Tapas Relia was the quintessential guitar playing-singer school boy who grew up and surprised everyone by making music his profession! Growing up in a family of businessmen in Ahmedabad, it was sheer passion for music that got him to Mumbai after school in 1996 and his foray into composing was almost immediate. Tapas is a familiar name in Indian advertising sector and is steadily rising in the feature film industry.

His advertising career began with the very popular jingle 'Kya Aap Close-up Karte Hain' which was followed by Amaron Batteries, Lays Chips, IPL Mumbai Indians Anthem, Hero Honda (2010 campaign), Centre Fresh, Classmate Gel Pens, Set Wet Gel. Some prestigious promos like KBC season 3, Big Boss, Master Chef and Mahabharat (2013 Star Plus) can also be attributed to him. 'Tana na nana ree, oh pizza aaye free' is one of his very famous commercial campaigns for Domino’s Pizza.

This body of work led the makers of an animation film to him. The producers were looking for a brand new sound for their film that was in fact about the Indian God Hanuman. The animated film, Hanuman (2005) went on to create box office history by being the biggest animation film made in India. The uber cool songs of Hanuman were seen on popular music channels. Akdam Bakdam, in the voice of little children was on the lips of most school going kids. Such was the craze that the makers did a sequel, Hanuman Returns directed by Anurag Kashyap, the music for which too was composed by Tapas. He soon became the go-to-guy for all things animation and “Toonpur Ka Superhero” starring Ajay Devgn and Kajol was his next.

Scoring for cinema has been the next step in his musical career. He has since then, worked for directors such as Nagesh Kukunoor (Mod, Lakshmi) Rajesh Mapuskar (Ferrari Ki Sawaari) and Priyadarshan (Bumm Bumm Bole) and more.

Known to be a ‘Studio Musician’, Tapas composes, arranges and produces all of his Ad and Film music from the comfort of his own impressive home-studio in suburban Mumbai.