D O B November 2,1960
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Mumbai
Known For Singer, Music Director, Song Writer
Married Yes

Biography Anu Malik born November born Anwar Malik 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 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 song was in Since then he has composed many famous film songs 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 with Poonam He composed for various films like Sohni Mahiwal and Ganga Jamuna Saraswathi but he did not get much recognition for them One of the only producers that always returned to him were FC Mehra's Eagle Films Anu Malik's shot to fame in With Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee Jaanam Sir and Baazigar Anu Malik had arrived The next year he won the FilmFare Award for Baazigar In he exhibited his versatility when More his work was used in movies like Aks Fiza Filhal and Mujhe Kuch Kehena hai His recent work includes Love Story Jaan-e-man Umrao Jaan He is known to be the most versatile among the Indian music directors 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 mainst ream singers like Alka Yagnik Udit Narayan Kumar Sanu and popular lyricist Sameer in all their films Anu Malik has always tried different singers and lyricists He used singers like Sonu Nigam with the song Ke Ghar Kab Aaoge from Border K K and Kunal Ganjawala 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 South Indian singers such as S P Balasubramaniam and Chitra He has made a Refugee Josh Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega Fiza Yaadein Aks Asoka Filhaal and Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai in just In his words he takes inspiration from other songs The movie Baazigar received Filmfare award for best music direction In Anu Malik was accused of plagiarizing a song by the Bangladeshi rock band Miles Because of this a court ordered the song in question to not be included in the film Anu's association with Alisha Chinai has also been very successful delivering major hits such as Sexy Sexy Ruk Ruk Ruk from Vijaypath and the recent songs from No Entry For some time they did not work with each other following Alisha's claim that Anu Malik had sexually assaulted her Given Anu Malik's style of music he needed a singer with Alisha's talent to enhance his music 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 br br Thus their coming together was inevitable His collaborations with J P Dutta famous film director has also provided India with major hits These include Border in Refugee in LOC Kargil in and Umrao Jaan in Malik has worked with several playback singers including Kumar Sanu Udit Narayan Alka Yagnik Kavita Krishnamurthy Anuradha Paudwal Shaan Abhijit K K Sunidhi Chauhan and many more His work with singer Sonu Nigam has also been very appreciated He gave the singer a big break with the song Ke Ghar Kab Aaoge in the film Border in which put the singer in the limelight and earned him several award nominations Their collaboration has continued since with Anu Malik providing Sonu Nigam with a variety of songs including hits like Main Hoon Na and Tumse milke in the film Main Hoon Na which earned the singer several awards again They have worked together in several films including Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo Border Fiza Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega Humko Deewana Kar Gaye Jaan-e-man LOC Kargil Mujhse Shaadi Karoge and Refugee In movie 'Umrao Jan' Anu Malik launched his daughter Anmol Malik as a singer in the song 'Bitiya Na Kijo' Anu Malik has remained one of the judges on the TV show throughout each season In the first two seasons he was accompanied by Sonu Nigam and Farah Khan and in the third by Alisha Chinai Udit Narayan and Javed Akhtar He was also a judge in the first Asian Idol held in Indonesia representing Indian Idol He also appeared on Indian Idol with Sonali Bendre Kailash Kher Javed Akhtar Now again he is appearing as a judge with Sunidhi Chauhan and Salim Merchant Anu Malik also does playback 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 One of his most famous renditions however remain Oonchi hai building in the very popular Judwaa and rap part of Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen of Baazigar While he sings entire songs for some movies especially those starring Sunil Shetty Paresh Rawal 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 Tumse milke dil ka for the film Main Hoon Na etc 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 br Anu Malik has won The National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the film Refugee in and won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award twice for Main Hoon Na and Baazigar He also got Special Jury Award Filmfare in for his outstanding contribution in music