Viju Shah

Vijay Kalyanji Shah (born 5 June 1959) is an Indian score composer for Hindi cinema. He is the son of music director Kalyanji Virji Shah of the composer duo Kalyanji Anandji. He has composed music for movies such as Tridev (1989), Vishwatama (1992), Mohra (1994), Tere Mere Sapne (1996), and Gupt (1997), for which he was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director. He won the 1998 Filmfare Award for Best Background Score for Gupt. Due to his distinctive prowess of background scores and instrumental electronic soundtrack, he is aptly regarded as the Hans Zimmer of Bollywood.[citation needed] although he has been involved in heavy plagiarism in Rajiv Rai directed movies.