Ismail Darbar

Ismail Darbar
Ismail Darbar at Vestoria fashion show
Background information
Born (1964-06-01) 1 June 1964
Surat, Gujarat, India
Genres soundtrack
Occupation(s) Composer, music director, instrumentalist

Ismail Darbar (born 1 June 1964) is an Indian composer and violinist, a popular name in Indian Film Industry: Bollywood. He was a contestant on Bigg Boss 3 in 2009.

Career

Ismail Darbar is from Surat, Gujarat. He worked for several years as a session violinist for leading music directors Laxmikant Pyarelal, Kalyanji Anandji, Bappi Lahiri, Rajesh Roshan, Anand-Milind, Nadeem-Shravan, Jatin-Lalit and A. R. Rahman.[1] Finally, he got the break after so many years with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. Earlier Darbar had played violin for Jatin-Lalit in the movie Khamoshi: The Musical.[2] Later on his music in Bhansali's Devdas was acclaimed.[3][4] He did not work with Bhansali after Devdas due to personal differences.[5] After Devdas, Darbar did a few more movies but was unable to get much success. In 2005, he composed for seven out of 12 tracks for Subhash Ghai's Kisna: The Warrior Poet after A. R. Rahman had left the project mid-way to complete an international assignment.[6] However, Ghai would later say, "The music [of the film] has turned out so well that you can't distinguish an Ismail song from a Rahman one".[7]

He was one of the four judges on Zee TV's Indian musical program Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005. The other judges were Jatin-Lalit, Aadesh Shrivastava and Himesh Reshammiya. He was one of the four judges on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005[8] and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007. He was also one of the three judges for Amul Star Voice of India 2 and Bharat Ki Shaan: Singing Star – Season 2 on DD National..

In 2007, Ismail Darbar also came up with a music album called Rasiya Saajan directed by S Ramachandran. Ismail Darbar also appeared Bigg Boss (Season 3) on Colors TV.[9]

He entered in state-level politics by joining BJP Gujarat in 2011.

Awards

Filmography

As music director

YearFilm TitleNotes
1999Hum Dil De Chuke SanamWon – National Film Award for Best Music Direction
Won – Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent
Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
2000Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa
2002Deewangee
2002DevdasWon – Screen Award for Best Music Director
Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
2002Desh Devi
2002Shakti: The Power
2003Baaz: A Bird in Danger
2003VishnuTelugu film
2005Kisna: The Warrior PoetCo-composed with A. R. Rahman
2006Husn
2006Debojit
2007Rasiya SaajanPrivate album
2008Mehbooba
2009The Unforgettable
2013MahabharatStar Plus
2013KaanchiCo-composed with Salim-Sulaiman
2014Ssimran
2014Ek Tho Chance(unreleased)
2014Gurudakshina
2016Santheyalli Nintha KabiraKannada film

Controversies

Darbar became the subject of controversy when he accused A. R. Rahman of having bought the Academy Awards he won for the film Slumdog Millionaire (2008).[10] Rahman denied the allegations by Darbar, but decided not to file a lawsuit against him.[11] On 2 February 2015, Darbar, his son Zayed and their associates were arrested for physically assaulting an assistant director Prashamit Chaudhury employed by him earlier. Ismail refused to pay his due salaries and instead settled score by assaulting his former employee.[12][13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ismail Darbar Biography"
  2. ↑ "Profile of Ismail Darbar". Archived from the original on 5 November 2005.
  3. ↑ "Yeh Kaisa Devdas"
  4. ↑ "Devdas music review"
  5. ↑ "First Take" Archived 14 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ "Kisna music review".
  7. ↑ "Back with a big budget dream"
  8. ↑ "Zee TV Press Release on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005". Archived from the original on 21 December 2005.
  9. ↑ "Rakhi's mom on Bigg Boss". Times of India. 6 October 2009.
  10. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/Rahman-has-bought-the-Oscars-Ismail-Darbar/articleshow/8746885.cms
  11. ↑ http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/celebrity/oscar-academy-to-sue-ismail-for-rahman-comment_89602.html
  12. ↑ http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-assistant-director-assaulted-by-music-composer-ismail-darbar-s-associates-speaks-out-2058090
  13. ↑ http://www.hindustantimes.com/tabloid/ismail-darbar-absconding-his-son-held-for-assaulting-assistant-director/article1-1313437.aspx
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