Soundaryan

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Soundaryan
Born Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
GenresFilm Score
Occupation(s) Film music composer, music director
Years active1991-2008
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]

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Career

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]

Discography

As composer

As lyricist

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References

  1. Music Director Soundaryan Interview - Liveonwoods. 28 March 2015 via YouTube.
  2. Staff Reporter (12 April 2015). "Kodai FM Tamil New Year Day programmes". The Hindu.
  3. "Parvathy Omanakuttan in Nadhigal Nanaivathillai". 21 December 2012.
  4. "'citizen' Actress Returns As A Singer! - Vasundhara Das - Kamal Hassan - Hey Ram - Ajith - Citizen - Nadhigal Nenaivadhillali - Soundaryan - P C Anbhazhagan - Tamil Movie News - Behindwoods.com".