Dhurandhar composer Shashwat Sachdev has piano in bedroom: ‘What if I get a tune at night?’
Composer Shashwat Sachdev, acclaimed for his work with Aditya Dhar's blockbuster spy franchise Dhurandhar, recently appeared on the Kapil Sharma-hosted Netflix comedy show The Great Indian Kapil Show alongside his family. During the episode, Shashwat's wife Shruti Sachdev shared how his love for music has led to amusing conversations at their home.
Shashwat has a piano in his bedroom, which initially became a studio when they moved to Mumbai in a 1BHK apartment. When they later bought a house, Shruti insisted that the studio be his space while keeping the house for herself. However, Shashwat argued that he would need to rush to the studio whenever he got a musical idea, leading to the suggestion of keeping a piano in the living room.
Shruti agreed but then pointed out that he might get a tune at night, prompting the idea of a digital piano in the bedroom, albeit with a condition that he should only use it with headphones. Shruti's comment that he was now the inspiration behind most of his music brought amusement to their guests. Shashwat Sachdev's career began at the age of three when he started learning the tabla, followed by training in Hindustani classical vocals under Ustad Ramzan Khan and Western classical piano.
He moved to Los Angeles in 2011 to pursue a music production career before returning to India. His breakthrough came with Anshai Lal's 2017 period romance Phillauri, where he composed four songs. He also worked on Shashanka Ghosh's 2018 comedy Veere Di Wedding and received his first National Award for Best Music Direction for Aditya Dhar's military drama Uri: The Surgical Strike.
The year 2025 marked a significant turning point in Shashwat's career, with him composing songs for Aryan Khan's directorial debut The Ba***ds of Bollywood, as well as Dhurandhar and its sequel Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge, both of which were major hits. Shashwat will make his Telugu and Malayalam debuts with The Indian House and Operation Ganga, respectively.
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