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Sardar Malik

{{short description|Indian Music Composer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Sardar Malik

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1930|01|13}}

| birth_place = Kapurthala, Punjab Province, British India

| spouse = Bilqis

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2006|01|27|1930|01|13}}

| death_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

| genre = Indian classical music, Indian music

| occupation = Film score composer, music director, singer

}}

Sardar Malik (13 January 1930 – 27 January 2006) was an Indian Hindi film music director and score composer.

Early life and career

Sardar Malik was born on 13 January 1930 in Kapurthala, Punjab, British India. He first was a student at Uday Shankar's India Cultural Centre in Almora, Uttarkhand to learn dancing and singing. He became a trained choreographer in Kathakali, Manipuri and Bharatnatyam there. While at this institute, he also learned music from Ustad Allauddin Khan who also worked at the same centre.

In the late 1940s he came to Bombay, and was the music director for over 600 songs. He is known for his work for films Thokar (1953 film), Aulad (1954), Bachpan (1963 film), Maharani Padmini (1964 film), and especially his musical film Saranga (1961). Consequently, he became known as the 'Saranga man'.{{cite news|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/sundaypost/beacon/the-overlooked-composer-sardar-malik-387112?infinitescroll=1 |newspaper=Millennium Post (newspaper)|date=23 November 2019|author=Sharad Dutt|title=The overlooked composer: Sardar Malik|access-date=9 February 2022}}{{cite news |title=Veteran composer Sardar Malik dead |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/veteran-composer-sardar-malik-dead/story-ucAK4RIqgnP6BLpoJJ798J.html |accessdate=9 February 2022 |newspaper=Hindustan Times (newspaper) |date=28 January 2006}}{{cite book|author=Ganesh Anantharaman|title=Bollywood Melodies: A History of the Hindi Film Song|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lmrSLuBwbKkC&pg=PA84|year=2008|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-306340-7|page=84}}{{cite news |title=Music composer Sardar Malik dead |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/music-composer-sardar-malik-dead/article18396213.ece |access-date=10 February 2022 |work=The Hindu (newspaper) |date=29 January 2006}}

Death and legacy

Sardar Malik died on 27 January 2006 after prolonged illness at age 76.

Malik's wife, Bilqis, was the sister of lyricist Hasrat Jaipuri.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlDHAVsbjYI Tabassum Talkies] The couple have three sons, Anu Malik, Daboo Malik, and Abu Malik. All three of his sons have followed in their father's footsteps to become music directors in Bollywood.{{cite news |last1=Nayak |first1=Elina Priyadarshini |title=Yes, I'm jealous with Anu Malik: Daboo Malik |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/Yes-Im-jealous-with-Anu-Malik-Daboo-Malik/articleshow/11685772.cms |accessdate=10 February 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=30 January 2012}}

Selected filmography

References

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External links

  • [https://www.news18.com/movies/when-sardar-malik-had-to-pay-the-price-of-lata-mangeshkar-and-sahir-ludhianvis-fight-8764605.html When Sardar Malik Had To Pay The Price Of Lata Mangeshkar And Sahir Ludhianvi's Fight]
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  • [https://www.cinemaazi.com/people/sardar-malik?ctr=1620&filterBy=s&search=&people= Profile of music director Sardar Malik on Indian Cinema Heritage Foundation website]

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Category:Hindi film score composers

Category:1930 births

Category:2006 deaths

Category:20th-century Indian composers

Category:People from Kapurthala

Category:Musicians from Punjab, India

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