Mithoon
Mithun Sharma, also known as Mithoon, is an Indian Hindi film music director, lyricist-composer and singer.
Mithoon is well known for his composition of the famous Hindi song "Tum Hi Ho" from the 2013 Bollywood romantic film Aashiqui 2. The song was highly acclaimed by critics as well as audiences, and remained on the top of various Indian music charts for several weeks. Mithoon received the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, 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 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.
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,, 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" in 2006. Both songs were included in the film Bas Ek Pal..Mithoon followed up with another melodious score for Anwar, released in 2007. Later movies like The Train, Lamhaa and 3G followed, and although the movies did not fare well, the music was very well received.
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.
Mithoon also scored music for a Malaysian movie called Diva, where he collaborated with Malaysian R&B singer, Ning Baizura.
A moment of glory came for Mithoon when he composed the song "Tum Hi Ho" for Aashiqui 2. The song went on to become a major hit, and paved the way for his fortune. His song "O saathi" from the movie Shab has been labelled as one of the most intense songs by his listeners. He has also been a solo or guest composer on many additional movies including Murder 2, Jism 2,Yaariyan, Ek Villain, Hate Story 2, Creature 3D, Samrat & Co, Alone, Hamari Adhuri Kahani, 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.
Bollywood Discography
| Year | Film | Songs | Notes |
| 2005 | Zeher | "Woh Lamhe Woh Baatein", "Lamhe " | Guest Composer |
| 2006 | Bas Ek Pal | "Bas Ek Pal", "Tere Bin" | |
| 2007 | Anwar | "Maula Mere Maula", "Javeda Zindagi" | |
| 2007 | The Train | All songs | Solo Composer |
| 2007 | Aggar | All Songs | Solo Composer |
| 2010 | Lamhaa | All songs | Solo Composer |
| 2011 | Murder 2 | "Aye Khuda", "Phir Mohabbat", "Aye Khuda " | Guest Composer |
| 2012 | Jism 2 | "Yeh Kasoor" | Guest Composer |
| 2013 | 3G | All songs | Solo Composer |
| 2013 | Aashiqui 2 with other composer's | "Tum Hi Ho", "Meri Aashiqui", "Aashiqui – The Love Theme", "Aashiqui 2 Mashup" | Winner, Apsara Award for Best Lyrics for "Tum Hi Ho" Nominated, Apsara Award for Best Music Director Winner, IIFA Best Music Director Award with Ankit Tiwari & Jeet Ganguly Winner, IIFA Best Lyricist Award for "Tum Hi Ho" Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Music Director with Ankit Tiwari & Jeet Ganguly Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist for "Tum Hi Ho" Nominated, Screen Award for Best Music Director Winner, BIG Star Entertainment Award for Most Entertaining Song for Tum Hi Ho Winner, Global Indian Music Award for Best Film Album with Ankit Tiwari & Jeet Ganguly Winner, Global Indian Music Award for Best Film Song for Tum Hi Ho Winner, Mirchi Music Award for Song of the Year for Tum Hi Ho with Arijit Singh Winner, Mirchi Music Award for Album of the Year with Ankit Tiwari & Jeet Ganguly Winner, Mirchi Music Award for Music Composer of the Year for Tum Hi Ho Winner, Mirchi Music Award for Best Album with Ankit Tiwari & Jeet Ganguly Nominated, Screen Weekly Award for Best Music with Ankit Tiwari & Jeet Ganguly Winner, Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director with Ankit Tiwari & Jeet Ganguly Winner, Zee Cine Award for Best Lyricist for "Tum Hi Ho" Winner, Zee Cine Award for Best Song of the Year with Arijit Singh |
| 2014 | Yaariyan | "Baarish" | Guest Composer |
| 2014 | Samrat & Co. | "Shukr Tera", "O Humnavaa" | Guest Composer |
| 2014 | Ek Villain | "Banjaara", "Zaroorat", "Humdard" | Winner: Bollywood Hungama Surfers' Choice Music Award for Best Soundtrack, shared with Ankit Tiwari, Soch |
| 2014 | Hate Story 2 | "Hai Dil Yeh Mera", "Hai Dil Yeh Mera " | Guest Composer |
| 2014 | Creature 3D | All songs | Lead Composer |
| 2015 | Alone | "Awaara" | Guest Composer |
| 2015 | Hamari Adhuri Kahani | "Humnava" | Guest Composer |
| 2015 | All Is Well | "Mere Humsafar" | Guest Composer |
| 2015 | Bhaag Johnny | "Kinna Sona" & "Meri Zindagi" | Guest Composer |
| 2016 | Love Shhuda | "Mar Jaayen" & "Mar Jaayen " | Guest Composer |
| 2016 | Sanam Re | "Tere Liye" and "Sanam Re " | Guest Composer |
| 2016 | Ki and Ka | "Ji Hazoori" | Guest Composer |
| 2016 | Traffic | All songs | Solo Composer |
| 2016 | Shivaay | All songs | Lead Composer |
| 2016 | Wajah Tum Ho | "Wajah Tum Ho" | Guest Composer |
| 2017 | Half Girlfriend | "Phir Bhi Tumko Chahunga", "Pal Bhar ", "Chahunga ", "Chahunga " | |
| 2019 | Satellite Shankar | Tere sang | |
| 2020 | Malang | Chal Ghar chalen | |
| 2020 | Shamshera | TBA | |
| 2020 | Khuda Hafiz | TBA |
Albums
Singles
Awards and nominations
List of awards and nominations received by Mithoon[Asiavision Awards]
[BIG Star Entertainment Awards]
[Filmfare Awards]
[Global Indian Music Academy Awards]
[International Indian Film Academy Awards]
[Mirchi Music Awards]
[Producers Guild Film Awards]
[Screen Awards]
[Stardust Awards]
[Zee Cine Awards]
- Gaana User's Choice Awards – Best Music Composer – Won
- Bollywood Journalist Awards – Best Music Direction – Nominated