Ajit Singh Varman ( hi, अजीत वर्मन; 26 March 1947 – 15 December 2016), sometimes also credited as Ajit Verman, was an Indian

film music A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...

composer. He started his career in the 1960s as a musician for the likes of

Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. One of the greatest auteurs o ...

Mrinal Sen Mrinal Sen (''Beng.'' মৃণাল সেন; 14 May 1923 – 30 December 2018) was an Indian film director, and screenwriter known for his work primarily in Bengali, and few Hindi and Telugu language films. Regarded as one of the finest Ind ...

Pankaj Mullick Pankaj Kumar Mullick (10 May 1905 – 19 February 1978) was an Indian music composer, playback singer and actor, who was a pioneer of film music in Bengali cinema and Hindi cinema at the advent of playback singing, as well as an early exponen ...

and

Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury (19 November 1925 – 5 September 1995) was an Indian music director, songwriter, lyricist, writer and poet who predominantly composed for Bengali, Hindi and Malayalam films. He composed music for films in 13 languages. This i ...

in Calcutta (now

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...

) as well as

Shankar Jaikishan Shankar may refer to: People *Shankar (name), including a list of people with the name * Sankar (writer) (Mani Shankar Mukherjee), Bengali writer * L. Shankar, Indian violinist * S. Shankar, Indian film director commonly credited as Shankar *Sanka ...

and Laxmikant Pyarelal in the 1970s in Mumbai (then Bombay) till 1975 when he decided to make the transition to full-time music direction. He worked on

Govind Nihalani Govind Nihalani (born 19 December 1940) is an Indian film director, cinematographer, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Hindi cinema. He has been the recipient of six National Film Awards, and five Bollywood Filmfare Awards. In ...

's '' Aakrosh'' (1980), '' Vijeta'' (1982) and ''

Ardh Satya ''Ardh Satya'' () is a 1983 film directed by Govind Nihalani, his second offering after another angst-ridden movie '' Aakrosh'' (1980). The screenplay of both movies was by Vijay Tendulkar, the noted Marathi playwright; this one was based on the ...

'' (1983), besides two of

Mahesh Bhatt Mahesh Bhatt (born 20 September 1948) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter known for his works in Hindi cinema. A stand-out film from his earlier period is '' Saaransh'' (1984), screened at the 14th Moscow International Film ...

's early classics ''

Saaransh Saaransh (English: The Gist ) is a 1984 Indian Hindi drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Anupam Kher, Rohini Hattangadi, Madan Jain, Nilu Phule, Suhas Bhalekar and Soni Razdan. It is about an elderly Maharashtrian couple living in Mu ...

'' (1984) and '' Janam'' (1985).Yeh aashiqui meri (1998)(19

Filmography

* '' Aakrosh'' (1980) * '' Vijeta'' (1982) * ''

'' (1983) * ''

'' (1984) * ''Misaal'' (1985) * '' Janam'' (1985, TV Movie) * ''

Andha Yudh ''Andha Yudh'' is a 1987 Indian action drama thriller film directed by Dayal Nihalani. Plot The story revolves around an evil politician a junior minister who plots the murder of the chief minister through a hired killer. After the assassinati ...

'' (1987) * ''

Karm Yodha ''Karmyoddha'' is a 1992 Bollywood action film. It stars Raj Babbar, Dimple Kapadia in lead roles. Music Nadira Babbar wrote all the songs. #Haye Ye Ladhkiya - Amit Kumar #Jhumpak Jhumpak Tara Ra Ram - Suresh Wadkar, Alka Yagnik #Uff Ye Kya ...

'' (1992) * ''

Imtihaan ''Imtihan'' (translation: ''Examination'') is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action romance film directed by Harry Baweja, starring Sunny Deol, Saif Ali Khan and Raveena Tandon. Plot Vicky (Saif Ali Khan) is a popular singer, who meets and fal ...

'' (1995, TV show) * Mohini (1995, Background Score)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Varman, Ajit 1947 births 2016 deaths Musicians from Kolkata Hindi film score composers Indian male film score composers