Anu Malik

Anu Malik () (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. 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). He made his debut in hunterwali in 1977. He composed for various famous films like Sohni Mahiwal, '', ''and '' got recognition for them, but still throughout the 1980s 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
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