Joshua Sridhar

Joshua Sridhar
Birth name	Sridhar
Born	(1974-03-09) 9 March 1974 (age 51)
Genres	Film score, Film soundtrack
Occupation(s)	Film composer, Music director
Instrument(s)	Synthesizer, Electronic Keyboard, Vocal
Years active	2004 to present

Joshua Sridhar (born 1974 in Chennai, India) ^[1] is an Indian composer known for his work in Tamil and Kannada films. ^[2] He made his debut with the film Kaadhal . ^{[1] [3]}

Early life and education

Joshua Sridhar was born in Chennai on 9 March 1974 to Saravanan and Rajalakshmi. He studied at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Rajaji Vidyashram in Chennai from 1980 to 1990. After finishing High School he studied Western Classical Music for two years. He studied 8 Grades (Trinity College, London) in both Theory of Music and Piano. In 1993 he converted to Christianity and was baptised at Emmanuel Methodist Church (Chennai) and was given the name Joshua, the biblical character from the old testament. Not wanting to remove the name he was given at the time of birth he kept the name Sridhar and came to be known as Joshua Sridhar.

Career

Joshua Sridhar began his career in the year 1993 composing, arranging and programming music for gospel albums and jingles. In the year 1996, he entered Indian cinema. He worked as a keyboard player/programmer for many Indian film composers (notably Manisharma & A.R.Rahman) between 1996 and 2004. In 2004 made his film debut as composer of Kaadhal. The film was released on 8 December 2004. ^[4]

Filmography

Year	Language [5]				Notes
	Tamil	Kannada	Telugu	Malayalam
2004	Kaadhal		Premisthe		Nominated for Filmfare Awards – Tamil
2005	Abhayam		Danger
2006	Uyir		Manohara
	Chennai Kadhal		Prema
	Aran			Keerthi Chakra	Won SICA Award for best Music Director – Malayalam
			Game
2007		Arasu
	Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthen		Prema
	Kalloori		Kalasala
2009		Love Guru			Nominated for Filmfare Awards — Kannada
2010		Gaana Bajaana			Nominated for Filmfare Awards — Kannada
		Huduga Hudugi
		Devadas
2011	Appavi
	Veppam [6]		Sega		Nominated for SIIMA Awards – Tamil [7]
	Vithagan
	Yuvan		Keratam
2012	Acham Thavir		Genius
2013		Whistle
		Googly			Nominated for Filmfare Awards — Kannada [8]
2014		Huchudugaru
2015	Pulan Visaranai 2
	Vellaiya Irukiravan Poi Solla Maatan
2016	54321
	Parandhu Sella Vaa				25th Film
2017		Rajahamsa
2018	Oru Kuppai Kathai
2019	July Kaatril
		Yaana #

Notes:

• The films are listed in order that the music released, regardless of the dates the film released.
• The year next to the title of the affected films indicates the release year of the either dubbed or remade version in the named language later than the original version.
• ♦ indicates a remade version, the remaining ones being dubbed versions.
• # indicates that the film score is by another composer.

References

1. "Joshua Sridhar Biography". Oneindia.in . Greynium Information Technologies. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
2. Suganth, M. (29 January 2011). "Joshua says no to spotlight!". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
3. Suganth, M. (22 January 2011). "I don't believe in comebacks: Joshua". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
4. "Kollywood Music Director Joshua Sridhar Biography, News, Photos, Videos". nettv4u. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
5. "Joshua Sridhar Filmography". Oneindia.in. Greynium Information Technologies. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
6. Srinivasan, Pavitra (11 January 2011). "Veppam's album is no great shakes". Rediff.com . Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
7. Ramchander (7 June 2012). "Ajith, Vikram, Surya nominated for SIIMA Best Actor". Oneindia.in. Greynium Information Technologies. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
8. "61st Idea Filmfare Awards — Complete Nominations List". The Times of India. Bennett, Coleman and Co. 12 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.

External links

• Official website