Mukhtar Sahota

Mukhtar Sahota
Mukhtar Sahota
Birth name	Mukhtar Sahota
Born	Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Genres	Bhangra, Fusion, Reggae, Rock, Rap
Occupation(s)	Music Composer, Producer
Years active	1987–present
Labels	Internalmusic
Associated acts	Sahotas; Arif Lohar; A R Rahman; Lakhwinder Wadali; Rahat Fateh Ali Khan; Nooran Sisters;
Website	www.mukhtarsahota.com

Mukhtar Sahota is a British music composer and producer,[1] popularly associated with the group Sahotas. Born into a musical family, Mukhtar plays multiple instruments, all of which are self-taught.

Mukhtar Sahota and his brothers decided to pursue a career in music, in the final years of school. They formed a band called the Sahotas, and made nine albums, coupled with tours around the world, and topped the ‘Bhangra’ charts. The Sahotas achieved many accolades including 'Best Band', 'Best Live Band', Platinum and Gold discs for album sales. Mukhtar wanted to take a different direction with his solo projects, as the band decided to take a long deserved break.

Sahota's debut album Time Out was released in 2002. This album featured various artists from India, including the debut collaboration with Lehmber Hussainpuri. 4 The Muzik was released in August 2004, an album that features some big names in the Asian music industry, alongside various up and coming artists from India. The first video from the album was for a track called Jogi, which is a fusion of rock and bhangra music, this was followed by the video, Rang Kala, both tracks went on to become huge hits.

After the major South Asian disasters in 2004 and 2005, Sahota produced and arranged the charity single, "We Can Make it Better" by Donasian.[2] The funds raised from this single were for the victims of the tragedies. The concept of the single was inspired by the 'Band Aid' single, and sixteen Asian artists from around the world from different genres were united together from a list constructed by Mukhtar. This project allowed him to bring forth up-coming talent alongside established artists and was a great experience as a Music Producer working alongside A R Rahman who did the String Orchestration.

In 2006, Sahota decided to set up his own Record Company, Internalmusic, to allow him to have full control of his works, and to provide a platform for established, new, and up-coming talent. Mukhtar united with Arif Lohar of Pakistan for his first release under Internalmusic, and produced an album called, 21st Century Jugni, to re-introduce some classics of Alam Lohar, the Pakistani legend and hits from Arif Lohar. The album brought Arif Lohar to the sound of the 21st Century with the distinctive sound of Mukhtar Sahota. The album received an exceptional response from around the world and received awards for, 'Best Folk Pop Album', 'Best Non Residential Punjabi Vocalist', and 'Best Folk Pop Vocalist' at the Punjabi Music Awards in India in March 2007.

In May 2007, Sahota released Unpredictable, an album featuring Lakhwinder Wadali and his father Puran Chand Wadali. The album featured an array of musical genres including 'Arabic', 'Electronic Beats' and a 'Qawali' - Charkha, culminating into an 'innovative musical feast'. The album has been appreciated and applauded by musicians from around the world and has had a positive reception from all generations.

In 2009, Sahota was approached by Meem Records to produce 6 tracks for a Nasheed Album, for a French Pakistani vocalist, Suhail Najmi. The album was titled Illahi and was released for Eid 2009.

Mukhtar Sahota recently worked with A R Rahman, music composer of Slumdog Millionaire, winner of Golden Globes, Bafta, Oscars and Grammys. Sahota worked together on various projects, most recently Bollywood film Raavan (2010), and in 2009 Sahota composed the background score with A R Rahman for the Bollywood film Blue.

In July 2011, Sahota teamed up with Harbhajan Shera, a vocalist from Punjab, India, and released an album called Khazana, which was released worldwide. The album again featured various musical genres including, Rock, Arabic, Bhangra to more emotional and momentous tracks, an opulence of a musical experience. The album was launched with the video, Dukh Thor Dithe, a rock fusion based track which has achieved a huge response worldwide.

After the worldwide success of Mukhtar Sahota's collaboration with the Wadali Brothers on the song Charka from his album Unpredictable, Mukhtar Sahota returned with a special collaboration in February 2016 with the Wadali Brothers, and this time introduced the fourth generation from this musical family, Baljit Wadali, the grandson of Pyare Lal Wadali, on the song, Ishq Yaar Da Lageya.

Sahota has produced songs for a number of Bollywood films, including Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster, Diary of a Butterfly, Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns, and most recently for the Punjabi Films, Heer and Hero, Jatt James Bond featuring vocals of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan & Arif Lohar, and The Martyrs of Nankana Sahib featuring the vocals of, Nachhatar Gill, Kanth Kaler, Shipra Goyal and Sonia Sharma.

Albums produced by Mukhtar Sahota for Sahotas

Year	Title	Record label
1986	Urdas Karde Ha	Multitone Records
1987	Giddha Pao	Multitone Records
1988	Sahota Beat	Multitone Records
1989	Aaja	Multitone Records
1990	Are You Feeling	Rough Trade
1990	Ishk	Multitone Records
1994	Hass Hogia	IRS Records/EMI
1994	Out of Reach	IRS Records/EMI
1995	The Right Time	IRS Records/EMI
1995	Suniye	Roma Music
1997	Decade	Kamlee Records
1997	Maa Da Pyar	Kamlee Records
1999	Brotherhood	Envy
2001	Revolution	Envy

Solo albums & singles produced by Mukhtar Sahota

Year	Title	Record label
2002	Time Out (Album) Ft. Lehmber Hussainpuri, Feroz Khan, Amar Arshi & Various Artists	Internalmusic
2004	4 The Muzik - Ft. Various Artists	Internalmusic
2005	Donasian - We Can Make it Better - Ft. Various Artists	Internalmusic
2006	21st Century Jugni - Arif Lohar	Internalmusic
2007	Unpredictable - Ft. Lakhwinder Wadali & Wadali Brothers	Internalmusic
2011	Khazana - Ft. Harbhajan Shera	Internalmusic
2016	Ishq Yaar Da Lageya - Ft. Baljit Wadali & Wadali Brothers	Internalmusic
2017	Dil Di Kitaab - Surjit Khan	Headliner Records & Internalmusic
2017	Jhanjharan - Surjit Khan	Headliner Records & Internalmusic
2018	Sazaa - Surjit Khan	Headliner Records & Internalmusic
	Changa Bhala Munda - Rai Saab	T-series
	Electro Mirza - Honey Mirza	Internalmusic & Mate Melodies
	Khaab - Manleen Rekhi	Internalmusic
2019	Faqeeriyaan - A Collection of Punjabi Poetry - Ft. Shammi Jalandhari	Internalmusic
2019	Dhun - Sanhita Majumder	Internalmusic
2020	Gallan Pyar Diyan - Surjit Khan	Headliner Records & Internalmusic
	Love Song - Sanhita Majumder	Internalmusic
	Koka Ishq Da - Debi Makhsoospuri	Worldwide Records

Films

Year	Film	Language	Songs
2009	Blue (2009 film)	Hindi	Background Score (Punjabi rap, vocal, music and lyrics)
2009	Dil Bole Hadippa	Hindi	"Ishq Hi Hai Rab " - Track Melody Composition
2010	Raavan	Hindi	"Thok De Killi " - Sukhwinder Singh, Am'Nico
2012	Diary of a Butterfly	Hindi	"Jugni " - Arif Lohar
	Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster	Hindi	"Akhian tho Phull " - Arif Lohar
	Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns	Hindi	"Dukh Thor Ditte Jugni " - Harbhajan Shera
2013	Heer and Hero	Punjabi	"Haule Haule " - Ranjit Rana
2014	Jatt James Bond	Punjabi	"Rog Pyaar De " - Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Sanam Marvi "Jis Tan Nu Lagdi " - Arif Lohar
2016	The Martyrs of Nankana Sahib	Punjabi	"Shaheed " - Nachhatar Gill "Saka " - Kanth Kaler "Tappe " - Shipra Goyal, Sonia Sharma
2018	Raja Abroadiya	Hindi	"Nazaare " - Nitin Kumar, Sanhita Majumder "Bheete Nahin Rehna (Female) " - Simar Kaur "Banke Saanse " - Sherry Khan, Sanhita Majumder "Bhame England " - Karan Juneja "Bheete Nahin Rehna (Male) " - Nitin Kumar
2019	Ishq My Religion	Punjabi	"Ishq Dian Peeran " - Nooran Sisters "Kaleh Rang " - Arif Lohar, Sunidhi Chauhan "Chori Chori " - Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam "Rangi Gaye (Female Version) " - Jyoti Nooran "Asool Vakhre " - Rahat Fateh Ali Khan "Laung Gawacha Reply " - Mika Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan "Dukhan Di Kahani " - Rahat Fateh Ali Khan "Rangi Gaye (Male Version)" - Mussarat Abbas "Rangi Gaye (Sad Version)" - Sultana Nooran

Various musical projects

Rock in the Temple - Collaboration with Des Sherwood
Stage 3 - Ministry of Sound 2003 Compilation Album
Ilahi - Religious Islamic Nasheed Album 2009 for Suhail Najmi

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References

"Arjan Bajwa and Mika Singh shared a unique bond". Canada: Can-India. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2017. Made by acclaimed British India composer Mukhtar Sahota
"Musicians band together for earthquake charity single". Asians in Media magazine. 7 November 2005. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2009.

External links

Mukhtar Sahota Website

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[1] "Arjan Bajwa and Mika Singh shared a unique bond". Canada: Can-India. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2017. Made by acclaimed British India composer Mukhtar Sahota

[2] "Musicians band together for earthquake charity single". Asians in Media magazine. 7 November 2005. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2009.