Sunny M. R.

Sunny M. R.
Born
Sunny Sanour

Patna, Bihar, India[1]
Other namesSunny[2]
Occupation(s)Music producer, Composer, Singer, Sound engineer
Years active2001–present

Sunny M. R. is an Indian music composer, music producer, sound engineer, and playback singer. He is best known for his music in the Telugu films Swamy Ra Ra (2013) and Uyyala Jampala (2013). He won Global Indian Music Award, Mirchi Music Award for the Hindi film, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013), as the "Best Music Arranger cum Programmer" and " Song Programmer cum Arranger of the Year " in 2014.[3]

Early life

Sunny M. R. studied at St. Anne's High School in Patna, Bihar and then joined as sound engineer to assist his accomplished brother, Shadab Rayeen. [4] After 6 months, Sunny became an independent sound engineer at the age of 15. He mastered mixing, arranging, and composing various tunes primarily for Keerthana Digital Studios, in Hyderabad, Telangana, for 6 years.[5]

Career

In Keerthana Digital studios, Sunny collaborated 350 albums mastering ragas from carnatic Music. In the initial stage, he used to hate composing with carnatic tunes, but realised afterwards, that jazz is a harmonised version of carnatic music. Then he started loving composing albums with carnatic ragas.[5] Sunny moved to Mumbai to meet Sandeep Chowta and joined as a sound engineer. Late Anil Kumar (a music director) and Krishna Chaitanya (a lyricist) inspired Sunny to join as a music director. Sudheer Varma, the director of the Telugu film Swamy Ra Ra selected him to compose its soundtrack. Sunny is part of an innovative open music community called Blogswara.[6] The Blogswara team appreciated Sunny's entry as a music director.[7][8]

Discography

As composer

Year Title Language Notes
2013 Swamy Ra Ra Telugu
Uyyala Jampala
2014 Rowdy Fellow
2015 Thanu Nenu
Dohchay
Bhale Manchi Roju
2017 Keshava
2018 Husharu
2021 Super Over
3 Roses
2024 Om Bheem Bush
Kahan Shuru Kahan Khatam Hindi
Appudo Ippudo Eppudo Telugu
Roti Kapda Romance Only background score

As arranger and record producer

Year Title Language Music Programmer Music Sound Designer Score Mixing Engineer Song Mixing Engineer Backing Vocals Recording Supervisor
2015 Dohchay Telugu Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2015 Baahubali: The Beginning Telugu / Tamil Yes Yes
2014 Rowdy Fellow Telugu Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2013 Uyyala Jampala Telugu Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2013 Swamy Ra Ra Telugu Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2013 Race 2 Hindi Yes Yes Yes
2012 Barfi! Hindi Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2012 Cocktail Hindi Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2012 Jannat 2 Hindi Yes Yes Yes Yes
2012 Agent Vinod Hindi Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2012 Players Hindi Yes Yes Yes Yes
2011 Desi Boyz Hindi Yes Yes Yes Yes
2011 Mausam Hindi Yes Yes Yes Yes
2011 Bodyguard Hindi Yes Yes Yes Yes
2011 Ready Hindi Yes Yes Yes Yes
2011 Dum Maaro Dum Hindi Yes Yes Yes Yes
2011 Thank You Hindi Yes Yes Yes Yes
2010 Housefull Hindi Yes Yes
2010 Kedi Telugu Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2008 Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic Hindi Yes Yes Yes
2007 Om Shanti Om Hindi Yes Yes

As playback singer

  • "Swamy Ra Ra (Reload)" in Swamy Ra Ra[9][10]
  • "Mana Bandham" in Uyyala Jampala[9]
  • "Aanati Devadasu" in Dohchay[11]
  • "Dil Udd Jaare" in Pagglait

Awards

Year Award Song Film Category Result Ref.
2013 Mirchi Music Awards "Badtameez Dil" Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Programmer & Arranger of the Year Won [12]
2015 "Selfie Le Le Re" Bajrangi Bhaijaan Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) Nominated [13]
2016 "Dhaakad" Dangal Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) [14]
Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing)
"Bulleya" Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing)
2017 "Ghar" Jab Harry Met Sejal Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) [15]
"Ullu Ka Pattha" Jagga Jasoos
"Radio(Film Version)" Tubelight

References

  1. ^ "Journey of Sunny M.R. - Telugu cinema news". www.idlebrain.com.
  2. ^ "Sunny - Blogswara". blogswara.in.
  3. ^ "Sunny M.R." IMDb.
  4. ^ "Sunny Sanour". www.facebook.com.
  5. ^ a b "Journey of Sunny M.R. – Telugu cinema news". Idlebrain.com. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Sunny | Blogswara". Blogswara.in. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  7. ^ Jo (10 April 2013). "Every great thing must come to an end | Just Jo". Jocalling.com. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Sunny M.R." YouTube.
  9. ^ a b Swamy Ra Ra
  10. ^ "Sunny M.R." IMDb.
  11. ^ Lahari Music - T-Series (15 July 2015). "Aanati Devadasu -- video Song -- Dohchay -- Naga Chaitanya, Kritisanon" – via YouTube.
  12. ^ Parande, Shweta (28 February 2014). "Mirchi Music Awards 2014 winners: Shahrukh Khan, Farhan Akhtar honoured; Aashiqui 2 wins 7 trophies". India.com. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  13. ^ "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  14. ^ "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  15. ^ "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 23 April 2018.