Vishnu Vijay

Vishnu Vijay
Background information
Born	(1988-12-01) 1 December 1988 (age 36) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Genres	Film score Filmi
Occupations	Music producer music director flautist
Instruments	Vocals flute
Years active	2005–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).

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

• 47th Kerala State Film Awards – Best Background Music – Guppy

Discography

Year	Film	Language	Songs	Score	Notes
2016	Guppy	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	Debut as film composer Won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Background Music
2019	Ambili	Malayalam	Yes	Yes
2021	Nayattu	Malayalam	Yes	Yes
	Bheemante Vazhi	Malayalam	Yes	Yes
2022	Pada	Malayalam	Yes	Yes
	Makal	Malayalam	Yes	No
	Thallumaala	Malayalam	Yes	Yes
2023	Sulaikha Manzil	Malayalam	Yes	Yes
	Kasargold	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	The album also features songs by Niranj Suresh
	Falimy	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	Also credited as singer for three songs
2024	Premalu	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	[3]
	Laughing Buddha	Kannada	Yes	Yes	[4]
2025	Pravinkoodu Shappu	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	[5]
	Lovely†	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	[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.