nominated for the Best Music Director award in Filmfare Awards in the year 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017. 
He has also won and was nominated for the Annual Central European Bollywood Awards in 2008 for the movie “Om Shanti Om”. He has also won Asian Film Awards for being the best composer for “Om Shanti Om”. 

Trivia

Shekhar is a trained classical singer and besides composing Hindi songs he has also written two Marathi songs in 2012 and 2013, titled "Saazni" and "Saavli."