Amaal Mallik

Amaal Malik
Malik at the 61st Filmfare Awards, 2016
Background information
Origin	Mumbai, India
Genres	Filmi Film score soundtrack jazz pop Indian classical EDM[1]
Occupation(s)	music director singer
Labels	T-Series

Amaal Mallik is an Indian music director, singer and lyricist in the Hindi film industry hailing from a musical family. He is the grandson of Sardar Malik; son of Daboo Malik and Jyothi Malik; brother of singer Armaan Malik and nephew of music composer and singer Anu Malik. Mallik started learning music at the age of 8 and took a liking towards the piano. He debuted in 2014 by composing three songs for Salman Khan's Jai Ho, following it up with the song "Naina" from Khoobsurat.^[2]

Early life and background

Mallik is the elder of two children born to music director Daboo Malik and Jyothi Malik. He studied in Jamnabai Narsee School and completed his graduation in Bachelor of Commerce from N. M. College in Mumbai. He studied piano and completed his course at Trinity College of Music (Western Classical, Jazz & Rock) under the guidance and training he received from teachers including Benny, Xavier Fernandes, Tony Pinto and Joy Bose.^[3] He also trained in Indian classical music informally under the tutelage of his grandfather Sri Sardar Malik.

Career

Mallik began his career journey at a young age. After completing his 10th grade year, he immediately went on to assist music composer and background scorer Amar Mohile for the soundtrack of Sarkar (2005) and Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007) at the age of 15, later moving on to producing and arranging music for his father in films like Sohail Khan's Kisaan (2009), for which he collaborated on a remix track of "Mere Desh Ki Dharti" with pop singer, Daler Mehndi.

From 2008 to 2011 Malik assisted music composer Pritam on several film albums, alongside producing background scores for Sandeep Chowta and Salim-Sulaiman for films like Rowdy Rathore, R... Rajkumar, Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns, Heroine, Youngistaan, Ab Tak Chhappan 2, and Phata Poster Nikla Hero. His first outing as a solo background scorer was for Khwaabb, a sports film produced by PVR Pictures & Bullseye Entertainment, which won him good reviews.

In 2014, he debuted as a music composer. He composed three songs for Salman Khan's film Jai Ho and a song for Khoobsurat.

In 2015, he composed 2 songs for Roy. The song "Sooraj Dooba Hain", sung by Arijit Singh and Aditi Singh Sharma, was the biggest hit of 2015 and earned him a Filmfare Award for Best Music Director along with Ankit Tiwari and Meet Bros. For that song Singh won Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer. Then he composed three songs for Ek Paheli Leela, two of which he composed with Uzair Jaswal, and one he composed alone. He composed a song with Badshah for the film All Is Well. He also composed a song for Hate Story 3 and two songs for Calendar Girls. He composed four songs for Hero, and sang "O Khuda" with Palak Muchhal. In 2015, he composed four singles including "Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon".

In 2016, he composed a song for Mastizaade, two songs for Airlift (Soch Na Sake & Tu Bhoola Jise), three songs for Sanam Re(Hua Hain Aaj Pehli Baar, Gazab Ka Hai Yeh Din, Kya Tujhe Ab Ye Dil Bataye), one song for Baaghi, and two songs for Kapoor & Sons, including "Kar Gaye Chull", which he composed with Badshah. He also composed a song for Do Lafzon Ki Kahani, three songs for Azhar, a song for Sarbjit, a song for Baar Baar Dekho, and a song for Force 2. He was the main composer of M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story. He composed the Hindi, Tamil and Telugu soundtrack of the film. He composed eight songs for the Hindi soundtrack of this film, and Rochak Kohli joined as a guest composer by composing a song for the Hindi soundtrack. In 2016, he composed a single which was sung by Shaan. In 2016, he earned two nominations for Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for Kapoor & Sons along with Badshah, Tanishk Bagchi, Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Benny Dayal and Nucleya; and for Baaghi along with Meet Bros, Ankit Tiwari and Manj Musik.

In 2017, he composed two songs for Badrinath Ki Dulhania, of which he sang "Aashiq Surrender Hua" with Shreya Ghoshal; another was sung by Arijit Singh. Singh won Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer and Mallik earned a nomination of Filmfare Award for Best Music Director along with Tanishk Bagchi an Akhil Sachdeva. Mallik composed all the songs for Noor, and sang a song with Tulsi Kumar. He composed two songs for Chef, two songs for Golmaal Again, and two songs for Mubarakan; he also lent his voice for a song in the latter. He composed two singles in 2017, both sung by his younger brother Armaan Malik.

In 2018, Mallik composed a single "Ghar Se Nikalte Hi" & Armaan lent his voice for it. He also composed a song for Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety. He will also compose for the films Baazaar and Sanju.

Advertising and television career

Mallik has composed music for over 100 advertisement jingles with directors like Prakash Verma, Kailash Surendranath, Prahlad Kakar, Vinod P Vijay, Jeet Surendranth, E. Niwas, Bauddhayan Mukherji (Little Lamb Films), Hemanth Bhandari (Chrome Pictures) for brands like Amul, Vodafone, Horlicks, Relaxo, Toyota, Cornetto, Indian Oil, Sunfeast, iBall, and Makemytrip.com.

He composed the title track for Sony and Ravi Adhikari's Hongey Judaa Na Hum and also the background score for reputed television director Siddharth Sengupta and Sphere Origin's Show - 26/12 (Chabbis Barah) for Life Ok, for which he was nominated for best background score.

Discography

As a composer

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Songs	Notes
2014	Jai Ho	3 songs- Tumko To Aana Hi Tha, Love You Till The End (House Mix), Jai Jai Jai Jai Ho (Title Track)	Debut film as composer
	Khoobsurat	1 song- Naina
2015	Roy	2 songs- "Sooraj Dooba Hain", Sooraj Dooba Hain (version 2)	Filmfare Awards Producers Guild Film Awards
	Ek Paheli Leela	3 songs- Tere Bin Nahi Laage (Male Version), Tere Bin Nahi Laage (Female Version), Saiyaan Superstar	Tere Bin Nahi Laage is a recreated song original music by Uzair Jaswal
	All Is Well	1 song- Chaar Shanivaar
	Hero	4 songs- Main Hoon Hero Tera (Salman Khan Version), Main Hoon Hero Tera (Armaan Malik version), Main Hoon Hero Tera (Armaan Malik version (Sad Version), O Khuda
	Calendar Girls	2 songs- Khwaishein (Rock Version), Khwaishein (Film version)
	Hate Story 3	2 songs- Tumhe Apna Banane Ka, Love To Hate You
2016	Airlift	4 songs- "Soch Na Sake", "Soch Na Sake (Solo Version)", Mera Nachan Nu, Tu Bhoola Jise
	Mastizaade	1 song- Rom Rom Romantic
	Sanam Re	3 songs- Gazab Ka Hai Yeh Din, Hua Hain Aaj Pehli Baar, Kya Tujhe Ab Ye Dil Bataye
	Kapoor & Sons	2 songs- Kar Gayi Chull, Buddhu Sa Mann	Kar Gayi Chull is a recreated song original music by Badshah
	Baaghi	1 song- Sab Tera
	Azhar	3 songs- Bol Do Na Zara, Tu HI Na Jaane, Jeet Ne Ke Liye
	Sarbjit	1 song- Salamat
	Do Lafzon Ki Kahani	1 song- Kuch To Hai
	M.S. Dhoni : The Untold Story	"All Songs"	All songs were released in four languages : Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Marathi
	Baar Baar Dekho	1 song - Sau Aasmaan
	Force 2	1 song - Ishaara
2017	Badrinath Ki Dulhania	2 Songs - Aashiq Surrender Hua, Roke Na Ruke Naina
	Noor	"All Songs"	Gulabi 2.0 is a recreated version. Original Song Gulaabi Aankhen Jo Teri Dekhi original music by R.D. Burman and Anand Bakshi
	Mubarakan	2 Songs -The Goggle Song,Jatt Jaguar
	Chef	1 song - Tere Mere
	Golmaal Again	2 songs - Neend Churai, Hum Nahi Sudrenge	Neend Churai hook line taken from the film Ishq composed by Anu Malik
2018	Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety	1 song - Subah Subah
	Baazaar	Liye Jaa
2019	De De Pyaar De	TBA

As a playback singer

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Song(s)	Co-Singer(s)	Notes
2015	Hero	O Khuda	Palak Muchhal	Composed by himself
2017	Noor	Gulabi 2.0	Tulsi Kumar, Yash Narvekar
	Badrinath Ki Dulhania	Aashiq Surrender Hua	Shreya Ghoshal
	Mubarakan	The Goggle Song	Sonu Nigam, Armaan Malik, Tulsi Kumar and Neeti Mohan

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Amaal Mallik on IMDb