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MTV Beats Love Duet:
Jashn-e-Bahaar Ft. Sushant Divgikr
MTV Beats Love Duet is a collaboration between some of India's most prominent and talented LGBTQIA+ artists. This album, produced and distributed by MTV Beats, is India's first mainstream queer love album, with songs explicitly discussing lived experiences of India's vibrant queer community in a joyful, heartfelt way.
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Jashn-e-Bahaar, the first single from the album, discusses the universally known feeling of unrequited love.
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Credits:
Music by: Rtunjya
Lyrics by: Rtunjya, Rushik Thakkar, Sushant Divgikr
Singer (both voices): Sushant Divgikr
Mix Engineer: Doyle Soares
Talent Partner: Kitty Su
Produced by: MTV Beats
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Video Directed by: Ayush Arora
MTV Beats Love Duet:
Hai Toh Pyaar Hi Ft. Shubhangi Chakravarty & Carnic
Hai Toh Pyaar Hi is a celebration of women loving women. It is bold, unapologetic, and indignant. The rap verse expresses the all-consuming love the rapper feels for her lover. She compares her feelings to the vastness, beauty and purity of nature. She demands answers for why she has been made to hide her love for so long, and refuses to be shamed into hiding any further. The chorus is another celebration of how fiercely women love, and is a declaration by women who refuse to have their love looked down upon by anyone.
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Credits:
Music by: Rtunjya and Ma Faiza
Lyrics by: Rtunjya, Ma Faiza, Shubhangi, Carnic
Singer: Shubhangi Chakravarty
Rapper: Carnic
Mix Engineer: Doyle Soares
Talent Partner: Kitty Su
Produced by: MTV Beats
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Video Directed by: Rishi Singh
Film Score: Compromise
Logline - A woman being faced with life struggles of work, job and family has to come to a compromise to avoid consequences.
Awards:
Independent Shorts Awards - Best Student Director (Male) (WINNER)
Independent Shorts Awards - Best Student Short (WINNER)
Indie Short Fest - Best Student Director (Male) (NOMINEE)
HOLLYWOOD BLVD FILM FESTIVAL - Best Student Filmmaker (OFFICIAL SELECTION)
"Hang on to Your Shorts!" Film Festival - Best Student Film (OFFICIAL SELECTION)
Cast:
Chelsea - Madelynn Wierda Charlie - James Eiesland-Birch Interviewers - Valerie Woodside, Grant Castle, Joshua Knox Chelsea's Mother - Marissa Tolini
Crew:
Director/Producer - Wenhan Zhang
Director of Photography - Luke Watson
Assistant Director - Annie Kleven
Script Supervisor - Daniel Turner
Casting Director - Inaija Butler
1st AC - Marco Bonanno
Production Designer - Cayla Cramer
Production Sound Mixer - Ziyi Yuan Unit
Photographer - Justin Flores Production
Assistants - Joshua Knox, Joel Meisinger, Ricky Price
Composer - Rtunjya Gujral, Lance Conrad
Instrumentalist:
Bewitched- Laufey (Cover)
Credits:
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Guitar: Rtunjya Gujral
Voice: Cadence Joy
Engineer: Ember Ex and Lia Navarro
VH1 Count On Me: Valentine's Day Promo
The objective of the promo was to promote VH1's Valentine's Day countdown special Count On Me, and as the songwriter and music producer my brief was to write a love song that was based on counting something down.
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The video exclusively features footage from music videos that were licensed to VH1 India.
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Credits:
Music by: Rtunjya
Lyrics by: Rtunjya
Mix Engineer: Doyle Soares
Promo Producer: Akriti Saronwala
Original Music: Caffeine Rush
Though his song doesn't have an explicit meaning or message, for me the structure of its arrangement is very reminiscent of the cyclical and repetitive routine I was living during the pandemic. All the bass and synth sounds were designed with Logic Pro's stock plugins, which made for good synthesis practice. However, my biggest takeaway from making this song was how to translate the ideas I was hearing in my head on the DAW as accurately as I possibly could with very minimal resources, even if it was hard, even if I felt like stopping. I learned that if I experimented enough, something would inevitably click.
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Credits:
Music by: Rtunjya
Visualiser by: Rtunjya
Mix Engineer: Rtunjya
Original Music: Sine
I produced Sine for a mixing assignment for my Audio Engineering Diploma Course at ILM Academy. While working on the song, I tried a more nonlinear workflow wherein I mixed the song as I was writing it. I was able to sculpt the song better when I allowed myself to work on every element as and when I had ideas for them, versus following the arrange-mix-master module I thought I had to abide by unconditionally.
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The arrangement and mix of the song is minimal, as the echoey synths take different forms and construct each section of the song organically.
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Credits:
Music by: Rtunjya
Mix Engineer: Rtunjya
Live Performance of a Cover: Dreamland by Glass Animals
I started this cover as an exercise in sound design, wherein I tried to replicate every sound in the original song as accurately as I could. However, my version of the song started to take its own shape as I started hearing a soft drum groove and a few more arpeggios in a different take on the arrangement. For the most part, my version doesn't deviate much from the original, therefore I would consider this more of a reimagining than anything else.
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I've also arranged a live performance of this cover on the Ableton Push 2.
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Credits:
Music by: Rtunjya
Mix Engineer: Rtunjya
Instrumentalist:
Distance by Emily King- Cover by Rtunjya and Shubhangi
This cover demonstrates my abilities as a rhythm guitar player accompanying a vocalist. ​
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Credits:
Guitar: Rtunjya
Voice: Shubhangi
Sunraaz: Fundraiser Concert in Collaboration with Calcutta Art and Flea (now Art and Flea Project)
I performed and contributed to the Sunraaz Fundraiser by Calcutta Art and Flea. The fundraiser was organised to aid PrantaKatha, an organisation that was putting together free COVID-19 vaccine drives for West Bengal's LGBTQIA+ community, with a focus on transgender individuals struggling with financial insecurity.
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The event raised 28,500 Indian Rupees. The entire amount was utilised for the free vaccine drives.
