Viju Shah

He is married to Sunanda Shah. He has three elder brothers Chandrakant, Ramesh, Dinesh and a younger brother Rajesh. He has a daughter pursuing Western Classical piano in the United States of America.[4]

He started his music composing career in 1989 with the movie Tridev. Later in 1992, he composed for movie Vishwatma where the song "Saat Samundar Paar" was a superhit song. His first breakthrough came two years later, in 1994 with Mohra. He composed hit songs which included "Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast" and "Tip Tip Barsa Pani". He even included the song “Na Kajre Ki Dhar” originally sung by Mukesh, composed by Anandji Kalyanji duo (Kalyaniji Shah was his father). The music album went on to become the second most-sold Bollywood soundtrack album of the year,[5] selling more than 8 million units,[6] behind only Hum Aapke Hain Koun..![7] However, the hit song "Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast" was copied from the popular Qawwali "Dam Mast Qalandar" by Pakistani musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.[8]

After Mohra, Viju Shah went on to compose for hit movies like Tere Mere Sapne, Gupt, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat.

During the 15 years career, Viju Shah mostly worked with Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Abhijeet, Amit Kumar, Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, Anuradha Paudwal, Babul Supriyo, Sapna Mukherjee, Sonu Nigam, Sudesh Bhosle, Vinod Rathod, Shaan, Zubeen Garg and Jolly Mukherjee, Sunidhi Chauhan, KK.

Won

• 1997 – Best Background Score

Nominated

• 1994 – Best Music Director – Mohra
• 1996 – Best Music Director – Tere Mere Sapne
• 1997 – Best Music Director – Gupt
• 1992 – Best Music Director – Vishvatma
• 1995 – Best Music Director – Raavan Raaj
• 1995 – Best Background Score – Andaaz Apna Apna
• 1993 – Best Background Score – Lootere

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