Jibin George Sebastian

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Jibin George Sebastian
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Born
Kochi, Kerala, India
Occupation(s)Music Composer, Lyricist
Years active2009–present
Known for Unbridled, Rakshapurushan , Beat of Indian Youth , Poradidam
SpouseAnuja Mary Thomas [1]

Jibin George Sebastian is an Indian music composer, lyricist and entrepreneur from Kochi, Kerala who predominantly work in Malayalam Movie Industry. He is the first Indian from Kerala to directly debut in Hollywood as the music composer of the song Sometimes I Can't Relate from the movie Unbridled. [2] [3] [1] [4] He entered into the movie industry through the English movie Unbridled starring oscar nominee Eric Roberts, T.C. Stallings, Jenn Gotzon, Dey Young etc. Later in 2019, he composed and written lyrics for the songs Parayu Engu Nee and Pranayan En Kanavil for the movie Rakshapurushan starring Deepak Menon. The songs were sung by Vijay Yesudas and Najim Arshad and Zee Music acquired the rights for the songs. He is also known for releasing multilingual album named Beat of Indian Youth for which former Indian President A P J Abdul Kalam has written lyrics. The album got Limca Book of Records in 2015 and he was awarded first prize in the Fame Music Awards organized by SAE Institute through an All Indian contest for the Tamil track Vaa Vaa Jaikalam he composed for the album Beat of Indian Youth. [5] He has recently composed and written lyrics for a music album named Poradidam sung by Najim Arshad and Juta Hausla sung by Bollywood singer Alamgir themed to fight against Covid Pandemic [6] [2] His upcoming movie Elza has around 26 songs sung by singers including Vineeth Sreenivasan, Najim Arshad, Nithya Mammen etc. [7] His life story was a subject for a TedX Talk [5]

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Discography

Albums

YearTitleLanguage
2009The Divine LoveMalayalam
2013Beat of Indian YouthMultilingual
2014AAP SongHindi
2020PoradidamMalayalam
2020Juta HaunslaHindi
2020Pathira CarolMalayalam

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Movie Songs

YearTitleMovieRef.
2017Sometimes I can't relateUnbridled
2019Parayu Engu NeeRakshapurushan
2014Pranayam En KanavilRakshapurushan
2022Achante SundariElza [9]
2020PranayardramamElza

Filmography

YearTitleRef.
2019 Unbridled
2019 Rakshapurushan
2021Lockdown Case File 144
2021Muthalaq
2021Ariyan
2021Unnamed Tamil MovieTBA
2022Elza [10]

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Awards and recognition

YearAward/RecognisionCategorySong/AlbumResult
2013First PlaceAll India Fame Music Award"Vaa Vaa Jaikalam"Won
2015World RecordLimca Book of Records"Beat of Indian Youth"Won
2017CFF Awards USABest Song Sometimes I Can't Relate Won

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