Chirrantan Bhatt is an Indian musician, composer and singer. He is active in the Indian film industry,

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, and has also composed music for

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. He is best nown for his melody compositions. He is a member of the

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, noted film-makers and directors in Bollywood cinema, and is the grandson of

Vijay Bhatt Vijay Bhatt (born Vrajlal Jagneshwar Bhatt; 12 May 1907 – 17 October 1993) was a producer-director-screenwriter of Hindi cinema, who made such films as '' Ram Rajya'' (1943), ''Baiju Bawra'' (1952), ''Goonj Uthi Shehnai'' (1959) and '' Himal ...

. He is the son of Arun Bhatt, a well known producer and director of Gujarati films. Bhatt made his debut as a composer in the Hindi film ''

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'' in 2008. He had musical hits such as ''

Shaapit ''Shaapit'' () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language romantic horror adventure film directed by Vikram Bhatt, starring Aditya Narayan, Rahul Dev, Shweta Agarwal and Shubh Joshi in the lead roles. The film is based on the story of a family whose daugh ...

'', '' Haunted 3D'', and '' 1920: Evil Returns'' in the beginning of his career and later composed chartbusters like "Har Kisi Ko Nahin Milta" in

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's ''

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'', "Teri Meri Kahaani" and "Coffee Peete Peete" in '' Gabbar Is Back'', "Bawra Mann" in '' Jolly LLB 2'' and "Uska Hi Banana" in 1920: Evil Returns. After ''Gabbar Is Back'', director Krish offered his Telugu venture, ''Kanche'', to Bhatt, who received rave reviews for his music and background score. The score won him two major awards in 2016 - the GAMA Award in Dubai and the CineMAA Award in Hyderabad. He was also nominated for Best Music Director for ''

Kanche ''Kanche'' () is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language romantic war film written and directed by Krish. It stars Varun Tej, Pragya Jaiswal, and Nikitin Dheer. Produced by First Frame Entertainment, ''Kanche'' revolves around the enmity between t ...

'' by the Telugu Filmfare Awards. The film also won the prestigious National Award 2016 in the Best Regional Film category. Bhatt later worked on another period film, ''

Gautamiputra Satakarni Gautamiputra Satakarni (Brahmi: 𑀕𑁄𑀢𑀫𑀺𑀧𑀼𑀢 𑀲𑀸𑀢𑀓𑀡𑀺, ''Gotamiputa Sātakaṇi'', IAST: ) was a ruler of the Satavahana Empire in present-day Deccan region of India. He was mentioned as the important an ...

'', directed by Krish and starring Telugu superstar Nandmuri Balakrishna. Bhatt impressed both audiences and critics with his music and background score for this film. Bhatt created the music and background score for Nandmuri Balakrishna's mass entertainer ''

Jai Simha ''Jai Simha'' () is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language action film produced by C. Kalyan on C. K. Entertainments banner and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Nayanthara, Hariprriya, Natasha Doshi and music was composed by ...

'', with the song "Ammakutti Ammakutti" becoming a rage. Chirrantan Bhatt has been nominated in the best Music Album category for the Filmfare Awards 2020 for his contribution to the Akshay Kumar film - Kesari and won the Radio Mirchi award for the same. His music for Nandamuri Balakrishna's Telugu film, Ruler was also well received by the audience with Padataadhu Taadhu and Yaala Yaala becoming instant hits.

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