Wajid Ali is a part of the most popular Hindi music composer duo of
Sajid Wajid
. He comes from a family of authentic musicians and started his training at an early age of 7 from the known musicians Ustad Allarakah Khan and
Das Babu
. His father is Ustad Sharafat Khan, a well known Tabla player. He and his brother worked on an album with his father before starting their own career, but for some unknown reason that album never got released.
He started his career with Sohail Khan’s ‘Pyaar Kiya to Darna Kya’ in 1998 and since then there was no looking back for him. All his songs in the movie became a super hit that boosted his confidence further. Later in 1999 he along with his brother
Sajid Khan
released their first music album called ‘Deewana’ with
Sonu Nigam
, which is credited for being the biggest selling music album in the Indian cinemas. This was immediately followed by a music album for TSeries that consisted of 28 nonstop Remix.
The list of the number of hits delivered by him is absolutely endless. He has received the privilege of lifetime membership of International Film and TV Research Centre for Asian Academy of Film and TV. He composed music for movies starring the big and famous
Salman Khan
like ‘
Jai Ho
’ , released in 2014, ‘Dabbang’ released in 2010, etc.
He also composed music for ‘Mein Tera Hero’, starring
Varun Dhawan
and
Alia Bhatt
, ‘
Kismat Konnection
’ are included in his list of blockbusters. He is the singing voice of Salman Khan and has sung lots of songs for his movies. He has managed to set a standard of melodies in the industry.