Rajesh Roshan (born May 24 1955 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India) is a Bollywood music composer. He is the son of erstwile Bollywood composer Roshan and brother of film director and Actor Rakesh Roshan. His teacher was Faiyaz Khan (note -- this is not Ustad Faiyaz Khan who died in 1950, before Rajesh Roshan was born). Rajesh Roshan had learnt music at a very young age. He had a successful association with Basu Chatterjee, Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar. He shot to fame with the score for Julie for which he won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award. He is the first music director who made superstar Amitabh Bachchan to sing. He usually composes music for the films that his brother either produced or directed. Rajesh Roshan, like most bollywood music directors, has been accused of frequent plagiarism. On more than two occasions, he has used Vangelis's themes for the soundtrack of his movies without giving credit to him. For example, the

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