Amaal Mallik


Amaal Mallik is an Indian music director, composer, singer and lyricist in the Hindi film industry hailing from a musical family. He is son of Daboo Malik and Jyothi Malik, and grandson of Sardar malik. He is brother of singer Armaan Malik and nephew of music composer and singer Anu Malik. He debuted in 2014 by composing three songs for Salman Khan's Jai Ho, following it up with the song "Naina" from Khoobsurat. Amaal Mallik is currently managed by Mourjo Chatterjee

Early life and background

Mallik is the elder of two children born to music director Daboo Malik and Jyothi Malik. He studied in Jamnabai Narsee School and completed his graduation in Bachelor of Commerce from N. M. College in Mumbai.
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 under the guidance and training he received from teachers including Benny, Xavier Fernandes, Tony Pinto and Joy Bose. He also trained in Indian classical music informally under the tutelage of his grandfather Sardar Malik.

Career

Mallik began his career journey at a young age. After completing his 10th grade year, he immediately went on to assist music composer and background scorer Amar Mohile for the soundtrack of Sarkar and Shootout at Lokhandwala at the age of 15, later moving on to producing and arranging music for his father in films like Sohail Khan's Kisaan, for which he collaborated on a remix track of "Mere Desh Ki Dharti" with pop singer, Daler Mehndi.
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 Khwaabb, a sports film produced by PVR Pictures & Bullseye Entertainment, which won him good reviews.
In 2014, he debuted as a music composer. He composed three songs for Salman Khan's film Jai Ho and a song for Khoobsurat.
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".
In 2016, he composed a song for Mastizaade, two songs for Airlift, three songs for Sanam Re, one song for Baaghi, and two songs for Kapoor & Sons, including "Kar Gaye Chull", which he composed with Badshah. He also composed a song for Do Lafzon Ki Kahani, three songs for Azhar, a song for Sarbjit, a song for Baar Baar Dekho, and a song for Force 2. He was the main composer of . He composed the Hindi, Tamil and Telugu soundtrack of the film. He composed eight songs for the Hindi soundtrack of this film, and Rochak Kohli joined as a guest composer by composing a song for the Hindi soundtrack. In 2016, he composed a single which was sung by Shaan. In 2016, he earned two nominations for Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for Kapoor & Sons along with Badshah, Tanishk Bagchi, Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Benny Dayal and Nucleya; and for Baaghi along with Meet Bros, Ankit Tiwari and Manj Musik.
In 2017, he composed two songs for Badrinath Ki Dulhania, of which he sang "Aashiq Surrender Hua" with Shreya Ghoshal; another was sung by Arijit Singh. Singh won Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer and Mallik earned a nomination of Filmfare Award for Best Music Director along with Tanishk Bagchi an Akhil Sachdeva. Mallik composed all the songs for Noor, and sang a song with Tulsi Kumar. He composed two songs for Chef, two songs for Golmaal Again, and two songs for Mubarakan; he also sang in the latter. He composed two singles in 2017, both sung by his younger brother Armaan Malik.
In 2018, Mallik composed two singles, "Ghar Se Nikalte Hi" and "Ready to Move". Armaan sang in both songs. Mallik also composed a song for Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety which earned him .
In 2019, Mallik composed two songs, "Kyun Rabba" and "Tum Na Aaye" for the Sujoy Ghosh thriller Badla, which marked him as the youngest composer to compose for Amitabh Bachchan. Currently Mallik is being featured as judge in the Indian reality singing show, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs. He next composed "Chale Aana",sung by Armaan, for the Luv Ranjan backed De De Pyaar De. He also composed a song for the second highest-grossing film that year, Kabir Singh, which was titled "Yeh Aaina" and sung by Shreya Ghoshal. On July 8th,2020 another single was released under the name of Zara Thehro, sung by his brother Armaan Malik and Tulsi Kumar under the label T-series.

Advertising and television career

Mallik has composed music for over 100 advertisement jingles with directors like Prakash Verma, Kailash Surendranath, Prahlad Kakar, Vinod P Vijay, Jeet Surendranth, E. Niwas, Bauddhayan Mukherji, Hemanth Bhandari for brands like Amul, Vodafone, Horlicks, Relaxo, Toyota, Cornetto, Indian Oil, Sunfeast, iBall, and Makemytrip.com.
He composed the title track for Sony and Ravi Adhikari's Hongey Judaa Na Hum and also the background score for reputed television director Siddharth Sengupta and Sphere Origin's Show - 26/12 for Life Ok, for which he was nominated for best background score.

Discography

As a composer

YearFilmSongsNotes
2014Jai Ho3 songs: Tumko To Aana Hi Tha, Love You Till The End, Jai Jai Jai Jai Ho Debut film as composer
2014Khoobsurat1 song: Naina
2015Roy2 songs: "Sooraj Dooba Hain", Sooraj Dooba Hain Filmfare Awards
Producers Guild Film Awards
2015Ek Paheli Leela3 songs: Tere Bin Nahi Laage, Tere Bin Nahi Laage, Saiyaan SuperstarTere Bin Nahi Laage is a recreated song original music by Uzair Jaswal
2015All Is Well1 song: Chaar Shanivaar
2015Hero4 songs: Main Hoon Hero Tera, Main Hoon Hero Tera, Main Hoon Hero Tera, O Khuda
2015Calendar Girls2 songs: Khwaishein, Khwaishein
2015Hate Story 32 songs: Tumhe Apna Banane Ka, Love To Hate You
2016Airlift4 songs: "Soch Na Sake", "Soch Na Sake
2017Golmaal Again2 songs: Neend Churai, Hum Nahi SudrengeNeend Churai hook line taken from the film Ishq credited to Linear
2018Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety1 song: Subah Subah
2019Badla3 songs: Kyun Rabba, Kyun Rabba Reprise and Tum Na AayeYoungest music composer to compose songs for Amitabh Bachchan
2019De De Pyaar De2 songs - Tu Mila Toh Hai Na and Chale Aana
2019Kabir Singh1 song - Ye AainaFirst song with Irshad Kamil
2020Saina2 songs: TBA

As a playback singer

YearFilmSongCo-singerNotes-
2015HeroO KhudaPalak MuchhalComposed by himself-
2016Force 2Catch Me If U CanComposed by himselfComposed by Gourov-Roshin
2017NoorGulabi 2.0Tulsi Kumar, Yash NarvekarComposed by himselfComposed by Gourov-Roshin
2017Badrinath Ki DulhaniaAashiq Surrender HuaShreya GhoshalComposed by himself-
2017MubarakanThe Goggle SongSonu Nigam, Armaan Malik, Tulsi Kumar and Neeti Mohan--
2019T-Series Mixtape season 2Main Rahoon Ya Naa Rahoon/Dil Kyun Yeh MeraPrakriti Kakar-

Score

Mallik composed these songs in single release under the exclusive contract with music company T-Series which were all produced by Bhushan Kumar.
YearSongSinger
2015"Zindagi Aa Raha Hoon Main"Atif Aslam-
2015"Chal Wahan Jaate Hain"Arijit Singh-
2015"Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon "Armaan Malik-
2015"Wedding Da Season"Neha Kakkar & Mika Singh-
2016"Tum Ho Toh Lagta Hai"Shaan-
2017"Aaja Na Ferrari Mein"Armaan Malik-
2017"Paas Aao"Armaan Malik & Prakriti Kakar-
2018"Ghar Se Nikalte Hi"Armaan Malik-
2018"Ready to Move"Armaan Malik-
2019"Tera shehar"Mohammad kalam-
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Awards and nominations