Anu Malik
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Anu Malik (Hindi: अनु मालिक)is a music director in the Hindi (or Bollywood) film industry. He has won the National Award for his work in Refugee. 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 with international projects to his credit.
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[edit] Music
During the past two decades, he has created music for the following chart buster films:
- Sohni Mahiwal (1984) (This was not a chartbuster film but helped Anupama Deshpande win the Filmfare)
- Ganga Jamuna Saraswati (1988)
- Chamatkar (1992)
- Baazigar (1993)
- Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994)
- Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995)
- Ram Jaane (1995)
- Virasat (1997)
- Border (1997)
- Kareeb (1998)
- China Gate (1998)
- Baadshah (1999)
- Refugee (2000)
- Fiza (2000)
- Asoka (2001)
- Yaadein (2001)
- Aks (2001)
- Filhaal (2002)
- Ab Ke Baras (2002)
- LOC-Kargil (2003)
- Main Hoon Na (2004)
- Murder (2004)
- Fida (2004)
- No Entry (2005)
- Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (2006)
- Jaan-E-Mann & Umrao Jaan
Zindaggi Rocks and Jaan-E-Mann have been released and given good reviews. One of his most challenging projects, Umrao Jaan, is also out.
[edit] Early Years
The son of veteran composer Sardar Malik, Anu Malik made his debut in 1981 with Poonam. He composed for various films like Sohni Mahiwal and Ganga Jamuna Saraswathi, but he did not get the required attention, or recognition. One of the only producers that always returned to him were FC Mehra's Eagle Films. Other early films were:
- Mard
- Maa
- Maalamaal
- Love Marriage
- Aasman
- Jaal
- Allah Rakha
- Mujrim
It is said that his first film was Hunterwali 77.[1]
[edit] The Rise
Anu Malik's time came in 1993. With Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Ayee, Jaanam, Sir, and Baazigar, Anu Malik had arrived. The next year, he won the FilmFare Award for Baazigar.
[edit] Recognition
Despite his success, he was often not taken seriously and accused of being a copycat. This changed with Border and Refugee, for which he won the National Award.
In 2001 he exhibited his versatility, when his work was used in movies like Aks, Fiza, Filhal and Mujhe Kuch Kehena hai (among others).
[edit] 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 Kumar Sanu and popular lyricist Sameer in all their films, Anu Malik has always tried different singers and lyricists. He was the first to use singers like KK (musician) and Sonu Niigaam as lead singers in his films, thus adding variety. Many of his hit albums do not have one single lead lyricist, but instead a host of individual lyricists. Anu Malik sometimes uses singers such as S. P. Balasubramaniam and Chitra.
[edit] Plagiarism
Anu Malik, like most Bollywood music directors, is criticized for taking inspiration from other composers. However, Anu Malik has often paid the required credits on the album cover to the original composer.
[edit] Alisha Chinai and Anu Malik
Anu's association with Alisha Chinai has also been very successful, delivering major hits such as Sexy Sexy from Khuddar; Ruk Ruk Ruk from Vijaypath; and the recent songs from No Entry. For some time, they did not work for each other, following Alisha's claim that Anu Malik mistreated her. But given Anu Malik's style of music, he needed a singer of Alisha's class and style. For Alisha, without Anu Malik, work was hard to come by, barring a few private albums, which in India pale in comparison to the film music popularity. Thus, their coming together was inevitable.
[edit] Indian Idol
Anu Malik is one of 3 judges in the TV show Indian Idol.
[edit] Love
In 2004, Anu Malik composed songs for a Kannada film entitled Love. The film has been dubbed in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam after the success of the Kannada version.
[edit] Singer
Anu Malik also does back 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.
While he sings entire songs for some movies, especially those starring Salman Khan, 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, or Tumse milke dila ka... for the film Main Hoon na, or even in his latest release, Humko Deewana Kargaye in the song Rockstar.
He is also known for his singing for his private albums popular among the masses like "Dekho baarish ho rahi hai" , "Tera chehra", "Dhua dhua", and an english album "Eyes".
[edit] 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.
