Malik began his career as a music director with Hunterwali 77 in 1977 with the stage name Annu Malik. He returned as a judge for the show's 11th season in 2019, but left after three weeks, and he was one of the judges for part of the 12th season. Malik was a judge on Indian Idol from its first season in 2004 until 2018 when he left after sexual harassment allegations.
Malik's song ' Chamma Chamma' from China Gate was used in the Hollywood film Moulin Rouge! starring Nicole Kidman. Malik is also known for the use of the tabla in some of his songs, including 'Taal Pe Jab'' and 'Mere Humsafar' from the film Refugee, 'Tumse Milke Dilka Jo Haal' from Main Hoon Na, 'Eli Re Eli' from Yaadein and 'Baazigar O Baazigar' from the film Baazigar. He is the son of Sardar Malik.Īs a music director, he has composed music for various genres of films, and has created several commercially successful songs for the Hindi ( Bollywood) film music industry.
He is an Indian National Award and Filmfare Award winning musician, who primarily composes music for the Hindi film industry. Anwar Sardar 'Anu' Malik (born 2 November 1960) is an Indian music composer, arranger and singer.