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Critics and detractors may take pot-shots at him for plagiarising and rehashing tunes, but Anu Malik remains the most sought after man as far as scoring music in Hindi cinema goes.

Son of veteran music director Sardar Malik, Anu started out by scoring music for insignificant movies that didn't bring him much acclaim. However, the years that followed have made him a composer to reckon with. His debut score was the film Aapas Ki Baatstarring actress Poonam Dhillon featuring the track Mohabbat rang layegi ahista ahista. He followed it up with composing music for Ek Jaan Hain Hum starring Rajiv Kapoor and Divya Rana. The movie included songs such as songs such as Dil dil hai koi sheesha to nahin.

He later bagged like Manmohan Desai's Mard and Ganga Jamuna Saraswati. However, he was forced to tread a rough patch when Hindi cinema moved on to romance centric films as opposed to action based ones. Good assignments were hard to come by and Anu Malik was forced to make do with intermittent successes like Sohni Mahiwal and Ek Chaadar Maili Si. His perseverance however, would pay off.

The turning point in his career came when Govinda's brother, Kirti Kumar signed him on for Radha Ka Sangam. Anu gave his best with this score and the result were songs such as Do bol kehke, Radha ka sangam and Bichuvaa. His next big feat was Mahesh Bhatt's telefilm Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayi for which he composed some memorable melodies such as Tere dar par sanam and Baadalon mein chhup gaya hai chaand.The music of the film brought him much critical acclaim.

Then on, there was no looking back for Anu Malik who went on to deliver musical blockbusters, one after the other. Baazigar helped him catapult to the big league. Films including Sir, Jaanam, Chamatkar and Imtihan were some of his earlier successes. In the midst of all this, he even tried his hand at a private album titled English Eyes. He also dabbled a bit with playback singing.

Anu worked with ace director Mansoor Khan for the film Akele Hum Akele Tum which again spawned some lasting tunes. Some of his other hits include Main Khiladi Tu Anari, Ram Jaane, Naajayaz and Vijaypath.

However, with fame came criticism and Anu Malik became the butt of finger pointing, for lifting and copying riffs. Though the issue is debatable, Anu has often managed to silence critics with exceptional scores such a Border, Viraasat and more recently, Josh, Refugee, Fiza et al. Subhash Ghai has also signed him for his forthcoming film Yaadein. Anu added another feather to his cap for bagging the special jury award at the Filmfare awards 2001, for his outstanding body of work.

A bagful of coveted assignments, an impressive repertoire, moolah, fame… with all this and more, Anu Malik couldn't wish for more.