http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5251273&rws=%2Fanu-malik%2Fmusic-videos.rssAnu Malik has been both as celebrated and as denigrated as a public figure can be. His detractors call him an A.R. Rahman rip-off and accuse him of lifting melodies from others' songs to beef up his own compositions. (This isn't entirely untrue: in 1995 he used the melody from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's "Mera piya ghar aaya" for the <i>Yaraana</i> soundtrack without crediting the original, and websites abound with other instances of alleged theft.) He's also been accused of sexual harrassment. Yet despite the issues Malik, whose father was also a film composer, often finds himself in high demand. Director Gurinder Chadha (<I>Bend It Like Beckham</i>) chose him to compose music for <i>Bride and Prejudice</i>, her 2004 Bollywood remake of the classic Jane Austin story. Soundtracks including <i>Ashoka</i>, <i>Ishq</i>, <i>Border</i> and <i>Refugee</i> rank among the biggest hitmakers of the '90s and the new millenium. - Sarah BardeenBollywooden720Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:50:32 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5251273&rws=%2Fanu-malik%2Fmusic-videos.rss Anu Malik has been both as celebrated and as denigrated as a public figure can be. His detractors call him an A.R. Rahman rip-off and accuse him of lifting melodies from others' songs to beef up his own compositions. (This isn't entirely untrue: in 1995 he used the melody from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's "Mera piya ghar aaya" for the <i>Yaraana</i> soundtrack without crediting the original, and websites abound with other instances of alleged theft.) He's also been accused of sexual harrassment. Yet despite the issues Malik, whose father was also a film composer, often finds himself in high demand. Director Gurinder Chadha (<I>Bend It Like Beckham</i>) chose him to compose music for <i>Bride and Prejudice</i>, her 2004 Bollywood remake of the classic Jane Austin story. Soundtracks including <i>Ashoka</i>, <i>Ishq</i>, <i>Border</i> and <i>Refugee</i> rank among the biggest hitmakers of the '90s and the new millenium. - Sarah Bardeen