Vishal Chandrashekhar | |
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| Born | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
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| Years active | 2002 – present |
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Vishal Chandrashekhar is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, who has predominantly scored music for Tamil and Telugu films. [1]
Vishal started playing the keyboard aged six and began to give solo shows by the time he was ten years old. He graduated from Anna University with a master's degree in Electronic Media, and worked on over 450 short films and 250 ad jingles, en route to being adjudged the best music director in the Nalaya Iyakkunar show on Kalaignar TV. He subsequently completed the foundation course at the KM Music Conservatory. [2] Vishal made his composing debut with Brindha Das's Hi Da during 2012, with a grand audio launch attended by Gautham Menon during January 2013. Despite having the soundtrack released and a trailer launched, [3] [4] the film failed to have a theatrical release. [5] Vishal got an opportunity to work with Santhosh Sivan for the making of his war film, Inam (2014), and won positive reviews for his work. A critic from NDTV noted "the music helps you connect with the film on an emotional level" and "even though there are three songs included merely to give the film a commercial touch, it's his background score that draws your attention". [6] He also completed work on the Telugu film Hrudayam Ekkadunnadi (2014), while he went on to work on the Tamil science fiction film, Appuchi Gramam (2014), which became noted for its song "En Kannukulle". [7]
Vishal received critical acclaim for his work in Siddharth's Jil Jung Juk (2015), and recorded songs featuring music composers Anirudh Ravichander, Santhosh Narayanan and Sean Roldan in the album. The song "Shoot the Kuruvi" became well noticed, while for another song "Red Roadu", Vishal worked on a mix between 1950s swing and EDM for the tune. [8] He was recently worked on Sawaari and Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaatha featuring Nani. [9] [10] [11] He worked as a music director for Simba . [12] He is also venturing into Independent music with Music videos this year. He is working with young technicians and artists in a Music video called Rhythm of life. [13] The video directed by Sam Paul P, starring Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan and lyrics penned by Vishnu Edavan, and has male and female vocals by Yazin Nizar and Kavya Ajith respectively.
His work in the 2022 Telugu film Sita Ramam received appreciation from audience and critics alike.
| Year | Title | Language | Notes |
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| 2013 | Hi Da | Tamil | Unreleased film |
| Hrudayam Ekkadunnadi | Telugu | ||
| Inam | Tamil | ||
| 2014 | Appuchi Gramam | ||
| 2015 | Jil Jung Juk | ||
| 2016 | Aviyal | ||
| Aagam | |||
| Sawaari | |||
| Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha | Telugu | ||
| Uriyadi | Tamil | One song (Maane Maane Unplugged) | |
| Theri | As lyricist; one Song "Hey Aasmaan" | ||
| 2017 | Kuttram 23 | ||
| Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae | |||
| Brindavanam | |||
| 7 Naatkal | |||
| Rangoon | |||
| Kathalo Rajakumari | Telugu | ||
| Hara Hara Mahadevaki | Tamil | One song "Aiyo Konjam" | |
| 2018 | Padi Padi Leche Manasu | Telugu | |
| 2019 | Simba | Tamil | |
| Kee | |||
| Jackpot | |||
| Chanakya | Telugu | ||
| Kaalidas | Tamil | ||
| 2020 | Taana | ||
| Mamakiki | |||
| 2021 | Oh Manapenne | ||
| Poochandi | |||
| Varudu Kaavalenu | Telugu | ||
| 2022 | O2 | Tamil | |
| Sita Ramam | Telugu | Nominated–SIIMA Award for Best Music Director – Telugu | |
| 2023 | Soppana Sundari | Tamil | Background Score only |
| Chithha | Tamil | Background Score only | |
| 2024 | Birthmark | Tamil | |
| Level Cross | Malayalam | [14] | |
| Thiru.Manickam † | Tamil | ||
| Year | Song | Label |
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| 2016 | Va Va Thala (Thala Anthem) | Trend Music |
| 2017 | Rhythm of life | Sony Music |
| 2018 | Va Mama! Made in Chennai Anthem | Behindwoods |
| Year | Title | Channel |
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| 2017 | Azhagiya Tamil Magal | Zee Tamil |
| Poove Poochudava | ||
| Yaaradi Nee Mohini | ||
| Sembaruthi | ||
| 2018 | Rekka Katti Parakkudhu Manasu | |
| Oru Oorula Oru Rajakumari | ||
| Vella Raja | Amazon Prime Video | |
| 2019 | Sathya | Zee Tamil |
| Gokulathil Seethai | ||
| Rettai Roja | ||
| 2020 | Neethane Enthan Ponvasantham | |
| Mugilan | Zee5 | |
| Triples | Hotstar |
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Kabali is the soundtrack album, composed by Santhosh Narayanan for the 2016 Indian Tamil-language action crime film of the same name written and directed by Pa. Ranjith and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu, starring Rajinikanth, Radhika Apte and Winston Chao. The soundtrack album featuring five songs with lyrics written by Kabilan, Vivek, Umadevi and Arunraja Kamaraj was released on 12 June 2016, at Chennai and was also released in Telugu, Hindi and Malay languages. Santhosh Narayanan won the Best Music Director Award at the 2017 Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards. Initially, he was nominated for the Best Music Director – Tamil award at the 2017 Filmfare Awards South, along with Arunraja Kamaraj, for Best Lyricist – Tamil, Best Male Playback Singer – Tamil for the song "Neruppu Da". However, Shweta Mohan won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Tamil for "Maya Nadhi".
Master is the soundtrack album composed by Anirudh Ravichander, for the 2021 Indian Tamil-language film of the same name, directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, and produced by Xavier Britto under his production house XB Film Creators, starring Vijay and Vijay Sethupathi. This film marks Anirudh's first collaboration with Lokesh Kanagaraj and his second collaboration with Vijay after Kaththi and third collaboration with Vijay Sethupathi after Naanum Rowdy Dhaan and Petta. The soundtrack album features eight songs written by Arunraja Kamaraj, Gana Balachandar, Arivu, Vignesh Shivan, Vishnu Edavan and Bjorn Surrao, with three of them were released as singles. The tracks were released digitally through Sony Music India on 15 March 2020. The film also features an extended soundtrack album with two songs "Vaathi Kabaddi" and "Master The Blaster" being released on 13 and 14 January 2021. The soundtrack album has been streamed by 1.5 billion times in music platforms, and was the highest-streamed Tamil album of the year 2020.
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Navarasa is the soundtrack album for the Netflix original series of the same name jointly created by Mani Ratnam and Jayendra Panchapakesan. The series consists of nine short films based on the nine Indian aesthetics and has music composed by A. R. Rahman, Santhosh Narayanan, Sundaramurthy KS, Rajesh Murugesan, Karthik, Ron Ethan Yohann, Govind Vasantha, Justin Prabhakaran and Vishal Bhardwaj.
Vada Chennai is the soundtrack album for the 2018 action crime film of the same name directed by Vetrimaaran, starring Dhanush in the lead role. The film featured music composed by Santhosh Narayanan in his maiden collaboration with Vetrimaaran. Vada Chennai also marks the 25th film of Narayanan as a composer in his career. The album in its entirety was released on 23 September 2018 to positive response from critics and audiences. At the 12th Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards held in Chennai, Santhosh received an award for Best Music Director also for his work in Kaala and Pariyerum Perumal.
Meyaadha Maan is the soundtrack album jointly composed by Santhosh Narayanan and Pradeep Kumar for the 2017 film of the same name directed by Rathna Kumar. The album had seven tracks written by Vivek, Pradeep Kumar, Rathna Kumar and Mirchi Vijay. Prior to the album release, three songs – "Thangachi Song", "Enna Naan Seiven" and "Address Song" released as singles on 7, 25 August and 13 September, and the full album was unveiled on 27 September 2017, to positive reviews from critics and audience. Post-release, the tracks "Address Song" and "Thangachi Song" gained popularity.
Cuckoo is the musical album composed by Santhosh Narayanan to the 2014 Tamil film Cuckoo, directed by journalist-turned-filmmaker Raju Murugan in his directorial debut. The film starred Attakathi Dinesh and debutant Malavika Nair in leading roles, and was jointly produced by the companies Fox Star Studios and The Next Big Film Venture. The soundtrack album has six tracks, five of them being written by Yugabharathi and one song by Gaana Bala and R. K. Sundar.
Sita Ramam is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language soundtrack album to the film of the same name composed by Vishal Chandrashekhar. The film's musical score is composed by Vishal Chandrashekhar in his third collaboration with Raghavapudi after Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha (2016) and Padi Padi Leche Manasu (2018).
Dasara is the soundtrack album composed by Santhosh Narayanan to the 2023 film of the same name written and directed by debutant Srikanth Odela, and stars Nani and Keerthy Suresh. The soundtrack to the film features 10 songs released under the Saregama record label. It was preceded by six tracks released as singles—"Dhoom Dhaam Dhostham", "Ori Vaari", "Chamkeela Angeelesi", "Oh Ammalaalo Ammalaalo", "Celebration of Vennela" and "Cricket Rap"—followed by the soundtrack released on 14 April 2023. The songs were written by Kasarla Shyam, Sri Mani, Rehman, Gaddam Suresh in Telugu, whereas Vivek, Muthamil, Santhosh Varma, Varadaraj Chikkaballapura, Kausar Munir, Raqueeb Alam, Vinay, Tarun Mathur were credited as the songwriters for the Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi versions.
Chithha is the soundtrack to the 2023 Tamil-language drama film of the same name directed by S. U. Arun Kumar starring Siddharth, Nimisha Sajayan and Anjali Nair. The film's soundtrack featured three songs composed by Dhibu Ninan Thomas and one song composed by Santhosh Narayanan. Preceded by three singles, the soundtrack was released through Think Music on 27 September 2023. At the 69th Filmfare Awards South, both composers won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil.
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