Psyched to see season 2 of Sacred Games on Netflix which has been released. My cello is featured all over the background score and theme song of season 1 and I had a great time working with composer Alokananda Dasgupta to get weird cello sounds for her super creative background score (never had a session quite like that in all my years of recording for the Bollywood film/TV industry). I went to watch the first episode of season 1 to hear what it sounded like and got totally h

I was honored to have been asked by film composer Sanchit Balhara to record for this background score. Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi is a 2019 Indian epic biographical period drama film based on the life of Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi. It was directed by Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi, popularly known as Krish and actress Kangana Ranaut from a screenplay by K. V. Vijayendra Prasad and produced by Zee Studios, Kamal Jain, and Nishant Pitti. The film stars Ranaut in the title role

I accompanied Bollywood singing star Armaan Malik on two songs for his upcoming episode of MTV Unplugged. The intimate arrangement for piano cello and vocal of Bol Do Na Zara was quite a special experience to record. We did it without any click track, a true unplugged version. #ArmaanMalik #MTVUnplugged #MTVIndia #BolDoNaZara #CelloJake #cello #CelloBollywood #IndianMusic #IndianCinema #IndiaClassicalMusic #IndianCello #HindustaniCello #Hindifilm #Bollywood #JakeCharkey

I spent April touring the USA with powerhouse Bollywood chart-topper, Arijit Singh. We played packed arena shows in Atlanta, Chicago, San Jose, Washington DC, Newark, Dallas, Austin, and Houston to over 100,000 people total with the Grand Central Symphony from NYC - contracted and managed by Rose Productions. #ArijitSingh #RoseProductions #JakeCharkey #Cello #BollywoodTour #CelloBollywood #Bollywood #GrandCentralSymphony #RoshniProductions #TMManagement #RopalEntertainment #

I recorded cellos for this film directed by Avinash Das and background score by Rohit Sharma. It's the story of a village dancer who gets revenge against a corrupt politician who has shamed her. Good to see more films being made in India now that take a positive stance on women's rights. #AvinashDas #RohitSharma #AnaarkaliofAarah #Bollywood #Cello #JakeCharkey #CelloJake #SoloCello #Hindifilm #FilmMusic #PriyaKapur #SandipKapur #IndianDance #IndianMusic #IndianCinema #Indian

Another Hindi blockbuster starring Akshay Kumar and directed by Subhash Kapoor about tells the story of a small-time lawyer who is faced with a pivotal case in his career . My friend Vishal Khurana wrote the music and I recorded cellos remotely from my studio in the USA. Looks like a hit! #FoxStarStudios #JollyLLB2 #AkshayKumar #SubhashKapoor #VishalKhurana #CelloJake #SoloCello #HindustaniCello #IndianCinema #IndianMusic #IndianCello #IndianClassicalMusic #Hindifilm #FilmM

I performed with the Grand Central Symphony for Share & Care Foundation's 34th Annual Gala Bollywood Extravaganza. The event helped raise $800,000 for impoverished women and children in rural India. We worked with the super talented Bollywood singer Parthiv Gohil and composer Yogesh Pradhan to bring Bollywood classics from the 50's to modern times to life. It was an deeply rewarding experience working with these incredible musicians and seeing such a successful collaborati

This survival film is Cannes-nominated director Vikramaditya Motwane's third feature film directorial venture. 'Shaurya' (Rajkummar Rao) has to stay alive after he accidentally locks himself up in his new rented apartment in a desolate Mumbai high-rise, for almost a week. I recorded remotely for the background score, which was composed by my friend and talented composer Alokananda Dasgupta. #VikramadityaMotwane #Trapped #RajkummarRao #AlokanandaDasgupta #Cello #Bollywood #J

I arranged strings for eight songs on Jai Uttal’s upcoming album Roots, Rock, Rama and produced and recorded an overdubbed orchestra made up of myself and Sarah Meeran Cave and expertly recorded by Ayan De in Mumbai. We got an amazing old bollywood sound by transferring the audio to tape and allowing it to age for a couple days in the sun and then mixing the result back in. Fantastic work from my Bombay team on this one, stay tuned for the release. http://jaiuttal.com #JaiU