Vivek Verma

Vivek Verma is an Indian playback singer, composer, record producer, and musician. He is known for being part of music producer-director Himesh Reshammiya's team, composing and/or performing on soundtrack songs for major Bollywood films including Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Teraa Surroor, and Aap Se Mausiiquii. He has also released several singles independently.

Career
Verma grew up in New Kenda, near Kolkata. His parents were school teachers. He studied both Western and Eastern classical music. In 2011, he moved to Mumbai. He cites Ganesh Prasad Mishra in Varanasi as one of his mentors.

Verma started his career working with music producer-director Himesh Reshammiya as a playback singer and guitarist, where he became part of multiple Bollywood projects. His big break was on the film Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. He also worked on the Reshammiya films Action Jackson, All Is Well, Sanam Teri Kasam, Aap Se Mausiiquii, Teraa Surroor, Khiladi 786, and The Xposé. He helped compose on Reshammiya's song "Kheech Meri Photo" which was performed by Darshan Raval for the soundtrack of the 2016 film Sanam Teri Kasam. He played guitar on the viral hit "Teri Meri Kahani" which was a featured song in the film Happy Hardy and Heer.

Outside of Reshammiya's work, Verma has collaborated with other artists including providing programming for an unplugged version of "Tum Ho Mere" for the 2016 film Saansein. In 2015, he provided the music for a compilation album called Sanghamitra's Colours of Sufi published by N A Classical.

In 2019, Verma released the indie songs "Humsafar" and "Mai Aur Tu". He released a music video produced by Prashant Singh for "Humsafar". He describes "Mai Aur Tu" as a pop number with "Hindustani classical acoustic treatment". He said that after "Mai Aur Tu" he was going to make more songs that have different color themes. Verma received a BizAsia Music Award for the Best Male Debut Singer category in 2019.

In 2020, he released the single "Aashiyaana", He composed it in 2019 with his audience of teenagers and college students in mind. He also released the single and music video "Sohneya", which was also his first solo single in Punjabi. "Sohneya" was listed in an entry in Rolling Stone India's "Here's what we're listening to today" for 13 November. In 2021, he released his fifth solo single "Tumhare Khayalon Mein".

Personal life
Verma splits his time between Greater Noida near Delhi, and Mumbai; he has music studios in both locations.

Solo singles

 * "Humsafar" (2019)
 * "Mai Aur Tu" (2019)
 * "Aashiyaana"" (2020)
 * "Sohneya" (2020)
 * "Tumhare Khayalon Mein" (2021)

Solo albums

 * The Homeless Star (TBD)