Jatin Lalit

Jatin-Lalit are a Bollywood film composer duo consisting of Jatin Pandit and his younger brother Lalit. They have written the scores for films such as Khiladi, Khamoshi, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Fanaa. Jatin-Lalit is their professional name and appears on the covers of their music CDs and DVDs. In 2006, the brothers ended their professional relationship, citing personal problems.


They began their career in 1992, composing music for the Hindi movie Yaara Dildara and the famous soundtrack of the movie was " Bin tere sanam... ". They were first noticed for their work on the soundtrack of the movie Khiladi and for "Pehla Nasha", a romantic song from the movie Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander. Their compositions are strongly influenced by R. D. Burman's style of music making. Towards the second half of the nineties, they were among the most sought after music directors in the Indian film industry. The duo has worked with a variety of lyricists and singers including Javed Akhtar, Anand Bakshi, Udit Narayan, and Kumar Sanu.

During the last few years of their joint career, their music albums contained several songs composed by other musicians. This practice was not liked by Jatin-Lalit; however, the producer and director insisted on it.  In Karan Johar's Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham two of the tracks were composed by Sandesh Shandilya. In Chalte Chalte, Aadesh Shrivastava composed several songs. Also in Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya, one song was composed by Himesh Reshammiya and Sajid-Wajid.


They were also some of the first composers to write songs performed by Bollywood film stars rather than playback singers. They specially composed "Ae kya bolti tu" in the film Ghulam for the lead actor Aamir Khan. They also composed a song for Sanjay Dutt to sing in the movie Khoobsurat.


Jatin and Lalit have borrowed extensively from other musical artists in writing their compositions. In a 2007 interview with the Times of India, Lalit stated that "A producer or a director will hand us a CD and ask us to produce similar music. We as composers don't have a choice but to put in our best creative talent in it. Composing music is very tedious today.


Jatin and Lalit both appeared in the movie Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar during the song "Diwane Hum Pyar Ke". Jatin is the guy singing the song with the girl whereas Lalit can be seen playing the guitar(the very first shot of the song). Jatin also performed the song "Ruth Ke Hamse Kabhi" in the film.


After working for almost 16 years together, they announced that they would be parting ways due to some personal problems. Reasons for the separation are unknown, but entertainment writers have speculated that the split is because of financial matters.


Lalit and Jatin have both continued to compose separately. Lalit scored the 2007 film, Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee, Showbiz,Horn Ok Pleassss and "Dulha Mil Gaya"
Jatin composed the score for Saurav Shukla's upcoming film, "I am 24", starring Neha Dhupia and Rajat Kapoor.It is a Planman Motion Films Presentation.

Lalit composed the song Muni Badnam Hui for 2010's superhit Dabanng.The song has become hugely popular among the masses,particularly for the quirky lyrics and Malaika Arora Khan's dance moves.

AWARDS:

Jatin -Lalit are nominated 11 times for filmfare awards from 1993 to 2007 without win.

but LALIT definitely get the filmfare for dabanng

Their soundtrack of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge was judged the top Hindi soundtrack of all time by on-line voters on the BBC Asian Network. The number two and three positions also went to Jatin-Lalit for their compositions from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai