21st-century Indian composers

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 film director, producer and screenwriter

Zubeen Garg was an Indian musician, composer, singer, songwriter who primarily worked and sang in the Assamese, Bengali, and Hindi-language films and music industries. He also sang in 40 other languages and dialects, including Bishnupriya Manipuri, Adi, Boro, Dimasa, English, Goalpariya, Gujarati, Kannada, Karbi, Malayalam, Marathi, Mising, Rabha, Garo, Nepali, Bhojpuri, Odia, Sadri, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Tiwa and Urdu.

Indian playback singer (1946–2020)

Indian Ghazal singer (1941–2011)

Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya (born Giridhar Mishra on 14 January 1950) is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, educator, Sanskrit scholar, polyglot, poet, author, textual commentator, philosopher, composer, singer, playwright and Katha artist based in Chitrakoot, India. He is one of four incumbent Jagadguru Ramanandacharyas, and has held this title since 1988.

Indian music director and singer (born 1960)

Indian music director (1952–2022)

Indian composer and guitarist

Indian singer (born 1976)

Indian film director, screenwriter and composer

Silambarasan Tesingu Rajendar (born 3 February 1983), popularly known as Simbu or by his initials as STR, is an Indian actor, producer,director and playback singer who primarily works in Tamil cinema. He is a recipient of two Edison Awards and three SIIMA Awards.

singer, music composer and teacher

Indian music composer and singer

Indian music composer

Indian musician

Indian singer

sound editor

Indian composer (1944–2015)

Amaal Mallik is an Indian music director, composer, and singer who works primarily in Hindi cinema. He made his debut as a film composer with Jai Ho and gained wider recognition with the song "Sooraj Dooba Hain," which achieved commercial success and contributed to his emergence as a notable composer in Hindi Cinema.

Indian composer and singer-songwriter

Indian composer

Indian singer

Indian singer

Indian violinist

Indian actor-musician

Indian lyricist

Indian singer, songwriter and music composer

Indian score composer, music director and singer

Indian composer and singer

Bhavatharini Raja (23 July 1976 – 25 January 2024) was an Indian playback singer and composer. She was the only daughter of noted composer Ilaiyaraaja and sister of Yuvan Shankar Raja and Karthik Raja. Starting her career in the 1990s, she mostly sang songs under the direction of her father and brothers. She was awarded the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2000 for her rendition of the song "Mayil Pola Ponnu Onnu" from the film Bharathi, composed by her father.

Indian singer

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

singer and musician

Indian musician

dancer

Indian singer (1924–2011)

Indian singer

Indian film composer

Indian composer

Indian musician

Indian Carnatic singer

Indian composer

Composer, Singer

Indian composer

Raamlaxman was an Indian musical duo consisting of Vijay Patil (16 September 1942 – 22 May 2021) who performed under the name Laxman, and Surendra who passed in 1976. However, Patil continued to work under the original name. Laxman, was an Indian composer, pianist, musician and accordionist. Raamlaxman is most famous for his work with Rajshri Productions of Hindi films. In a career spanning four decades, Raamlaxman worked in 150 films in Hindi, Marathi and Bhojpuri, and worked with noted film director of his time, notably Manmohan Desai, Mahesh Bhatt, GP Sippy, Anil Ganguly and Sooraj Barjatya

Indian composer (1953–2011)

Indian singer

Indian musician

Indian singer-songwriter

Indian composer

Indian musician, film score composer, music programmer, singer, song writer and performer

Indian playback singer

singer

Indian actress and model

Indian singer and composer

Indian Kannada filmmaker

Indian writer

Indian singer, composer (1974-2014)