20th-century Indian composers

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

Indian filmmaker and writer (1921–1992)

Indian sitar player (1920–2012)

Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Her contribution to the Indian music industry in a career spanning eight decades gained her honorific titles such as the "Queen of Melody" and "Voice of the Millennium".

Indian actor, activist and joker (born 1954 )

Indian singer and actor (1929–1987)

Indian film director, producer and screenwriter

Indian playback singer (1946–2020)

Indian Ghazal singer (1941–2011)

Indian Bengali filmmaker and script writer (1925–1976)

Indian music director and singer (born 1960)

Indian actor (1932–2004)

Rahul Dev Burman was an Indian music director and singer, who is considered to be one of the greatest and most successful music directors of the Hindi film music industry. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman composed musical scores for 331 films, bringing a new level of music ensemble with his compositions. Burman did his major work with legendary singers Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi. He also worked extensively with lyricists like Majrooh Sultanpuri, Anand Bakshi and Gulzar, with whom he created some of the most memorable numbers in his career. Nicknamed Pancham, he was the only son of the composer Sachin Dev Burman and his Bengali lyricist wife Meera Dev Burman.

Indian writer (1898–1971)

Indian singer and composer (1906–1975)

Indian music director (1952–2022)

Indian singer (1920–1989)

Indian singer (born 1976)

South Indian actress, singer and writer

Indian spiritual Guru, philosopher, social reformer and composer (1921–1990)

singer, music composer and teacher

Indian music composer and singer

Indian musician

Indian composer, poet and playwright (1925–1995)

Indian singer

Indian composer and singer (1924–1975)

Indian musician, circa 1881-1972

Shankar–Jaikishan, consisting of Shankar Singh Ram Singh Raghuvanshi (15 October 1922 - 26 April 1987, aged 64) and Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal (4 November 1929 - 12 September 1971, aged 41), also known as S-J, were an Indian composer duo of the Hindi film industry, who worked together from 1949 to 1971. They are widely considered to be the greatest music composers of the Hindi film industry. From 1949 until Jaikishan's death in 1971, they composed musical scores for 136 films, introducing a new level of orchestral richness in film music. S-J collaborated with legendary singers such as Mukesh (

Indian composer (1944–2015)

Marathi writer, humourist, actor, dramatist (1919-2000)

Indian singer

Indian Tamil folk musician

exponent in the Indian classical arts

Indian playback singer

Indian violinist and composer (born 1950)

Jaddanbai (1 April 1892 – 8 April 1949) was an Indian singer, music composer, dancer, actress, filmmaker, and one of the pioneers of Indian cinema. She along with Bibbo and Saraswati Devi were one of the first female music composers in Indian cinema. She was the mother of actor Anwar Hussain and the well-known Hindi film actress Nargis, and the maternal grandmother of Priya Dutt and Sanjay Dutt.

Indian bansuri player (1911-1960)

Indian composer

Indian actor-musician

Indian lyricist

Indian theatre personality, film director (1929–2002)

Indian violinist

Indian composer (1903-1981)

Indian musician (1942–1999)

Indian musician (1922–1974)

Indian musician and activist (1871-1934)

film director from India (1933-2014)

Indian composer (1914–2003)

Indian singer (1908-2016)

Hindi and Urdu film actress

Indian actress, director and writer

Indian harmonium and tabla player

Carnatic composer (1865-1961)

Queen mother of Travancore

Indian musician

actor, director, producer, music director, stunt director, editor and lyricist

Indian Carnatic singer

Indian film director (1924-2007)

Indian painter (1906-1988)

Indian composer