# List of Indian film music directors

The following are notable Indian film music directors:
| Music director | Language |
| Aadesh Shrivastava | Hindi, Bengali |
| Aby Tom Cyriac | Malayalam |
| Abhimann Roy | Kannada, Telugu |
| Achu Rajamani | Tamil, Malayalam |
| Adnan Sami | Hindi |
| Ajay–Atul | Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Sanskrit |
| Ajay Srivastava | Bhojpuri |
| Amaal Mallik | Hindi, Tamil, Telugu |
| Amit Trivedi | Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil |
| Anand Raj Anand | Hindi |
| Anand–Milind | Hindi |
| Anand Modak | Marathi |
| Anil Biswas | Hindi, Bengali |
| Anil Mohile | Marathi |
| Anirudh Ravichander | Tamil, Telugu, Hindi |
| Ankit Tiwari | Hindi |
| Anup Rubens | Telugu |
| Anoop Seelin | Kannada |
| Anu Malik | Hindi, Bengali, Kannada |
| Arjuna Harjai | Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi |
| Arjun Janya | Kannada |
| A. R. Rahman | Tamil, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Punjabi, Malayalam, Kannada, English, Gujarati, Mandarin, Japanese, Persian, Arabic, |
| A. R. Reihana | Tamil, Kannada |
| Aruldev | Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada |
| Arun Paudwal | Hindi, Marathi |
| Ashok Bhatt | Gujarati |
| Ashok Ghosh | Hindi, Bengali |
| Ashok Patki | Marathi, Konkani |
| Avadhoot Gupte | Marathi |
| Avinash Vyas | Hindi, Gujarati |
| Baba Sehgal | Hindi |
| Bappi Lahiri | Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu |
| B Ajaneesh Loknath | Kannada, Tamil |
| Berny-Ignatius | Malayalam |
| Bennet–Veetraag | Malayalam |
| Bharadwaj | Tamil, Telugu |
| Bhaskar Chandavarkar | Marathi, Kannada, Hindi |
| Bhavesh Bhatt | Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, English, Punjabi |
| Bhavatharini | Tamil |
| Bheems Ceciroleo | Telugu |
| Bhupen Hazarika | Hindi, Bengali, Assamese |
| Bijibal | Malayalam |
| Bulo C Rani | Hindi |
| C. R. Subbaraman | Tamil, Telugu, Hindi |
| C. Ramchandra | Hindi, Marathi, Telugu |
| Chaitan Bharadwaj | Telugu |
| Chakri | Telugu, Kannada |
| Chand Pardesi | Hindi |
| Chandrabose | Tamil |
| Chitragupta | Hindi |
| Chirrantan Bhatt | Hindi, Telugu |
| C. Ashwath | Kannada |
| Chowdiah | Kannada, Tamil |
| Chaitra HG | Kannada |
| Colonial Cousins | Hindi, Tamil |
| Damodar Raao | Bhojpuri, Hindi, Marathi |
| Datta Davjekar | Marathi, Hindi |
| Datta Naik | Marathi, Hindi |
| Dattaram Wadkar | Hindi, Marathi |
| Debojyoti Mishra | Hindi, Bengali |
| Deva | Tamil |
| Devan Ekambaram | Tamil |
| Devi Sri Prasad | Telugu, Tamil, Hindi |
| Deepak Dev | Malayalam, Tamil |
| Dharan | Tamil |
| Dhina | Tamil |
| Dharma Vish | Kannada, Hindi |
| Emani Sankara Sastry | Hindi, Telugu |
| G.Aswathama | Telugu |
| Ghulam Mohammed (composer) | Hindi |
| G. K. Venkatesh | Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu |
| G. Devarajan | Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada |
| Gangai Amaran | Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam |
| Gopi Sunder | Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi |
| Ghantasala | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada |
| Gali Penchala Narasimha Rao | Telugu |
| Ghibran | Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam |
| Gurukiran | Kannada, Telugu |
| G. V. Prakash Kumar | Tamil, Telugu, Kannada |
| Hamsalekha | Kannada, Tamil, Telugu |
| Hansraj Behl | Hindi, Punjabi |
| Harris Jayaraj | Tamil, Telugu, Hindi |
| Hesham Abdul Wahab | Malayam, Telugu |
| Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay | Bengali, Hindi |
| Himesh Reshammiya | Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bhojpuri, Marathi, English and French |
| Hridaynath Mangeshkar | Hindi, Marathi |
| Hiphop Tamizha | Tamil, Telugu |
| Husnlal Bhagatram | Hindi |
| Ishaan Dev | Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada |
| Ilayaraja | Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Sanskrit, Malayalam, Kannada, English, Marathi |
| Iqbal Qureshi | Hindi |
| Ismail Darbar | Hindi |
| Imman | Tamil, Telugu, Kannada |
| Jagjit Singh | Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi |
| Jaidev | Hindi |
| James Vasanthan | Tamil |
| Jassie Gift | Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu |
| Jatin–Lalit | Hindi, Bengali, Telugu |
| Jeet Ganguly | Hindi, Bengali |
| Jerry Amaldev | Malayalam |
| Johnson | Malayalam, Tamil |
| Joshua Sridhar | Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu |
| Jubair Muhammed | Malayalam |
| Joy Sarkar | Bengali |
| J. V. Raghavulu | Telugu |
| Kabir Suman | Bengali |
| K. V. Mahadevan | Tamil, Telugu |
| K. Chakravarthy | Kannada, Telugu |
| K | Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam |
| K. Kalyan | Kannada |
| Kailash-Naresh-Paresh | Hindi |
| Kalyanji-Anandji | Hindi, Gujarati |
| Kanish Sharma | Hindi, Punjabi |
| Kanu Roy | Hindi, Bengali |
| Kannur Rajan | Malayalam |
| Karthik | Tamil |
| Karthikeya Murthy | Tamil, Telugu |
| Karthik Raja | Tamil, Kannada |
| Kelkar | Marathi, Telugu |
| Komanduri Ramachari | Telugu |
| K. Prasada Rao | Telugu |
| Krishnarao Phulambrikar | Hindi, Marathi |
| Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan | Tamil |
| Khayyam | Hindi |
| Khemchand Prakash | Hindi |
| Khwaja Khurshid Anwar | Hindi, Urdu |
| Kishore Kumar | Hindi, Bengali |
| Kumar Sanu | Hindi, Bengali |
| Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan | Tamil |
| Lachhiram Tomar | Hindi |
| Lalit Pandit | Hindi |
| Laxmikant–Pyarelal | Hindi, Telugu |
| Lesle Lewis | Hindi, Marathi |
| Lata Mangeshkar | Marathi as Anandghan |
| L. Vaidyanathan | Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam |
| Madan Mohan | Hindi |
| Mahati Swara Sagar | Telugu |
| Master Venu | Telugu, Tamil |
| M. S. Viswanathan | Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu |
| M. Ranga Rao | Kannada |
| M. M. Keeravani | Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam |
| Mani Sharma | Telugu, Tamil |
| Madhavapeddi Suresh | Telugu |
| Manikanth Kadri | Kannada, Tamil |
| Mano Murthy | Kannada |
| Manoj George | Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi |
| Meet Bros | Hindi, Punjabi |
| Mejo Joseph | Malayalam |
| M. G. Radhakrishnan | Malayalam, Tamil |
| M. G. Sreekumar | Malayalam, Tamil |
| Mickey J Meyer | Telugu |
| Mithoon Sharma | Hindi |
| M.Janardhan | Telugu |
| M. Jayachandran | Malayalam, Tamil |
| M. M. Srilekha | Telugu |
| Monty Sharma | Hindi |
| M. S. Baburaj | Malayalam |
| M. Venkataraju | Kannada, Tamil |
| Nadeem–Shravan | Hindi |
| Naushad Ali | Hindi, Bhojpuri, Malayalam |
| Neeta Sen | Bengali |
| Nilesh Moharir | Marathi |
| Nitz 'N' Sony | Hindi |
| Nitesh Tiwari | Hindi |
| Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | Hindi |
| O. P. Nayyar | Hindi, Telugu |
| Ouseppachan | Malayalam, Tamil |
| P. Adinarayana Rao | Telugu, Tamil, Hindi |
| Pankaj Mullick | Hindi, Bengali |
| Pannalal Ghosh | Hindi, Bengali |
| Papanasam Sivan | Tamil, Kannada |
| Pendyala Nageswara Rao | Telugu, Tamil |
| Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath | Malayalam |
| P. Kalinga Rao | Kannada |
| Prashanth R Vihari | Telugu |
| Prashant Pillai | Hindi, Malayalam |
| Pravin Mani | Tamil, Telugu |
| Praveen D Rao | Kannada |
| Prem Dhawan | Hindi, Punjabi |
| Prem Anand | Odia, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali |
| Premgi Amaren | Tamil |
| Pritam Chakraborty | Hindi, Bengali |
| P. Bhanumathi | Telugu, Tamil |
| P. V. R. Raja | Telugu, Hindi |
| Raichand Boral | Hindi, Bengali |
| Raj Kamal | Hindi |
| Ravi | Hindi, Malayalam |
| Rahul Dev Burman | Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Oriya, Marathi, English |
| R. Sudarsanam | Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam |
| Raghu Dixit | Kannada |
| Rahul Raj | Telugu, Malayalam |
| Raj–Koti | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada |
| Raju Singh | Hindi, Punjabi |
| Rajan–Nagendra | Kannada, Telugu |
| Rajesh Ramanath | Kannada |
| Rajesh Roshan | Hindi, Bengali |
| Rajkumar R. Pandey | Bhojpuri |
| Rajnish Mishra | Bhojpuri |
| Ram Kadam | Marathi |
| Raamlaxman | Marathi, Hindi |
| Ram Miriyala | Telugu |
| R. P. Patnaik | Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi |
| Ramana Gogula | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada |
| Ramesh Naidu | Telugu |
| Ranjit Barot | Hindi |
| Raveendran | Malayalam, Tamil |
| Ravi Basrur | Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi. |
| Ravindra Jain | Hindi, Telugu |
| Ricky Kej | Malayalam, Kannada |
| Rohan-Rohan | Hindi, Marathi |
| Roop Kumar Rathod | Hindi, Bengali |
| Roshan | Hindi |
| Sachin–Jigar | Hindi, Gujarati |
| Sadhu Kokila | Kannada |
| Sajid–Wajid | Hindi |
| Salil Chowdhury | Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam |
| Saleel Kulkarni | Marathi |
| Salim–Sulaiman | Hindi, Tamil, Telugu |
| Sanjib Sarkar | Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, English & Devotional |
| Sandesh Shandilya | Hindi |
| Sandeep Chowta | Hindi, Telugu |
| Sangeet-Siddharth | Hindi, Marathi |
| Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Hindi |
| Sanjeev–Darshan | Hindi |
| Santosh Mishra | Hindi, Bhojpuri, Gujarati |
| Sapan-Jagmohan | Hindi, Bengali |
| S. A. Rajkumar | Tamil, Telugu, Kannada |
| Sardar Malik | Hindi |
| Sardul Singh Kwatra | Hindi |
| Sashank Navaladi | Hindi, English and all Indian Languages |
| Satyam | Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu |
| S. D. Burman | Hindi, Bengali |
| Shankar Rao Vyas | Hindi, Marathi |
| Shankar–Ganesh | Tamil, Kannada, Telugu |
| Shanti Kumar Desai | Hindi, Gujarati |
| Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy | Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Bengali, Telugu, English |
| Shankar Mahadevan | Tamil, Marathi, Hindi |
| Shankar–Jaikishan | Hindi, Bengali, Telugu |
| Shiv–Hari | Hindi |
| S. Hanumantha Rao | Telugu |
| Shantanu Moitra | Hindi, Bengali |
| Sharreth | Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu |
| Shashwat Sachdev | Hindi |
| Shyam | Malayalam, Tamil |
| Shruti Haasan | Tamil, Telugu |
| Simon K. King | Tamil, Telugu |
| S. M. Subbaiah Naidu | Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu |
| S. N. Tripathi | Hindi |
| S. Narayan | Kannada |
| Snehal Bhatkar | Hindi, Marathi |
| Sneha Khanwalkar | Hindi |
| Sohail Sen | Hindi, Bengali |
| S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | Telugu, Kannada, Tamil |
| S. P. Kodandapani | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada |
| S. P. Venkatesh | Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam |
| Salur Rajeswara Rao | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada |
| Srinivas | Tamil |
| Srikanth Deva | Tamil |
| Sri | Telugu |
| Snehal Bhatkar | Hindi, Marathi |
| Sajjad Hussain | Hindi |
| Sudhir Phadke | Hindi, Marathi |
| Suresh Peters | Malayalam, Tamil |
| Susarla Dakshinamurthi | Telugu, Tamil |
| S. V. Krishna Reddy | Telugu |
| Santhosh Narayanan | Tamil, Telugu |
| Sweekar Agasthi | Telugu |
| Selvaganesh | Tamil, Kannada |
| Thaman S | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada |
| T. Chalapathi Rao | Telugu |
| T. V. Raju | Telugu |
| T. G. Lingappa | Kannada, Tamil, Telugu |
| T. K. Ramamoorthy | Tamil, Telugu |
| Upendra Kumar | Kannada |
| Usha Khanna | Hindi |
| Uttam Singh | Hindi, Tamil |
| Usha Khanna | Hindi |
| Vandemataram Srinivas | Telugu |
| Vani Harikrishna | Kannada |
| Vanraj Bhatia | Hindi |
| Varun Unni | Malayalam |
| Vasant Desai | Hindi, Marathi |
| V. Dakshinamoorthy | Malayalam, Tamil |
| Vasant Desai | Marathi, Hindi |
| V. Harikrishna | Kannada, Telugu |
| Vidyasagar | Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam |
| Vijai Bulganin | Telugu |
| Vijay Antony | Tamil, Telugu |
| Vijay Prakash | Tamil, Kannada |
| Vijaya Bhaskar | Kannada |
| Viju Shah | Hindi, Gujarati |
| Vikram Montrose | Hindi |
| Vishal Bhardwaj | Hindi |
| Vivek Sagar | Telugu |
| Vishal Mishra | Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu |
| Vishal–Shekhar | Hindi, Marathi, Telugu |
| Viswajith | Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, English |
| V. Kumar | Tamil |
| V. Manohar | Kannada |
| V. Nagayya | Telugu |
| V. Ravichandran | Kannada |
| Yashwant Deo | Hindi, Marathi |
| Yuvan Shankar Raja | Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, English |
| Honey Singh | Punjabi |
| Zakir Hussain | Independent |
| Zubeen Garg | Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, English |