Rajesh Roshan

Rajesh Roshan
Indian film music composer Rajesh Roshan
Born	Rajesh Roshan Lal Nagrath (1955-05-24) 24 May 1955 (age 61) Bombay, Bombay State, India (now Mumbai, Maharashtra)
Musical career
Occupation(s)	Composer, music director
Years active	1974–present

Rajesh Roshan Lal Nagrath (born 24 May 1955) is a Hindi cinema music composer. He is the younger brother of film director and producer Rakesh Roshan and the uncle of Hrithik Roshan.

Rajesh Roshan is the son of Hindi film composer Roshan and younger brother of film director and actor Rakesh Roshan. He is also uncle to actor Hrithik Roshan, in whose films he composes many songs for example Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000), Koi Mil Gaya (2003), Kaabil (2017), Krrish (2006), its subsequent sequel Krrish 3 and Kites (2010). He has a son named Eshaan and a daughter named Pashmina.

Rajesh Roshan had a successful association with Basu Chatterjee, Dev Anand, Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar. He shot to fame with the score for Kunwara Baap and later Julie for which he won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award. The first break for him was given by Mehmood.

Rajesh Roshan scored well in the big break given by Mehmood for Kunwara Baap (1974) and then by Dev Anand in three back to back hit films: Des Pardes, Man Pasand, and Lootmaar. Then he composed melodious tunes and made Kishore Kumar sing them in films like Mama Bhanja, Doosra Aadmi, Muqaddar, Swami, Priyatama, Yehi Hai Zindagi, Ek Hi Raasta, Swarg Narak, Inkaar, Khatta Meetha, Baaton Baaton Mein, Do Aur Do Paanch, Kaamchor, Hamari Bahu Alka, Bhagwaan Dada, Ghar Sansar followed by films with Rajesh Khanna like Janta Hawaldar, Nishaan, Babu and Aakhir Kyon?. However, since 1985 he has composed songs mostly for films made by his brother. His hit song filmed on Helen, i.e. "Mungda...Mungada..." from the film Inkaar in 1978 is still a landmark in cabaret songs in Bollywood. Most of his hit music numbers have been rendered by Kishore Kumar till 1987. His career got affected by death of Kishore Kumar in 1987. In the nineties to 2005, his hit numbers were sung mainly by Udit Narayan.