List of Indian film music directors
Most Indian films are musicals, and their music directors are among the best known musicians in India. Music directors are typically both composers and arrangers. Some are famed playback singers as well.
See the article on filmi music.
Notable directors include:
| Music Director | Language |
|---|---|
| Aadesh Shrivastava | Hindi,Bengali |
| Abhimann Roy | Kannada,Bengali |
| Achu Rajamani | Tamil, Malayalam |
| Adnan Sami | Hindi |
| Ajay-Atul | Marathi,Hindi,Tamil,Sanskrit |
| Amit Trivedi | Hindi |
| Anand Raj Anand | Hindi |
| Anand-Milind | Hindi |
| Anil Biswas | Hindi,Bengali |
| Anirudh Ravichander | Tamil,Hindi |
| Anoop Seelin | Kannada |
| Anu Malik | Hindi, Bengali, Kannada |
| Arjuna Harjai | Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi |
| Arjun Janya | Kannada |
| C. Ashwath | Kannada |
| S.D. Burman | Hindi, Bengali |
| S. P. Balasubramanyam | Tamil, Telugu, Kannada |
| M. S. Baburaj | Malayalam |
| Bappi Lahiri | Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu |
| Bennet Veetraag | Malayalam |
| Berny Ignatius | Malayalam |
| Bharathwaj | Tamil, Telugu |
| Bhaskar Chandavarkar | Hindi |
| Bhavatharini | Tamil, Hindi |
| Bhupen Hazarika | Hindi, Bengali, Assamese |
| Baba Sehgal | Hindi |
| Chakravarthy | Kannada, Telugu |
| Chakri | Telugu, Kannada |
| Chitragupta | Hindi |
| Chowdiah | Kannada Tamil |
| Colonial Cousins | Hindi, Tamil |
| Dakshinamurthy | Malayalam, Tamil |
| Datta Naik | Hindi |
| Deva | Tamil,Hindi |
| Devan Ekambaram | Tamil |
| Devi Sri Prasad | Telugu, Tamil, Hindi |
| Dharan | Tamil |
| Dhina | Tamil |
| G. Devarajan | Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada |
| Gangai Amaren | Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam |
| Gopi Sundar | Malayalam |
| Ghantasala | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada |
| Gurukiran | Kannada, Telugu |
| Hamsalekha | Kannada, Tamil, Telugu |
| Harris Jayaraj | Tamil, Hindi, Telugu |
| Hemant Kumar Mukhopadhyay | Bengali, Hindi |
| Himesh Reshammiya | Hindi, Tamil |
| Hridaynath Mangeshkar | Marathi, Hindi |
| Honey Singh | Punjabi |
| V. Harikrishna | Kannada, Telugu |
| Ilayaraja | Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada, English, Marathi[1] |
| Ismail Darbar | Hindi |
| Imman | Tamil, Telugu |
| James Vasanthan | Tamil |
| Jassie Gift | Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada |
| Jatin-Lalit | Hindi, Bengali, Telugu |
| Jerry Amaldev | Malayalam |
| Johnson | Malayalam, Tamil |
| Joshua Sridhar | Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu |
| Joy Sarkar | Bengali |
| M. Jayachandran | Malayalam, Tamil |
| M. M. Keeravani/M. M. Kreem | Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam |
| K. Kalyan | Kannada |
| Kailash-Naresh-Paresh | Hindi |
| Kalyanji Anandji | Hindi |
| P. Kalinga Rao | Kannada |
| Karthik | Tamil |
| Karthik Raja | Tamil, Hindi, Kannada |
| Khayyam | Hindi |
| Kishore Kumar | Hindi, Bengali |
| S. P. Kodandapani | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada |
| V Kumar | Tamil |
| Kumar Sanu | Bengali, Hindi |
| Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan | Tamil |
| Lalit Pandit | Hindi |
| Laxmikant Pyarelal | Hindi |
| Lesle Lewis | Hindi |
| T. G. Lingappa | Kannada, Tamil, Telugu |
| V. Manohar | Kannada |
| K V Mahadevan | Tamil, Telugu
Lata Mangeshkar Marathi as Anadghan Hridaynath Mangeshkar Marathi hindi |
| Madan Mohan | Hindi |
| Mani Sharma | Telugu, Tamil |
| Manikanth Kadri | Kannada, Tamil |
| Mano Murthy | Kannada |
| Mithoon Sharma | Hindi |
| Monty Sharma | Hindi |
| Neeta Sen | Bengali |
| Nadeem-Shravan | Hindi |
| S. Narayan | Kannada |
| Naushad Ali | Hindi |
| Nitz 'N' Sony | Hindi |
| Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | Hindi |
| O.P. Nayyar | Hindi |
| Ouseppachan | Malayalam, Tamil |
| Pankaj Mullick | Bengali, Hindi |
| Papanasam Sivan | Tamil, Kannada |
| Pendyala Nageswara Rao | Telugu, Tamil |
| G. V. Prakash Kumar | Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi |
| Prashant Pillai | Hindi, Malayalam |
| Pravin Mani | Tamil, Telugu, Hindi |
| Praveen D Rao | Kannada |
| Premji Amaran | Tamil |
| Pritam Chakraborty | Hindi, Bengali |
| C. Ramchandra | Hindi |
| A. R. Rahman | Tamil,Hindi,Bengali,Telugu,Malayalam,Kannada and English |
| Rahul Dev Burman | Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Oriya, Marathi, English |
| Ramjeevan | Tamil |
| A. R. Reihana | Tamil, Kannada |
| R. P. Patnaik | Telugu, Kannada, Tamil |
| Raghu Dixit | Kannada |
| Rahul Raj | Telugu, Malayalam |
| Raj-Koti | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada |
| M. Ranga Rao | Kannada |
| Rajan-Nagendra | Kannada, Telugu |
| Rajesh Ramnath | Kannada |
| Rajesh Roshan | Hindi,Bengali |
| S. A. Rajkumar | Tamil, Telugu, Kannada |
| Ram Lakshman | Hindi |
| Ramana Gogula | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi |
| Ramesh Sippy | Hindi |
| Ramesh Naidu | Telugu |
| J. V. Raghavulu | Telugu |
| Ranjith Barot | Hindi |
| Raveendran | Malayalam, Tamil |
| V. Ravichandran | Kannada |
| Ravindra Jain | Hindi |
| Ricky Kej | Malayalam, Kannada |
| Roop Kumar Rathod | Hindi,Bengali |
| Roshan (music director) | Hindi |
| T. K. Ramamoorthy | Tamil, Telugu |
| M. G. Radhakrishnan | Malayalam, Tamil |
| M. G. Sreekumar | Malayalam, Tamil |
| Sachin-Jigar | Hindi |
| Saluri Rajeswara Rao | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada |
| Sadhu Kokila | Kannada |
| Sagar S | Kannada,Tamil |
| Salil Chowdhury | Hindi, Bengali |
| Salim-Sulaiman | Hindi, Tamil, Telugu |
| Sajid-Wajid | Hindi |
| Sandesh Shandilya | Hindi |
| Sandeep Chowta | Hindi |
| Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Hindi |
| Sanjeev Darshan | Hindi |
| Satyam | Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu |
| Selvaganesh | Tamil, Kannada |
| Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy | Hindi, Tamil, Bengali,Telugu, English |
| Shankar-Jaikishan | Hindi,Bengali |
| Shantanu Moitra | Bengali, Hindi |
| Sharreth | Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu |
| Shyam | Malayalam, Tamil |
| Shruti Hassan | Tamil, Hindi, Telugu |
| Sneha Khanwalkar | Hindi |
| Srinivas | Tamil |
| Sohail Sen | Hindi,Bengali |
| Srikanth Deva | Tamil |
| Vasant Desai | Marathi, Hindi |
| Snehal Bhatkar | Marathi, Hindi |
| Sajjad Hussain | Hindi |
| Sudhir Phadke | Marathi, Hindi |
| Vasant Prabhu | Marathi, Hindi |
| Sukhwinder Singh | Hindi |
| Suresh Peters | Malayalam, Tamil |
| Thaman | Tamil, Telugu |
| Upendra Kumar | Kannada |
| Usha Khanna | Hindi |
| Uttam Singh | Hindi, Tamil |
| Varun Unni | Malayalam |
| L. Vaidyanathan | Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam |
| Vani Harikrishna | Kannada |
| M. Venkataraju | Kannada, Tamil |
| G. K. Venkatesh | Kannada,Malayalam,Tamil,Telugu |
| S. P. Venkatesh | Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam |
| M S Viswanathan | Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi |
| Zakir Hussain | Independent |
| Vidyasagar | Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi |
| Vijay Antony | Tamil, Telugu[2] |
| Vijay Prakash | Kannada, Tamil |
| Vijaya Bhaskar | Kannada |
| Viju Shah | Hindi |
| Vishal Bhardwaj | Hindi |
| Vishal-Shekhar | Hindi |
| Yuvan Shankar Raja | Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada |
| Zubeen Garg | Hindi,Bengali,Assamese |