Think of the songs you’ve had on repeat lately. Maybe it’s a rhythmic drive track like “Aavan Javan”, a heart-touching love song like “Tum ho toh” from Saiyaara, or a massive film anthem like “Yeh Awarapan” from Awarapan 2 or a rock anthem like “Ehsaas”. It's likely that you can name the singers in two seconds flat, maybe even the music directors on the posters.

But, ever wonder who added that background piano to evoke this emotion of love, or timed the beat drop perfectly so it created that “hook” you danced to? That’s what a music producer does behind the scenes. And for all these songs listed here, that name is Vaibhav Pani. If you’ve lived in India this past decade, you’ve probably danced or cried to all these tracks, while the man who shaped those emotions stayed in the shadows.