Most Indian films are musicals, and their music directors are among the best known musicians in India. Music directors are typically both composers and arrangers.

Cassettes or CDs of a movie's music are often released before the movie itself. Favorite songs are remembered long after the movie is forgotten.

See the article on filmi music. Filmi is Indian popular music as written and performed for Indian cinema. ...

Notable directors include:

• A.R. Rahman
• Aadesh Shrivastava
• Anand Raaj Anand
• Anand-Milind
• Anil Biswas
• Anu Malik
• Ashwath-Vaidi
• Babukishan
• C. Ashwath
• C. Ramchandra
• G. Devarajan
• G.K. Venkatesh
• Ghantasala
• Gurukiran
• Hamsalekha
• Hemant Kumar
• Himesh Reshammiya
• Ilayaraja
• Ismail Darbar
• Jaidev
• Jatin Lalit
• K.V. Mahadevan
• Kalyanji Anandji
• Khayyam
• Khemchand Prakash
• Laxmikant Pyarelal
• M. Ranga Rao
• M.M. Kareem
• M.S. Baburaj
• Madan Mohan
• Mano Murthy
• Mihir Kiran Bhattacharya
• Nadeem-Shravan
• Naushad
• Nikhil-Vinay
• O.P. Nayyar
• Pankaj Mullick
• R Sudarshanam
• R.D. Burman
• R.P. Patnaik
• Raamlaxman
• R.C. Boral
• Rajan Nagendra
• Rajesh Ramanath
• Rajesh Roshan
• Ravi
• Ravindran
• Roshan
• S.D. Burman
• Sadhu Kokila
• Sajid-Wajid
• Sajjad Hussain
• Salil Chowdhury
• Sandeep Chowta
• Sanjeev-Darshan
• Sathyam
• Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
• Shankar Ganesh
• Shankar Jaikishan
• Shiv-Hari
• T.G. Lingappa
• Upendrakumar
• V. Manohar
• Vijayaanand
• Vijayabhaskar
• Vishal-Shekhar
• Yuvan Shankar Raja

See also: A. R. Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman, born January 6, 1967 as A.S. Dileep Kumar in Chennai, India, is a popular Indian film music composer. ... Aadesh Shrivastava is a popular Indian music director. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Anu Malik is one of the biggest music directors in Hindi Film industry or Bollywood. ... Narhar Chitalkar Ramchandra popularly known as C Ramchandra (or Ramachandra Chitalkar) was a Bollywood composer. ... Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao (1922-1974) was a singer and composer of Telugu film music. ... Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee (1920 - 1989) was an Indian film playback singer, composer and producer. ... Ilaiyaraaja Ilayaraja (ఇలైయరాజ in Telugu, இைளயராஜா in Tamil) (born June 2, 1943) is an Indian composer, having composed for over 1000 films over a career of more than 28 years. ... Ismail Darbar is a composer of music for Indian films also known as an Indian film music director. ... K. V. Mahadevan is a South Indian music composer. ... Kalyanji Anandji was an Indian composer duo known for its work on Bollywood film soundtracks, particularly action potboilers in the 1970s. ... Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, better known as Khayyam is an indian music composer whose career spanned across 4 decades (1953 - 1990). ... Laxmikant-Pyarelal (also known as LP or Laxmi-Pyare) was a popular Bollywood composer duo. ... Madan Mohan Kohli (June 25, 1924 - July 14, 1975), better known as Madan Mohan, was a famed Bollywood film music director of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. ... Nadeem-Shravan (sometimes credited as Nadeem Shravan) is a music director duo in the Bollywood film industry of India. ... Naushad Ali (born 1919) is one of the foremost music composers of Bollywood. ... O. P. Nayyar was an Indian music director known for his peppy numbers. ... Pankaj Kumar Mullick (April 20, 1904 - February 19, 1978) was the 4th recepient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1973. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Raamlaxman (born Vijay Patil) is an Indian pianist and accordionist and was part of an orchestra called the Amar - Vijay Orchestra. ... Raichand Boral is commonly known as R. C. Boral. ... Rajesh Roshan is a Bollywood music composer. ... Ravi, born Ravi Shankar Sharma, is a music director of Hindi and Malayalam films. ... Malayalam film music has witnessed a few geniuses when it comes to music. ... Roshan Lal Nagrath (July 14, 1917 - November 16, 1967), better known simply by his first name Roshan, was a famous Bollywood film music composer. ... Sachin Dev Burman (1906 - 1975) was one of the most famous Bollywood music composers. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy are Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. ... KFP 18:35, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Shiv-Hari is the music director duo of Shivkumar Sharma and Hariprasad Chaurasia working in the Bollywood film industry of India. ... Yunav shankar raja Yuvan Shankar Raja is one of the youngest film music composer from India and also one of the most successful composers of south India. ...

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• Bollywood

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External links

• Hindi Film Music