Vishnu Vijay

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Vishnu Vijay
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Background information
Born (1988-12-01) 1 December 1988 (age 36)
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Genres
Occupations
  • Music producer
  • music director
  • flautist
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • flute
Years active2005–present

Vishnu Vijay is an Indian music composer and a prolific flautist [1] who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. His film music career began with the 2016 Malayalam film Guppy . His other works include Ambili (2019), Thallumaala (2022), Sulaikha Manzil (2023), Premalu (2024).

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Early life

Vijay has attended Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School, Thiruvananthapuram for schooling then bachelor of performing arts degree and is a vocal music graduate from Swathi Thirunal College of Music, Thiruvananthapuram. He has received musical training from Kudamaloor Janardanan.

Career

Vishnu has worked with composers Devi Sri Prasad in Tamil and Telugu and also with G. V. Prakash Kumar, Vijay Antony and Santhosh Narayanan in Tamil, prior to making it into the Malayalam industry. He has also worked with Amit Trivedi. In Malayalam he has associated with Ouseppachan, Gopi Sunder, Vidyasagar and Deepak Dev. [2]

Scoring and soundtracks

Vijay debuted as an independent music composer through the 2016 Malayalam movie Guppy.

Awards

Discography

YearFilmLanguageSongsScoreNotes
2016 Guppy Malayalam YesYes
2019 Ambili MalayalamYesYes
2021 Nayattu MalayalamYesYes
Bheemante Vazhi MalayalamYesYes
2022 Pada MalayalamYesYes
Makal MalayalamYesNo
Thallumaala MalayalamYesYes
2023 Sulaikha Manzil MalayalamYesYes
Kasargold MalayalamYesYesThe album also features songs by Niranj Suresh
Falimy MalayalamYesYesAlso credited as singer for three songs
2024 Premalu MalayalamYesYes [3]
Laughing Buddha Kannada YesYes [4]
2025 Pravinkoodu Shappu MalayalamYesYes [5]
LovelyMalayalamYesYes [6]

References

  1. "The magic flute". The Hindu . Thiruvananthapuram . Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  2. "Making waves in Mollywood". The Hindu . Thiruvananthapuram . Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  3. PTI (17 March 2024). "'Was flattered when 'Animal' director retaliated': Javed Akhtar on Sandeep Reddy Vanga's 'remarks'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  4. Suresh, Sunayana (30 August 2024). "Laughing Buddha review: A flab-ulous Pramod Shetty fronts a fun watch". The South First. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  5. Santhosh, Vivek (12 January 2025). "Audio launch of Basil Joseph and Soubin Shahir's Pravinkoodu Shappu to take place on this date". Cinema Express. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  6. Santhosh, Vivek (14 January 2025). "Mathew Thomas-starrer Lovely confirms release date". Cinema Express. Retrieved 16 January 2025.