Soundaryan | |
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Born | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Genres | Film Score |
Occupation(s) | Film music composer, music director |
Years active | 1991-2008 2014-2018 |
Soundaryan is an Indian music composer. A former ad-jingles composer, he made his debut in the Tamil film Cheran Pandiyan (1991) and then made a breakthrough with his work in Sindhu Nathi Poo (1994). [1]
Soundaryan began his career by working with K. S. Ravikumar on two successful films, Cheran Pandiyan (1991) and Putham Pudhu Payanam (1991). He subsequently composed songs for films with rural backdrops in the 1990s, winning acclaim for his work in Sindhu Nathi Poo (1994), Gopura Deepam (1997) and Cheran Chozhan Pandian (1998), before working on low budget films thereafter.
Throughout the 2000s and 2010s, he has continued to work as a music composer, and recently worked on Nadhigal Nanaivadhillai (2014) and Nanaiyadha Mazhaiye (2016). [2] [3] [4]
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