Mithun Sharma, also known as Mithoon, is an Indian Hindi film music director, lyricist-composer and singer.[1]
Mithoon | |
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 Mithoon at the 4th Gionnee Star Global Indian Music Academy Awards | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Mithun Sharma |
| Also known as | Mithoon |
| Born | 11 January 1985 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Genres | Film score, Filmi, Indian classical, Ballads |
| Occupation(s) | Music director, Composer, Singer & Lyricist |
| Instrument(s) | Piano and keyboard |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Spouse | |
Mithoon composed the Hindi song "Tum Hi Ho" from the 2013 Bollywood romantic film Aashiqui 2. Mithoon received the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, and in 2014 received a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist in the 59th Filmfare Awards. He wrote and composed one of the most streamed Hindi songs on YouTube, "Sanam Re". The song was honoured with the award of "Most Streamed Song of 2016" at the Global Indian Music Academy Awards.[2] Mithoon launched the singer Arijit Singh in 2011 with Mohammad Irfan Ali co-singer with the song Phir Mohabbat.
Early life
editMithoon was born into a Bihari family of musicians. He is a Brahmin.[3] His grandfather, Pandit Ram Prasad Sharma, imparted music knowledge to thousands of aspirants, many of whom are amongst today's top musicians.[4] His father, Naresh Sharma, was a leading expert of musical arrangements,[5] having worked with almost all of the top composers in more than two hundred movies. Mithoon's father and his uncle Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma formed one-half of the composer duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal.[6]
Mithoon started learning music at the age of eleven. Since his father remained busy, he sent him to knowledgeable people to train himself. His father observed him closely and would often notice what he was practicing. His father often listened to the tunes that he created as well.[5] On 6 November 2022, he married playback singer Palak Muchhal.[7]
Career
editMithoon began his career with two recreations: "Woh Lamhe" in Zeher and "Aadat" in Kalyug. In 2006, Mithoon's friend recommended his name to Onir, (director of Bas Ek Pal), who wanted an electro-based title track. This led to his first original song as a composer, "Bas Ek Pal" with singer KK, and was followed by "Tere Bin" (by singer Atif Aslam) in 2006. Both songs were included in the film Bas Ek Pal. .[8]
He wrote the score for Anwar, released in 2007 and his compositions Tose Naina Lage and Maula Mere are still extremely popular.
He also worked as a guest composer for songs on several nonmovie albums, such as "Kuch Is Tarah" from Atif Aslam's album Doorie,[9] and Abhijeet Sawant's and "Ek Shaqs" from the Abhijeet Sawant album Junoon. He released his own album, Tu Hi Mere Rab Ki Tarah Hai in 2009 with T-Series. For this album, Mithoon traveled to the United Kingdom to rope in musicians. There, he worked with musicians of the Philharmonic Orchestra.[10]
In 2011 he composed two songs "Aye Khuda", "Phir Mohabbat" for the film Murder 2 which also marked the debut of Arijit Singh.
He wrote "O saathi" for the movie Shab and "Tum Hi Ho" for Aashiqui 2, which received critical acclaim and commercial success.[11] He has also been a solo or guest composer for movies such as Jism 2, Yaariyan, Ek Villain, Hate Story 2, Creature 3D, Samrat & Co, Alone, Hamari Adhuri Kahani, Bhaag Johnny, All Is Well, Loveshhuda, Sanam Re, Ki & Ka, Shivaay, Wajah Tum Ho, Half Girlfriend, Aksar 2, Hate Story 4, Baaghi 2, Kabir Singh, Mercury, Khuda Haafiz, Radhe Shyam and Gadar 2.
Discography
edit| Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Songs | Lyricist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Zeher | "Woh Lamhe Woh Baatein", "Lamhe (Remix)" | Sayeed Quadari | [12] |
| Kalyug | "Aadat", "Aadat (Remix)" | Goher Mumtaz, Sayeed Quadri | ||
| 2006 | Bas Ek Pal | "Bas Ek Pal", "Tere Bin" | Sayeed Quadri, Mithoon | Also lyricist |
| 2007 | Anwar | "Maula Mere Maula", "Javeda Zindagi" | Sayeed Quadri, Hasan Kamal | |
| The Train | All songs | Sayeed Qudari | Solo Composer | |
| Aggar | ||||
| 2010 | Lamhaa | Sayeed Qudari, Amitabh Verma | ||
| 2011 | Murder 2 | "Aye Khuda", "Phir Mohabbat", "Aye Khuda (Remix)" | Mithoon, Sayeed Quadri | Also lyricist |
| 2012 | Jism 2 | "Yeh Kasoor" | ||
| 2013 | 3G | All songs | Mithoon, Shellee, Sonu Kakar | Solo Composer, lyricist |
| Aashiqui 2 | "Tum Hi Ho", "Meri Aashiqui", "Aashiqui – The Love Theme", "Aashiqui 2 Mashup" | Mithoon | Also lyricist Winner, Apsara Award for Best Lyrics for "Tum Hi Ho" Nominated, Apsara Award for Best Music Director Winner, IIFA Award for Best Music Director with Ankit Tiwari & Jeet Ganguly Winner, IIFA Award for Best Lyricist for "Tum Hi Ho"[13] Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Music Director with Ankit Tiwari & Jeet Ganguly Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist for "Tum Hi Ho"[14] Nominated, Screen Award for Best Music Director Winner, BIG Star Entertainment Award for Most Entertaining Song for "Tum Hi Ho" Winner, Global Indian Music Award for Best Film Album with Ankit Tiwari & Jeet Ganguly Winner, Global Indian Music Award for Best Film Song for "Tum Hi Ho" Winner, Mirchi Music Award for Song of the Year for "Tum Hi Ho" with Arijit Singh Winner, Mirchi Music Award for Album of the Year with Ankit Tiwari & Jeet Ganguly Winner, Mirchi Music Award for Music Composer of the Year for "Tum Hi Ho" Winner, Mirchi Music Award for Best Album with Ankit Tiwari & Jeet Ganguly[15] Nominated, Screen Weekly Award for Best Music with Ankit Tiwari & Jeet Ganguly Winner, Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director with Ankit Tiwari & Jeet Ganguly Winner, Zee Cine Award for Best Lyricist for "Tum Hi Ho" Winner, Zee Cine Award for Best Song of the Year with Arijit Singh[16] | |
| 2014 | Yaariyan | "Baarish", "Mujhe Ishq Se" | Also lyricist | |
| Samrat & Co. | "Shukr Tera", "O Humnavaa" | |||
| Ek Villain | "Banjaara", "Zaroorat", "Humdard" | Also lyricist Winner: Bollywood Hungama Surfers' Choice Music Award for Best Soundtrack, shared with Ankit Tiwari, Soch | ||
| Hate Story 2 | "Hai Dil Yeh Mera", "Hai Dil Yeh Mera (Remix)" | Also lyricist | ||
| Creature 3D | All songs except "Sawan Aaya Hai" and "Sawan Aaya Hai (Reprise) | Lead Composer, lyricist, singer | ||
| 2015 | Alone | "Awaara" | Also lyricist | |
| Hamari Adhuri Kahani | "Humnava" | Sayeed Quadari | ||
| All Is Well | "Mere Humsafar (Remake)" | Amitabh Verma | ||
| Bhaag Johnny | "Kinna Sona" & "Meri Zindagi" | |||
| 2016 | Love Shhuda | "Mar Jaayen" & "Mar Jaayen (Reprise)" | Sayeed Qudari | |
| Sanam Re | "Tere Liye" and "Sanam Re (Title Track) " | Mithoon | Also lyricist | |
| Ki and Ka | "Ji Hazoori" | Sayeed Quadari | Also singer | |
| Traffic | All songs | A. M. Turaz, Mithoon, Sayeed Quadri | Solo Composer, lyricist | |
| Shivaay | "Bolo Har Har" (along with Badshah and The Vamps), "Darkhast", "Tere Naal Ishqa" | Sayeed Quadri, Sandeep Srivastava | Lead Composer, Co-composed one song along with Badshah, The Vamps | |
| Wajah Tum Ho | "Wajah Tum Ho" | Manoj Muntashir | ||
| 2017 | Half Girlfriend | "Phir Bhi Tumko Chahunga", "Pal Bhar (Chahunga reprise)", "Chahunga (Shraddha Kapoor version)", "Chahunga (Jyotica Tangri version", "Half Girlfriend - Love Theme" |
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| Shab | All Songs | Mithoon, Amitabh Verma | Solo Composer, lyricist | |
| Aksar 2 | Sayeed Quadri | Solo Composer | ||
| 2018 | Hate Story 4 | "Tum Mere Ho" | Manoj Muntashir | |
| Baaghi 2 | "Lo Safar" | Sayeed Quadri | ||
| Mercury | "The Mercury Song" | Single song film | ||
| 2019 | Kabir Singh | "Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage" "Tujhe Kitna Chahein Aur (Film Version)" |
Mithoon | Also lyricist |
| Satellite Shankar | Tere Sang | |||
| 2020 | Malang | Chal Ghar chalen | Sayeed Quadri | |
| Khuda Haafiz | All Songs | Mithoon, Sayeed Quadri | Solo Composer, lyricist Disney Plus Hotstar film | |
| 2022 | Radhe Shyam | "Aashiqui Aa Gayi" "Soch Liya" "Udd Ja Parindey" "Shooting Stars" "Soch Liya (Composer's Draft)" |
Mithoon, Manoj Muntashir | Also lyricist |
| Jugjugg Jeeyo | "Ik Mulaqaat" (scrapped from the album) | Mithoon | ||
| Khuda Haafiz 2 | "Chaiyaan Mein Saiyaan Ki" | Mithoon, Faruk Kabir | ||
| HIT: The First Case | "Kitni Haseen Hogi" | Sayeed Quadari | ||
| Shamshera | All songs | Mithoon, Piyush Mishra, Karan Malhotra[citation needed] | Solo Composer, Singer, Lyricist, First collaboration with YRF | |
| Salaam Venky | Mithoon, Kausar Munir, Sandeep Shrivastva | Solo Composer, Lyricist | ||
| 2023 | Gumraah | "Allah De Bande" | Mithoon | Also lyricist |
| Bawaal | "Tumhe Kitna Pyaar Karte" | Manoj Muntashir | Amazon Prime Video film | |
| Gadar 2 | All songs | Sayeed Quadri, Anand Bakshi, Guru Granth | Solo Composer | |
| 2024 | Crakk | "Khayal Rakhna" | Manoj Muntashir | Also singer |
| Vanvaas | All songs | Sayeed Quadri | Solo Composer |
Albums
edit| Sr No | Album | Song | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tu Hi Mere Rab Ki Tarah Hai | "Tu Hi Mere Rab Ki Tarah Hai", "Kuch Dard Mujhe Tu", "Aashiqui Aashiqui", "Tu Hai", "Ab Toh Har", "Mujhe Ishq De" | 2009 |
| 2 | Junoon | "Ek Shaqs" | 2007 |
| 3 | Doorie | "Kuch Is Tarah" | 2006 |
Singles
edit| Sr No | Year | Song | Artists | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2019 | "One India My India" | Sukhwinder Singh, Jubin Nautiyal, Godswill & Mithoon | [17] |
| 2 | "Intezaar" | Arijit Singh & Asees Kaur | ||
| 3 | 2020 | "Toh Aa Gaye Hum" | Jubin Nautiyal | Mithoon even played the role of narrator in the song's official video |
| 4 | 2023 | "Wahi Toh Khuda Hai" | Armaan Malik |
Awards and nominations
editList of awards and nominations received by Mithoon
| Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Shab | Best Music Director | Won | [18] |
| Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Aashiqui 2 | Most Entertaining Song ("Sunn Raha Hai") | Nominated | [19] |
| Most Entertaining Music | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | Ek Villain | Nominated | [20] |
| Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Aashiqui 2 | Best Lyricist (for "Tum Hi Ho") | Nominated | [14][21] |
| Best Music Director | Won | |||
| 2015 | Yaariyan | Nominated | [22] | |
| Ek Villain | Nominated | |||
| 2018 | Half Girlfriend | Nominated | [23] | |
| 2020 | Kabir Singh | Won | [24] [25] | |
| Best Lyricist (for "Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage Hum") | Nominated |
| Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Aashiqui 2 | Best Film Album | Nominated | [26] |
| Best Music Director | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | Ek Villain | Nominated |
| Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Aashiqui 2 | Best Lyricist (for "Tum Hi Ho") | Won | [13] |
| Best Music Director | Won | |||
| 2015 | Ek Villain | Nominated | [27] | |
| Yaariyan | Nominated | |||
| 2020 | Kabir Singh | Won | [28] |
| Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Aashiqui 2 | Album of The Year | Won | [15] |
| Song of The Year (for "Tum Hi Ho") | Won | |||
| Music Composer of The Year | Won | |||
| 2015 | Ek Villain | Album of The Year | Nominated | [29][30] |
| Listeners' Choice Album of the Year | Won | |||
| 2018 | Half Girlfriend | Music Composer of The Year | Nominated | [31][32] |
| Song of The Year (for "Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga") | Won | |||
| 2020 | Kabir Singh | Music Composer of The Year (for "Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage") | Nominated | [33] |
| Song of The Year (for "Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage") | Nominated | |||
| Album of The Year | Nominated |
| Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Aashiqui 2 | Best Music Director | Nominated | [34][35] |
| Best Lyricist (for "Tum Hi Ho") | Won |
| Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Aashiqui 2 | Best Music Director | Nominated | [36] |
| 2015 | Ek Villain | Best Lyricist (for "Banjaara") | Won | [37][38] |
| Best Music Director | Nominated | |||
| Yaariyan | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | Half Girlfriend | Nominated | [39] | |
| Best Background Music | Nominated | |||
| 2019 | Kabir Singh | Best Music Director | Won | [40] |
| Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Bas Ek Pal | Standout Performance by a Music Director | Won | [41] |
| 2015 | Ek Villain | Best Lyricist (for "Banjaara") | Nominated | [42][43] |
| Best Music Director | Nominated | |||
| Yaariyan | Won | |||
| 2017 | Sanam Re | Nominated | [44] | |
| Best Lyricist (for "Sanam Re") | Nominated |
| Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Aashiqui 2 | Best Track of the Year (for "Tum Hi Ho") | Won | [16] |
| Best Lyricist (for "Tum Hi Ho") | Won | |||
| Best Music Director | Won | |||
| 2017 | Half Girlfriend | Nominated | [45] |
- Gaana User's Choice Awards – Best Music Composer (for "Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga") – Won
- Bollywood Journalist Awards – Best Music Director (for "Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga") – Nominated[46]
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