Naren & Benedict

“Over the last 10 years, as the space for songs has shrunk in Hindi films and background scores have become more important than ever, two men have been consistently doing some of the most interesting work in this area: Benedict Taylor and Naren Chandavarkar.” – Scroll, India

Career Highlights

• Garnered national recognition for scoring the background score for ‘Udta Punjab‘, which was nominated under the Best Background Score category at Filmfare Awards 2017.
• Most recent works include background score for ‘Tryst with Destiny‘ (Sony Liv), a fiction feature that has won best screenplay at Tribeca Film Festival 2020, Vidya Balan starrer ‘Sherni’ (Amazon Prime), ‘RAY’ directed by Abhishek Chaubey (Netflix),  Karan Johar’s ‘Searching For Sheela’, and Amazon Prime series ‘Pataal Lok‘
• Other notable compositions include multi-award winning movie ‘Newton‘ (India’s official entry to the Oscars) and for the move ‘Sonchiriya‘, that won the ‘Best Film (Critics)’ category award at Filmfare 2020.
• Won Filmfare Award(2021) for the best Sound Design- “The Disciple” (Marathi).
• Other known works include background score for ‘Laal Kaptaan‘, ‘Ghoul’, ‘Black Kite‘, ‘Killa‘, ‘That Girl In Yellow Boots‘ and more.
• Defying geographical boundaries, Naren (Mumbai) & Benedict (London) in 2020 did notable scores for Berlin International Film Festival nominee, Laila Aur Satt Geet, voted amongst the best movies of 2020.
• International recognition – “Best Achievement in Music – Original Score” nomination for ‘Black Kite’ at the Canadian Screen Awards. This prestigious award ceremony is well known as a melting pot for the finest in music and cinema with former winners being heavyweights such as Mychael Danna who delivered the score for Life of Pi, Grammy/Oscar/Golden Globe and BAFTA award winner Ryuichi Sakamoto, Lord of the Rings composer- Howard Shore and legendary minimalist composer Terry Riley.

Awards / Recognition

• Filmfare (2021)- “The Disciple” (Marathi)

• Canadian Screen Awards- ‘Best Achievement in Music – Original Score” nomination for ‘Black Kite’ 

• • This prestigious award ceremony is well known as a melting pot for the finest in music and cinema with former winners being heavyweights such as Mychael Danna who delivered the score for Life of Pi, Grammy/Oscar/Golden Globe and BAFTA award winner Ryuichi Sakamoto, Lord of the Rings composer- Howard Shore and legendary minimalist composer Terry Riley.