Ved Shankar

Vedshanker Sugavanam
Birth nameVedshanker Sugavanam
BornChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
OriginTamil Nadu, India
GenresFilm Score
Occupation(s)Film music composer, music director
Years active2010 - 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

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Ved Shankar was a student of A. R. Rahman’s KM Music Conservatory, and was one of 15 students selected for training in western classical music at North Eastern University, Boston, 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

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Released soundtracks

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  • 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

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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

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Year Tamil Notes
2020 En Kadhalan Album Song

Webseries

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

Upcoming projects

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

References

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  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".