Shreyas Puranik Wiki, Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Shreyas Puranik is an Indian singer, music composer, and songwriter. He predominantly works in the Hindi film industry. In February 2024, he won the Filmfare R. D. Burman Award for the song “Satranga” from the Hindi film ‘Animal’ (2023).

Wiki/Biography

Shreyas Puranik was born in 1993 (age 31 years; as of 2024) in Nagpur, Maharashtra. He did his schooling at DAV Public School, Korba, Chhattisgarh. He pursued a B.Com at Mithibai College of Commerce, Mumbai. In 2008, he moved to Mumbai where he took a formal training in music from Suresh Wadkar.

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5′ 10″

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Black

Family

Parents & Siblings

His father’s name is Prashant Yashwant Puranik. He works at the Coal India Limited. His mother’s name is Shubha Puranik. She works at Mineral Exploration and Consultancy Limited (MECL), Nagpur. He has an elder brother named Vishwesh Puranik.

Wife

He got married to the playback singer Aishwarya Bhandari on 21 January 2021.

The couple got engaged on 13 October 2019.

Relationship/Affairs

Shreyas Puranik and Aishwarya Bhandari dated each other for almost 9 years before getting married in 2021.

Career

Film

He started his career as an assistant music director under Sanjay Leela Bhansali for the Hindi film ‘Bajirao Mastani’ (2015). He composed the music of the songs ‘Gajanana’ and ‘Ab Tohe Jane Na Doongi’ for the film. He also sang the song ‘Ab Tohe Jane Na Doongi’ alongside Payal Dev. Later, he assisted Bhansali on the Hindi films ‘Padmaavat’ (2017) and ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ (2022).

He worked as a music composer for the Marathi films ‘PhotoCopy’ (2016), ‘Lapachhapi’ (2016), and ‘Faster Fene’ (2017).

In 2019, he worked as a singer and music composer for the song “Nadh Khula” from the Hindi film ‘Malaal.’ He also did a rap in the song “Aila Re” from the film. The following year, he worked as a music composer for the Hindi short film ‘Budh’ (Awaking). In 2023, he composed the music for the song “Satranga” from the Hindi film ‘Animal.’ The song was sung by Arijit Singh.

Music Videos

In 2018, he released his first Hindi music video ‘Main Hoon Tera’ for which he worked as a singer, music composer, and lyricist. The music video was uploaded on his YouTube channel ‘Shreyas Puranik.’ He composed the music for the Hindi music video ‘Yaad Teri’ (2019), sung by Rahul Vaidya.

In 2022, he sang the song and composed the music for the Hindi music video ‘Mehfooz Hai Tu.’ He worked as a music composer for various music videos including ‘Kuch Tum Bhi’ (2019), ‘Chhap Tikal’ (2021), ‘Meherma’ (2021), ‘Uff’ (2022), and ‘Aadha Dil’ (2023).

He worked as a music composer for the Hindi devotion music video ‘Shiv Shankara’ in 2019. The song was sung by Sonu Nigam. Later, he provided music for Sonu Nigam’s another devotional song ‘Avadh Mein Laute Hai Shri Ram’ in 2024.

Others 

Puranik has also composed the music of the title track for Riteish Deshmukh‘s Marathi TV reality show ‘Vikta Ka Uttar’ (2016), which aired on Star Pravah. Apart from films and music videos, he has also composed music for several television commercials.

Awards

• Best Music Album Award at the Mirchi Music Awards 2016 for the song “Gajanana” from the film ‘Bajirao Mastani’

• Best Independent Song at the Mirchi Music Awards 2019 for the song “Kuch Tum Bhi”

• The Filmfare R. D. Burman Award for the song “Satranga” from the Hindi film ‘Animal’ (2023)

  Shreyas Puranik after receiving the R. D. Burman Award

Facts/Trivia

• His family and friends fondly call him Shrey.

• He had a passion for music since he was a child. In an interview, he revealed that he started singing at the age of three. He started giving live performances during his college days.

  Shreyas Puranik during a live performance

• He loves to play badminton.

• He often holds masterclasses on music composition.