List of Indian film music directors

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The following are notable Indian film music directors:

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Music directorLanguage
Aadesh Shrivastava Hindi, Bengali
Aby Tom Cyriac Malayalam
Abhimann Roy Kannada, Telugu
Achu Rajamani Tamil, Malayalam
Adnan Sami Hindi
Ajay–Atul Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Sanskrit
Ajay Srivastava Bhojpuri
Amaal Mallik Hindi, Tamil, Telugu
Amit Trivedi Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil
Anand Raj Anand Hindi
Anand–Milind Hindi
Anand Modak Marathi
Anil Biswas Hindi, Bengali
Anil Mohile Marathi
Anirudh Ravichander

Tamil, Telugu

Ankit Tiwari Hindi
Anup Rubens Telugu
Anoop Seelin Kannada
Anu Malik Hindi, Bengali, Kannada
Arjuna Harjai Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi
Arjun Janya Kannada
A. R. Rahman Tamil, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Punjabi, Malayalam, Kannada, English, Gujarati, Mandarin, [1] Japanese, [1] Persian, [2] Arabic, [2]
A. R. Reihana Tamil, Kannada
Aruldev Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada
Arun Paudwal Hindi, Marathi
Ashok Bhatt Gujarati
Ashok Ghosh [3] Hindi, Bengali
Ashok Patki Marathi, Konkani
Avadhoot Gupte Marathi
Avinash Vyas Hindi, Gujarati
Baba Sehgal Hindi
Bappi Lahiri Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu
B Ajaneesh Loknath Kannada, Tamil
Berny-Ignatius Malayalam
Bennet–Veetraag Malayalam
Bharadwaj Tamil, Telugu
Bhaskar Chandavarkar Marathi, Kannada, Hindi
Bhavesh Bhatt Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, English, Punjabi
Bhavatharini Tamil
Bheems Ceciroleo Telugu
Bhupen Hazarika Hindi, Bengali, Assamese
Bijibal Malayalam
Bulo C Rani Hindi
C. R. Subbaraman Tamil, Telugu, Hindi
C. Ramchandra Hindi, Marathi, Telugu
Chaitan Bharadwaj Telugu
Chakri Telugu, Kannada
Chand Pardesi [4] Hindi
Chandrabose Tamil
Chitragupta Hindi
Chirrantan Bhatt Hindi, Telugu
C. Ashwath Kannada
Chowdiah Kannada, Tamil
Chaitra HG Kannada
Colonial Cousins Hindi, Tamil
Damodar Raao Bhojpuri, Hindi, Marathi
Datta Davjekar Marathi, Hindi
Datta Naik Marathi, Hindi
Dattaram Wadkar Hindi, Marathi
Debojyoti Mishra Hindi, Bengali
Deva Tamil
Devan Ekambaram Tamil
Devi Sri Prasad Telugu, Tamil, Hindi
Deepak Dev Malayalam, Tamil
Dharan Tamil
Dhina Tamil
Dharma Vish Kannada, Hindi
Emani Sankara Sastry Hindi, Telugu
G.Aswathama [5] Telugu
Ghulam Mohammed (composer) Hindi
G. K. Venkatesh Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu
G. Devarajan Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada
Gangai Amaran Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam
Gopi Sunder Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi
Ghantasala Telugu, Tamil, Kannada
Gali Penchala Narasimha Rao Telugu
Ghibran Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
Gurukiran Kannada, Telugu
G. V. Prakash Kumar Tamil, Telugu, Kannada
Hamsalekha Kannada, Tamil, Telugu
Hansraj Behl Hindi, Punjabi
Harris Jayaraj Tamil, Telugu, Hindi
Hesham Abdul Wahab Malayam, Telugu
Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay Bengali, Hindi
Himesh Reshammiya Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bhojpuri, Marathi, English and French
Hridaynath Mangeshkar Hindi, Marathi
Hiphop Tamizha Tamil, Telugu
Husnlal Bhagatram Hindi
Ishaan Dev Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada
Ilayaraja Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Sanskrit, Malayalam, Kannada, English, Marathi [6]
Iqbal Qureshi Hindi
Ismail Darbar Hindi
Imman Tamil, Telugu, Kannada
Jagjit Singh Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi
Jaidev Hindi
James Vasanthan Tamil
Jassie Gift Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu
Jatin–Lalit Hindi, Bengali, Telugu
Jeet Ganguly Hindi, Bengali
Jerry Amaldev Malayalam
Johnson Malayalam, Tamil
Joshua Sridhar Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu
Jubair Muhammed Malayalam
Joy Sarkar Bengali
J. V. Raghavulu Telugu
Kabir Suman Bengali
K. V. Mahadevan Tamil, Telugu
K. Chakravarthy Kannada, Telugu
K Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
K. Kalyan Kannada
Kailash-Naresh-Paresh Hindi
Kalyanji-Anandji Hindi, Gujarati
Kanu Roy Hindi, Bengali
Kannur Rajan Malayalam
Karthik Tamil
Karthikeya Murthy Tamil, Telugu
Karthik Raja Tamil, Kannada
Kelkar [7] Marathi, Telugu
Komanduri Ramachari Telugu
K. Prasada Rao [8] Telugu
Krishnarao Phulambrikar Hindi, Marathi
Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan Tamil
Khayyam Hindi
Khemchand Prakash Hindi
Khwaja Khurshid Anwar Hindi, Urdu
Kishore Kumar Hindi, Bengali
Kumar Sanu Hindi, Bengali
Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan Tamil
Lachhiram Tomar [9] Hindi
Lalit Pandit Hindi
Laxmikant–Pyarelal Hindi, Telugu
Lesle Lewis Hindi, Marathi
Lata Mangeshkar Marathi as Anandghan
L. Vaidyanathan Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam
Madan Mohan Hindi
Master Venu Telugu, Tamil
M. S. Viswanathan Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu
M. Ranga Rao Kannada
M. M. Keeravani/M. M. Kreem Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam
Mani Sharma Telugu, Tamil
Madhavapeddi Suresh Telugu
Manikanth Kadri Kannada, Tamil
Mano Murthy Kannada
Manoj George Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi
Meet Bros Hindi, Punjabi
Mejo Joseph Malayalam
M. G. Radhakrishnan Malayalam, Tamil
M. G. Sreekumar Malayalam, Tamil
Mickey J Meyer Telugu
Mithoon Sharma Hindi
M.Janardhan [10] Telugu
M. Jayachandran Malayalam, Tamil
M. M. Srilekha Telugu
Monty Sharma Hindi
M. S. Baburaj Malayalam
M. Venkataraju Kannada, Tamil
Nadeem–Shravan Hindi
Naushad Ali Hindi, Bhojpuri, Malayalam
Neeta Sen Bengali
Nilesh Moharir Marathi
Nitz 'N' Sony Hindi
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Hindi
O. P. Nayyar Hindi, Telugu
Ouseppachan Malayalam, Tamil
P. Adinarayana Rao Telugu, Tamil, Hindi
Pankaj Mullick Hindi, Bengali
Pannalal Ghosh Hindi, Bengali
Papanasam Sivan Tamil, Kannada
Pendyala Nageswara Rao Telugu, Tamil
Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath Malayalam
P. Kalinga Rao Kannada
Prashanth R Vihari Telugu
Prashant Pillai Hindi, Malayalam
Pravin Mani Tamil, Telugu
Praveen D Rao Kannada
Prem Dhawan Hindi, Punjabi
Prem Anand Odia, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
Premgi Amaren Tamil
Pritam Chakraborty Hindi, Bengali
P. Bhanumathi Telugu, Tamil
P.V.R. Raja Telugu, Hindi
Raichand Boral Hindi, Bengali
Raj Kamal Hindi
Ramlal Hirapanna Chowdhury [11] Hindi
Ravi (composer) Hindi, Malayalam
Rahul Dev Burman Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Oriya, Marathi, English
Ramjeevan Tamil
R. Sudarsanam Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam
Raghu Dixit Kannada
Rahul Raj Telugu, Malayalam
Raj–Koti Telugu, Tamil, Kannada
Raju Singh Hindi, Punjabi
Rajan–Nagendra Kannada, Telugu
Rajesh Ramanath Kannada
Rajesh Roshan Hindi, Bengali
Rajkumar R. Pandey Bhojpuri
Rajnish Mishra Bhojpuri
Ram Kadam Marathi
Raamlaxman Marathi, Hindi
R. P. Patnaik Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi
Ramana Gogula Telugu, Tamil, Kannada
Ramesh Naidu Telugu
Ranjit Barot Hindi
Raveendran Malayalam, Tamil
Ravi Basrur Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi.
Ravindra Jain Hindi, Telugu
Ricky Kej Malayalam, Kannada
Rohan-Rohan Hindi, Marathi
Roop Kumar Rathod Hindi, Bengali
Roshan Hindi
Sachin–Jigar Hindi, Gujarati
Sadhu Kokila Kannada
Sajid–Wajid Hindi
Salil Chowdhury Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam
Saleel Kulkarni Marathi
Salim–Sulaiman Hindi, Tamil, Telugu
Sanjib Sarkar Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, English & Devotional [12]
Sandesh Shandilya Hindi
Sandeep Chowta Hindi, Telugu
Sangeet-Siddharth Hindi, Marathi
Sanjay Leela Bhansali Hindi
Sanjeev–Darshan Hindi
Santosh Mishra Hindi, Bhojpuri, Gujarati
Sapan-Jagmohan [13] Hindi, Bengali
S. A. Rajkumar Tamil, Telugu, Kannada
Sardar Malik Hindi
Sardul Singh Kwatra Hindi
Satyam Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu
S. D. Burman Hindi, Bengali
Shankar Rao Vyas [14] Hindi, Marathi
Shankar–Ganesh Tamil, Kannada, Telugu
Shanti Kumar Desai Hindi, Gujarati
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Bengali, Telugu, English
Shankar Mahadevan Tamil, Marathi, Hindi
Shankar–Jaikishan Hindi, Bengali, Telugu
Shiv–Hari Hindi
S. Hanumantha Rao Telugu
Shantanu Moitra Hindi, Bengali
Sharreth Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu
Shashwat Sachdev Hindi
Shyam Malayalam, Tamil
Shruti Haasan Tamil, Telugu
Simon K. King Tamil, Telugu
S. M. Subbaiah Naidu Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu
S. N. Tripathi Hindi
S. Narayan Kannada
Snehal Bhatkar Hindi, Marathi
Sneha Khanwalkar Hindi
Sohail Sen Hindi, Bengali
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Telugu, Kannada, Tamil
S. P. Kodandapani Telugu, Tamil, Kannada
S. P. Venkatesh Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
Salur Rajeswara Rao Telugu, Tamil, Kannada
Srinivas Tamil
Srikanth Deva Tamil
Sri Telugu
Snehal Bhatkar Hindi, Marathi
Sajjad Hussain Hindi
Sudhir Phadke Hindi, Marathi
Suresh Peters Malayalam, Tamil
Susarla Dakshinamurthi Telugu, Tamil
S. V. Krishna Reddy Telugu
Santhosh Narayanan Tamil, Telugu
Sweekar Agasthi Telugu
Selvaganesh Tamil, Kannada
Thaman S Telugu, Tamil, Kannada
T. Chalapathi Rao Telugu
T. V. Raju Telugu
T. G. Lingappa Kannada, Tamil, Telugu
T. K. Ramamoorthy Tamil, Telugu
Upendra Kumar Kannada
Usha Khanna Hindi
Uttam Singh Hindi, Tamil
Usha Khanna Hindi
Vandemataram Srinivas Telugu
Vani Harikrishna Kannada
Vanraj Bhatia Hindi
Varun Unni Malayalam
Vasant Desai Hindi, Marathi
V. Dakshinamoorthy Malayalam, Tamil
Vasant Desai Marathi, Hindi
V. Harikrishna Kannada, Telugu
Vidyasagar Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
Vijay Antony Tamil, Telugu
Vijay Prakash Tamil, Kannada
Vijaya Bhaskar Kannada
Viju Shah Hindi, Gujarati
Vikram Montrose Hindi
Vishal Bhardwaj Hindi
Vivek Sagar Telugu
Vishal Mishra Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Vishal–Shekhar Hindi, Marathi, Telugu
Viswajith Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, English
V. Kumar Tamil
V. Manohar Kannada
V. Nagayya Telugu
V. Ravichandran Kannada
Yashwant Deo [15] Hindi, Marathi
Yuvan Shankar Raja Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, English
Honey Singh Punjabi
Zakir Hussain Independent
Zubeen Garg Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, English

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