Joshua Sridhar

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Joshua Sridhar
Birth nameSridhar
Born (1974-03-09) 9 March 1974 (age 50)
Genres Film score, Film soundtrack
Occupation(s) Film composer, Music director
Instrument(s)Synthesizer, Electronic Keyboard, Vocal
Years active2004 to present

Joshua Sridhar (born 1974 in Chennai, India) [1] is an Indian composer. [2] [3] He made his debut on the runaway hit Tamil film Kaadhal which was released on 8 December 2004. [1] [4]

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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. [5]

Filmography

YearLanguage [6] Notes
Tamil Telugu Malayalam Kannada
2004 Kaadhal PremistheNominated for Filmfare Awards – Tamil
2005Abhayam Danger
2006 Uyir Manohara
2006 Chennai Kadhal Prema
2006Aran Keerthi Chakra Won SICA Award for best Music Director – Malayalam
2006 Game
2007 Arasu
2007 Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthen Prema
2007 Kalloori Kalasala
2009 Love Guru Nominated for Filmfare Awards — Kannada
2010 Gaana Bajaana Nominated for Filmfare Awards — Kannada
2010 Huduga Hudugi
2010 Devadas
2011 Appavi
2011 Veppam [7] SegaNominated for SIIMA Awards – Tamil [8]
2011 Vithagan
2011 Yuvan Keratam
2012Acham Thavir Genius *
2013 Whistle
2013 Googly Nominated for Filmfare Awards — Kannada [9]
2014 Huchudugaru
2015 Pulan Visaranai 2
2015 Vellaiya Irukiravan Poi Solla Maatan
2016 54321
2016 Parandhu Sella Vaa 25th Film
2017Rajahamsa
2018 Oru Kuppai Kathai
2019 July Kaatril
2019 Yaana

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