Amaal Mallik
Amaal Mallik (born 16 June 1991) is an Indian music director, composer, singer, music producer, arranger, background scorer, performer and lyricist.[1] He is the elder son of Daboo Malik and Jyothi Malik, and grandson of Sardar Malik.[2] He debuted as a composer in 2014 by composing three songs for Salman Khan’s Jai Ho, following it up with the song “Naina” from Khoobsurat.[3] He got widely recognition by composing songs for M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story.[4]
Amaal Mallik is the elder of two children born to music director Daboo Malik and Jyothi Malik.[5] He was born on June 16, 1991 in Mumbai. He studied in Jamnabai Narsee School and completed his graduation in Bachelor of Commerce from N. M. College in Mumbai. He is brother of singer Armaan Malik.[citation needed]
He started learning music at the age of 8 and took a liking towards the piano. He studied piano and completed his course at Trinity College of Music (Western Classical, Jazz & Rock) under the guidance and training he received from teachers including Benny, Xavier Fernandes, Tony Pinto and Joy Bose.[6] He also trained in Indian classical music informally under the tutelage of his grandfather Sardar Malik.[7]
Mallik began his career journey at a young age. After completing his 10th grade, he immediately went on to assist music composer and background scorer Amar Mohile for the soundtrack of Sarkar (2005) and Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007) at the age of 15, later moving on to producing and arranging music for his father in films like Sohail Khan’s Kisaan (2009), for which he collaborated on a remix track of “Mere Desh Ki Dharti” with pop singer, Daler Mehndi.[8]
From 2008 to 2011 Malik produced background scores for Sandeep Chowta and Salim-Sulaiman for films like Rowdy Rathore, R… Rajkumar, Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns, Heroine, Youngistaan, Ab Tak Chhappan 2, and Phata Poster Nikla Hero. His first outing as a solo background scorer was for Saina, a biopic on the life of ace badminton player Saina Nehwal.[9]
In 2014, he debuted as a music composer. He composed three songs for Salman Khan’s film Jai Ho and a song for Khoobsurat.[10]
In 2015, he composed 2 songs for Roy. The song “Sooraj Dooba Hain”, sung by Arijit Singh and Aditi Singh Sharma, was the biggest hit of 2015 and earned him a Filmfare Award for Best Music Director along with Ankit Tiwari and Meet Bros. For that song Singh won Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer. Then he composed three songs for Ek Paheli Leela, two of which he composed with Uzair Jaswal, and one he composed alone. He composed a song with Badshah for the film All Is Well. He also composed a song for Hate Story 3 and two songs for Calendar Girls. He composed four songs for Hero, and sang “O Khuda” with Palak Muchhal. In 2015, he composed four singles including “Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon”.
