A biography for Ankit Tiwarihasn’t been written yet.
“Jaipur is a city with a lot of genuine people.”
“It was Mahesh Bhatt saab's idea to get Shraddha to sing 'Galliyan.' I was all for it.”
“At the end of the day, it is good music that matters to me, so I'm open to offers.”
“To release a single, a musician no longer needs to rely on a big label or production house, which are usually inaccessible.”
“I haven't travelled much. Even if I have, it's for work or for performance. I haven't explored things.”
“Actually, 'Phir Na Mile Kabhi' is a very emotional and a heartbreak song and somewhere it does touch the heart of the listeners as it touched my heart as well.”
“If critics find my songs monotonous, then I also find their opinion monotonous.”
“See, as a music composer, I am not competing with any music composer.”
“As a composer, I want to try different genres, and I always look forward to trying different things, but I think the word 'romantic' is synonymous with my name, and that's why I am offered such songs.”
“It is true that independent music is risky, but the amount of freedom of expression it provides an artist overpowers this risk.”
“Luckily, I've the ability to express my music exactly the way I create it because I sing my own compositions.”
“But the focus for actors is always towards acting. It is very obvious that they don't need to have training in professional music.”
“In today's day and age, one looks forward to experimenting and it pays off at times and at times it doesn't. This does not mean one should stop trying.”
“When you are yourself involved in a project so much, you have to take one step at a time and make sure it turns out good.”
“In Mumbai I have to keep an eye on my diet so that I stay in shape, but at home I just indulge.”
“I have always loved originality.”
“I have not thought of pairing with somebody for music direction and will continue composing music by myself.”
“'The Villain' is another project with Mohit Suri under Balaji Productions. It was again very tough to impress him even after 'Sun Raha Hai' but some how I manage to get in.”
“While my father has a music group of his own, my mother sings devotional songs. So, right from childhood I would sit with them during practice and I trained under Vidod Dwivediji.”
“Once, I got a chance to meet filmmaker Pradeep Sarkar. He wanted me to give music for his film but the project never got off.”