About
Zahir Bandukwala
Starting as an Assistant Recording Engineer, he soon worked with music director Sandesh Shandilya, helping set up his studio and workspace.
He later pursued a Sound Engineering & Acoustics course at Mumbai University, sharpening his technical skills. After assisting Kunal Sharma on multiple films, he began taking on independent projects in sync sound and sound design.
Determined to push his limits, he expanded into film mixing and now works as a film mix engineer. He is also developing an India-centric sound effects library, is a certified drone pilot, and enjoys running through Aarey Forest in his free time.
IRAA Award Best Sync Sound Recording TV Series - Guns & Gulaabs
November 2024
The challenging part about this project was to maintain the Netflix technical specifications and their choice high quality standards of equipment such as the microphones and audio recorders.
Plus1db team had to constantly prepare for frequent 2nd sound set ups for unplanned B unit rolls, due to arbitrary actor dates, hectic schedules around day light locations.
