Ismail Darbar is a composer of music for Indian films also known as an Indian film music director. He played violin for Jatin-Lalit in the movie Khamoshi. Ismail Darbar is one of four judges on Zee TV's Indian musical program Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005. The other judges are Jatin-Lalit, Aadesh Shrivastava and Himesh Reshamiyya.