Mukul Deora

Mukul Deora is a film producer, musician, conceptual artist, and entrepreneur living in Mumbai.

Mukul is currently the Chairman of Watchtower Pictures, a film production and distribution company. Watchtower's first production was Bheja Fry 2 in 2011. According to IMDB, Bheja Fry 2 opened to impressive collections and was declared a Hit.

Watchtower is currently producing a film based on The White Tiger, the Mann Booker Prize-winning novel.

Mukul released his debut album Stray with SONY BMG in 2006. Stray was written, composed and produced by Mukul. Howie B, who has previously produced U2 and Björk came on as Executive Producer. Stray reached number 12 in the Indian charts, and was a critical success, with the UK's Guardian newspaper calling it "an uneasy, surreal new vision of India." Pennyblackmusic said "It's a hallucinatory experience; burgeoning with tension and personal angst, existential bafflement and the estrangement that can only truly occur when utterly surrounded by a metropolis of millions. Think of 'Naked Lunch' set in Bombay, remixed by William Gibson and starring a subcontinental Serge Gainsbourg with a penchant for better living through chemistry ... that's about as close as you're going to get. It's fascinating." Whisperin and hollerin's Huw Jones says - "Constantly expanding on themes and getting ever complex, Mukul’s kaleidoscope of audio delights showcase his heritage, Djing background and innovative thinking. Whilst never outright dark, there’s a potentially deviant side to his music that slowly hangs in the balance and becomes claustrophobic, but at no point does it become too oppressive, not just yet anyway, it’s a fine balance, but one that Mukul can strike with ease."

Prior to Stray, Mukul founded Transmit Audio Lab, an ambient noise / found sound collective. Transmit Audio had several ground-breaking performances In India, where they pioneered the creation of lengthy soundscapes using sounds recorded from Mumbai's aural fabric, layered with industrial and electronic rhythm patterns. Mukul's debut ambient gig in 2001 is seen by some as India's first.

Mukul has performed at the Tate Modern, London, the National Centre for the Performing Arts (India) and the World Social Forum, Mumbai.

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