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