Anu Malik Appreciation Thread

Hey everyone!

Indian Idol 5 has now begun and I hope the II5 forum is just as successful as the Music ka Maha Muqqabla forum. One of the members in that forum, ssk13809, made a great contribution by opening appreciation threads for all the judges of that show. I'm following in his footsteps and opening similar threads for the judges of II5 on this forum.

So we begin with Anu Malik! Those who recognise me will know that I am quite a fan of his 😃!

Son of the purist composer, Shri Sardar Malik, Anu started working young. His father did not achieve great success or fame despite having a lot of talent, because showbiz is as much about knowing people as it is about knowing your work and Sardar was not a man to make contacts and ask for work. Anu realised this and was not ashamed to really follow producers and ask for work when he started his career.

Anu Malik has worked in the Hindi film music industry for around 30 years, composing for more than 200 films. In this time, Anu Malik has gone through a rollercoster ride and he has had his share of highs and lows.

Anu Malik's Lows:

1. After his debut in music direction in the early 80's, he went through a prolonged period of being out of work until the early 90's.

2. Once he did get recognition, it was often for his acts of plagiarism rather than for his original songs. The label of copycat has stuck with him since he infamously copied the Macarena song among a number of others. His contemporaries, Jatin-Lalit and Nadeem-Shravan, have escaped the copycat label despite lifting tunes too.

4. In the mid-1990's, the great lyricist Javed Akhtar had a fallout with Anu and vowed never to work with Anu Malik again. Javed Saab was upset with Anu for tampering with lyrics. The film Ishq was to be their last album together.

3. Anu Malik was not offered the music of Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Om Shanti Om or Rang De Basanti, despite giving some great music for the first films of the directors of these films: he worked with Rajkumar Hirani on Munna Bhai MBBS, with Farah Khan on Main Hoon Na and with Rakesh Mehra on Aks.

Anu Malik's Highs:

1. He is part of the distinguished group of Hindi film composers to have received the National Film Award for Best Music Direction, which he received for his work on Refugee.

2. Anu Malik produced chartbusting music throughout the nineties and early two thousands, often doing ten or more films a year.

3. He has many awards, including two Filmfare Awards for Best Music and a Filmfare Special Award for Contribution to Music in 2000. He also won the Screen Artist of the Decade Award in 2000.

4. Anu Malik created some of his best work in 1993 in Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayi and Baazigar, which catapulted his fame and for which he got his first Filmfare Award. The next landmark came in 1997, with Border and Virasat, when Anu Malik got recognised for his soulful, melodious numbers and was undoubtedly the numero uno in Bollywood music. And in 2000, with hits like Fiza, Josh and Refugee, Anu got another boost and offers started pouring in, even from filmmakers like Subhash Ghai and Sooraj Barjatiya, who otherwise would not have liked his work.

5. Javed Akhtar was so impressed with Anu during Border that he took his autograph and decided that he WOULD work with Anu again.

Anyway, I don't want this post to get any longer... So I am inviting you guys to share what you appreciate about Anu Malik with India Forums! What are your favourite songs composed or sung by him? What about his judging? Comment on anything you like 😃

he is not as bad as he is made out to be!

Only 1 post? Looks like there is not much appreciation towards Anu Malik. No surprise. 😆

If you saw "Himesh's Appreciation Thread", I think it's post total was in the hundreds.



Jai Mata Di!
Jai Hindustan!

good to see u back xobile!

Yesterday' episode was decent but I loved that moment where a contestent sings well, but anu malik tries to send him off initially, but after a few seconds he gives him the mumbai pass and the contestent comments-you scared the hell out of me!

another moment-lily, tum humko milee dialogue reminded me of his old rhyming ways in past editions of the idol. lets hope he keeps entertaining us with those comments and judges the show without any bias.😃

Originally posted by: ssk13809

Only 1 post? Looks like there is not much appreciation towards Anu Malik. No surprise. 😆

If you saw "Himesh's Appreciation Thread", I think it's post total was in the hundreds.



Jai Mata Di!
Jai Hindustan!

please do not remind me of himesh again!😕

Originally posted by: cosworthkid007

please do not remind me of himesh again!😕

lol

Firstly, i would like to appreciate the information given by xobile on Anu Malik, it increased my knowledge, thanks for that.

My favourite Anu Malik albums:

1. Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayi, esp the song 'Tere dar par sanam, chale aaye'

2. Baazigar, esp the song 'Aye mere humsafar, aye meri jaanejaan'

3. Virasat, esp 'Taare hain baaraati' which Shahenaaz sang in her audition

4. Border, esp 'Sandese aate hain', 'Humein Jabse Mohabbat', 'Mere Dushman mere bhai' and 'To Chalun'

5. Refugee, esp 'Aisa Lagta Hai' and 'Mere Humsafar'

6. Fiza, esp the title song and. 'Na Leke Jao'

7. Main Hoon Na, esp the title song and 'Tumse milke dil ka'

8. Jaanemann, esp 'Sau Dard' and 'Ajnabi Sheher'

what are your favourites?

@ xobile

That's a good choice, somone!

Did you know that the only time A R Rahman was nominated without winning the Filmfare Award for Best Music was in 2005, when Anu Malik won the award for 'Main Hoon Na'? Other than this one time, A R rahman has always won the award when nominated!