I think currently three of them are the best: A R Rehman,Himesh Reshammiya and Shankar-Ehsan-Loy. All have their own special touch to their respective music.Musical all time best is ofcourse RD Burman.
i think u dont even need to ponder over this question bcoz the answer is clear.....A.R.RAHMAN....he is worlds apart from the others wen it comes to composing music for movies..
Dont you think the verdict is loud and clear enough, and that you should now put the results of this messageboard with AR REHMAN as a chosen one, on the home page... as a headline !
Himesh Reshamiya is almost equivalent to Buppy Lahri of 80s. Ismail darbar is limited to classical music only and ofcourse Shankar-Ahsan-Loy are promising but Rahman is versatile from Roja, Bombay to Rang De Basanti...all are jusy masterpiece whose music is long lasting. So Rahman is undiputed music king of Bollywood.
Guys, I think not even SEL trio is comparable with gr8 ARR, though they have created some gr8 music but it's only for few movies. Can u name 10 of their movies which had gr8 music. or at least name 5 movies. In ARR's case I can name atleast 25 without thinking much!!! ;-) & I'm pretty sure that Himesh'll be long gone after 5 years. IMO, he is just passing phase.