SO...
HOW DO TWO PEOPLE
BECOME: THE FAMILY?
It started with two people, a shared obsession with music, and a very simple idea:
make the kind of music we wanted to hear.
We didn’t know where it would lead.
We didn’t know we’d end up playing weddings, corporate stages, festivals, clubs and concerts across India and beyond.
We definitely didn’t know that thousands of people would eventually become part of it.
But that’s exactly what happened...
2014
TWO PEOPLE. ONE IDEA.
The Family Band India began with Dhruvi Singh and Johaan Thekkan in Mumbai in 2014:
Two musicians obsessed with songs, sounds, performances, and the feeling that happens when a great song connects with a room full of people.
At first, it was simple.
We played.
We experimented.
We covered songs we loved.
We put them online.
And slowly, people started listening...
"Let's just make something we'd want to watch & hear on loop"
2015-2016
so we KEPT putting it online...
Before the big stages came the little screen.
We started creating and sharing our own performances online, experimenting with arrangements, sounds, songs and the kind of energy we wanted our shows to have.
YouTube became our rehearsal room.
The internet became our first audience.
And somewhere between uploading videos and reading comments, something unexpected started happening.
people started finding us...
2017
then november rain happened.
And suddenly, a lot more people were watching...
Our tribute to Guns N’ Roses’ “November Rain” took off online and became one of those moments that changes the trajectory of a project. What started as another performance became a doorway to a much bigger audience.
It showed us something we’d always believed:
people don't just listen to music. they connect to it.
One song. One video. A very different chapter.
THEN THE AUDIENCE GOT BIGGER
And something even more important happened.
People didn’t just watch. They came back.
They sang with us. They shared our videos.
They came to shows. They brought their friends.
They became part of the madness.
the audience
became the family.
and the name stopped being just a name.
then we took it off the screen
From screen to stage.
The Family grew beyond YouTube.
The videos became live shows.
The little stages became bigger stages.
The audience became crowds: and the music found its way into weddings, corporate celebrations,
concerts, festivals, college fests, clubs and destination events.
500+
events performed
50M+
Organic views
From intimate celebrations to full-scale stages, we’ve spent more than a decade figuring out one thing:
how to make a room come alive.
this is where it got interesting
WE'RE NOT JUST A BAND
WE AREN'T BACKGROUND ENTERTAINMENT
WE ARE INDIA'S ULTIMATE PARTY ROCK BAND
BIG CHORUSES
Unexpected Transitions
Audience CHAOS
Dramatic Moments
0 tolerance for sitting politely in your seats
The goal was never to stand on a stage and simply play songs.
It’s to create a moment people remember.
A song everyone suddenly knows.
A chorus that turns into a room full of voices.
A transition nobody saw coming.
The point where the audience stops watching and becomes part of the show.
that's the family band india experience
But we never stopped making music
THE FAMILY BAND INDIA WAS NEVER JUST ABOUT COVERS
Performing other people’s songs taught us how to connect with a crowd.
Writing our own taught us how to tell our own story.
Dhruvi and Johaan continue to write, record and release original music alongside The Family’s live performances.
RELEASE 01
DEKHA TOH AISA LAGA
Dhruvi & Johaan's debut single, a song about Love at First Sight, inspired from their own true story, the song will make you feel the strange & electric feeling, from when someone you've just met, is the one...
Available on all Streaming Platforms
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RELEASE 02
ONLY YOU
Dhruvi & Johaan's 2nd single, another chapter in the music we're creating beyond the stage.
A song so groovy, you can't help but move.
Available on all Streaming Platforms
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the stage is where we perform. music is where we live.
TWO PEOPLE STARTED IT.
THEY'RE STILL AT THE CENTRE OF IT.
DHRUVI SINGH
THE STORYTELLER
THE FRONTWOMAN
THE CHAOS COORDINATOR
Singer, songwriter, performer and one half of the duo behind The Family Band India.
Dhruvi brings the voice, personality and storytelling that sits at the heart of The Family Band India experience:
from performing on stage to shaping the band’s world off stage, she’s been part of building The Family from day one.
JOHAAN THEKKAN
THE MUSIC BRAIN
THE PRODUCER
THE BAND DIRECTOR
Singer, multi-intstrumentalist, music producer and the other half of the duo behind The Family Band India.
Johaan is the musical architect behind much of what The Family sounds like: from live arrangements and performances to original music and production, he’s been building the sound behind the chaos since day one.
TOGETHER, THEY STARTED:
THE FAMILY BAND INDIA
INDIA'S ULTIMATE PARTY ROCK BAND
It’s every musician who’s shared a stage with us.
Every person who’s screamed the chorus back at us.
Every couple who’s trusted us with their wedding.
Every company that’s let us turn their event into a party.
Every festival crowd. Every club.
Every kid who discovered us online.
Every person who’s ever sent a video, shared a song, requested a track, or shown up and made the room louder.
YOU DON'T JUST WATCH THE FAMILY.
YOU BECOME A PART OF IT.
TODAY
SO, WHERE ARE WE NOW?
Still playing. Still creating.
Still writing. Still making videos.
Still travelling. Still finding new ways to make people lose their minds.
The Family has grown from a two-person idea into a live entertainment experience built for weddings, corporate events, concerts, festivals, clubs, destination celebrations and everything in between.
MORE SHOWS.
MORE MUSIC.
MORE STORIES.
AND WE'RE NOT DONE.
There are more songs to write. More stages to play.
More places to go. More people to meet.
More ridiculous moments to create. And hopefully, a lot more of you to bring into the Family.
ON THE BILL WITH
CONVINCED? GOOD.
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