Background
He is the son of Naresh Sharma who has scored background music for more than 200 films. Mithoon was born into a family of musicians.
He is the son of Naresh Sharma who has scored background music for more than 200 films. Mithoon was born into a family of musicians.
Mithoon’s composition, "Tum Hi Ho" from the film Aashiqui 2 became worldwide success, breaking records and winning him numerous awards. He has a number of other successful songs in his repertoire. Already becoming a known and respected name in the music industry, his trademark use of clean, simple and uncluttered compositions has earned favour across generations.
Mithoon started learning music at the age of 11.
Since his father remained busy, he sent him to the right people to train himself. His Father used to observe him closely and would often see what he was practicing.
His father often listened to the tunes that he created. Mithoon began his career with two re-creations: "Woh Lamhe" in Zeher and "Aadat" in Kalyug.
So His first original song as a composer came out to be "Tere Bin" in 2006 for the film Bas Ek Pal by Pakistani singer Atif Aslam.
Mithoon followed this up with another melodious scores for Anwar. Later movies like The Train, Lamhaa, 3G followed and although the movies did not fare too well, the music was very well received. He also worked as a Guest composer for several non-film like Atif Aslam"s Doorie (Kuch Is Tarah) and Abhijeet Sawant"s Junoon (Ek Shaqs).
He released his own Album, Tu Hi Mere Rab Ki Tarah Hai in 2009 with T-Series.
Foreign this album, Mithoon traveled to the United Kingdom to rope in musicians. He worked with musicians of the Philharmonic Orchestra.
Mithoon also scored music for a Malaysian movie called Diva, where he collaborated with Malaysian Rhythm & Blues singer, Ning Baizura. His moment of glory came when he composed the song “Tum Hi Ho” for Aashiqui 2.
The song went on to become a Superhit and laid out a way for his fortune.
He has been a guest composer on a host of movies including Murder 2, Jism 2, Yaariyan, Hamari Adhuri Kahani and Sanam Re.