Anu Malik is an Indian music composer and singer who sings and writes music mainly for Bollywood films. He is well known among the super music composers of the 90s.
Wiki/Biography
Anu Malik was born “Anwar Sardar Malik” on November 2, 1960 in Mumbai (age 63; as of 2023). His zodiac sign is Scorpio.
appearance
Height (approximately): 6′
Weight (approximately): 85kg
Eye color: dark brown
Hair color: black
family, caste and wife
Anu Malik is the son of veteran music composer Sardar Malik and his wife Kausar Jahan Malik.
Anu Malik’s parents
He has two brothers, Dab Malik (music director, composer, singer and actor) and Abu Malik (film score composer). Anu Malik is married to Anju Malik and the couple has two daughters, Ada Malik and Anmol Malik )(singer).
Anu Malik’s father Anju Malik and his daughters
He has three nephews and a niece. Armaan Malik (singer) and Amaal Mallik (music director) are the sons of Daboo Malik and his wife Jyothi Malik.
Arman Malik’s brother Daboo Malik’s family
Aadar Malik and Kasheesh Malik are the children of Abu Malik.
Anu Malik’s brother Abu Malik’s family
Profession
Anu Malik made his debut as a music composer in 1980 with the film Hunterwali 77.
He composed several commercially successful songs for films. He is famous for his use of tabla in his works. After 16 years, he finally achieved success, composing music for the film Baazgar (1993).
Apart from this, he has also composed music for several films like “Baazigar”, “Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994)”, “Ishq” (1997), “Baadshah” (1999), “Josh” (2000) , “Har Dil Jo” Pyaar Karega (2000)” and “Fiza (2000)”.
dispute
- Singer Mika Singh got into a verbal altercation with him on the set of the reality show, where Mika came to promote his film Loot.
- He has been accused of plagiarizing music from films like “Murder”, “Akele Hum Akele Tum”, “Deewane Hue Pagal”, “Hmeshaa”, “Baazigar”, “Imtehaan” and others.
- In the 1990s, singer Alisha Chinai accused Anu Malik of sexually harassing her.
- During the #MeToo movement in 2019, Anu Malik was accused of sexually harassing singers such as Sona Mohapatra, Shweta Pandit and Caralisa Monteiro. Sona Mohapatra called him a “serial predator”. Alisha Chinai also expressed her support for the singer and said: “Everything said and written about Anu Malik is true. I support all women who finally speak out. May they find peace and harmony in their lives. Over. Although Malik denied all the accusations, he had to quit the reality show Indian Idol due to public backlash.
- In October 2019, another Indian pop singer Neha Bhasin also accused Malik of indecent behavior. Replying to a series of tweets by Sona Mohapatra criticizing the composer, Bhasin tweeted her allegations against Malik.
- On August 2, 2021, Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat began trending on Twitter after he won Israel’s first Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics. As per the ceremony, the Israeli national anthem “Hatikvah” was played, and soon it was realized that the music of the national anthem was copied by Anu Malik from the song “Mera Mulk Mera Desh” from the movie “Diljale” (1996).
#anumalik Actually plagiarized the Israeli national anthem for Mera Mulk Mera Desh Song #diljale (1996)? ? ? pic.twitter.com/u3rGHlBNDF
— Suryakant Dholakhandi (@maadalaadlahere) August 2, 2021
Awards
- In 2001, he won the National Award for Best Music Director for the movie “Refugee”.
Film Audience Award
- In 1994, he won the Best Music Director Award for the movie “Baazigar”
- In 2001, he won a special award for the movie “Refugee”
- In 2005, he won the Best Music Director Award for the movie “Main Hoon Na”
favorite thing
- Actors: Mumtaz, Madhubala
- Musicians: Whitney Houston, Backstreet Boys
fact
- He received his musical training from his father Sardar Malik.
Anu Malik and his father Sardar Malik
- Hasrat Jaipuri was his uncle, a famous lyricist and poet.
- He composed Ghulam Ali’s song in the film Awaargi (1990), but RD Burman recorded the song.
- The 2001 Hollywood film Moulin Rouge! ” uses his work “Chamma Chamma”.
- According to reports, the reason he quit Indian Idol in 2010 was because singer Sunidhi Chauhan was being paid Rs 7.5 lakh per episode, while he was only getting Rs 5 lakh.
- He composed unfinished music for films such as Gang (2000) and Ghatak (1996) after R. D Burman’s death.
- It is said that he can compose a mediocre song in just 20 minutes.
- He has composed music for more than 350 films.
- Each actor is identified by the song given to them by Anu Malik, including Urmila Matondkar (“Chamma Chamma Girl”), Shilpa Shetty (“Chura Ke Dil Girl”), Karisma Kapoor (“Sexy Girl”) and Tabu (“Rukh ”) Rook Girl.
- He has worked with many singers and actors, from Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar to Shreya Ghoshal; from Amitabh Bachchan to Varun Dhawan, from Hema Malini Hema Malini to Anushka Sharma.
- Talking about his work, Anu Malik said-
I don’t trust music libraries. I’ve probably hummed 25,000 tunes into tapes and thrown them away. When producers or directors come to me, I sing them fresh tunes. I probably have 35,000 tunes, but I don’t know where they are. “
- Initially, his name was written as “Annu”. Anu contacted a numerologist who asked Anu to remove the “N” from his name. After changing his name to ‘Anu’, he sang in several hit Bollywood songs and became a huge success.
- He attributes his success to JP Dutta, who provided him with various opportunities and helped him achieve his goals.
- In 2019, Anu Malik was criticized for being reinstated as a judge on Indian Idol 11 despite #MeToo accusations. On November 21, 2019, the singer resigned as a judge on the show and said he would come back only after clearing the air about the allegations leveled against him by singers like Shweta Pandit, Sona Mohapatra and Neha Bhasin.
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