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

==Early life and career== Sardar Mohammad 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.<ref name=MP/>

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'.<ref name=MP>{{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}}</ref><ref name=HT>{{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}}</ref><ref name="Anantharaman2008">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Hindu2006">{{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}}</ref>

==Death and legacy== Sardar Malik died on 27 January 2006 after prolonged illness at age 76.<ref name=HT/><ref name=MP/> Malik's wife, Bilqis, was the sister of lyricist Hasrat Jaipuri.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlDHAVsbjYI Tabassum Talkies]</ref> 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.<ref name="TOI2012">{{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}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== * Chalis Karod (1946) as a dance choreographer *''Raaz'' (1949 film) *''Laila Majnu'' (1953 film)<ref name=MP/> *''Thokar'' (1953 film)<ref name=HT/><ref name=MP/> *''Aulad'' (1954)<ref name=HT/><ref name=MP/> *''Ab-E-Hayat'' (1955 film) *''Maan Ke Aansoo'' (1959) *''Mera Ghar Mere Bachche'' (1960) *''Saranga'' (1961)<ref name=HT/><ref name=MP/> *''Bachpan'' (1963 film)<ref name=HT/><ref name=MP/> *''Maharani Padmini'' (1964 film) *''Jantar Mantar'' (1964)<ref name=MP/> *''Gyani Ji'' (1977) (Punjabi Film)

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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] *{{imdb name|id=0539592}} *[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] {{authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malik, Sardar}} 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 Category:Punjabi people