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{{About|the audio engineer|the general|Kamal Jit Singh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kanwarjit Singh Sawhney
| image = K.J. Singh.jpg
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = [[Sound Engineer/Music Producer]]
|website={{url|http://kjsingh.com/}}
}}
Kanwarjit Singh Sawhney, a.k.a. '''K.J. Singh''' is an [[India]]n audio engineer/music producer based in [[Mumbai]] who won the 54th [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]] for [[National Film Award for Best Audiography|Best Audiography]]<ref>{{cite web|title=54th National Film awards - Press Release|publisher=[[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Press Information Bureau, Government of India]]|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2008/jun/54th_nfa.pdf|accessdate=15 March 2012}}</ref> and [[Filmfare Award for Best Sound Design]] with [[Shajith Koyeri]] and Subash Sahu for his work on the 2006 film [[Omkara (2006 film)|''Omkara'']].<ref>{{cite news|title='Lagey raho Munnabhai' sweeps National Film Awards|agency=Press Trust of India|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=10 June 2008|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200806101553.htm|accessdate=1 October 2011}}</ref>

He studied at [[Springdales School]] and finished his master's degree in Political Science from [[Hindu College, Delhi]]. He put together a popular live band, Graffiti, in his college days. Went to [[Trebas Institute]], Toronto, Canada to study Sound engineering and Music Production. He came back in 1987 to start his own music production company called Fast Forward Productions and composed jingles, title tracks, and songs. Most notably the tracks for India Quiz, Super Quiz, The India Show, Firdaus, Kauwa Chala Hans Ki Chaal, Manch Masala, Khula Manch, Style Today, Cooking with Tarla Dalal, Super Six, Doordarshan International News. Meanwhile, he helped cut demos for bands like [[Parikrama]] 'Till I'm No One Again, [[Euphoria (Indian band)|Euphoria]] [[Shibani Kashyap]]

He moved from Delhi to Mumbai, in 1997, starting is career in the Indian Film Industry with [[Maachis]] with composer/film director [[Vishal Bhardwaj]] and worked on all is films, namely ''[[Chachi 420]]'', ''[[Betaabi]]'', ''[[Jahan Tum Le Chalo]]'', ''[[Satya]]'', ''[[Daya (film)|Daya]]'', ''[[Godmother (film)|Godmother]]'', ''[[Hu Tu Tu]]'', ''[[Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam]]'', ''[[Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar]]'', ''[[Ramji Londonwaley]]'', ''[[Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega]]'', ''[[Paanch]]'', ''[[Chupke Se]]'', ''[[Makdee]]'', ''[[Maqbool]]'', till ''[[Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara]]''. He has worked with [[Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy]] [[Nadeem-Shravan]] [[Amit Trivedi]] - ''[[Udaan (2010 film)|Udaan]]'', ''Ik Tara from [[Wake up Sid]]'', [[Sneha Khanwalkar]] and on many [[A.R.Rahman]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nu1BCwAAQBAJ&q=kj+singh+sound+engineer&pg=PT94|title = A.R. Rahman: The Spirit of Music|isbn = 9789380070148|last1 = Kabir|first1 = Nasreen Munni|year = 2011}}</ref> films, starting with ''[[Rang De Basanti]]'', ''[[Guru (2007 film)|Guru]]'', ''[[Ghajini (2008 film)|Ghajini]]'', ''[[Delhi-6]]'', ''[[Enthiran|Robot]]'', ''[[Raavan]]'', ''[[Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na]]'', ''[[Jhootha Hi Sahi]]'', ''[[Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa]]'', ''[[Sakkarakatti]]'', and ''[[Tamasha]]'', and also been [[Live sound mixing#Front of house engineer|FOH Sound Engineer]] for many of his concerts. His clientele, for live engineer, boasts of names like [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]] [[Colonial Cousins]] [[Jagjit Singh]] [[Kavita Seth]] [[Harris Jayaraj]] and G.V. Prakash, A. R. Rahman's nephew.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Insiders|publisher=[[Indian Express]]|date=15 March 2009|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-insiders/434152/0|accessdate=15 March 2012}}</ref>
KJ Singh also worked as music producer/sound engineer for the band [[Indian Ocean (band)|Indian Ocean]] and for [[Rabbi Shergill]].

His latest venture is 'Asli Music',<ref>https://www.aslimusic.com/</ref> an independent music label launched with the production of a spiritual album ‘ik On’kãr’ featuring [[Harshdeep Kaur]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Technology has influenced the implementation of music, KJ Singh|publisher=Sikhnet.com|date=2 May 2010|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/technology-has-influenced-implementation-music-kj-singh|accessdate=4 June 2012}}</ref> He has released artist/bands like Deepa Nair Rasiya,<ref>https://www.musicplus.in/the-doyen-of-indian-classical-music-in-the-uk-deepa-nair-rasiya/</ref><ref>https://open.spotify.com/artist/7N1BsOs8z52ZdDxd8DI4aT</ref> Spud In The Box,<ref>https://rollingstoneindia.com/spud-in-the-box-all-grown-up/</ref><ref>https://open.spotify.com/artist/0QLmymAoRaC1kCvIPB029Q</ref> Jasleen Kaur Monga,<ref>https://open.spotify.com/artist/1brf5T8F7QksIL5iwD5Eb6</ref> Ronkini Gupta collective, [[Jaspreet 'Jazim' Sharma]],<ref>https://open.spotify.com/album/6BKSvNDzV6YZnewddqIjbh?highlight=spotify:track:24XX9ClfT5mp6T9ndseGvI</ref> Deva Sengupta,<ref>https://open.spotify.com/album/3cqvCWPlqsFowskaoxxBu6</ref> Chaar Yaar <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/chandigarh/musical-group-chaar-yaar-makes-its-return-to-stage/articleshow/71338861.cms|title = Musical group Chaar Yaar makes its return to stage - Times of India}}</ref>

He has produced music for installations like the [[Virasat-e-Khalsa]], Phase II, Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, [[The Golden Temple]], Sri Harmandir Sahib ji, Amritsar, Punjab, [[Shaurya Smarak]], Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|1187835}}

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