Sanjeev and Darshan are the sons of the late Hindi film song composer Shravan Rathod, who himself paired with music director Nadeem as all time great music director duo Nadeem-Shravan.
Sanjeev was trained under Pandit Kallika Prasad, while younger brother Darshan picked up several instruments on his own.
Their grandfather, Pandit Chhaturbhuj Rathod was an avid promoter of classical as well as semi-classical music.
[citation needed] Sanjeev–Darshan made their debut as music directors for a film by Mahendra Shah and Vimal Kumar which was never released.
In 1999, he invited them to compose music for his film Mann, starring Aamir Khan and Manisha Koirala .