For readers knowledge, following are few important points I thought to compile.
1) Started his Music Career in 1977 with Hunterwali, produced by Mohan Chotee the comedian.
2) Got his first Filmfare nomination in 1984 for Sohni Mahiwal.
3) In total he had 17 Filmfare nominations and won thrice. Got his first Filmfare award in 1993 for Baazigar and second in 2004 for Main Hoon na. He also got Filmfare special award for Refugee in 2000.
4) He won National Award for composing Refugee music in 2000.
5) Has composed in 238 movies and credited for contribution in another 68 movies.
6) His talent is into Music Direction, worked as lyricist and has sung his own compositions on numerous occasions.
7) Guest Appearance in Phir Teri Kahani Yaadi Aayi and Baazigar with his brother Daboo Malik also appearing in both the films.
8) Worked with then unknown lyricists giving priority to words written for his compositions. Following is short list of the Lyricists he worked with.
HASRAT JAIPURI, GULSHAN BAWRA, M G HASHMAT, FAAIZ ANWAR, RANI MALIK, MAYA GOVIND, ANWAR SAGAR, DEV KOHLI, ZAMEER KAAZMI, ZAFAR GORAKHPURI, GAUHAR KANPURI, NIDAA FAZLI, QATEEL SHIFAI, RAHAT INDORI, JAVED AKHTAR, ANAND BAKSHI, SAMEER, SAYEED QAADRI, ETC.
9) He was active between 1981(Aapas ki Baat) till Late 2009, after which he has been doing 1 film per year.
10) He was also the Judge in Indian Idol in mid 2000s.
11) He has been criticized for being outspoken especially when he was judge in TV shows and his regular indulgence in copying/re-tuning music composed by others. But he also has many original hits also to his credit and dominated the mid 90s to mid 2000 era.
12) He is the one of 3 sons of Sardar Malik the yesteryear composer who was active during 40s, 50s and 60s. Music Directors Daboo and Abu Malik are his brothers. Married to Anju Anu Malik and his daughter Anmol Malik has recently come into singing.
Whether you like him or not, reply only positively.No controversies please. I rate him as Good and not biased for him and nothing against him.