Amaal Mallik
Amaal Mallik (born 16 June 1991) is a music composer in the Hindi film industry hailing from a musical family. He is the grandson of Sardar Malik; son of Daboo Malik and nephew of music composer Anu Malik. Amaal started learning music at the age of 8 and took a liking towards the piano. He debuted in 2014 with Salman Khan's Jai Ho, following it up with the song "Naina" from Sonam Kapoor and Fawad Khan Starrer Khoobsurat. He made his singing debut with the song "O Khuda" from the 2015 bollywood film Hero.
Education
Amaal studied in Jamnabai Narsee School and completed his graduation in Bachelor of Commerce from N.M College in Mumbai. He studied piano and completed his course at The Trinity College of Music (Western Classical, Jazz & Rock) in London under the guidance and training he received from teachers like Benny, Xavier Fernandes, Tony Pinto, Joy Bose.
He is also trained in Indian classical music informally under the tutelage of his grandfather Sri Sardar Malik.
Early years
Mallik began his Bollywood 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 (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) where he collaborated on a remix track of Mere Desh Ki Dharti with pop king Daler Mehndi.
In 2008-2011 Malik assisted music composer Pritam on several film albums, alongside producing background scores for Sandeep Chowta and Salim-Sulaiman for films like -
- Rowdy Rathore
- R....Rajkumar
- Saheb Biwi Gangster Returns
- Heroine
- Youngistaan
- Ab Tak Chappan 2
- 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.
Advertising and television
Amaal has composed music for over 67 advertisement jingles with top notch directors like Prakash Verma, Kailash Surendranath, Prahlad Kakar, Vinod P Vijay, Jeet Surendranth, E.Niwas, Bodhayan Mukherjee (Little Lamb Films), Hemanth Bhandari (Chrome Pictures) for brands like Amul, Vodafone, Horlicks, Relaxo, Toyota, Cornetto, Indian Oil, Sunfeast, iBall, Makemytrip.com.[1]
He composed the title track for Sony and Ravi Adhikari's Hongey Judaa Na Hum[2] and also the background score for reputed television director Siddharth Sengupta and Sphere Origin's Show - 26/12 (Chabbis Barah) for Life Ok, where he was nominated for best background score.
Singles
Amaal Mallik composed these songs in single release. The video of these singles is directed by Ahmed Khan starring Tiger Shroff and Kriti Sanon in the lead.
| Song(s) | Singer |
|---|---|
| Zindagi Aa Raha Hoon Main | Atif Aslam |
| Chal Wahan Jaate Hain | Arijit Singh |
Filmography
Music Director
- Jai Ho (2014) - Eros & Pacific Ventures starring Salman Khan and Daisy Shah[3]
- Khoobsurat (2014) - Disney & Anil Kapoor Film Company starring Sonam Kapoor and Fawad Khan[4]
- Roy (2015) - T-series film starring Ranbir Kapoor, Jaqueline Fernandez, Arjun Rampal
- Ek Paheli Leela (2015) - T-series & Paperdoll Productions starring Sunny Leone, Jay Bhanushali, Mohit Ahlawat
- Mastizaade (2015) - Pritish Nandy Communications film starring Sunny Leone, Tushar Kapoor, Vir Das
- Calendar Girls (2015) - Madhur Bhandarkar
- Hero (2015) - Nikhil Advani & Salman Khan Ventures film starring Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty
- Sanam Re (2015) - Vivek Agnihotri & T-series production starring Pulkit Samrat and Yami Gautam
- All Is Well (2015) - T-Series & Alchemy productions starring Abhishek Bachchan and Asin
Background Scorer
Khwaabb - PVR Pictures & Bullseye Entertainment starring Navdip Singh and Simer K Motiani.[5] W (2014) - A thriller directed by Tarun Madan Chopra and produced by Legacy Film Productions
References
- ^ "Amal Malik". YouTube. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "Honge Juda Na Hum Title Song Official- music by - Amal Malik". YouTube. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ ""Tumko To Aana Hi Tha" Video Song "Jai Ho" - Salman Khan, Daisy Shah". YouTube. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "'Naina' VIDEO Song - Sonam Kapoor, Fawad Khan, Sona Mohapatra - Amaal Mallik - Khoobsurat". YouTube. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "Salman Khan @ Khwaab Music Launch". YouTube. Retrieved 11 December 2014.