Rajesh Roshan

Rajesh Roshan Lal Nagrath (born 24 May 1955), better known as Rajesh Roshan is a Hindi cinema music
composer. He is the younger brother of lm director
and producer Rakesh Roshan and the uncle of Hrithik
Roshan.[1][2][3]

In the 1990s, when even Laxmikant-Pyarelal and Bappi

Lahiri gradually lost their bearings, Rajesh has endured
through lms like Kabzaa, Jurm and Bahaar Aane Tak
(1990) and after another dull phase, Karan Arjun and
Sabse Bada Khiladi (1995), Papa Kahte Hain (1996),
Koyla (1997)], Daag: The Fire (1999), Kaun Sachaa
Kaun Jhootha, Dastak (1996), Dandnayak and Main Solah Baras Ki (1998).

Personal life

Rajesh Roshan delivered several hit music scores pairing

with his brother Rakesh, who had emerged as a director of
great stature. The two worked on lms like Kaam Chor,
Jaag Utha Insaan, Khoon Bhari Maang, Khel, Kishan
Kanhaiya, Kaala Baazar, King Uncle, Karan Arjun, and
Koyla. Rajesh scored the music for Kaho Naa...Pyaar
Hai, the launch vehicle of Hrithik Roshan, and one of
his brothers most ambitious projects. The lm achieved
signicant success. The composer also won the Filmfare Award for Best Music.[4] He has composed the music
of several Hrthik-starring, Rakesh Roshan-directed lms,
such as Koi... Mil Gaya, Krrish, Kites and Krrish 3.

Rajesh Roshan is the son of Hindi lm composer Roshan

and younger brother of lm director and actor Rakesh
Roshan. He is also uncle to actor Hrithik Roshan,
in whose lms he composes many songs for example
Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000), Koi Mil Gaya (2003),
Krrish (2006), its subsequent sequel Krrish 3 and Kites
(2010). He has a son named Eshaan and a daughter
named Pashmina. His son is set to make his lm debut
soon while his daughter studies at Ecole Mondiale World
School,Mumbai.

Career

3 Work with Singers

Rajesh Roshan had a successful association with

Basu Chatterjee, Dev Anand, Mohammed Ra, Lata
Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar. He shot to fame with
the score for Julie for which he won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award.[4] The rst break for him was given
by Mehmood. He is the rst music director who made
Amitabh Bachchan sing. He usually composes music for
the lms that his brother Rakesh Roshan either produced
or directed, such as Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000), Koi...
Mil Gaya (2003), Krrish (2006) and Kites (2010). He
also composed the song Jaane Tamanna for the internationally acclaimed lm Valley of Flowers (2006) by Pan
Nalin.

Rajesh Roshan is considered to have the longest career

span starting in 1974 till date, as a result the composer
got an opportunity to worked with almost all the famous
singers from ve decades with some ne work like Julie,
Swami, Jurm, Khoon Bhari Maang, Karan Arjun, Papa
Kehte Hai, Kaho Na Pyar Hai, Koi Mil Gaya and Kites.

During 70s and 80s he mostly worked with Mohammed

Ra, Kishor Kumar, Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar,
Mahendra Kapoor, Asha Bhosle, Yesudas, Amit Kumar,
Nitin Mukesh, Usha Mangeshkar, Manhar Udhas,
Shailender Singh, Shabbir Kumar, Mohammad Aziz,
Anuradha Paudwal, Sadhana Sargam, Alka Yagnik,
Rajesh Roshan scored well in the big break given by Vijay Benedict, Anwar and Preeti Sagar.
Mehmood for Kunwara Baap (1974) and then by Dev
Anand in three back to back hit lms: Des Pardes, During the 1990s and 2000s the composer continMan Pasand, and Lootmaar. Then he composed melo- ued his work with some of the singers who sang
dious tunes and made Kishore Kumar sing them in for his compositions in 80s along with Kumar Sanu,
lms like Doosra Aadmi, Muqaddar, Swami, Khatta Udit Narayan, Abhijeet, Hariharan, Lucky Ali, Sonu
Meetha,Baaton Baaton Mein, Yehi Hai Zindagi, Ek Hi Nigam, Sudesh Bhosle, Vinod Rathod, Sukhwinder
Raasta, Swarg Narak, Inkaar, Do Aur Do Paanch fol- Singh, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Adnan Sami, Shaan, KK,
lowed by lms with Rajesh Khanna like Nishaan, Babu Sunidhi Chauhan, Sapna Mukherjee, Babul Supriyo,
and Aakhir Kyon?. However, since 1985 he has com- Kamaal Khan, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Chitra, Sneha Pant,
posed songs mostly for his brothers lms. His hit song Kunal Ganjawala, Taz, Pamela Jain and others.
lmed on Helen, i.e. Mungda...Mungada... is still a And rescently for Krazzy 4, Kites and Krrish 3, he
has also worked with the new generation singers like
landmark in cabaret songs in Bollywood.
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Mohit Chauhan, Vishal Dadlani, Kailash Kher, Zubeen

Garg, Neeraj Shridhar, Suraj Jagan, Anushka Manchanda, Monali Thakur & Sowmya Rao.
Singer Udit Narayan recorded his rst Bollywood song
Mil Gaya Mil Gaya from the movie Unees-Bees along
with legendary singer Mohammad Ra and composed by
Rajesh Roshan.

Plagiarism

He is well known for copying many famous English songs

into Hindi, like Tumne Jo Kaha which is actually copied
from Barbie Girl[5]

Filmography

5.1

As A Music Director

References

[1] Rajesh Roshan. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.

[2] Broughton, Simon; Mark Ellingham; Richard Trillo
(2000).
World Music: Latin and North America,
Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacic. Rough Guides, Limited. p. 102. ISBN 1-85828-636-0. Retrieved 27 January
2010.
[3] Copied Hindi Songs.
[4] Best Music Director (Popular)". Filmfare. Times Internet Limited. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
[5] Copied Hindi Songs. 2012.

External links
Rajesh Roshan at the Internet Movie Database

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