Anu Malik is an Indian music composer and singer who mainly sings and composes music for Bollywood films. He is famous for the mega music composer of the 90s.
Wiki/Biography
Anu Malik was born as ‘Anwar Sardar Malik’ on 2 November 1960 (age 60; in 2021) in Mumbai. His zodiac sign is Scorpio.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 6′
Weight (approx): 85 kg
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Hair Color: Black
Family, Caste & Wife
Anu Malik is the daughter of veteran music composer, Sardar Malik and his wife, Kausar Jahan Malik.
Anu Malik’s parents
He has two brothers named Daboo 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 named Ada Malik and Anmol Malik (singer).
Father Anu Malik Anju Malik And His Daughters
He has three nephews and one niece. Armaan Malik (singer) and Amaal Mallik (music director) are the children of Daboo Malik and his wife, Jyothi Malik.
Daboo Malik’s family Arman Malik’s brother
Aadar Malik and Kasheish Malik were sons of Abu Malik.
Family of Abu Malik Brother of Anu Malik
Career
Anu Malik made his debut as a music composer with the film “Hunterwali 77” in 1980.
He has composed several commercially successful songs for the film. He is known for his use of Tabla in his compositions. He finally got his breakthrough after 16 years when he composed music for the film, “Baazigar (1993).”
In addition, he has composed music for several films such as “Baazigar,” “Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994),” “Ishq (1997), “Baadshah (1999),” “Josh (2000),” “Har Dil Jo Pyaar Karega (2000),” and “Fiza (2000).
Controversy
- There was a verbal dispute between singer Mika Singh and him on the set of the reality show, where Mika had come to promote his film “Loot.”
- He has been accused of plagiarizing music for movies like Murder, Akele Hum Akele Tum, Deewane Hue Pagal, Hmeshaa, Baazigar, Imtehaan, etc.
- In the 1990s, singer Alisha Chinai alleged that Anu Malik sexually harassed 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 gave her support to the singer and said, “Every word spoken and written about Anu Malik is true. I support all women who finally speak up. May they find peace and closure in their lives. Although, Malik denied all the allegations but had to leave the reality show, ‘Indian Idol’ due to public backlash.
- In October 2019, another popular Indian playback singer, Neha Bhasin also accused Malik of indecent behavior. Responding to Sona Mohapatra’s string of tweets criticizing the composer, Bhasin tweeted his allegations against Malik.
- On August 2, 2021, he started trending on Twitter after Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat won Israel’s first Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics. As per the ritual, Israel’s national anthem Hatikvah was played, and soon, it was realized that the music of the song had been imitated by Anu Malik in the song Mera Mulk Mera Desh from the movie Diljale (1996).
#AnuMalik actually copied Israel’s National Anthem for Mera Mulk Mera Desh Song from #Diljale (1996) ??? pic.twitter.com/u3rGHlBNDF
— maadalaadlahere (@maadalaadlahere) August 2, 2021
Award
- National Award for Best Music Direction for the movie “Refugee” in 2001.
Filmfare Awards
- Best Music Director for the movie “Baazigar” in 1994
- Special Award for the film “Refugee” in 2001
- Best Music Director for the movie “Main Hoon Na” in 2005
Favorite Things
- Cast: Mumtaz, Madhubala
- Musicians: Whitney Houston, The Backstreet Boys
Facts
- He received musical training from his father, Sardar Malik.
Anu Malik With His Father Sardar Malik
- Hasrat Jaipuri, a famous lyricist and poet was his uncle.
- He did a Ghulam Ali song in the movie “Awaargi (1990), but RD Burman recorded the song.
- His composition “Chamma Chamma” was used in the 2001 Hollywood film “Moulin Rouge!.”
- Reportedly, the reason he quit Indian Idol in 2010 was that singer Sunidhi Chauhan was paid 7.5 Lakhs per episode compared to her being paid only 5 Lakhs.
- He composed R. D Burman’s unfinished posthumous music in films like Gang (2000), and Ghatak (1996).
- Reportedly, he can compose a flat song in just 20 minutes.
- He has composed music for more than 350 films.
- Every actor and actress is known for a song that Anu Malik gave them including Urmila Matondkar- ‘Chamma Chamma Girl,’ Shilpa Shetty – ‘Chura Ke Dil Girl,’ Karisma Kapoor- ‘Sexy Sexy Girl,’ and Tabu- ‘Rukh Gadis Rukh.’
- He has worked with many singers, actors and actresses, right from Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar to Shreya Ghoshal; from Amitabh Bachchan to Varun Dhawan, and from Hema Malini to Anushka Sharma.
- Talking about his composition, Anu Malik said-
I don’t believe in group songs. I probably hummed 25,000 songs onto a cassette and threw it away. When producers or directors come to me, I sing fresh songs to them. I might have 35,000 songs, but I don’t know where they are.”
- Initially, her name was written as ‘Annu.’ Anu contacted a numerologist, who asked Anu to remove the ‘N’ from her name. After changing her name to ‘Anu,’ she gave some popular Bollywood numbers and experienced huge success.
- He credits his success to JP Dutta, who gave him various opportunities and helped him achieve his goals.
- In 2019, Anu Malik was criticized for being reappointed as a judge on Indian Idol 11 even after #MeToo allegations were leveled against her. On 21 November 2019, the singer resigned as a judge of the show and said that she would return only after clarifying the allegations leveled against her by singers like Shweta Pandit, Sona Mohapatra, and Neha Bhasin.
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