Chirrantan Bhatt
Chirrantan Bhatt is an Indian musician, composer and singer in the Indian film industry. He is active in Bollywood and has composed music for Telugu films as well. His compositions are generally high on melody.
He belongs to the Bhatt family, noted film-makers and directors in Bollywood cinema, and is the grandson of Vijay Bhatt. He is the son of Arun Bhatt, a well known producer and director of Gujarati films.
Bhatt made his debut as a composer in the Hindi film Mission Istaanbul in 2008. He had musical hits such as Shaapit, Haunted 3D, and in the beginning of his career and later composed chartbusters like "Har Kisi Ko Nahin Milta" in Akshay Kumar's Boss, "Teri Meri Kahaani" and "Coffee Peete Peete" in Gabbar Is Back, "Bawra Mann" in Jolly LLB 2 and "Uska Hi Banana" in.
After Gabbar Is Back, director Krish offered his Telugu venture, Kanche, to Bhatt, who received rave reviews for his music and background score. The score won him two major awards - the GAMA Award 2016 in Dubai and the Cinemaa Award 2016 in Hyderabad. He was also nominated for Best Music Director for Kanche by the Telugu Filmfare Awards. The film also won the prestigious National Award 2016 in the Best Regional Film category.
Bhatt later worked on another period film, Gautamiputra Satakarni, directed by Krish and starring Telugu superstar Nandmuri Balakrishna. Bhatt impressed both audiences and critics with his music and background score for this film.
Bhatt created the music and background score for Nandmuri Balakrishna's mass entertainer Jai Simha, with the song "Ammakutti Ammakutti" becoming a rage. 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 won the Radio Mirchi award for the same. His music for Nandamuri Balakrishna's Telugu film, Ruler was also well received by the audience with Padataadhu Taadhu and Yaala Yaala becoming instant hits.
Discography
| Year | Movie | Notes |
| 2019 | Ruler | Telugu |
| 2019 | Kesari | Composed "Ajj Singh Garjega" |
| 2018 | Jai Simha | Telugu film, composed album and background score |
| 2017 | Jolly LLB 2 | Composed "Bawra Mann" |
| 2017 | Gautamiputra Satakarni | Telugu film, composed album and background score |
| 2015 | Kanche | Telugu film, composed album and background score |
| 2015 | Gabbar is Back | Composed Teri "Meri Kahaani" and "Coffee Peetey Peetey" |
| 2014 | Ragini MMS 2 | Composed one track, "Lori of Death" |
| 2013 | Boss | Composed track "Har kisi ko" |
| 2013 | Ishk Actually | Composed three tracks including "Aye Dil Bata", "Lucky Tonight", "Injar Pinjar" |
| 2013 | Ankur Arora Murder Case | Composed album |
| 2013 | Zanjeer | Two tracks, Hindi- "Mumbai Ke Hero", "Lamha Tera Mera" and Telugu- "Mumbai Ke Hero", "Preminchaa.." |
| 2012 | ' | Composed album |
| 2011 | Haunted – 3D | Composed album |
| 2010 | Shaapit | Composed album |
| 2010 | Allah Ke Banday | Composed two tracks |
| 2010 | Hide & Seek | Composed one track |
| 2009 | ' | Composed album |
| 2008 | EMI: Liya Hai To Chukana Padega | Composed album |
| 2008 | Mission Istaanbul | Composed "Mission Mission", "Nobody Like You" |