Best Music Directors in Bollywood???

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Bollywood has seen some fine music directors in recent times.

There is Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (Dil Chahta Hai, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Lakshya, Bunty Aur Babli), Vishal-Sekhar (Jhankaar Beats, Zinda, Taxi No 9 2 11), Ismail Durbar (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devdas) and Pritam (Dhoom, Gangster).

There is also Himesh Reshammiya, who has scored hit music with every film release.

And then, of course, there is the brilliant A R Rahman, who has been giving us awesome music for over a decade now.

Who, do you think, is Bollywood's best music director in recent times? Have your say!

and most of the Users choose A R Rahman...

and who is your CHOICE??

New Age - A.R. Rehman and Ismail Darbar

Old MDs... Naushad, S.D. Burman, Madan Mohan

Old time..OP Nayyar..Naushad, Madan, SD,Husaain,..new era..all are ok, no one can touch them

Himmy Bhaiyya only. 😛 😛

Himmy Bhaiyya is the best Miuzik Director and best male playback singer ever, and Sagarika is the best female singer of India.

New: ARR and Ismail Durbar
Old: a long list

New times: A.R.Rehman, Ismail Darbar and Shantanu Moitra
Old times: S.D.Burman, Madan Mohan and Pancham

Originally posted by: charades

Hi Kavita,

My vote goes to A R Rehman
From Old times no one is close to Madan Mohan

Agee with VJ 😊

5 RECENT-DECENT - ARR, ID, J-L,Nadeem Shravan, Pritam
5 OLD-GOLD - RDB, SDB, Khaiyaam, Madan Mohan, Hemant Kumar

Who are the best? Well, it is subjective. Each one has his own strenghts --- for soulful songs I like Madan Mohan the best. No one can match him. For the melody, my vote goes to SD Burman. For classical based songs, I would choose Naushad. For versatility , RD Burman is my man. Then I like OP Nayyar, Salil Chaudhary for different reasons.

Let me throw a related question -- who are the top 5 most popular MDs, in terms of number of movies they composed music for? My guess is --

MD/Approx. Movies

1. Laxmikant Pyarelal -- nearly 500 movies
2. RD Burman -- 400
3. Kalyanji-Anandji -- 375
4. ??? -- ???
5. ??? -- ???

Charades, Swar, Burnali, others.....any corrections/guesses?