Sanjay Banubakode Ghazal · Sufi · Playback Book
Sanjay Banubakode at the harmonium on a dark stage, white kurta and magenta stole, under an amber spotlight

मुझे ख़ुदा ने ग़ज़ल का दयार बख़्शा है,ये सल्तनत मैं मोहब्बत के नाम करता हूँ।

God granted me the realm of the ghazal — this kingdom I dedicate to love.

— Bashir Badr — from Ibadaton Ki Tarah, on Aameen

Ghazal · Sufi · Playback · Music Director

SanjayBanubakode

Forty years of ghazal, sung as the poet meant it. Since 1985 · Nashik, India · formerly performing as Sanjaye Vatsal.

1985On air since — All India Radio, Nagpur
6,000+Concerts across India
25Releases — 5 albums, 19 singles, 1 film song
DD · RSTVDoordarshan National, Rajya Sabha TV, AIR

Now playing · live sessions, August 2026

Kal chaudhavin ki raat thi — live, with guitar.

New sessions recorded in Nashik with Arshad Ahmed on guitar and Aqid Hussain Niyazi: Jagjit Singh ghazals, sufi renditions and a few surprises, released weekly on the channel.

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Kal Chaudhvin Ki Raat Thi — live (take 2) Live session
Mere Rashke Qamar — live Sufi rendition (with Shlok Aashay) 2026
Baat Niklegi To Phir Door Talak — live 2026
Piya Re — Sufi rendition (with Shlok Aashay) 2026
All videos — Doordarshan recordings, covers, music videos →

The mehfil, city after city

Forty years of wah-wah.

Conference halls, hotel lawns, club evenings, wedding nights, medical conventions — the stage changes, the harmonium doesn't. Read the banners.

Sanjyot and Sanjay Banubakode singing together on stage, both smiling
01 With Sanjyot, mid-duet
Sanjay Banubakode singing at the harmonium in front of red drapes, black stole over a grey kurta
02 Behind red drapes
Sham-e-Ghazal at EFIAGES 2018, Nashik: ensemble on stage beneath the conference backdrop
03 Sham-e-Ghazal · EFIAGES 2018, Nashik
Ensemble performing at Endocrine Update, Lavasa, January 2016
04 Endocrine Update · Lavasa, January 2016
Sanjay Banubakode smiling at the harmonium, maroon jacket over white kurta, red curtain behind
05 The moment the room says wah
Shaam-e-Ghazal for the Lions Club of Nashik Royals, March 2020: Sanjay and Sanjyot on stage beneath the banner
06 Shaam-e-Ghazal · Lions Club of Nashik Royals, March 2020
Sanjay Banubakode in a blue kurta on a red-draped stage, playing the harmonium
07 Blue on red
Night concert beneath three illuminated arches, Sanjay Banubakode at the harmonium with the ensemble
08 Three arches of light
Sham-e-Ghazal for Shriram, with a large LED backdrop
09 Sham-e-Ghazal · Shriram
Ghazal Night for Larsen & Toubro Switchgear: the ensemble under the branded backdrop
10 Ghazal Night · L&T Switchgear
Gazal & DJ Gala Nite for the Indian Medical Association, Nashik, February 2022
11 Gazal & DJ Gala Nite · Indian Medical Association, Nashik
Candlelit mehfil on a red stage: tabla, harmonium and singers in a row of candles
12 A row of candles, a row of songs
Performance at the SBI Annual AMCC Conclave, on a lawn stage
13 SBI Annual AMCC Conclave
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Ink-and-gold illustration of Sanjay Banubakode, after a 2018 photograph
Ink & gold-leaf illustration after a 2018 photograph by Arya's Professional Photography.

About the name

Sanjaye Vatsal is Sanjay Banubakode.

For most of his career he sang as Sanjaye Vatsal — the name on Aameen, Huzoor, the singles and the YouTube channel. Sanjay Banubakode is the name he was born with, and the one he performs under now. Same voice, same harmonium, same man.

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Bring the mehfil to you.

Ghazal evenings, sufi nights, corporate and private events, cultural programmes, playback and music direction — solo, as a duo with Sanjyot Banubakode, or with the full ensemble.