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Raghav Sachar the young musician from India has no doubt created some ripples in the ocean of Indian music. This uniquely talented musician can play thirty two different musical instruments. His musical journey began from a very tender age. When he was only four years old, he started off playing harmonica hence after, his parents gifted him a new instrument every year.Raghav born in the year 1981 is the youngest of his three sibblings.

He won the Best Drummer Award at the Pepsi Cornucopia contest in Delhi in 1994 besides being adjudged the best keyboard player at the BITS Pilani Festival. He also formed a band, Canzona, with some friends before proceeding to Berklee College of Music, Boston,MA, USA in 2000 to study music.It was during this time that Raghav traveled to countries in South East Asia including Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. He also gave solo concerts while visiting India and worked with Viva and Shubha Mudgal on albums apart from recording for jingles and film soundtracks. His crowning glory was being awarded the Golden Key Award and Earnest Award for academic excellence in 2000 and 2001 at Monash.

Raghav Sachar, till date has written, given music and sung songs for  films like Daddy Kool, Haal-e-Dil, One Two Three, Sunday, Dhamaal and Kaabul Express. He has cut 5 albums and done 3  music videos. His latest Album is ‘Charming Lootera’ from his own music lable Raghav sachar Music and Unuversal Music. He has even sung songs in both male and female voice.

His latest rendition of the "Om Jay Jagadish" has gained much popularity all over the world. Raghav says that

“I have used western instruments to create this Indian aarti. It was a thought and then I decided to make it into reality. I have even worn the clothes that match with the instrument. Like for Tenore Saxophone I have worn western clothes, while for Harmonica I wore muffler in Rajesh Khanna style. Sherwani with stole I wore while playing flute. With hip-hop kind of youthful clothes, I wore in Soprano Saxophone,”

Watch the video and you'll agree that Raghav is truly a world class musician in the making.