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Abhijit was born to famous Indian classical vocalist Pandit Ajay Pohankar. He is the grandson of Dr Susheela Pohankar of the Kirana Gharana.After playing classical music on a keyboard, he started venturing into world music and fusion music. His biggest album was Piya Bawari with his father Ajay Pohankar, and in that album he experimented with classical music fused with lounge music. One of the youngest artists to be featured in Buddha Bar of France, Abhijit has started his new world music band Soundz of India & Urban Ragas and is performing all over the world. He is one of the most successful fusion music producers. His latest project/band is called Panch Tatva and also Urban Sufis where he experiments with Sufi Music and electronica.
He has done major collaborative concerts with artists including Ajay Pohankar, Ghulam Ali(Pakistan), Hariharan, Rajan and Sajan Mishra, Anup Jalota, Pankaj Udhas, Vishwamohan Bhatt, and Sonal Mansingh. He has also composed the title track of the 2003 film Boom, by Kaizad Gusted and starring Amitabh Bachchan and Bo-Derek.
