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Viju Shah
Born	Vijay Kalyanji Shah (1959-06-05) 5 June 1959 (age 65)
Occupation(s)	Musician, score composer
Years active	1989–present
Spouse	Sunanda Shah
Parent	Kalyanji Virji Shah

Vijay Kalyanji Shah (born 5 June 1959), popularly known as Viju Shah, is an Indian composer in the Hindi film industry. He is the son of Kalyanji Virji Shah, one-half of the composer duo Kalyanji–Anandji.

Shah has composed soundtracks for over 20 Hindi films including Tridev (1989), Vishwatma (1992), Mohra (1994), Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997) and Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998). He is the recipient of the Filmfare Award for Best Background Score in 1998.

Career

Shah made his Bollywood debut in 1985, with Rajiv Rai's action thriller Yudh, under the name Vijay Shah. It marked the first of several collaborations with him and Rai.

In 1989, Shah composed the soundtrack for Rai's musical action thriller Tridev. The film's soundtrack included the song "Tirchi Topiwale", and Tridev which earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.

In 1992, following the success of Tridev, Shah composed the soundtrack on Rai's action thriller Vishwatma. He also scored the horror thriller, Junoon. The next year, he composed the score for the action drama, Lootere (1993), which earned him his first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Background Score.

In 1994, the duo composed the soundtrack for the film Mohra, featuring songs like "Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast" and "Tip Tip Barsa Pani." The music album went on to become the second highest-selling Bollywood soundtrack album of the year (after Hum Aapke Hain Koun), having sold more than 8 million units. The film earned Shah his second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director. The same year, he also composed the background score for Rajkumar Santoshi's comedy Andaz Apna Apna, which earned him his second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Background Score.

His work continued in the musical score for romantic drama, Tere Mere Sapne (1996), produced by Amitabh Bachchan's ABCL. The film's soundtrack earned Shah his third nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.

Shah and Rai next collaborated on the murder mystery thriller, Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997). The soundtrack, which featured several songs like "Duniya Haseeno Ka Mela," "Mushkil Bada Yeh Pyar Hai," and "Gupt Gupt," is widely regarded as one of Shah's best works.

In 1998, Shah composed for David Dhawan's action comedy Bade Miyan Chote Miyan. The film's soundtrack includes songs like "Makhna" which became popular hits, contributing to the film's commercial success. It also earned him his fifth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.

His collaboration with Rai continued with films like Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat (2001) and Asambhav (2004); however, these films failed to replicate the success of their earlier projects.

In 2020, Shah composed the score for the Netflix crime drama film Class of '83.

Awards

Discography

References

1. "Biography of Viju Shah from hindilyrics.net". Archived from the original on 11 September 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
2. Rai, Rajiv (7 July 1989), Tridev (Action, Crime, Drama), Sunny Deol, Naseeruddin Shah, Jackie Shroff, Trimurti Films Pvt. Ltd., retrieved 18 December 2024
3. "Music Hits 1990-1999 (Figures in Units)". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
4. "Top 25 films between the years 1985-1994". Filmfare. 18 February 2018.
5. "Filmfare Awards 1998 Winners". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 1 September 2024.

External links

• Viju Shah at IMDb
• Viju Shah Interview at Scroll

• Living people
• Filmfare Awards winners
• Hindi film score composers
• 1959 births
• Kutchi people
• 20th-century Indian Jains
• 21st-century Indian Jains