Varun Sunil

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Varun Sunil
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Varun Sunil performing in live in Coimbatore with Masala Coffee
Background information
Birth nameVarun Sunil
Born (1987-05-10) 10 May 1987 (age 37)
Kochi, Kerala, India
Occupation(s)
  • Percussionist
  • singer
  • record producer
Instrument(s)Percussion, singing
Labels Sony Music India
Member of Masala Coffee

Varun Sunil (born 10 May 1987) is an Indian percussionist, singer, music producer and founder of Masala Coffee, one of the popular contemporary folk bands in South India. He is also well known for his musical contributions in Telugu, Tamil, Bollywood and Malayalam movie industries. [1] He has performed alongside Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Hariharan, T. H. Vinayakram, Ranjit Barot, Fazal Qureshi and many more.

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Early life

Varun Sunil was born in Kochi, Kerala. He started playing mridangam (percussion) at a young age. [2] He did a course in Audio Recording Arts and Music Production from Chetana Studio in Thrissur and later moved to Chennai. [3] Initially he started making jingles for advertisements for Indian brands as a freelancer. [4]

Career

Sunil began his career by producing jingles for advertisements for Indian FMCG brands before venturing into films. [5]

In 2014 Varun Sunil and his few friends collaborated for Kappa TV’s Music Mojo Session, doing a cover of A R Rahman’s Munbe Vaa and Snehithane which became viral, gaining millions of views on YouTube. Following the success, Varun formed the band Masala Coffee. [6] [7]

In 2019 he was officially signed to Sony Music South with his Tamil song release "Paakura Ponnu" along with Ku Karthik. [8] Later that year, he made his debut as a film composer for the Telugu film Rajdooth , contributing the song "Emo Emo". [9]

In early 2020 he made his debut for the film "Trance" for the song "Noolupoya" which he sung. [10] In 2021, Sunil collaborated with Swetha Mohan for his Tamil track "Kan Munnale", which he produced and composed. The song was released under the Sony Music South label. [11] [12]

In 2022 Sunil composed the tracks from the Tamil film Ward 126 , composing the film's music. [13] The same year, He worked with K.S. Chithra on the song "Chaanchaadunni Chaanchaadu" from the film "Haya". [14] [15]

In 2023 Sunil composed the music for the Malayalam film Valatty , directed by Devan Jayakumar and produced by Vijay Babu of Friday Film House. [16] [17] The film was released on 21 July 2023 and has released in over 5 languages with different artists. [18] [19]

Discography

Albums

Release TitleYearRecord LabelRef
Original Background Score for " Valatty "2023 Friday Music Company [20]
Original Motion Picture Soundtracks for " Valatty "2023 Friday Music Company "
Original Motion Picture Soundtracks for " Rajdooth "2019 Saregama [21]
Original Motion Picture Soundtracks for " Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal " – Under Masala Coffee 2022 Zee Music Company [22]

Singles

Release TitleFeaturingYearRecord LabelRef
Fun Maaro (From "Sila Nodigalil")Masala Coffee, Ku Karthik2023 Saregama [23]
Shwanare (From "Valatty)Vinayak Sasikumar, Jyotikrishna2023 Friday Music Company [24]
Friendship Song (From "Valatty)Maria Mathew Kolady, Manu Manjith2023 Friday Music Company
The Chase (From "Valatty)2023 Friday Music Company
Chaanchaadunni Chaanchaadu (from "Haya") K. S. Chithra 2022Saina Audios [25]
Ho.. Ek Do Pal (from "Haya")Gwen Fernandes2022Saina Audios [26]
Koode (from "Haya")Aslam Abdul Majeed2022Saina Audios
Kallupaatu (from "Haya")Resmi Sateesh, Binu Sariga2022Saina Audios
Hey Veyile (from "Haya")Vishnu Sunil, Christin Jose2022Saina Audios
Vazhi Nadathidum (From "Ward-126") Sunitha Sarathy, Senthuzhan2021 Saregama [27]
Nee Vithaitha (From "Ward-126")Aslam Abdul Majeed2021 Saregama
Kaalam Azhagai (From "Ward-126") K. S. Harishankar 2021 Saregama
Kan Munnale Swetha Mohan 2021 Sony Music Entertainment [28]
Nambala2020 Sony Music Entertainment [29]
Whispering Hues Rajhesh Vaidhya 2020 Sony Music Entertainment [30]
Chusthundhi Pila2020 Sony Music Entertainment [31]
Paakura Ponnu2019 Sony Music Entertainment [32]

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