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List Of Indian Composers
List of Indian composers, arranged in alphabetical order: Film Composers * Abhimann Roy * Aby Tom Cyriac * Ajay–Atul * Alphons Joseph * Amaal Mallik * Amit Trivedi * Anand–Milind * Anil Biswas * Anirudh Ravichander * Ankit Tiwari * Ananda Shankar * Anu Malik * Anupam Roy * A. R. Rahman * Arjun Janya * Asif Panjwani * Bennet Veetraag * Pandit Bhajan Sopori * Bhupen Hazarika * Bombay Ravi * Chitragupta Shrivastava * C. Ramchandra * D. Imman * Daboo Malik * Damodar Raao * Datta Naik * Debojyoti Mishra * Deva * Devi Sri Prasad * Freddie Mercury * G. Devarajan * G. V. Prakash Kumar * Gangai Amaran * Gopi Sunder * Gurukiran * Gulzar * Hamsalekha * Harris Jayaraj * Himesh Reshammiya * Honey Singh * Hridaynath Mangeshkar * Ilaiyaraaja * Ismail Darbar * Jaidev * Jatin–Lalit * Jim Ankan Deka * Jeet Ganguly * Johnson * Karthik * Karthik Raja * Karthikeya Murthy * Kamal Heer * Kartik Seshadri * Louis Banks * Madan Mohan * Manoj George * Mani Sharma * Meet Bros * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Definition The term is descended from Latin, ''compōnō''; literally "one who puts together". The earliest use of the term in a musical context given by the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' is from Thomas Morley's 1597 ''A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music'', where he says "Some wil be good descanters ..and yet wil be but bad composers". 'Composer' is a loose term that generally refers to any person who writes music. More specifically, it is often used to denote people who are composers by occupation, or those who in the tradition of Western classical music. Writers of exclusively or primarily songs may be called composers, but since the 20th century the terms 'songwriter' or ' singer-songwriter' are more often used, particularl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhajan Sopori
Pandit Bhajan Sopori (22 June 1948 – 2 June 2022) was an Indian instrumentalist. He was a player of the santoor, an ancient stringed musical instrument. Early life and family Sopori was born in Srinagar to Shambhu Nath Sopori on 22 June 1948. Sopori hailed from Sopore in Kashmir Valley and traced his lineage to ancient Santoor experts. He belonged to the ''Sufiana gharana'' of Indian classical music. His family has played santoor for over six generations. His first public performance was at a conference organised by Prayag Sangeet Samiti & the University of Allahabad when he was 10 years old. Career Sopori gave his first public performance in 1953, at the age of five. He learned western classical music from Washington University & Hindustani from his grandfather S.C. Sopori and father Shambhoo Nath. Sopori has taught music at Washington University, US. His performances have been broadcast in India and seen by both cultural associations there and by audiences in count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurukiran
Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is an Indian music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie '' A'', directed and acted by Upendra. His music for his next movie ''Upendra'' further consolidated his position in Kannada movie industry. He is a native of Mangalore and hails from Bunt Family. His mother tongue is Tulu. He has also acted in several movies in supporting character roles and also sung several songs. Career Gurukiran entered the film industry as an actor before becoming a music director. He had sung many songs in Kannada films in his own composition as well as others."Kanasina Maratta" song sung by him, is a big hit in '' Banna Bannada Loka''; Thomas Rathnam directed the music. Discography Composer Filmography Awards Karnataka State Film Awards: * 2011 – Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director – ''Mylari'' ;South Indian International Movie Awards * Nominated —2012 – SIIMA Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gopi Sunder
Gopi Sundar C. S. (born 30 May 1977) is an Indian music director, programmer, playback singer, songwriter, actor and performer who works prominently in Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil film industries. He started his career composing music for television commercials, has nearly 5,000 jingles to his credit. As a keyboard programmer, he has collaborated with many music directors including the composer duo Vishal–Shekhar. He has won several accolades for his soundtrack albums and film scores, including a National Film Award, a Kerala State Film Award, and two Filmfare Awards South. Sundar started his own recording label, Gopi Sundar Music Company in 2014 with an idea to promote aspiring musicians and to make low-budget productions possible. In 2016, he formed a live performance music band calledBand Big G in Dubai. In 2017, his work in the film ''Pulimurugan'' was included in the contender list for the 90th Academy Awards nominations for Best Original Song and Best Original Score ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangai Amaran
Gangai Amaran is an Indian music composer, singer, lyricist, writer, film director and actor in Tamil films. Personal life Gangai Amaran was born in Pannaipuram in Theni district, Tamil Nadu in December 1947, as the youngest son of Daniel Ramaswamy and Chinnathayi. He is the younger brother of noted music director Ilaiyaraaja and father of director and actor Venkat Prabhu and actor, composer and singer Premji Amaren. He had two more elder brothers, R. D. Bhaskar and Pavalar Varadharajan, both who died long back. Composers Karthik Raja, Yuvan Shankar Raja, singer Bhavatharini and costume designer Vasuki Bhaskar are his relations. Regarding his name, Gangai was taken from a magazine of same name which he read during childhood while Amaran is derived from a pseudonym Amar Singh which he wanted to adopt himself when he aimed to be a lyricist. His latest interview with Chithra Lakshmanan in Touring talkies YouTube channel he has shared his life experiences and about his career st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer and songwriter, who achieved worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock music, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range. Mercury defied the conventions of a rock frontman with his theatrical style, influencing the artistic direction of Queen. Born in 1946 in Zanzibar to Parsi-Indian parents, Mercury attended English-style boarding schools in India from the age of eight and returned to Zanzibar after secondary school. In 1964, his family fled the Zanzibar Revolution, moving to Middlesex, England. Having studied and written music for years, he formed Queen in 1970 with guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor. Mercury wrote numerous hits for Queen, including "Killer Queen", "Bohemian Rhapsody", " Somebody to Love", "We Are the Champions", "Don't Stop Me Now" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad (; born 2 August 1979) is an Indian film composer, lyricist, singer-songwriter and performer. Popularly known by his initials DSP, he is best known for his work in Telugu-language films, and has also worked in a few Tamil films. He is a recipient of ten Filmfare Awards, nine of which are Best Music Director – Telugu and one Special Award for Best Background Music, five CineMAA Awards, seven SIIMA Awards and one Nandi Award. He is one of the highest paid music composers in Tollywood. Devi has worked on over 100 films over the span of 20 years. He began his music career in 1997, by composing one of the eight tracks in the studio album ''Dance Party''. He composed the soundtrack of ''Anandam'' in 2001, by which he made breakthrough in Tollywood and Telugu music. In the same year, he made his Tamil debut by composing the film score and singing two songs of '' Badri''. Devi also choreographed a song in the 2015 film ''Kumari 21F''. Early and personal life Devi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deva (composer)
Devanesan Chokkalingam, also known as Deva, is a south Indian film composer and singer who predominantly works in Tamil Cinema. He has composed songs and provided background music for Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam films in a career spanning about 36 years. He has composed music for more than 400 films. Personal life Deva was born to M. C. Chokkalingam and M. C. Krishnaveni. Even in his childhood, Deva was attracted to the world of music. Teaming up with Chandra Bose, he staged many musical programmes. He started learning classical music under Dhanraj and has completed a course in Western music at Trinity College of Music in London. His son Srikanth Deva is also a music director, as are his brothers, who have formed the duo Sabesh–Murali. His nephew Jai is an actor. Career Before coming to cinema, Deva worked for some time in the television field. In those days, Deva's brothers were working in the musical troupes of Illayaraja and other music directors as instru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debojyoti Mishra
Debojyoti Mishra (born 30 April 1963 at Kolkata) is an Indian music director and film composer. He became popular with his minimalist classical compositions for the Hindi film ''Raincoat'', directed by Rituparno Ghosh. He also worked on Bengali films, ''Chaturanga and Sesher Kobita'', directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. He composed songs for the Bengali film ''Autograph'' starring Prasenjit Chatterjee, Nandana Sen and Indraneil Sengupta. Early years and Career He had composed for Shakira Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( , ; born 2 February 1977), professionally known by the mononym Shakira, is a Colombian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Barranquilla, she has been referred to as the " Queen of Latin Music" and is ... in a British production being directed by Enamul Karim. Filmography * *(1999) *(2000) * *(2004) *(2004) * * ''(2014)'' * ''(2015)'' *''(2015)'' * * *(2020)(2021) *(2022) * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mishra, Debojyoti Indian film score com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Datta Naik
Datta Naik (12 December 1927 – 30 December 1987), also credited as N. Datta, was an Indian film music director in Hindi films. Born in the then Portuguese colony of Goa, Naik, started his career as an assistant to the legendary music director S. D. Burman in films like '' Bahar, Sazaa, Ek Nazar'' (1951), '' Jaal'' (1952), '' Jeewan Jyoti'' (1953) and ''Angarey'' (1954). His partnership with songwriter Sahir Ludhianvi was popular and successful. He died on 30 December 1987. Early life Datta Naik was born in 1927 in Aroba (near Colvale), a small village in Goa. At the age of 12, he ran away from his family and came to Mumbai. There he learnt classical music and later worked as an assistant to Ghulam Haider. He was a close friend of Chandrakant Bhosle who was playing rhythm with Shankar Jaikishan's orchestra. He also used to participate in street music programs, where Sachin Dev Burman spotted his talent. The maestro employed him as his assistant and while working there, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damodar Raao
Damodar Raao (born 21 August 1977) is an Indian composer, singer, record producer, and live performer. His music genre is about acoustic folk with some traces of Indian classical music. Career In 2000, Raao got his first break as a singer in the Hindi film '' Shaitan Tantrik'', which was composed by Nikhil Vinay with lyrics by Vinay Bihari. In 2007 Raao moved with his family to Mumbai. In 2008, he composed the music for the low-budget Hindi film ''Once More'', aka ''Gorakh Dhandha''. Raao has composed more than 75 films in Bhojpuri language, including ''Dil Ho Gail Qurban'', ''Teri Meri Ashiqui'', ''Sargana Kushi Nagar Rangdari Tax'', ''Gunday'' (Bhojpuri), ''Bagi Ishq'', ''Inspector Chandani'', ''Jungal Raj'', ''Dil Aur Deewar'', ''The Power of Dahshat'', ''Sajan Ki Bahon Me'' (Bhojpuri), ''Majnu Motorwala'', and ''Baap Re Baap''. The musical film ''Teri Meri Ashqui'' was praised by critics. Awards and honors In 2014 Raao received the award for Best Music Director of the Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daboo Malik
Israr Sardar "Daboo" Malik is an Indian music director, composer, singer, actor and scriptwriter in the Indian Music Industry. Malik was born in Bombay, Maharashtra to the veteran music director Sardar Malik. Discography • By Daboo's MWM Entertainment LLP • Early life Malik was born 21 January 1963 in Bombay, the second son of music director Sardar Malik and Bilqis Begum, sister of lyricist Hasrat Jaipuri. He has two brothers, Bollywood music director Anu Malik and Abu Malik. Uncle Hasrat Jaipuri (Malik's mother's brother) was a famous lyricist whose work spans from the 1950s to the 1980s. After Malik completed his Bachelor of Commerce at Narsee Monjee College, in Mumbai, he followed his family's tradition. Malik pursued various artistic roles, such as singing, acting, and assisting Anu in directing music. Career Daboo Malik was initially not interested in singing or composing music, preferring acting. In 1988, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
