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54-468: Anwar Sardar "Anu" Malik (born 2 November 1960) is an Indian music composer , singer, music arranger and score composer . He is an Indian National Award and Filmfare Award winning musician, who primarily composes music for the Hindi film industry . He is the son of Sardar Malik . As a music director, he has composed music for various genres of films, and has created several commercially successful songs for

108-498: A break as he was unable to focus on his work on the show. On 17 January 2020, National Commission for Women closed the sexual harassment case on Anu Malik due to lack of substantial evidence, but clarifying that it could be reopened if evidence is provided. Sona Mohapatra criticised the commission's decision. Malik was awarded a Silver Lotus for J.P. Dutta 's Refugee and the Filmfare Special Jury Award. He also won

162-472: A few hours each per week, and most stations have a diverse and extensive library of several different music genres . In the British Armed Forces , a director of music is a commissioned officer , always a musician commissioned from the ranks, who leads a military band. A non-commissioned officer or warrant officer who leads a band is called a bandmaster . In pop music, a musical director or "MD"

216-403: A live setting (which may or may not include playback of prerecorded tracks). The music director generally leads rehearsals as well as each performance, allowing the lead artist to focus on performing. Generalmusikdirektor (GMD, general music director) is a German title for the artistic director of an orchestra , an institution or a town. A music director (Latin: director musices )

270-505: A producer in the 1950s and gave Manmohan his first break in the Hindi film Chhalia (1960). Subhash later went on to produce Bluff Master , Dharam Veer , and Desh Premee with Manmohan as the director. His wife was Jeevanprabha Desai. She died in April 1979. He was engaged to actress Nanda from 1992 until the time of his death in 1994. He had one son Ketan Desai who is still involved in

324-501: A professional hired to supervise and direct the music selected for a film or music documentary , but today the more common designation is music supervisor . In India, where many films are produced as musicals , the term "music director" is commonly used for the composer and music producer of the songs and score used in the film. Their roles also entail arranging, mastering, mixing and supervising recording of film music with conducting and orchestration. Usually, another artist will receive

378-404: A religious theme as a secular love song. According to Khan, Malik had repeatedly said to him that he loved his music and was actually showing admiration by using his tunes, and in an interview for IANS Malik dismissed all plagiarism allegations, saying that "no one in this world is original" and claiming that all similarities are due to there being "just seven notes in music". In October 2018, in

432-488: A result, Malik received more offers to compose songs for films. During this phase, his song "Apno Me Mai Begana" from Begaana became a hit and gained a cult following. In 1987, Malik began full-time playback singing while recording a song "Julie Julie" for Jeete Hain Shaan Se when Kishore Kumar did not show up for recording the song. Kumar's son Amit Kumar was then called for the song but he did not arrive as well and then

486-543: A singer in his early days ("Julie Julie," for instance), he continues to sing his own compositions, with songs such as "Aaila Re" from the movie Jung , "Jaanam Samjha Karo" from Jaanam Samjha Karo , "Ek Garam Chaye ki Pyali" from the movie Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega , "Gori Gori" in Main Hoon Na or the recent "Meri Jane Jigar" in Deewane Huye Paagal . Among his works are "Oonchi Hai Building" and "East or West India

540-526: A symphony orchestra and the opera. The first person with this title was Gaspare Spontini in Berlin in 1819. Daniel Barenboim has been Generalmusikdirektor of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin from 1992 to 2023. Brass bands , wind bands , choirs , opera companies and other ensembles may also have musical directors. Manmohan Desai Manmohan Desai (26 February 1937 – 1 March 1994)

594-403: Is responsible for supervising the musical arrangements and personnel for a touring artist. This can include festivals and televised performances as well as those at traditional on-stage venues. In the modern era, the sound of a studio recording is often impossible or impractical to reproduce on stage, and it is the music director's job to assemble musicians and arrangements to adapt that material to

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648-478: Is the best" from the movie Judwaa . and the rap part of "Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen" of Baazigar and "Main Khiladi Tu Anari" of " Main Khiladi Tu Anari ". While he sings entire songs for some movies, especially those starring Sunil Shetty , Paresh Rawal , Akshay Kumar and Shahid Kapoor (in Deewane Huye Paagal he sang almost every song), and has also sung as part of a chorus in "Mehbooba Mehbooba" in

702-546: The 48th National Film Awards . In 2001, Malik had best-selling albums with Chori Chori Chupke Chupke , Yaadein , Asoka , Lajja , Ajnabee and Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai . His soundtrack for Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai earned him his twelfth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director and his soundtrack for Asoka earned him a nomination for the Screen Award for Best Music Director . His soundtracks during

756-510: The Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for Main Hoon Na and Baazigar . He is a seven-time winner from 42 nominations for best music director, including 14 nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director . Anu Malik's best-selling albums include: Music director The title of "music director" or "musical director" is used by many symphony orchestras to designate

810-470: The "conductor." In the 1920s and 1930s, the term musical director began to be used, in order to delineate the fact that the person in this position was doing much more than just conducting, and to differentiate them from guest conductors who simply led one particular program or concert. George Szell , for instance, was appointed as "musical director" of the Cleveland Orchestra in 1946, and his position

864-592: The '80s, he mostly worked with singers such as Mohammad Aziz , Shabbir Kumar , Manhar Udhas , Suresh Wadkar , Nitin Mukesh and Anwar . Malik worked with Alisha Chinai to compose the commercially successful singles "Sexy Sexy" and "Ruk Ruk Ruk" from Vijaypath , "Chot Dil Pe Lagi" from Ishq Vishk and the songs from Love Story 2050 . He also worked with Indian film lyricist Javed Akhtar in films including Border , Refugee and Umrao Jaan . Kumar Sanu , Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik have sung in most of

918-794: The 1970s and 1980s. However, in 1990, Malik began changing his music style on the recommendation of Anuradha Paudwal which would become his trademark style. Early songs in that trademark style included "Maa Hi Mandir" by Mohammad Aziz and the hit song "Aaine Ke Sau Tukde" by Kumar Sanu from Maa (1991), "Hum Nahin To Tum Nahin" and "Teri Zulfein Shaam Si Roshan" from Ramgarh Ke Sholay (1991), "Jaanam Jaanam Jaanam" from Virodhi (1992) and "Choone Se Tere" from Dil Ne Ikraar Kiya (1992). Other hit songs during that period included "Dil Diwane Ka Dola Dildaar Ke Liye" from Tahalka (1992) and "Is Pyar Se Meri Taraf Na Dekho" from Chamatkar (1992). It

972-468: The Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for Main Khiladi Tu Anari , Akele Hum Akele Tum , Border , Soldier , Biwi No.1 and Haseena Maan Jaayegi during the decade. Meanwhile his songs in Mahesh Bhatt 's The Gentleman where criticized for being lifted from A. R. Rahman 's compositions for the original Tamil film, to which Malik responded saying "I am an inspired music director. I would never lift

1026-553: The Hindi ( Bollywood ) film music industry. Malik is also known for the use of the tabla in some of his songs, including "Taal Pe Jab" and "Mere Humsafar" from the film Refugee , "Tumse Milke Dilka Jo Haal" from Main Hoon Na , "Eli Re Eli" from Yaadein and "Baazigar O Baazigar" from the film Baazigar . Malik's song " Chamma Chamma " from China Gate was used in the Hollywood film Moulin Rouge! starring Nicole Kidman . Malik

1080-926: The Screen Award for Best Music Director for Jaan-E-Mann (2006). The year 2007 marked for the first time since 1983 that Malik composed soundtrack for only one film Undertrial . Malik remained prominent as a judge for various reality television shows but lost major offers as a music director in the coming years. His recent work includes Kambakkht Ishq (2009), Yamla Pagla Deewana (2011), Shootout at Wadala (2013), Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015), Begum Jaan (2017) and Sui Dhaaga (2018). He won his second Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director for Dum Laga Ke Haisha , which marked his reunion with Kumar Sanu since No Entry (2005) as well as his first collaboration with Yash Raj Films . Malik has worked with many Indian playback singers including Mohammed Rafi , Kishore Kumar , Asha Bhonsle , Amit Kumar , and others. During

1134-489: The allegations, but the public backlash resulted in him leaving as a judge for season 10 of Indian Idol . Alisha Chinai , who had sued Malik for molestation in the 1990s, supported the allegations. Sonu Nigam came out in support of Malik, claiming that he had not seen any proof that the allegations were true. In 2019, Malik was reinstated as a judge on Season 11 of Indian Idol , a decision that resulted in heavy criticism. Malik stepped down, claiming that he had decided to take

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1188-402: The credit for the lyrics of the songs. The "music director" for a theatrical production or Broadway or West End musical often serves as rehearsal pianist and conductor. This music director is often also the vocal coach, may also be involved in arranging material for new works, or collaborate on underscoring. There was a Tony Award category for Best Musical Director beginning in 1948, but it

1242-431: The film Ajnabee , and "Tumse Milke Dilka Jo Haal" for Main Hoon Na . Anu Malik was born to Indian Hindi film music director and score composer Sardar Malik . His brother Daboo Malik is also a music composer. Malik is married to Anjali Vasudev Bhat and has two daughters Anmol Malik and Ada Malik. Malik has faced criticism for using music written by other composers, for instance in the film The Gentleman where

1296-480: The film Sohni Mahiwal released later that year was a huge success and earned him his first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director . Malik began getting more recognition and more work after his success in 1984 as he got more soundtracks throughout the mid-1980s but was unable to find a footing in Bollywood due to the rule of Bappi Lahiri , R.D. Burman , Kalyanji-Anandji and Laxmikant-Pyarelal at

1350-562: The film industry. Ketan is married to Kanchan Kapoor, daughter of Shammi Kapoor and Geeta Bali . On 1 March 1994, as per news Manmohan Desai fell from the balcony in Girgaon as the rail he was leaning on collapsed and died. Very little is known about his death. Manmohan Desai was known for his family-centered, action-song-and-dance films which catered to the tastes of the Indian masses and through which he achieved great success. His movies defined

1404-483: The film was followed by Bhatt's directorial Sir which had hit songs such as "Sun Sun Barsaat Ki Dhun" and "Yeh Ujli Chandni". His final release of that year was Baazigar which was a huge success with the songs "Baazigar O Baazigar", "Kitabein Bahut Si", "Chhupana Bhi Nahi Aata", "Aye Mere Humsafar" and most notably "Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhein", for which Malik rapped a few lines. It sold 10   million units and became

1458-470: The film's lead actor Mithun Chakraborty recommended Malik to sing the song. He recorded two more songs for the soundtrack, "Salaam Seth Salaam Seth" and "Rab Roothe Roothe". This soundtrack also marked the first time that he collaborated with Kumar Sanu to record a version of "Julie Julie" with Kavita Krishnamurthy which was not included in the film. However, it would lead to several collaborations with Sanu in

1512-584: The films were box office failures. A few songs of the latter film "Dil Lagana Tum Kya Jano", "Aasmaan Pe Likh Doon" and "Yaad Teri Aayegi" received some recognition. In 1983, Malik sang his first song as a playback singer "Beete Huay Lamhe" for Nigahen (1983), with music composed by his father Sardar Malik. Anu Malik gained his first exposure in 1984 with Aasmaan , which featured catchy tracks such as "Banke Nazar Dil Ki Zubaan" rendered by Kishore Kumar and "Time Bomb" rendered by Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar, which received critical acclaim. His next soundtrack for

1566-450: The future. "Julie Julie" became a huge hit and the film emerged as a major success at the box office. He had many soundtracks throughout the following years without much success. He earned acclaim for his music in Awaargi (1990) which featured the famous ghazal "Chamakte Chand Ko Toota Hua" sung by Ghulam Ali . Malik originally composed music in the same style as other music composers during

1620-453: The judges for Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega , a variety entertainment reality show that airs on Sony Entertainment Television (India) on weekdays. Malik was the only judge from India on Asian Idol , who represented Indian Idol winner Abhijeet Sawant , with other judges Indra Lesmana , Paul Moss , Pilita Corrales , Ken Lim and Siu Black . Although he is not a mainstream singer, Malik does playback singing. Written off as

1674-567: The music of Bobby . The film failed at the box office but some songs were noticed, namely "Main Hoon Haseena", "Mohabbat Rang Laye Gi" and "Aa Zara Mere Humnasheen", featuring his rare collaborations with singer Mohammad Rafi , who passed away within days after recording the songs. Malik continued his collaborations with Harmesh Malhotra with films Aapas Ki Baat (1981) and Mangal Pandey (1982). He also composed music for other films like Paagal Premee (1982) and Ek Jaan Hai Hum (1983) but

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1728-469: The music of several songs credited to Malik was written by A. R. Rahman , and "Mera Piya Ghar Aaya" in Yaarana which was allegedly identical to a song by the same name written by Pakistani Qawwali musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948–1997). Khan was reportedly tolerant towards Bollywood music directors plagiarising his songs, but disapproved strongly of Malik's using the music of a song which originally had

1782-586: The orchestra musicians themselves, the administrative staff, and volunteer board of directors). The music director in American lingo also assists with fund-raising, and also is the primary focus of publicity for the orchestra, as what is often called its "public face". The term "music director" or "musical director" became common in the United States in the middle of the 20th century, following an evolution of titles. Early leaders of orchestras were simply designated as

1836-421: The orchestra will perform or record, and has much authority regarding hiring, firing, and other personnel decisions over an orchestra's musicians. Such authoritarian rule, once expected and even thought necessary for a symphonic ensemble to function properly, has loosened somewhat in the closing decades of the 20th century with the advent and encouragement of more power sharing and cooperative management styles (with

1890-442: The overall musical performance, including ensuring that the cast knows the music thoroughly, supervising the musical interpretation of the performers and pit orchestra, and conducting the orchestra. In the 20th century, the title and position typically brought with it an almost unlimited influence over the particular orchestra's affairs. As implied by the name, the music director not only conducts concerts, but also controls what music

1944-408: The primary conductor and artistic leader of the orchestra. The term "music director" is most common for orchestras in the United States. With European orchestras, the titles of "principal conductor" or "chief conductor" are more common, which designate the conductor who directs the majority of a given orchestra's concerts in a season. In musical theatre and opera , the music director is in charge of

1998-400: The rise of a new generation of music directors including A. R. Rahman , Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy , Vishal–Shekhar , Pritam Chakraborty and the amount of Malik's work began reducing after 2005 and he accepted his new role as a regular judge on the reality singing competition show Indian Idol on Sony Entertainment Television , beginning with its first season in 2004. He received a nomination for

2052-511: The single "Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen" from Baazigar (1993). Following the death of music director R. D. Burman , Malik has completed music for Burman's unfinished film projects 1942: A Love Story , Gang and Ghatak . Malik has been one of the judges on the TV show Indian Idol since the show's inception in 2004 until the format of the show changed into Indian Idol Junior in 2013. When Indian Idol returned in 2016 for its 9th season, Malik

2106-493: The singles composed by Malik. This trio collaborated on films such as: Sir , Phool Aur Angaar , Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee , Vijaypath , Baazigar , Main Khiladi Tu Anari , Imtihaan , Chamatkar , Gambler , Akele Hum Akele Tum , Duplicate , Kareeb , Soldier , Aarzoo , Ishq Vishk and Fida . Sanu and Yagnik were regular singers for Anu Malik and Malik created many songs individually with Sanu such as "Aaine Ke Sau Tukde" from Maa (1991) and

2160-476: The stage name Annu Malik . Malik's father Sardar Malik composed songs for the film, with Anu composing only one song "Zulm O Sitam Par Itrane Wale" for the film, sung by Asha Bhosle . The soundtrack went unnoticed but it marked the beginning of his lengthy association with Bhosle. He would then get his first full soundtrack for Harmesh Malhotra 's film Poonam (1981) on the recommendation of playback singer Shailendra Singh , whom Malik befriended after listening to

2214-516: The time. During his struggle phase, Malik composed his first Indipop album Jadoo (1985) featuring the vocals of playback singer Alisha Chinai as her first private album. Later that year, Malik got his first mainstream breakthrough with Manmohan Desai 's film Mard , which got Malik noticed in Bollywood for the first time. Malik introduced playback singer Mohammad Aziz in Mard and Aziz frequently collaborated with Malik in his various soundtracks. As

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2268-582: The wake of the MeToo movement in India, Malik was accused of sexual harassment by several women in separate claims. One accusation came from singer Shweta Pandit , who said he had made an unwanted sexual pass at her when she was 15 years old. Lyricist Sameer came out in his support, saying that he was present during the audition where the harassment of Pandit was claimed to have happened. Sona Mohapatra and Neha Bhasin also accused Malik of predatory behaviour. Malik denied

2322-601: The whole thing". Aside from composing, Malik lent his voice for his compositions on various occasions such as "Maari Gayi" from Jaanam (1992), "My Adorable Darling" and the rapping portion of "Main Khiladi Tu Anari" from Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994) and "Oonchi Hai Building" and "East or West" from Judwaa (1997). He also released several albums in the Indipop genre which he sang by himself including Tera Chehra (1995), English album Eyes (1997), Lafda Na Ho Jaye (1997) and Ho Raha Hai Sama (1999). Malik had major success in

2376-559: The year 2000 with best-selling soundtracks including Hera Pheri , Badal , Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega , Aaghaaz , Fiza , Josh and Refugee . His soundtrack for Refugee was critically acclaimed as he became the only music director to win the Filmfare Special Award for his compositions in the movie at the 46th Filmfare Awards . He also received the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for Refugee at

2430-831: The year 2002 went unnoticed but he had a resurgence in 2003 with best-selling albums Ishq Vishk , Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon , Khushi , Munnabhai MBBS and Inteha and LOC: Kargil . He received critical acclaim for LOC: Kargil , which earned him his thirteenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director and won him his first Screen Award for Best Music Direction. Malik found success with successful best-selling soundtracks such as Main Hoon Na , Murder and Fida in 2004. His soundtrack for Main Hoon Na earned critical acclaim and won Malik his second Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, his second Screen Award for Best Music Director and his first Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director . The mid-2000s marked

2484-783: The year included Khuddar , Imtihaan , Aa Gale Lag Jaa , Vijaypath and Main Khiladi Tu Anari . His success continued with subsequent films Naajayaz (1995), The Gambler (1995), Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995), Chaahat (1996), Diljale (1996), Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996), Daraar (1996), Krishna (1996), Virasat (1997), Judwaa (1997), Border (1997), Ishq (1997), Ankhon Mein Tum Ho (1997), China Gate (1998), Soldier (1998), Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain (1999), Jaanam Samjha Karo (1999), Biwi No.1 (1999), Haseena Maan Jaayegi (1999) and Baadshah (1999). He received further nominations for

2538-461: The year's best selling soundtrack for Bollywood. It catapulted Malik into stardom and established him as one of the top music directors of Bollywood alongside Nadeem-Shravan and Jatin–Lalit . Malik won his first Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for Baazigar at the 39th Filmfare Awards in 1994. In fact, Malik was the number one music director of Bollywood during 1994 after the release of Baazigar . His popular and successful soundtracks during

2592-485: Was a judge on Indian Idol from its first season in 2004 until 2018 when he left after "Me Too" allegation. He returned as a judge for the show's 11th season in 2019, but left after three weeks, and he was one of the judges for part of the 12th season. He also was a judge for the children's reality singing show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2022 . Malik began his career as a music director in 1975 for comedian-turned-filmmaker Mohan Choti 's film Hunterwali 77 (1977) with

2646-490: Was again one of the judges, remaining until October 2018 when he left the show following allegations of sexual harassment . Malik returned as a judge in 2019 for the 11th season, but left the show again after three weeks. In the show's 12th season in 2021, Malik appeared as a guest in one episode, and later acted as a replacement judge when the regular judges had to isolate due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Farah Khan and Malik were

2700-590: Was an Indian film producer and director. He was one of the most successful filmmakers of the 70s and 80s. Desai was an influential and sought-after film director of Bollywood and a pioneer of making Masala films along with Prakash Mehra and Nasir Hussain . Manmohan Desai was of Gujarati ancestry. His father, Kikubhai Desai, was an Indian film producer and owner of Paramount Studios (later Filmalaya) from 1931 to 1941. His productions, mainly stunt films, included Circus Queen , Golden Gang , and Sheikh Challi . Manmohan Desai's elder brother, Subhash Desai, became

2754-467: Was discontinued in 1964 in part due to the fluid responsibilities of musical directors. A music director of a radio station is responsible for interacting with record company representatives, auditioning new music, offering commentary, and making decisions (sometimes in conjunction with the program director ) as to which songs get airplay, how much and when. In college radio , there may be more than one music director, as students usually volunteer only

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2808-688: Was during this era that he also modified his name to Anu Malik . The year 1993 marked a turning point in Malik's career as it was the most successful year of his career at that time. His first release that year was Phool Aur Angaar which was a huge success. Malik received his first taste of success with Mahesh Bhatt 's television film Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee which featured superhit songs including "Badalon Mein Chup Raha Hai", "Dil Mein Sanam Ki Soorat" and "Tere Dar Par Sanam Chale Aaye". The success of

2862-600: Was originally the title of the person responsible for music in a town in Germany and Austria. Johann Sebastian Bach was music director in Leipzig , Georg Philipp Telemann and later Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach were music directors in Hamburg , Robert Schumann was music director in Düsseldorf . Generalmusikdirektor is a title given by larger towns to a person typically responsible for

2916-453: Was so named until his death in 1970. His successor, Lorin Maazel , was given the title "music director." Other major American orchestras kept more current with the times and began using the simpler term in the 1950s and 1960s. The term can also refer to the person who directs a school band or heads the music program. Alternatively, the term "music director" used to appear in the film credits for

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