Early Years
The son of veteran composer Sardar Malik, brother of Abu Malik and Daboo Malik, Anu Malik learned music from Pandit Ram Prasad Sharma (Babaji). He made his debut in Hunterwali in 1977. He composed for various famous films like Sohni Mahiwal (1984), Mard, Ganga Jamuna Saraswathi and Jeete Hain Shaan Se got recognition for them, but still throughout the 1980s he could not get much of the work as there were so many established music directors like R.D. Burman, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Kalyanji-Anandji and Bappi Lahiri. One of the only producers that always returned to him were FC Mehra's Eagle Films. Other early films were:
- Poonam
- Ek Jaan Hain Hum
- Mard
- Maa
- Maalamaal
- Love Marriage
- Aasman
- Jaal
- Allah Rakha
- Mujrim
He also has a Hindi poetry school in Karol Bagh, New Delhi
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