Mithun Sharma (born 11 January 1985), also known as Mithoon, is an Indian Hindi film music director, lyricist-composer and singer. Mithoon composed the

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song "

Tum Hi Ho "Tum Hi Ho" () is an Indian Hindi-language romantic song from the 2013 Indian movie ''Aashiqui 2'', sung by Arijit Singh. It was composed and written by Mithoon. Picturised on Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor, it was released by Bhushan Ku ...

" from the 2013

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Aashiqui 2 ''Aashiqui 2'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical drama film directed by Mohit Suri and produced by Mukesh Bhatt, Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar under the Vishesh Films and T-Series Films, with Mahesh Bhatt serving as pres ...

''. Mithoon received the

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, and in 2014 received a nomination for

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in the

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. He wrote and composed one of the most

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Hindi songs on YouTube, "

Sanam Re ''Sanam Re'' () is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Divya Khosla Kumar and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar and co-produced by Ajay Kapoor. The film stars Pulkit Samrat, Yami Gautam and Urvashi Rautela, whi ...

". The song was honoured with the award of "Most Streamed Song of 2016" at the

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Early life

Mithoon was born into a family of musicians. His grandfather, Pandit Ram Prasad Sharma, imparted music knowledge to thousands of aspirants, many of whom are amongst today's top musicians. His father, Naresh Sharma, was a leading expert of musical arrangements, having worked with almost all of the top composers in more than two hundred movies. Mithoon's father and his uncle Pyarelal-ji (Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma) formed one-half of the legendary composer duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal. Mithoon started learning music at the age of eleven. Since his father remained busy, he sent him to knowledgeable people to train himself. His father observed him closely and would often notice what he was practicing. His father often listened to the tunes that he created as well. On 6 November 2022, he married

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Career

Mithoon began his career with two recreations: "Woh Lamhe" in ''

Zeher ''Zeher: A Love Story'' () is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language mystery thriller film directed by debutant Mohit Suri and produced by Mahesh Bhatt. The film stars Emraan Hashmi, Shamita Shetty and Udita Goswami. It is an adaptation of the 2003 Ameri ...

'' and "Aadat" in '' Kalyug''. In 2006, Mithoon's friend recommended his name to

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, (director of ''Bas Ek Pal''), who wanted an electro-based title track. This led to his first original song as a composer, "Bas Ek Pal" with singer KK, and was followed by "Tere Bin" (by singer

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) in 2006. Both songs were included in the film ''

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.'' . He wrote the score for '' Anwar,'' released in 2007 and his compositions ''Tose Naina Lage'' and ''Maula Mere'' are still extremely popular. He also worked as a guest composer for songs on several nonmovie albums, such as "Kuch Is Tarah" from Atif Aslam's album ''

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'', and Abhijeet Sawant's and "Ek Shaqs" from the Abhijeet Sawant album ''Junoon''. He released his own album, ''Tu Hi Mere Rab Ki Tarah Hai'' in 2009 with T-Series. For this album, Mithoon traveled to the United Kingdom to rope in musicians. There, he worked with musicians of the

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. In 2011 he composed two songs "Aye Khuda", "Phir Mohabbat" for the film ''

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'' which also marked the debut of

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. The song "

" which he wrote for ''

'', and "O saathi" from the movie ''

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'' became popular. He has also been a solo or guest composer for movies such as , ''

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, Yaariyan,

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Hate Story 2 ''Hate Story 2'' is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language erotic thriller film directed by Vishal Pandya. Produced by T-Series Films, it stars Sushant Singh, Surveen Chawla and Jay Bhanushali in pivotal roles. It is the sequel to the 2012 sleeper hi ...

Creature 3D ''Creature 3D'' is a 2014 Indian 3D monster-horror film directed by Vikram Bhatt. It is produced by Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar and co-produced by Ajay Kapoor under the banner of T-Series in association with BVG Films. It stars Bipasha Ba ...

Samrat & Co ''Samrat & Co.'' is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language detective thriller film directed by Kaushik Ghatak and produced by Kavita K. Barjatya under the banner of Rajshri Productions. It features Rajeev Khandelwal in the title role of Samrat. The fil ...

, Alone,'' ''

Hamari Adhuri Kahani ''Hamari Adhuri Kahani'' () is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Mohit Suri and produced by Mahesh Bhatt under the banner Vishesh Films and Fox Star Studios. The film stars Emraan Hashmi, Vidya Balan, and Rajkummar Rao ...

Bhaag Johnny ''Bhaag Johnny'' () is a 2015 Indian Hindi language Bollywood thriller film directed by Shivam Nair, and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Vikram Bhatt and Ajay Kapoor. The film stars Kunal Khemu, Mandana Karimi and Zoa Morani in lea ...

, All Is Well,

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,'' ''

Ki & Ka ''Ki & Ka'' () is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written, directed and produced by R. Balki. The film stars Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor. It was released theatrically on 1 April 2016 to mixed reviews and became a commercia ...

Shivaay ''Shivaay'' is a 2016 action thriller film directed and produced by Ajay Devgn under his banner Ajay Devgn FFilms. The story and screenplay are written by Sandeep Shrivastava and the film stars Ajay Devgn in the lead titular role along with de ...

Wajah Tum Ho ''Wajah Tum Ho'' () is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language erotic-crime mystery thriller film directed by Vishal Pandya. It features Sharman Joshi, Gurmeet Choudhary and Sana Khan, in lead roles. The film revolves around a live murder committed on te ...

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Aksar 2 ''Aksar 2'' () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language erotic thriller film directed by Anant Mahadevan. The film is sequel to the 2006 film ''Aksar''. The film stars Zareen Khan, Gautam Rode, Abhinav Shukla and Mohit Madaan in lead roles. The motion ...

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Khuda Haafiz ''Khuda Haafiz'' () is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language direct-to-video action thriller film written and directed by Faruk Kabir and produced by Kumar Mangat Pathak and Abhishek Pathak under Panorama Studios. It stars Vidyut Jammwal and Shivaleek ...

Bollywood discography

Albums

Singles

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations received by Mithoon

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Filmfare Awards The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were first introduced by th ...

Global Indian Music Academy Awards The Global Indian Music Academy Awards (also known as the GiMA Awards) are presented annually by Global Indian Music Academy to honour and recognise Music of India, Indian music. The nominees are voted by GiMA's jury, who have some of the most ...

International Indian Film Academy Awards The International Indian Film Academy Awards, popularly known as IIFA, is an annual awards ceremony for Bollywood. Produced by Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, the winners of the awards are decided by fans, who vote online for th ...

Mirchi Music Awards ''Mirchi Music Awards'' are presented annually by ''Radio Mirchi'' to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film music industry of India. The awards, given in seventeen different categories, were in ...

Producers Guild Film Awards The Producers Guild Film Awards, previously known as the Apsara Awards, is an award event hosted by the Producers Guild of India to recognize excellence in Hindi film and Television in India, television. Originated by filmmaker and scholar Amit ...

Screen Awards The Screen Awards is an annual awards ceremony held in India honouring professional excellence in Bollywood. The nomination and award selection is done by a panel of distinguished professionals from the industry. The awards were introduced by t ...

Stardust Awards The Stardust Awards was an award ceremony for Hindi movies, which was sponsored by '' Stardust'' magazine. Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won. The first ceremony was held in 2004 for films released in 2003. The ...

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* Gaana User's Choice Awards – Best Music Composer (for "

Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga "Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga" () is an Indian Hindi-language song from the Indian film ''Half Girlfriend (film), Half Girlfriend''. Picturised on Shraddha Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor, the song has been sung by Arijit Singh and Shashaa Tirupati. The m ...

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* * * * {{Authority control 1985 births Living people Indian male playback singers Indian film score composers Filmfare Awards winners Musicians from Mumbai Indian male film score composers