Curators

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2018

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Sneha Khanwalkar has played a significant role in changing perceptions of Hindi film music by digitally mixing disparate noises, sounds of local instruments and voices to produce a track. Thriving on taking the composition of music beyond the studio, Sneha conceptualised and hosted the MTV mini-series ‘Sound Trippin’. Some of her key projects include Gangs of Wasseypur, Khoobsurat, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Love Sex aur Dhoka in her repertoire. She won Filmfare’s R.D Burman Award for the best music director for the film Love Sex aur Dhoka (2011) and was nominated in the Best Music Director category at the 58th Filmfare Awards for Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 & Part 2. She has composed the music for the acclaimed film, Manto (2018).

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2018

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One of India’s leading tabla players, Aneesh Pradhan is a disciple of the maestro Nikhil Ghosh from whom he inherited a varied repertoire. Aneesh is the recipient of awards such as the Aditya Birla Kala Kiran Award (2000), the Natyadarpan Award for ‘Best Background Score’ (1998), the Vasantotsav Award (2012), and the Saath Sangat Kalakar Award (2013). He is also a frequent participant in cross-cultural musical collaborations both in the capacity of performer and composer. He has been awarded the Indian Council for Cultural Relations Chair in Indian Studies at the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, Monash University. He is also the Director of Underscore Records Pvt. Ltd which he established with vocalist Shubha Mudgal. He co-curates an international music festival ‘Baajaa Gaajaa: Music from 21st Century India’.

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2018

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Prahlad Sukhtankar graduated with a BBA in Marketing and Hospitality from Les Roches, Switzerland. He worked with the ultra-luxury, Four Seasons group of hotels, through North America and Canada. In Vancouver he earned a Sommelier’s degree from the acclaimed International Sommeliers Guild (ISG) with Honours. In 2014, Prahlad with his wife and business partner, Sabreen, opened their first restaurant, The Black Sheep Bistro. The restaurant has enjoyed much success through the years finding itself on various lists of top restaurants of the country. In March 2019, the duo launched their second restaurant in Panjim city, Black Market—a place where one can find the unusual but always sinfully delicious food.

VIDYA SHIVDAS

2018

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Rahul Akerkar’s culinary practice is about mixing his passion for life, food and science, and he has succeeded in blending these key ingredients into a career as one of Mumbai’s leading restaurant moguls. Regarded as the pioneer of the independent chef-restaurateur-run eateries in Mumbai, he has shifted the focus on fine dining away from the five-star hotel domain. Akerkar co-founded deGustibus Hospitality with his wife, Malini, in 1996. They operate six restaurants in Mumbai, including the much-acclaimed Indigo, a bar, an event/banqueting space and a catering business. Akerkar’s newest restaurant, Qualia, opened in Mumbai in April 2019.