Vaibhav Saxena is an Indian composer, music producer, singer, songwriter and rapper who has been involved in Bollywood films and the Punjabi music industry.
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Vaibhav Saxena was born on Saturday, December 13, 1990 (29 years old in 2019) in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. His star sign is Sagittarius. He graduated from HP Children’s College and Little Flower School in Gorakhpur. He graduated in Computer Science from Sharda University Greater Noida.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 9″
Eye color: Black
Hair color: Black
Family and caste
He belongs to a Kayastha Hindu family. His father, Dr. Rajeev Kumar Saxena, is a renowned ophthalmologist from Gorakhpur. His mother, Usha Kiran Saxena, holds an M.Sc. and Ph.D. from MS University, Vadodara and currently works as a freelance health consultant. He has a younger brother, Utkarsh Saxena, who is a doctor.
Profession
As music composer and music director
Vaibhav Saxena began his music career by composing music with Gunjan Jha. Vaibhav’s debut music album was Bhakti Band (2009) released by Times Music, a fusion of Indian and Western religious songs.
Vaibhav introduced the “Brainwave Sound Technology” for the first time in India.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIWucs_CosY
In 2009, Vaibhav composed music for legendary ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas for an album titled “Shabad” released by Times Music. The album contained semi-classical music compositions and featured “Shabad” from Sri Guru Granth Sahib.
Vaibhav made his Bollywood debut with the song “Iltija” from the film Lanka (2011).
He gained immense popularity with two crossover singles, You And Me (Teri Galliyan) in 2014 and Without You (Soch) in 2015. Both the songs were released by T-Series, one of the largest music labels in India.
Vaibhav Saxena is also a member of the Indian fusion band “Sumiran”. The band has its roots in classical music and modern sounds, perfectly blending youthful enthusiasm with a modern touch, which not only caters to the class, but also is loved by the masses, especially the youngsters. In 2018, his song “More Saiyaan” was warmly received by the audience and artists such as Sonu Nigam, Papon, Nana Patekar and R. Madhavan praised it.
As a singer
Vaibhav Saxena made his debut with the T-Series single “Without You Soch” (2015), in which he composed and sang the English part, while Hardy Sandhu lent his voice for the Punjabi part.
As a rapper
In 2019, Vaibhav made his debut as a rapper with the dance single “Akhiyaan Vich” with Punjabi singer Ashok Mastie. Vaibhav also wrote and produced the reggae dance track and sang the English part.
The music video shot in Goa was released by Zee Music Company and has been viewed over a million times in two weeks.
As an actor
Vaibhav has also appeared in various music videos, playing the role of guitarist in the 2014 song “You And Me (Teri Galliyan)” and the narrator in the 2015 music video “Without You (Soch)”.
Vaibhav played guitar as a member of the band in the song “More Saiyaan” (2018). In the song “Akhiyaan Vich” (2019), Vaibhav appeared as a stylish new-age rapper along with Ragini MMS 2 web series actress Sneha Namanandi and popular Punjabi singer Ashok Mastie, known for the song “Thekeya te nit khadke”.
In his 2020 song “Aaja Sohniye”, he acted out an emotional scene with famous TV actress Reem Shaikh.
As a judge
Vaibhav has been a judge for Radio city’s famous radio singing competition “Supersinger”. Vaibhav has been invited to be a music judge for various singing competitions in Delhi NCR. In 2018, Vaibhav was invited to judge the AIIMS Got Talent show at AIIMS-New Delhi.
Main cooperation
In 2019, Vaibhav collaborated with popular singer Shankar Mahadevan to sing the national anthem “Chal Nikal Taiyaar Ho Ja” for the National Disaster Management Authority of India.
In 2020, he collaborated with legendary singer Kumar Sanu.
Other works worth noting
- Composing brand tune for Patanjali Group
- Composing music for the Delhi Metro
- Composing the Income Tax Department Anthem “Badha Kadam”
Awards and Honors
Received the Youth Icon Award from Bollywood actress Mahima Chaudhary in Gorakhpur
Facts/Trivia
- He was one of the best students in both school and college.
- Vaibhav started playing piano at the age of 9. He conducted the school orchestra and won many awards at the school level.
- Vaibhav is a tech enthusiast who spends his free time researching the latest music technology.
- He enjoys playing badminton, video games and is a huge XBOX fan.
- Vaibhav has been collecting stamps, coins and currency since childhood and has a large collection of very rare currencies.
- Vaibhav composed a set of 8 songs while studying in Kota, which he recorded and distributed among his friends.
- He has worked with many famous Bollywood stars.
- He likes cars very much.
- Vaibhav is committed to nurturing new talent and has on several occasions given major projects to newcomers and fresh blood.
- He loves animals very much and has a pet dog.
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