This episode is in collaboration with MTV, right after the conclusion of their incredible hip-hop show, MTV Hustle 03 REPRESENT. If you didn't catch the finals of MTV Hustle 03 REPRESENT, find the performance links here below - I'm sure you'll enjoy it :) MTV Hustle 03 REPRESENT Performances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVYUXRc6lOY&list=PLyOa60Nfpp5oscFwrbIzyQ6YciGrcMYXx Follow Mrunal Shankar: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrunal.shankar/ YouTube:...

This podcast was originally published as a video episode, and is intended to be consumed as such. You can find the video podcast via the link here: https://youtu.be/fnl50zJPp7I In this podcast, alongside Vignesh Sankar from the MMM Podcast, I take a look at some of Ramesh Vinayagam’s work in Indian music. We focus on the song Enna Idhu from Nala Damayanthi, as well as Ramesh Vinayagam’s unique explorations within Carnatic music. We hope you enjoy this session as much as we did! This is the...

On the 18th episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I got to speak with the insanely talented composer and singer, Girishh Gopalakrishnan. We spoke about so much throughout this interview - his experience learning under the legendary Lalgudi Jayaraman, his musical explorations in the U.K., why he left the U.K. despite being able to live comfortably as a musician there, plus so so much more. I loved how he was so open in sharing his experiences and knowledge, and I hope all of you enjoy this...

On the seventeenth episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I had an incredibly fun chat with the genius Navneeth Sundar. We talked extensively about the musical possibilities of the iPad, about his experiences working with Illayaraja-sir and AR Rahman-sir, how he lives "in a world where pink elephants write poems", plus so much more. I enjoyed this conversation so so much, and I hope all of you enjoy it as much as I did! Follow Navneeth Sundar: Instagram Twitter YouTube Spotify Follow Us:...

On the 16th episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I sat down with the incredible folk singer, Aanchal Shrivastava, who is the voice behind songs like "Ishq Akela", the recent hit "Nadan Dil", among many other fantastic songs. She has had an incredibly unique but also tumultuous journey in music, going through periods of unemployment and constant rejections. The way she has been able to fight through this to be able to share her art with all of us, though, is what I personally find incredibly...

NOTE: This is an episode of the Movies, Music, and Memories (MMM) podcast. I was simply featured on this episode as a guest. Due to copyright-related issues, they were unable to upload this episode onto their channels, and hence they asked me to upload the episode on my platform. Please do make sure to subscribe to their podcast for fantastic podcasts regarding Indian movies and music. MMM Podcast:...

On the 15th episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I had a chat with the wonderful singer-songwriter Shweta Srivastava - the brain and voice behind songs like "July 19", and "Home"! We spoke about the time her school teacher randomly threw her on stage at the tender age of 6, randomly singing at clubs in France, how her vocal coach sneakily got her to compose her own songs, plus much more. I had a ton of fun recording this, and I hope you enjoy it too! Follow...

On the 14th episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I had a chat with playback singer Madhura Dhara Talluri - the AR Rahman protégé who rendered hits like "Unakaga" and "Maathare". We spoke about her experience homeschooling for one year as she tried to use that one year to focus on music, the state of Carnatic academia, how her stance on "timeless" music has changed over the years, among many other fascinating topics. This was such a fun conversation, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did!...

On the 13th episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with music direction and playback singer Vijaynarain - the voice behind songs like "Ei Suzhali", "Poi Vazhva", "Azhagiya Soodana Poovey", among plenty of other hits.  We spoke about his fascination with Carnatic music as a child and how that ended up negatively impacting his academic life at times, his time in the reality shows Ooh La La La and Super Singer, his bond with music director Santhosh Narayanan, among...

On the 12th episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I spoke with Abhay Nayampally - an incredible Carnatic guitarist and independent musician, who is a disciple of the legendary Shri Mandolin Srinivas. We spoke about his unusual emotional attachment to music as a child, a life-changing lunch break on a park bench, the evolution of Carnatic music, among tons of other topics. There's also a lovely Charukesi aalaap to check out towards the end :) We hope everybody enjoys this episode! Follow...

On the 11th episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I had a chat with the one and only Shashaa Tirupati - a National Award winning singer who has sung some of India's biggest hits for composers like AR Rahman, Isaignani Illayaraja, Mithoon, among many others. We spoke about the importance of being self-made and self-sufficient to her, the role of pain in music creation, plus so much more. It was an absolute honour to be able to speak with her, and I found so much of she had to say incredibly...

On the tenth episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I had the opportunity to have a chat with the incredible Aditya Prakash. We spoke about his struggles of dealing with the conflict in cultures between India and the Bay Area in the United States, how going on a tour with Ravi Shankar at the age of 16 quashed many of his internal struggles, the impact of hyper-consumerism in the music scene today, among many other topics. Plus, there's some lovely singing at the end :) We hope you enjoy this...

On the ninth episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I spoke with Prashanth Techno - a music producer who has used his expertise over synths in particular to help cultivate new sounds within both the Indian independent and film music scenes. We spoke about how he learned music despite having a very limited formal musical education, his experience participating in a reality show judged by none other than AR Rahman, how his groundbreaking electro-classical musical act (called Kee and Techno)...

On the eighth episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I spoke with Apoorva Krishna - a phenomenal violinist and composer, who has worked and performed with legendary artists like Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain, Bombay Jayashree, among many other such...

This year has been quite the year for all of us - in many ways unfortunately extremely negative. For this podcast, though, 2020 has honestly been a mindbogglingly incredible year, as I've had the honour of speaking to musicians that I would not have...

On the seventh episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I had a chat with singer-songwriter Drishti Tandel (Drish T), who burst onto the independent music scene with her original compositions written in - wait for it - in Japanese. Yes, Japanese! We spoke...

On the sixth episode of The Indoencers podcast, I spoke with Prashanth Srinivas, an incredibly talented composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and the brain behind the RagaHaus initiative. We spoke about how he goes about expressing emotions through...

In the fifth episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I spoke with Darshana KT - a singer who has sung for the likes of Isaignani Illayaraja, Harris Jayaraj, and has grown to be a regular for the one and only AR Rahman. We spoke about the times where her...

In the fourth episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I sat down with one of the finest young music directors in the Tamil cinema scene today, Ashwin Vinayagamoorthy - the brain behind hits such as “Aagayam Thaayaga”, “Un Nerukkam”, “Pudavai Nilave”, among...

On the third episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I had a chat with the brilliant Abhay Jodhpurkar - the singer of many of our favourite songs, including AR Rahman's “Moongil Thottam”, “Mere Naam Tu” from the Sharukh Khan starrer Zero, among other such...

In the second episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I spoke with teenage sensation Edwin Louis, who rose to fame after releasing two hit singles within a week: "Adiye Kutti Devadhe", released by Think Music India, and "Thalapathy Raid", which he released...

In the first episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I spoke with Composer Sanjay, an extremely talented independent artist, who is also well-known for leading Sanskruti, a band that absolutely bossed their appearance on Kappa TV's Music Mojo. We spoke about...