Amaal Mallik

Amaal Mallik
Mallik in 2023
Born	(1990-06-16) June 16, 1990 (age 35) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Education	Jamnabai Narsee School, Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Management
Alma mater	Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Occupation(s)	Singer, Composer, Music Director, Music Producer, Lyricist, Arranger
Years active	2014—present
Notable work	M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Noor Saina
Parent(s)	Daboo Malik, Jyothi Malik
Honours	Filmfare Award for Best Music Director (2020)
Musical career
Genres	Filmi Soundtrack Jazz Film score EDM • R&B • Classical Music • Pop music • Indian pop • Ballad
Instruments	Vocals piano
Labels	Zee Music Company MWM Entertainment T-Series Sony Music India

Amaal Mallik 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, grandson of Sardar Malik, and brother of playback singer Armaan 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]

Early life

Amaal Mallik is the elder of two children born to music director Daboo Malik and Jyothi Malik. ^[5] He was born on 16 June 1990 in Mumbai. He studied in Jamnabai Narsee School and completed his graduation in Bachelor of Commerce from N. M. College in Mumbai. His younger brother Armaan Malik is also a well-known musician. ^[6]

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. ^[7] He also trained in Indian classical music informally under the tutelage of his grandfather Sardar Malik. ^[8]

Career

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. ^[9]

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. ^[10]

In 2014, he debuted as a music composer. He composed three songs for Salman Khan's film Jai Ho and a song for Khoobsurat . ^[11]

In 2017, he composed two songs for Badrinath Ki Dulhania , of which he sang "Aashiq Surrender Hua" with Shreya Ghoshal; another, "Roke Na Ruke Naina" 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 , ^[12] and two songs for Mubarakan ; he also sang in the latter. ^[13] He composed two singles in the same, both sung by his younger brother Armaan Malik. ^[14]

In 2018, Mallik composed two singles, "Ghar Se Nikalte Hi" and "Ready to Move". Armaan sang in both songs. ^[15] Mallik also composed a song for Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety which earned him IIFA best music director of 2019.

In 2019, Mallik composed two songs, "Kyun Rabba" (sung by Armaan Malik) and "Tum Na Aaye" (sung by K.K.) for the Sujoy Ghosh thriller Badla , which marked him as the youngest composer to compose for Amitabh Bachchan. ^[16] Mallik was 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 . ^[17] 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 8 July 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. ^[18]

In August 2020 he come back with new song 'Dil Ko Maine Di Kasam" music is composed by himself, sung by Arijit Singh, lyrics are penned by Kumaar. ^[19]

Amaal Mallik announced his debut single titled "Tu Mera Nahi", sung and performed by him in collaboration with Sony Music India. ^[20]

He announced his upcoming song from Saina (film). In this film Mallik composed 3 songs titled, "Chal Wahin Chale" sung by Shreya Ghoshal, "Main Hoon Na Tere Saath" sung by Armaan Malik and "Parinda" sung by himself. ^[21]

In September 2021, Mallik, along with Sukriti Kakar and Prakriti Kakar, collaborated with Dua Lipa for Indian remix version of Levitating. ^[22]

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In 2020, Eastern Eye also listed him in Dynamic dozen for the decade in its 11th position. ^[23]

Discography

As a composer

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Song	Singer(s)	Lyrics	Notes
2014	Jai Ho	Tumko To Aana Hi Tha	Armaan Malik, Marianne D'Cruz, Altamash Faridi	Shabbir Ahmed	Debut film as composer
		Jai Ho (Title Track)	Wajid Khan, Armaan Malik
		Love You Till The End (House Mix)	Armaan Malik
	Khoobsurat	Naina	Sona Mohapatra, Armaan Malik	Kumaar
		Naina (Female)	Sona Mohapatra
2015	Roy	Sooraj Dooba Hain	Arijit Singh, Aditi Singh Sharma		*Winner - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director *Winner - Producers Guild Film Awards
		Sooraj Dooba Hain (version 2)
	Ek Paheli Leela	Tere Bin Nahi Laage	Uzair Jaswal		Recreated song Original music and co-composed by Uzair Jaswal
		Tere Bin Nahi Laage (Female Version)	Tulsi Kumar, Aishwarya Majumder, Alamgir Khan
		Saiyaan Superstar	Tulsi Kumar
	All Is Well	Chaar Shanivaar	Vishal Dadlani, Badshah	Shabbir Ahmed
	Hero	Main Hoon Hero Tera (Salman Khan Version)	Salman Khan	Kumaar
		Main Hoon Hero Tera (Armaan Malik Version)	Armaan Malik
		Main Hoon Hero Tera (Armaan Malik Sad Version)
		O Khuda	Amaal Mallik, Palak Muchhal		Debut as a singer
	Calendar Girls	Khwaishein (Rock Version)	Arijit Singh
		Khwaishein (Film version)	Armaan Malik
		Shaadi Wali Night	Aditi Singh Sharma
	Hate Story 3	Tumhe Apna Banane Ka Junoon	Armaan Malik, Neeti Mohan	Rashmi Virag	Hook line was taken from track "Tumhe Apna Banane Ka Kasam" of Sadak
2016	Airlift	Soch Na Sake	Arijit Singh, Tulsi Kumar, Amaal Mallik	Kumaar	Inspired from a single titled "Soch" of Hardy Sandhu
		Soch Na Sake (Solo Version)	Arijit Singh
		Tu Bhoola Jise	KK
		Mera Nachan Nu	Brijesh Shandilya, Divya Kumar, Amaal Mallik
	Mastizaade	Rom Rom Romantic	Mika Singh, Armaan Malik	Manoj Muntashir
	Sanam Re	Gazab Ka Hai Yeh Din	Arijit Singh		Hook line is taken from film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
		Kya Tujhe Ab Ye Dil Bataye	Falak Shabir
		Hua Hain Aaj Pehli Baar	Armaan Malik, Palak Muchhal	Manoj Yadav
	Kapoor & Sons	Kar Gayi Chull (Original music and co-composed by Badshah)	Badshah, Fazilpuria, Sukriti Kakkar, Neha Kakkar	Badshah, Kumaar	Nominated- Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
		Buddhu Sa Mann	Armaan Malik	Abhiruchi Chand
	Baaghi	Sab Tera	Armaan Malik, Shraddha Kapoor	Sanjeev Chaturvedi
	Azhar	Bol Do Na Zara	Armaan Malik	Rashmi Virag
		Tu Hi Na Jaane	Sonu Nigam, Prakriti Kakkar	Kumaar
		Jeet Ne Ke Liye	KK
	Sarbjit	Salamat	Arjit Singh, Tulsi Kumar	Rashmi Virag
	Do Lafzon Ki Kahani	Kuch To Hai	Armaan Malik	Manoj Muntashir
	M.S. Dhoni : The Untold Story	Besabriyaan			All songs were released in four languages : Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Marathi
		Kaun Tujhe (Armaan Malik Version)
		Jab Tak
		Jab Tak (Redux)
		Phir Kabhi	Arijit Singh
		Phir Kabhi (Reprise)
		Kaun Tujhe	Palak Muchhal
		Parwah Nahin	Siddharth Basrur
		Padhoge Likhoge	Ananya Nanda, Adithyan, A. Prithviraj
	Baar Baar Dekho	Sau Aasmaan	Neeti Mohan, Armaan Malik	Kumaar
	Force 2	Catch Me If You Can	Amaal Mallik
		Ishaara	Armaan Malik	Rashmi Virag
2017	Badrinath Ki Dulhania	Aashiq Surrender Hua	Amaal Mallik, Shreya Ghoshal	Shabbir Ahmed	*Winner - International Indian Film Academy Awards for Best Music Director * Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
		Roke Na Ruke Naina	Arijit Singh	Kumaar
	Noor	Uff Yeh Noor	Armaan Malik	Manoj Muntashir
		Hai Zaroori	Prakriti Kakkar
		Gulabi 2.0	Amaal Mallik, Tulsi Kumar, Yash Narvekar	Kumaar	Original Song Gulaabi Aankhen Jo Teri Dekhi was composed by R. D. Burman and written by Anand Bakshi
		Gulabi (Redux)	Tulsi Kumar, Yash Narvekar
		Jise Kehte Pyaar Hai	Sukriti Kakkar
	Mubarakan	The Goggle Song	Sonu Nigam, Armaan Malik, Amaal Mallik, Tulsi Kumar, Neeti Mohan
		Jatt Jaguar	Vishal Dadlani, Navraj Hans, Apeksha Dandekar
	Chef	Tere Mere	Armaan Malik	Rashmi Virag
		Tere Mere (Reprise)
	Golmaal Again	Hum Nahi Sudrenge		Kumaar
		Neend Churai	Neeraj Shridhar, Sukriti Kakkar		Hook line taken from the film Ishq credited to Linear
2018	Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety	Subah Subah	Arijit Singh, Prakriti Kakkar, Amaal Mallik		*Winner- International Indian Film Academy Awards for Best Music Director *Nominated -Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
2019	Badla	Kyun Rabba	Armaan Malik		Youngest music composer to compose songs for Amitabh Bachchan
		Kyun Rabba (Reprise)
		Tum Na Aaye	KK	A. M. Turaz
	De De Pyaar De	Tu Mila Toh Hai Na	Arijit Singh	Kunaal Vermaa
		Tu Mila Toh Hai Na (Atif Aslam Version)	Atif Aslam		Released later unofficially
		Chale Aana	Armaan Malik
	Kabir Singh	Ye Aaina	Shreya Ghoshal	Irshad Kamil	*Winner - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director *Winner- International Indian Film Academy Awards for Best Music Director
2021	Saina	Main Hoon Na Tere Saath	Armaan Malik	Kunaal Vermaa	Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
		Parinda	Amaal Mallik	Manoj Muntashir
		A Mother's Love	Suvarna Tiwari
		Chal Wahan Chalein	Shreya Ghoshal
		The Staircase of Life		Instrumental
		Embrace Yourself
		Hall of Mirrors
		The Curse of a Champion	Snigdha Pious
		The Sword of Saina	Suzanne D'Mello
	Koi Jaane Na	Koi Jaane Na (Title Track)	Armaan Malik, Tulsi Kumar, Amaal Mallik	Kumaar
		Koi Jaane Na (Title Track Version 2)	Atif Aslam, Tulsi Kumar		Not released
		Ishq Karo Dil Se	Jubin Nautiyal
	Bell Bottom	Tum Aaogey	Armaan Malik	Rashmi Virag
2022	Radhe Shyam	Jaan Hai Meri			Bilingual film Hindi Version only
		Labon Pe Naam
		Jaan Hai Meri (Lofi)
	Hurdang	Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai			Original by R.D. Burman from Rocky
	Bachchan Pandey	Heer Ranjhanaa	Arijit Singh, Shreya Ghoshal	Kumaar
	Nikamma	Killer	Mika Singh, Amaal Mallik
	Maarrich	Ja Ne Ja	Sunidhi Chauhan	Rashmi Virag
2023	Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan	Jee Rahe The Hum (Falling in Love)	Salman Khan	Shabbir Ahmed
2024	Vedaa	Zaroorat Se Zyada	Arijit Singh	Kunaal Vermaa
		Zaroorat Se Zyada (Female)	Shreya Ghoshal
		Zaroorat Se Zyada (Duet)	Arijit Singh, Shreya Ghoshal
	The Miranda Brothers	Be My Mehbooba	Darshan Raval, Neeti Mohan	Kumaar	JioCinema film
	Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3	Ami Je Tomar 3.0	Shreya Ghoshal	Sameer
		Ami Je Tomar 3.0 (Male)	Sonu Nigam
2025	Love in Vietnam	Bade Din Huye	Armaan Malik	Rashmi Virag
		Jeena Nahi

As a singer

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film/Album	Song(s)	Co-singer(s)	Lyricist	Notes
2015	Hero	O khuda	Palak Muchhal	Kumaar	Composed by himself
2016	Force 2	Catch Me If U Can	Solo
2017	Noor	Gulabi 2.0	Tulsi Kumar, Yash Narvekar
	Badrinath Ki Dulhania	Aashiq Surrender Hua	Shreya Ghoshal	Shabbir Ahmed
	Mubarakan	The Goggle Song	Tulsi Kumar, Sonu Nigam, Armaan Malik	Kumaar
2019	T-Series Mixtape season 2	Main Rahoon Ya Naa Rahoon/Dil Kyun Yeh Mera	Prakriti Kakar
2020	Tu Mera Nahi		Solo	Rashmi Virag	Debut as a singer & performer
2021	Saina	Parinda		Manoj Muntashir	Composed by himself
	Unacademy Unwind With MTV	Hasi Ban Gaye & Jaadu Teri Nazar	HBG (Armaan Malik) JTN (Single)	Kunaal Vermaa and Anand Bakshi	Recreated By Aditya
	Pyaar...Ek Tarfaa		Shreya Ghoshal	Manoj Muntashir	Composed by himself
2022	Tujhe Chaahta Hoon Kyun		Solo	Kunaal Vermaa
	Nikamma	Killer	Mika Singh	Kumaar

Score

• Saina -Background score

Singles

Year	Song(s)	Singer'
2015	"Zindagi Aa Raha Hoon Main"	Atif Aslam
	"Chal Wahan Jaate Hain"	Arijit Singh
	"Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon "	Armaan Malik
	"Wedding Da Season"	Neha Kakkar and Mika Singh
2016	"Tum Ho Toh Lagta Hai"	Shaan
	"Chand Chuppa Badal Mein"	Armaan Malik
2017	"Aaja Na Ferrari Mein"	Armaan Malik
	"Paas Aao"	Armaan Malik and Prakriti Kakar
2018	"Ghar Se Nikalte Hi"	Armaan Malik
	"Ready to Move"
2019	"Tera Shehar"	Mohd. Kalam
2020	"Zara Thehro"	Armaan Malik
	"Dil Ko Maine Di Kasam"	Arijit Singh
2021	"Barsaat"	Armaan Malik
	"Tum Yun Hi Kabhi"	Palak Muchhal

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champ 2019	Judge		[24]
2022	Ravivaar With Star Parivaar	Host		[25]
2025	Bigg Boss 19	Contestant		[26]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Film	Result	Ref(s)
2015	Mirchi Music Awards	Album of The Year	Whole album	Roy	Nominated	[27] [28]
		Music Composer of The Year	"Sooraj Dooba Hain"		Nominated
		Upcoming Music Composer of The Year	"Sooraj Dooba Hain"		Won
			"Main Hoon Hero Tera (Salman Khan Version)"	Hero	Nominated
		Upcoming Male Vocalist of The Year	"O Khuda"		Nominated
2016		Album of The Year	Whole album	Kapoor & Sons	Nominated	[29]
2017		Music Composer of the Year	"Aashiq Surrender Hua"	Badrinath Ki Dulhania	Won	[30]
2018		Listener's Choice Album of the Year	Whole album	Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety	Won	[31]
2020		Listener's Choice Album of the Year	Whole album	Kabir Singh	Won	[32]
	Filmfare Award for Best Music Director	Best Music Director	Whole album		Won	[32]
	IIFA Awards	Best Music Director	Whole album	Kabir singh	Won

References

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2. "Singer Amaal Mallik opens up about nepotism, his struggles, and rediscovering himself". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
3. "Amaal Mallik: Many times, I felt I am failing the composer in me by singing the song I compose, so I never push". Hindustan Times. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
4. "Amaal Mallik: Couldn't tell Sushant Singh Rajput apart from the real MS Dhoni in Dhoni biopic - Times of India". The Times of India. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
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24. "Amaal Mallik to make TV debut as reality show judge on upcoming season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs". Firstpost. 4 December 2018.
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External links

• Amaal Mallik at IMDb