After studying audio engineering in Sydney, Jatin worked at sound studios and music labels in Mumbai before entering into music composition and production fulltime. In 2008, Jatin was selected to participate at the Berlinale Talent Campus, and in 2009 he produced and released Sunheri Parchai, a sonic art album in collaboration with sound artist Michael Northam at the first Khoj sound art residency in New Delhi. This grant will support Jatin Vidyarthi to enrich and challenge his practice by composing a contemporary soundtrack for a silent Indian film from the pre-talkies era. He intends to perform the soundtrack live alongside the film, in an old cinema theatre, in Bangalore, Chennai, and Pune.