Rajesh Murugesan

Rajesh Murugesan
Rajesh Murugesan
Rajesh Murugesan
Born
Rajesh Murugesan

(1988-05-14) 14 May 1988 (age 36)
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationMusic director
Years active2013–present
Spouse
Aishwarya Raghavan
​
(m. 2020)​

Rajesh Murugesan (born 14 May 1988) is an Indian music composer, best known for his compositions in Malayalam cinema for films like Neram and Premam.[1][2]

Personal life

Murugesan was born in Nagercoil and he completed his schooling at Cochin Refineries School, Ambalamugal, while graduating with a Degree from SAE International College, Chennai in 2008.[3] [4]

Career

Rajesh made his debut as a music director in Neram a Tamil - Malayalam bilingual film which was directed by Alphonse Putharen and released in 2013. The song Pistah also featured as IPL promo song for the year 2016.[5]

Filmography

Year Film Language Songs Background Score Sound Design Notes
2013 Neram Malayalam Yes Yes No
Neram Tamil Yes Yes No
2015 Premam[6] Malayalam Yes Yes No
Time Bara Vait Marathi No Yes No
2016 Action Hero Biju Malayalam No Yes No
Aviyal Tamil No Yes No
Premam Telugu Yes No No Remake of Premam
2017 Kismath Kannada Yes Yes No Remake of Neram
2018 Thobama Malayalam Yes Yes No
Ladoo Malayalam Yes Yes No
2019 Vasanthi Malayalam Yes Yes Yes
2020 Ninnila Ninnila Telugu Yes Yes No
Theeni Tamil Yes Yes No
2021 Navarasa Tamil No Yes No Episode - Summer of ‘92
2022 Gold Malayalam Yes Yes No
2023 Vasantha Mullai Tamil Yes Yes No
Vasantha Kokila Telugu Yes Yes No
Vasantha Kokila Kannada Yes Yes No
Appatha Tamil Yes Yes No
2024 Manorathangal Malayalam No Yes No Episode - Shilalikhitham
Pechi Tamil No Yes No

Awards

  1. Asianet Comedy Awards 2015 for Best Comical Scene Song
  2. CPC Cine Awards 2015 for Best Music Director
  3. Vanitha Film Awards 2016 for Best Music Director
  4. Asianet Film Awards 18th Asianet film awards for Best Music Director
  5. 5th South Indian International Movie Awards for Best Music Director Malayalam
  6. IIFA 2016 Award for Best Music Director Malayalam 2016

References

  1. ^ "Sounding off, musically". The Hindu. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Music composer Rajesh Murugesan gets married". OnManorama. 9 May 2016. Archived from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Rajesh Murugesan to score again". Times of India. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Rajesh Murugesan Songs: Listen Rajesh Murugesan Hit Songs on Gaana.com". Gaana.com. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  5. ^ "'Pistah' rocks IPL". Times of India. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Rajesh Murugesan scores music for Premam !". Times of India. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.