List of Indian Film Music Directors

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
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
sanjeevbabu malayalam
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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