P.A. Deepak

P.A. Deepak (born : 'Adrushta Deepak Pallikonda' on 10 Jan 1982) is a Mix/Mastering Engineer, & a Record Producer. Deepak is the One & Only Telugu speaking/born person to have reached to the International Arena of the Grammy Awards till date; just not stopping there Deepak brought the Elite Grammy Awards to the State of Andhra Pradesh for the second time now in 2022.

Deepak won his 1st Grammy in the year 2010: The Grammy Award for the 'Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media' for the movie 'Slumdog Millionaire'. And the 2nd Grammy in the year 2022: The Grammy Award for the 'Best Engineer/ Mixer' for the New Age Album: 'Divine Tides'. Deepak is also a recipient of a Certificate of Honour in the year 2015 from The Recording Academy in recognition of his participation as Surround Mix Engineer on the Grammy Award Winning recording Winds of Samsara in the category Grammy Award for Best New Age Album of 57th Annual Grammy Awards. He has won several other awards such as Smule Mirchi Music Awards, Chevrolet Star GIMA Awards, Vijay Music Awards, Airtel Mirchi Music Awards and AV MAX Awards.

Deepak started his career as a guitarist and later became a Recording Engineer. Apart from being a full-time Mix Engineer, he often plays various string instruments and does Music Programming out of passion & interest. As a musician, he played Guitar and Oud for the movie Raavan. He has done Music Programming for various songs and of which the 'Blue Theme' for the movie 'Blue' was described as a 'Killer Mix'. Deepak worked as a Music Composer for the film Boss in which, the single 'Hum Na Tode', is an adapted track of the popular Tamil song composed by Vidyasagar, Appadi Podu adapted by P. A. Deepak.

Deepak mixed the Deluxe Edition of 'Winds of Samsara' in 5.1 Blu-ray HD Surround Sound that won the 57th Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. The Album headed to the Number 1 spot on the Billboard New Age Charts. The Recording Academy presented a Certificate of Honour to Deepak in Recognition of his Participation as Surround Mix Engineer on the Grammy Award Winning recording 'Winds of Samsara' in the category of Grammy Award for Best New Age Album of 57th Annual Grammy Awards in the year 2015. The Recording Academy feted Deepak in Appreciation & Recognition of 15 years of membership with the Academy and for supporting The Academy's mission to improve the environment for music and the lives of all members of their community in the year 2017.

He is currently collaborating with various Renowned Artists around the Globe and performing as a Mix/Mastering Engineer & Music Producer.