Most Indian films are musicals, and their music directors are among the best known musicians in India. Music directors are typically both composers and arrangers. Some are famed playback singers as well.
See the article on filmi music.
Notable directors include:
Music Director | Language |
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Aadesh Shrivastava | Hindi |
Adnan Sami | Hindi |
Ajay-Atul | Marathi,Hindi,Tamil |
Amit Trivedi | Hindi |
Anand Raj Anand | Hindi |
Anand-Milind | Hindi |
Anil Biswas | Hindi |
Anirudh Ravichander | Tamil,Hindi |
Anu Malik | Hindi, Kannada |
Arjun Janya | Kannada |
C. Aswath | Kannada |
Baba Sehgal | Hindi |
S.D. Burman | Hindi, Bengali |
S. P. Balasubramanyam | Tamil, Telugu, Kannada |
Bappi Lahiri | Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu |
Berny Ignatius | Malayalam |
Bharathwaj | Tamil, Telugu |
Bhaskar Chandavarkar | Hindi |
Bhavatharini | Tamil, Hindi |
Bhupen Hazarika | Hindi, Assamese |
Chakravarthy | Kannada, Telugu |
Chitragupta | Hindi |
Colonial Cousins | Hindi, Tamil |
Dakshinamurthy | Malayalam, Tamil |
Datta Naik | Hindi |
Dayitva Bharti | Hindi |
Devi Sri Prasad | Telugu, Tamil, Hindi |
Deva | Tamil,Hindi |
Dev Sen | Bengali,Hindi |
Devan Ekambaram | Tamil |
Dharan | Tamil |
Dhina | Tamil |
G. Devarajan | Malayalam, Hindi |
Gangai Amaren | Tamil, Telugu, Kannada |
Gopi Sundar | Malayalam |
Ghantasala | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada |
Gurukiran | Kannada, Telugu |
Hamsalekha | Kannada, Tamil, Telugu |
Harris Jayaraj | Tamil, Hindi, Telugu |
Hemant Kumar | Hindi |
Himesh Reshammiya | Hindi, Tamil |
Hridaynath Mangeshkar | Marathi, Hindi |
V. Harikrishna | Kannada, Telugu |
Ilayaraja | Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada, English, Marathi |
Ismail Darbar | Hindi |
Imman | Tamil, Telugu |
James Vasanthan | Tamil |
Jassie Gift | Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada |
Jatin-Lalit | Hindi, Telugu |
Johnson | Malayalam, Tamil |
Joshua Sridhar | Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu |
Y.S.Julius Caesar | Hindi & Tamil Composer, Arranger |
M. Jayachandran | Malayalam, Tamil |
M. M. Keeravani/M. M. Kreem | Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam |
K. Kalyan | Kannada |
Kailash-Naresh-Paresh | Hindi |
Kalyanji Anandji | Hindi |
Karthik | Tamil |
Karthik Raja | Tamil, Hindi, Kannada |
Khayyam | Hindi |
Kishore Kumar | Hindi |
V Kumar | Tamil |
Kumar Sanu | Hindi |
Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan | Tamil |
Lalit Pandit | Hindi |
Laxmikant Pyarelal | Hindi |
Leslie Lewis | Hindi |
T. G. Lingappa | Kannada, Tamil, Telugu |
V. Manohar | Kannada |
K V Mahadevan | Tamil, Telugu |
Madan Mohan | Hindi |
Mani Sharma | Telugu, Tamil |
Manikanth Kadri | Kannada, Tamil |
Mano Murthy | Kannada |
Mithoon Sharma | Hindi |
Monty Sharma | Hindi |
Mysore Gopi | Kannada |
Neeta Sen | Bengali |
Nadeem-Shravan | Hindi |
Naushad | Hindi |
Nitz 'N' Sony | Hindi |
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | Hindi |
O.P. Nayyar | Hindi |
Ouseppachan | Malayalam, Tamil |
Pankaj Mullick | Hindi |
Pendyala Nageswara Rao | Telugu, Tamil |
G. V. Prakash Kumar | Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi |
Prashant Pillai | Hindi, Malayalam |
Pravin Mani | Tamil, Telugu, Hindi |
Premji Amaran | Tamil |
Pritam Chakraborty | Hindi |
A. R. Rahman | Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Chinese |
C. Ramchandra | Hindi |
Rahul Dev Burman | Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Oriya, Marathi, English |
R. P. Patnaik | Telugu, Kannada, Tamil |
Rahul Raj | Telugu, Malayalam |
Raj-Koti | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada |
M. Ranga Rao | Kannada |
Rajan-Nagendra | Kannada, Telugu |
Ram Lakshman | Hindi |
Ramana Gogula | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi |
Ramesh Sippy | Hindi |
Ramesh Naidu | Telugu |
J. V. Raghavulu | Telugu |
Ranjith Barot | Hindi |
Raveendran | Malayalam, Tamil |
Ravindra Jain | Hindi |
Roop Kumar Rathod | Hindi |
Rishi Chanda | Hindi,Bengali,English |
Roshan | Hindi |
Rupesh Ubhare | Hindi,Marathi,Mallyalam |
T. K. Ramamoorthy | Tamil, Telugu |
M. G. Radhakrishnan | Malayalam, Tamil |
M. G. Sreekumar | Malayalam, Tamil |
Saluri Rajeswara Rao | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada |
Sadhu Kokila | Kannada |
Sagar S | Kannada,Tamil |
Salil Chowdhury | Hindi, Bengali |
Sajid-Wajid | Hindi |
Sandesh Shandilya | Hindi |
Sandeep Chowta | Hindi |
Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Hindi |
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Sanjeev Darshan | Hindi |
Sankar Ganesh | Tamil, Kannada, Telugu |
Santhosh Narayanan | Tamil, Telugu |
Satyam | Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu |
Selvaganesh | Tamil, Kannada |
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy | Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, English |
Shankar-Jaikishan | Hindi |
Shantanu Moitra | Bengali, Hindi |
Sharreth | Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu |
Shyam | Malayalam, Tamil |
Shruti Hassan | Tamil, Hindi, Telugu |
Srinivas | Tamil |
Sohail Sen | Hindi |
Srikanth Deva | Tamil |
Sukhwinder Singh | Hindi |
Suresh Peters | Malayalam, Tamil |
Thaman | Tamil, Telugu |
Thomas Rathnam | Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, English, Urdu , |
Upendra Kumar | Kannada |
Uttam Singh | Hindi, Tamil |
V. Ravichandran | Kannada |
L. Vaidyanathan | Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam |
M S Viswanathan | Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu |
Vidyasagar | Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi |
Vijay Antony | Tamil, Telugu |
Vijaya Bhaskar | Kannada |
Viju Shah | Hindi |
Vishal Bhardwaj | Hindi |
G. K. Venkatesh | Kannada,Malayalam,Tamil,Telugu |
S. P. Venkatesh | Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam |
Vishal-Shekhar | Hindi |
Yuvan Shankar Raja | Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada |
Zakir Hussain | Hindi |
Zubeen Garg | Hindi |
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