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Anu Malik

Anu Malik (Template:Lang-hi) (born 2 November 1960), born Anwar Malik, is a famous music director in the Hindi film industry. He is known for judging Indian Idol where he has been a judge from 2005–present. He has won the National Award for his work in Refugee.[1] His song "Chamma Chamma" from China Gate was used in the English movie Moulin Rouge, starring Nicole Kidman, and "Chunari Chunari" from Biwi No.1 was used in Monsoon Wedding. With his work in crossover films like Bride and Prejudice, he is among the few Indian film composers with international projects to his credit. Anu Malik's debut film was Hunterwali produced by Mohan Choti in 1977, though his next film poonam was his second film in 1980. Since then, he has composed music for more than 350 films.

Early years

The son of veteran composer Sardar Malik, brother of Abu Malik and Daboo Malik, Anu Malik learnt music from Pandit Ram Prasad Sharma (Babaji)[citation needed]. He made his debut in hunterwali in 1977 . He composed for various famous films like Sohni Mahiwal, '[Mard]', '[Ganga Jamuna Saraswathi]'and '[Jeete hain shaan se]' got recognition for them,but still throuout 1980's he could not get much of the work as there were so many giants like r.d.burman ,laxmikant-pyarelal,kalyanji-anandji and bappi lahiri were full on song. One of the only producers that always returned to him were FC Mehra's Eagle Films. Other early films were: ADS

  • Poonam
  • Ek Jaan Hain Hum
  • Mard
  • Maa
  • Maalamaal
  • Love Marriage
  • Aasman
  • Jaal
  • Allah Rakha
  • Mujrim

Recognition

Anu Malik shot to fame in the 1990s with Baazigar in 1992, Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee, Jaanam, Sir, Tehelka, Chamatkar, Maa and the next step was the prestigious Filmfare award for Baazigar beating laxmikant-pyarelal for Khalnayak in 1994. In 2001, he exhibited his versatility, when his work was used in movies like Aks, Fiza, Filhaal and Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai (among others).

His recent work includes Love Story 2050, Jaan-E-Mann, and Umrao Jaan (2006 film).

Style of music

He is known to be the most versatile among the Indian music directors,[2][3] giving music to almost all kinds of films, without being repetitive, which is said to be the reason for his success.

Another specialty of Anu Malik is his choice of singers and lyricists. Unlike his peers, such as Nadeem Shravan, who tend to prefer mainstream singers like Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sadhana Sargam, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu and popular lyricist Sameer in all their films, Anu Malik has always tried different singers and lyricists. He used singers like Sonu Nigam (with the song Sandese Aate Hai from Border), KK, Alisha Chinai and Kunal Ganjawala as lead singers in his films, thus adding variety. The latest female sensations Shreya Ghoshal and Sunidhi Chauhan have recorded many songs for Malik. Many of his hit albums do not have one single lead lyricist, but instead a host of individual lyricists. Anu Malik sometimes involves veteran South Indian singers such as S. P. Balasubramaniam and Chitra. He has made music for Refugee, Josh, Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega, Fiza, Yaadein, Aks, Asoka, Filhaal and Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai in just 2000 & 2001. The movie Baazigar received Filmfare award for best music direction.

Collaborations

Anu's association with Alisha Chinai has also been very successful, delivering major hits such as Sexy Sexy; Ruk Ruk Ruk from Vijaypath; and the recent songs from No Entry. For some time, they did not work with each other, following Alisha's claim that Anu Malik had sexually assaulted her. Given Anu Malik's style of music, he needed a singer with Alisha's talent to enhance his music. For Alisha, without Anu Malik, work was hard to come by, barring a few private albums, which in India is pale in comparison to the film music popularity. Thus, their coming back together was inevitable.

His collaborations with J.P.Dutta, famous film director, has also provided India with major hits. These include Border in 1997, Refugee in 2000, LOC Kargil in 2003 and Umrao Jaan in 2006.

Malik has worked with several playback singers including Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik , Kavita Krishnamurthy, Anuradha Paudwal, Shaan, Abhijeet,Sonu Nigam, K.K.[disambiguation needed], Sunidhi Chauhan and many more.

Kumar Sanu rendered his voice in most of the Hits composed by Anu Malik. After the come-back in 90's with hits like Sir, Phool Aur Angaar, Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee and Vijaypath, he use to prefer Kumar Sanu above any other singer. Bazigar, Main Khiladi Tu Anari, Imtihaan, Chamatkar, Gambler, Akele Hum Akele Tum are some of the examples, then in 1998 Anu Malik blasted with Duplicate, Kareeb, Soldier , Arzoo and finally Ish Vishq (2003) are some of the great work by Anu Malik and Kumar Sanu which are appreciated.

His work with singer Sonu Nigam has also been much appreciated. He gave the singer a big break with the song Ke Ghar Kab Aaoge in the film Border in 1997, which put the singer in the limelight and earned him several award nominations. Their collaboration has continued since, with Anu Malik providing Sonu Nigam with a variety of songs, including hits like Main Hoon Na and Tumse milke in the film Main Hoon Na, which earned the singer several awards again. They have worked together in several films, including Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo, Border, Fiza, Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega, Humko Deewana Kar Gaye, Jaan-E-Mann, LOC: Kargil, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi and "Refugee".

In 2006 movie Umrao Jaan, Anu Malik launched his daughter Anmol Malik as a singer in the song Bitiya Na Kijo.[4]

Indian Idol

Anu Malik has remained one of the judges on the TV show throughout each season. In the first two seasons, he was accompanied by Sonu Nigam and Farah Khan, and in the third by Alisha Chinai, Udit Narayan and Javed Akhtar. He was also a judge in the first Asian Idol held in Indonesia, representing Indian Idol. He also appeared on Indian Idol 4 with Sonali Bendre, Kailash Kher & Javed Akhtar. Now again he is appearing as a judge with Sunidhi Chauhan and Salim Merchant

Singer

Anu Malik also does playback singing for his compositions.Although he is not a mainstream singer, he has a unique style. For a person who was written off as a singer in his early days ("Julie Julie," for instance), he has evolved well, with songs like "Ek Garam Chaye ki Pyali" (Salman Khan), "Gori Gori" in Main Hoon Na or the recent "Meri Jane Jigar" in the film Deewane Huye Pagal. One of his most famous renditions, however, remain "Oonchi hai building" in the very popular Judwaa and rap part of "Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen" of Baazigar.

While he sings entire songs for some movies, especially those starring Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar and even Shahid Kapoor (in Deewane Huye pagal he sang almost every song), very often one can hear him in the chorus, like in "Mehbooba Mehebooba" in the film Ajnabi, "Tumse milke dil ka" for the film Main Hoon Na, etc.

He is also known for his singing for his private albums popular among the masses like Dekho barish ho rahi hai, Tera chehra, Dhua dhua and an English album, Eyes.

Awards

Anu Malik has won The National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the film Refugee in 2001, and won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award twice for Main Hoon Na (2004) and Baazigar (1993). He also got Special Jury Award (Filmfare) in 2000 for his outstanding contribution in music.

Discography

According to musicologist Rajesh Subramanian Anu malik's debut film is Hunterwali 77 produced by Mohan Choti.Poonam was his second film.

References

  1. ^ http://in.rediff.com/entertai/2003/dec/23anu.htm
  2. ^ "Waqt". BBC Shropshire. 2005. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "My Fundays". The Telegraph. 2006-12-27.
  4. ^ http://brainwave.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/anmol-malik/

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