Rajesh Murugesan

Rajesh Murugesan
Rajesh Murugesan
Born	Rajesh Murugesan (1988-05-14) 14 May 1988 (age 37) Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Music director
Years active	2013–present
Spouse	Aishwarya Raghavan ​ (m. 2020)​

Rajesh Murugesan (born 14 May 1988) is an Indian music composer, best known for his compositions in Malayalam cinema for films like Neram and Premam . ^{[1] [2]}

Personal life

Murugesan was born in Nagercoil and he completed his schooling at Cochin Refineries School, Ambalamugal, while graduating with a Degree from SAE International College, Chennai in 2008. ^{[3] [4]}

Career

Rajesh made his debut as a music director in Neram a Tamil - Malayalam bilingual film which was directed by Alphonse Putharen and released in 2013. The song Pistah also featured as IPL promo song for the year 2016. ^[5]

Filmography

Year	Title	Language	Songs	Background Score	Sound Design	Notes
2013	Neram	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	No
	Neram	Tamil	Yes	Yes	No
2015	Premam [6]	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	No
	Time Bara Vait	Marathi	No	Yes	No
2016	Action Hero Biju	Malayalam	No	Yes	No
	Aviyal	Tamil	No	Yes	No
	Premam	Telugu	Yes	No	No	Remake of Premam
2017	Kismath	Kannada	Yes	Yes	No	Remake of Neram
2018	Thobama	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	No
	Ladoo	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	No
2019	Vasanthi	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	Yes
2020	Ninnila Ninnila	Telugu	Yes	Yes	No
	Theeni	Tamil	Yes	Yes	No
2021	Navarasa	Tamil	No	Yes	No	Episode - Summer of ‘92
2022	Gold	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	No
2023	Vasantha Mullai	Tamil	Yes	Yes	No
	Vasantha Kokila	Telugu	Yes	Yes	No
	Vasantha Kokila	Kannada	Yes	Yes	No
	Appatha	Tamil	Yes	Yes	No
2024	Manorathangal	Malayalam	No	Yes	No	Episode - Shilalikhitham
	Pechi	Tamil	No	Yes	No
2025	Padakkalam	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	No	[7]
	United Kingdom of Kerala	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	No	[8]
	House Mates	Tamil	Yes	Yes	No	[9]
	The Pet Detective†	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	No	[10]

Awards

1. Asianet Comedy Awards 2015 for Best Comical Scene Song
2. CPC Cine Awards 2015 for Best Music Director
3. Vanitha Film Awards 2016 for Best Music Director
4. Asianet Film Awards 18th Asianet film awards for Best Music Director
5. 5th South Indian International Movie Awards for Best Music Director Malayalam
6. IIFA 2016 Award for Best Music Director Malayalam 2016

References

1. "Sounding off, musically". The Hindu. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
2. "Music composer Rajesh Murugesan gets married". OnManorama. 9 May 2016. Archived from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
3. "Rajesh Murugesan to score again". Times of India. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
4. "Rajesh Murugesan Songs: Listen Rajesh Murugesan Hit Songs on Gaana.com". Gaana.com. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
5. "'Pistah' rocks IPL". Times of India. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
6. "Rajesh Murugesan scores music for Premam !". Times of India. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
7. Features, C. E. (13 April 2025). "First single from Suraj Venjaramoodu and Sharafudheen's Padakkalam is here". Cinema Express. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
8. Features, C. E. (9 February 2025). "Ranjith Sajeev's United Kingdom of Kerala gets a release date, first look out". Cinema Express. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
9. Features, C. E. (12 February 2025). "Actor Darshan's next titled House Mates; first look out". Cinema Express. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
10. Madhu, Vignesh (19 February 2025). "Sharafudheen-Anupama Parameswaran film The Pet Detective gets release date". Cinema Express. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

External links

• Rajesh Murugesan at IMDb