From a high paying job to a career of his own, tables turned for Abhilash Gupta!

Abhilash Gupta

A high paying 9 to 5 job can be done by anyone, but being your own boss is also a dream for many and he has achieved this dream. Leaving behind his high paying job in the field of software, he went ahead to pursue full-time music.

Abhilash Gupta, a Singer, Songwriter and Composer living in Bangalore, has achieved great heights in life. He is a trained Hindustani Classical Singer and also has a good hand in playing the Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard.

He has had two Kannada film releases till date with him as the Music Director and several as a Playback Singer. Not just this, he is also a playback singer and Music Director for other South Indian Film Industries. Moreover, he sings in Hindi, Kannada, English, Tamil & Telugu. He writes his songs in Hindi and brings them to the audience as "Abhilash Gupta Diaries". He has also has the prestige to collaborate with great singers such as Sunidhi Chauhan and Vijay Prakash for his compositions.

His music has in view the fertile landscape between mainstream & Indie music where the appeal of mainstream & thoughtfulness, depth of independent music come together. His biggest influences have been John Mayer, Jeremy Zucker, Bryan Adams, Coldplay & mainstream Bollywood as well.

He is ready with his next set of singles after a hiatus where the concept is 'EMOTIONAL RATIONALE'. It covers concepts like boundaries in love, practical separations, love vs attraction, toxic relationships, emotions other than Love like jealousy, sleep - All this without messaging/advice.

The first track under this umbrella is known as "Bichadna Zaroori Hai", which releases on 2nd September 2021. This has a theme of separation in love where you have sacrificed all you could but now it's tearing you apart. It's killing you from inside and now you don't have anything left except to get separated. ‘Letting go' is the greatest courage as you hold many emotions, memories and feelings when you restart the journey. "Bichadna Zaroori Hai" - "Separation is necessary" stems from this moment of personal realisation. It's difficult. Almost impossible. But doing it is necessary.

While we attach stigma to the idea of Separation & understandably, letting go is an act of showing respect to LOVE.

For him, music is a way of life and he believes "real change" starts within and spreads as ripples of smiles & thoughts. His true love for music can be seen in the way he has enlisted the details about each thing he has achieved in this field. With his dedication, hard work and perseverance he has been able to achieve in his life what he dreamt of and today he is at a level where a huge number of people know him.