Mithun Sharma (born 11 January 1985), also known as Mithoon, is an Indian Hindi film music director, lyricist-composer and singer.
Mithoon composed the
Hindi
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song "
Tum Hi Ho" from the 2013
Bollywood
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romantic film ''
Aashiqui 2''. Mithoon received the
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
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, and in 2014 received a nomination for
Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist in the
59th Filmfare Awards. He wrote and composed one of the most
streamed Hindi songs on YouTube, "
Sanam Re". The song was honoured with the award of "Most Streamed Song of 2016" at the
Global Indian Music Academy Awards.
Early life
Mithoon was born into a family of musicians. His grandfather, Pandit Ram Prasad Sharma, imparted music knowledge to thousands of aspirants, many of whom are amongst today's top musicians. His father, Naresh Sharma, was a leading expert of musical arrangements,
having worked with almost all of the top composers in more than two hundred movies. Mithoon's father and his uncle Pyarelal-ji (Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma) formed one-half of the legendary composer duo
Laxmikant-Pyarelal.
Mithoon started learning music at the age of eleven. Since his father remained busy, he sent him to knowledgeable people to train himself. His father observed him closely and would often notice what he was practicing. His father often listened to the tunes that he created as well.
On 6 November 2022, he married
playback singer
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Palak Muchhal.
Career
Mithoon began his career with two recreations: "Woh Lamhe" in ''
Zeher'' and "Aadat" in ''
Kalyug''. In 2006, Mithoon's friend recommended his name to
Onir, (director of ''Bas Ek Pal''), who wanted an
electro-based title track. This led to his first original song as a composer, "Bas Ek Pal" with singer
KK, and was followed by "Tere Bin" (by singer
Atif Aslam) in 2006. Both songs were included in the film ''
Bas Ek Pal.'' .
He wrote the score for ''
Anwar
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,'' released in 2007 and his compositions ''Tose Naina Lage'' and ''Maula Mere'' are still extremely popular.
He also worked as a guest composer for songs on several nonmovie albums, such as "Kuch Is Tarah" from Atif Aslam's album ''
Doorie'', and Abhijeet Sawant's and "Ek Shaqs" from the Abhijeet Sawant album
''Junoon''. He released his own album, ''Tu Hi Mere Rab Ki Tarah Hai'' in 2009 with
T-Series. For this album, Mithoon traveled to the United Kingdom to rope in musicians. There, he worked with musicians of the
Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 2011 he composed two songs "Aye Khuda", "Phir Mohabbat" for the film ''
Murder 2'' which also marked the debut of
Arijit Singh
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.
The song "
Tum Hi Ho" which he wrote for ''
Aashiqui 2'', and "O saathi" from the movie ''
Shab'' became popular. He has also been a solo or guest composer for movies such as , ''
Jism 2,
Yaariyan,
Ek Villain,
Hate Story 2,
Creature 3D,
Samrat & Co,
Alone
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,'' ''
Hamari Adhuri Kahani
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,
Bhaag Johnny,
All Is Well,
Loveshhuda,'' ''
Sanam Re,'' ''
Ki & Ka,
Shivaay,
Wajah Tum Ho,
Half Girlfriend,
Shab,
Aksar 2,
Hate Story 4,
Baaghi 2,
Mercury and
Khuda Haafiz
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''
Bollywood discography
Albums
Singles
Awards and nominations
List of awards and nominations received by Mithoon
Asiavision Awards
BIG Star Entertainment Awards
Filmfare Awards
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Global Indian Music Academy Awards
International Indian Film Academy Awards
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Mirchi Music Awards
Producers Guild Film Awards
Screen Awards
Stardust Awards
Zee Cine Awards
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They were first held in Mumbai until 2004, when the ZCA went internat ...
*
Gaana User's Choice Awards – Best Music Composer (for "
Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga
"Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga" () is an Indian Hindi-language song from the Indian film ''Half Girlfriend''. Picturised on Shraddha Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor, the song has been sung by Arijit Singh and Shashaa Tirupati. The music of the song is comp ...
") – Won
* Bollywood Journalist Awards – Best Music Director (for "Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga") – Nominated
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References
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1985 births
Living people
Indian male playback singers
Indian film score composers
Filmfare Awards winners
Musicians from Mumbai
Indian male film score composers