Coke Studio @ MTV season 4 explained

The fourth season of the Indian music television series, Coke Studio @ MTV, aired from 1 March 2015, to 4 October 2015. Following the format of previous seasons, the season featured original compositions created and produced by various music composers. It consisted of six episodes and presented a total of 17 songs.^{[1] [2]}

Artists

Vocalists

• Amit Trivedi
  • Anupam Roy Babul Supriyo
• Bhanvari Devi
• Bhungarkhan Manganiar
• Bobkat
  • • Dhruv Ghanekar Diljit Dosanjh Divya Kumar
• Gurdas Maan
• Harshdeep Kaur
• Ila Arun
• Jashan Singh
• Jasmine Sandlas
  • • Jatinder Shah Jeet Gannguli Jyoti Nooran
    • Kalpana Patowary Kirtidan Gadhvi Krishna Kumar Buddha Ram
  • Manj Musik Master Saleem
  • Raftaar (rapper) Raj Pandit
• Rajesh Radhakrishnan
  • • Ram Sampath Rekha Bhardwaj Rituraj Mohanty
• Sachin–Jigar
  • • • Salim Merchant Satyaki Banerjee Shadab Faridi Sharmilee Supriyo
  • Sona Mohapatra Sonia Saigal
• Sukhwinder Singh
• Sunny Brown
• Taniskha Sanghvi
• Tochi Raina
• Tony Sebastian
• Vidya Harikrishna
• Viveick Rajgopalan

Production

The season was led by Creative Director Jagjit Singh. Pratik Gupta served as the Behind-the-Music Director. The production team consisted of Producers Pradeep Giri and Shashwat Singh. Parichit Paralkar served as Art Director, with Sita Ram Mistry as his Assistant Art Director. Zee Music Company was the official music partner for the season.^[3]

The season followed the format established in previous years. Multiple music composers created and produced original compositions for the show.^{[4] [5]} The music producers for this season included (listed alphabetically):

• Amit Trivedi
• Anupam Roy
• Dhruv Ghanekar
• Jatinder Shah
• Jeet Gannguli
• Manj Musik
• Ram Sampath
• Sachin–Jigar
• Salim–Sulaiman
• Sunny Brown
• Pradeep Giri

Episodes

Reception

In a press release, Coke Studio revealed that season 4 would feature 12 episodes, each 30 minutes long. However, only 6 episodes were released, and the show ended abruptly in October 2015. It was also the final season of Coke Studio @ MTV.^[6]

Notes and References

1. News: Esther Elias . 27 February 2015 . From studio to street . The Hindu . 19 April 2023.
2. News: 8 March 2015 . Coke Studio is back! . 25 May 2024 . The Telegraph (India).
3. News: 24 February 2015 . Coke Studio returns with season 4 . 2 January 2021 . The Indian Express.
4. News: Ranjita Ganesan . 28 February 2015 . Drummed out of the studio . 25 May 2024 . Business Standard.
5. News: Indo-Asian News Service . 25 February 2015 . 'Coke Studio@MTV' adapts year-long 'always on' format . 2 January 2021 . The Indian Express.
6. Web site: 24 February 2015 . MTV Coke Studio starts creative music videos with Season 4, first in the Coke Studio franchise . 25 May 2024 . Radioandmusic.