Achu Rajamani

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Achu Rajamani
Occupation(s)Music director, singer
Years active2008–present

Arun R often credited as Achu Rajamani, is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has scored music for several Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil films. He made his music direction debut in the Telugu film Nenu Meeku Telusa? in 2008. [1]

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Early life

Achu is the grandson of music director B. A. Chidambaranath who is considered to be one among the pioneers of the Malayalam music industry. His father, Rajamani, was also a music director and was widely known as the king of background score. Rajamani has scored for more than 1000 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam languages. He is a graduate from Loyola College, Chennai. [ citation needed ]

Hailing from a musical family, Achu's natural interest was to become a pilot. He chose music over aviation and became a full-fledged musician. He also assisted prominent music director M. M. Keeravani for few years, before he became an independent Music Composer. [2]

Career

Achu has worked as a keyboard programmer for 410 songs and has programmed background music for over 175 films. He is also a professional pianist and has accompanied his father playing the piano to many of his compositions. He first played keyboard for Bollywood film Chup Chup Ke (2006) directed by Priyadarshan. He was the called upon to score the background music for the Malayalam film Keerthi Chakra's sequel film Kurukshetra (2008). Achu's background music was well appreciated. [ citation needed ]

Following this short stint, Achu got his major break when he got to compose the songs and background score for the Telugu film Nenu Meeku Telusa? (2008). His next work was for the Telugu remake of the Tamil film Polladhavan, named Kurradu (2009). [ citation needed ]

Apart from composing, Achu also worked as a playback singer. His song "Take It Easy" for the Malayalam film Happy Husbands composed by M. Jayachandran was among the major hits of 2010. [ citation needed ]

In 2012, Achu released his first full-fledged Tamil soundtrack for the film Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey. The album was very well received by critics and received the Album of the Year Award. His Telugu songs Bujji Pilla and Devatha from Potugadu and Padipoya from DK Bose were the biggest hits of 2013. His songs Siru Nadai and Hey Umayaal from the movie Urumeen (2015) were also superhits of the time. His song Pondatti from the movie Golisoda 2 (2018) was in the top list in the radio charts for over 11 weeks since its release in June 2018. [ citation needed ]

Apart from composing and playback singing Achu was into professional racing from 2009 till 2012. He was also into sports events like sprint and had won numerous medals during his school days. He took a break from films to pursue his racing career from 2009 till 2012. He was also a cricketer and had played for few years. In 2015, he made his debut as an actor with the Telugu film Gaddam Gang. [ citation needed ]

Discography

Composer

YearTitleLanguage

Notes

2000 Valliettan Malayalam Background Score Only
2004 Black Malayalam Background Score only
2008 Nenu Meeku Telusa? Telugu
2009 Kurradu
2012 Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey Tamil
2013 Sundaattam Background score only
Om 3D Telugu
DK Bose
Summa Nachunu Irukku Tamil
Potugadu Telugu
Naa Rakumarudu
2014 Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda
Appavin MeesaiTamil
Ra Ra Krishnayya Telugu
Current Theega
2015 Gaddam Gang Also actor
Krishnamma Kalipindi Iddarini Single Song
Dynamite
Ctrl-c
Urumeen Tamil
Mama Manchu Alludu Kanchu Telugu
2016Nandini Nursing Home
2017 Luckunnodu 1 song
Yaanum Theeyavan Tamil
Vizhithiru Background score only
Puthan Panam MalayalamBackground score only
Venkatapuram Telugu
2018 Basmati Blues English/Hindi Single Song - Hare Rama
Goli Soda 2 Tamil
Marainthirunthu Paarkum Marmam Enna
2019Kutty MamaMalayalam
Kolaiyuthir Kaalam Tamil
2020 Velvet Nagaram
ShadowKannada
Puthiya MugamTamil
Yaadhumagi Nindraai Film released on ZEE5
Bhanumathi & Ramakrishna Telugu
2021 Gaali Sampath
2022Virgin Story
Urvasivo Rakshasivo
2023 Month of Madhu
Sooragan Tamil
2024 Tillu Square TeluguOh my lily song
Mazhai Pidikkatha Manithan Tamil1 song ("Aham Brahmasmi")

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References

  1. "Achu Rajamani: "Keeravani' uncle is by far the most humble soul I know in this industry" - EXCLUSIVE". Times of India.
  2. "Achu Rajamani: "Keeravani' uncle is by far the most humble soul I know in this industry" - EXCLUSIVE". Times of India.