Ved Shankar

Vedshanker Sugavanam
Birth name	Vedshanker Sugavanam
Born	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Origin	Tamil Nadu, India
Genres	Film Score
Occupation(s)	Film music composer, music director
Years active	2010 - present

Vedshanker is an Indian music composer. A former student of A. R. Rahman's school. he made his debut in the Tamil film Paalai (2010) and then made a breakthrough with his work in Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom (2012). ^[1]

Career

Ved Shankar was a student of A. R. Rahman’s KM Music Conservatory, and was one of 15 students selected to study music at the Fusion Arts Exchange at Northeastern University, Boston, in 2009, funded by the U.S. Department of State. He then trained as a sound designer and was nominated for the META award for Most Innovative Sound Design 2012, be completing his MBA at IIPM, Chennai. His first album was for the period film, Paalai (2011), and then worked on the album for Madhubana Kadai (2012). ^{[2] [3]} Ved Shankar made his breakthrough with his work in Balaji Tharaneetharan's Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom , which on critical acclaim and performed well at the box office. Moreover, his work in the promotional song "Crazy Penne" featuring Andrea Jeremiah also won critical acclaim, and he was featured in a list of top music directors in a year end ranking by Behindwoods.com in 2012. ^[4]

Discography

Released soundtracks

• The films are listed in the order that the music released, regardless of the date the film released.
• The year next to the title of the affected films indicates the release year of the either dubbed or remade version in the named language later than the original version.
• • indicates original language release. Indicates simultaneous makes, if featuring in more languages
• ♦ indicates a remade version, the remaining ones being dubbed versions

Films

Year	Tamil	Notes
2011	Paalai •
2012	Madhubana Kadai •
2012	Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom •
2013	Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara •	Composed only one song "Naaye Naaye"
2015	Azhagu Kutti Chellam •
2016	Moondraam Ullaga Por •
2019	Thorati
2023	Ariyavan	Composed only one song "Naana Paarthena"

Independent songs

Year	Tamil	Notes
2020	En Kadhalan	Album Song

Webseries

Year	Webseries	Notes
2022	Paper Rocket	Released on Zee5, Composed two songs "Jo Jo" and "Oru Kanni"

Upcoming projects

Year	Film	Notes
TBA	Buddhan Yesu Gandhi •	delayed
TBA	China •	delayed
TBA	Saalai	delayed

References

1. "NKPK gets a clean U certificate". Sify. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015.
2. S. R. Ashok Kumar (21 July 2012). "Audio Beat: Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom". The Hindu.
3. K. Jeshi (27 March 2012). "Coimbatore special". The Hindu.
4. "25. Ved Shankar - Top 25 Music Directors in Tamil".