Goodbye to September recording madness. I’ve been glued to this spot for many many hours this month, with back-to-back recordings for several upcoming releases; Boots Riley’s “I’m a Virgo” on Amazon with music by Tuneyards, Vikramaditya Motwane’s “Jubilee” on Amazon with music by Alokananda Dasgupta, also Vikramaditya Motwanes’s fascinating docuseries called “Indi(r)a’s Emergency” with music by Anjo John. I even squeezed in a voice-over recording for an ad film somewhere in

Alokananda Dasgupta’s haunting music score created a lot of buzz with people wondering what the title track of Sacred Games meant. When season one released, music maestro AR Rahman himself congratulated her for "a very interesting score and mix for Sacred Games." I'm really excited to see season 2 of Sacred Games has now won the Best Music honour at the News18 iREEL Awards 2019. Alokananda Dasgupta was competing against the likes of Sneha Khanwalkar (RejctX), Gaurav Raina (Ma

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 #

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

Worked on this upcoming 2016 Tamil release, Nishabdam, directed by Michael Arun and composed by Shawn Jazeel. We spent an arduous but very satisfying day in studio pulling out some of the sweetest lines I’ve heard in a long time. Looking forward to hearing this one! #Nishabdam #MichaelArun #ShawnJazeel #IndianCinema #CelloJake #CelloBollywood #miracleProductions #RoseProductions #JakeCharkey