Chirrantan Bhatt is an Indian musician, composer, and singer. He has worked within

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ...

, the Indian film industry, and composed music for

Telugu films Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Based in Film Nagar, Hyderabad, Telug ...

. He is best known for his melody compositions, particularly in Hindi horror films. He is a member of the Gujarati

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, 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 '' Hi ...

. He is the son of

Arun Bhatt Arun Bhatt (1934–2001) was an Indian film director and producer active in Hindi Cinema, Hindi and Gujarati cinema during the 1970s and 1980s. Biography Arun Bhatt was born on 26 September 1934. He was the eldest son of the movie producer a ...

, a producer and director of Gujarati films. Bhatt made his debut as a composer for the Hindi film ''

Mission Istaanbul ''Mission Istaanbul'' is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Apoorva Lakhia. It stars Vivek Oberoi, Zayed Khan, and Shriya Saran. The film is based on an organisation ''Al Johara'' which bears a resemblance to Qatar-b ...

'' in 2008. His early career works include music for the films ''

Shaapit ''Shaapit'' () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language romantic horror adventure film directed by Vikram Bhatt, starring debutant Aditya Narayan, Rahul Dev, Shweta Agarwal (in her final film appearance) and Shubh Joshi in the lead roles. The film is b ...

'', '' Haunted 3D'', and '' 1920: Evil Returns.'' His later works include "Har Kisi Ko Nahin Milta" in

Akshay Kumar Akshay Hari Om Bhatia (born Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia; 9 September 1967), known professionally as Akshay Kumar (), is an Indian actor and film producer working in Hindi cinema. Referred to in the media as "Khiladi Kumar", through his career span ...

's ''

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'', "Teri Meri Kahaani" and "Coffee Peete Peete" in ''

Gabbar Is Back ''Gabbar Is Back'' is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language Vigilante film, vigilante action thriller film directed by Krish Jagarlamudi, Krish in his Hindi debut, written by Rajat Arora and produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The film stars Akshay Kumar ...

'', "Bawra Mann" in ''

Jolly LLB 2 ''The State vs. Jolly LL.B. 2'', better known as ''Jolly LLB 2'', is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language black comedy legal drama film written and directed by Subhash Kapoor as a sequel to his 2013 film ''Jolly LLB''. Akshay Kumar plays the titular ch ...

,'' and "Uska Hi Banana" in 1920: Evil Returns. After ''Gabbar Is Back'', the director Krish offered Bhatt the opportunity to score his Telugu venture, ''Kanche.'' 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, Telugu-language Romance film, romantic war film written and directed by Krish (director), Krish. It stars Varun Tej, Pragya Jaiswal, and Nikitin Dheer. Produced by First Frame Entertainment, ''Ka ...

'' by the Telugu Filmfare Awards. The film also won the 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 a ...

'', which was also directed by Krish and starred the Telugu actor Nandmuri Balakrishna. Bhatt impressed critics with his music and background score for this film. In 2018, Bhatt created the music and background score for Nandmuri Balakrishna's film ''

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

.'' In particular, his song "Ammakutti Ammakutti" from the film became a hit. 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 he won the Radio Mirchi award for the same. He also composed the music for Nandamuri Balakrishna's Telugu film "Ruler".

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