Ratheesh Vega

Ratheesh Vega
Ratheesh Vega
Background information
Born	Palakkad, Kerala, India Residence - Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Genres	Pop, Indian Classical Music, soft rock, world music
Occupation(s)	Music composer, Music producer, Singer, Music Director, Arranger, Sequencer, Writer
Years active	2010–present

Ratheesh Vega (Malayalam: രതീഷ് വേഗ) is a composer, singer, and musician who works in Malayalam films. He debuted as a film music composer in the 2010 hit film Cocktail.

Career

Ratheesh completed his degree in music at Madras University. After his degree, Ratheesh pursued a short course in sound engineering. But all the while he nursed hopes of becoming a Carnatic vocalist. He learned music from Thrissur R. Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar.

For nearly two years Ratheesh spearheaded Music Talks on Malayalam channel Asianet. This show also provided the turnaround in Ratheesh's career. "It was during this time that I met Gopi Sunder, the noted music director and programmer. He told me that I could try my hand at composing music and also introduced me to many people in the music field. I believed in Gopi Sunder." -says Ratheesh Vega.

He has done jingles in all the South Indian languages with numerous clients and for many big brands. Some of them like Kalyan Silks, Josco, MCR and Joy Alukkas did a lot to soar his stock. Ratheesh won the Pepper Award in 2010 for his striking jingles.

In between all this, Ratheesh worked on a couple of albums. And these albums helped find his way into films. Of these 'Cafe Love' and 'Njanum Ente Ayyappa' had tunes with the typical Ratheesh Vegha stamp a judicious blend of the East and West styles of music. "The Ayyappa devotional for Vox Music, US, was designed quite differently from the usual ones of the genre. It was priced at seven dollars and sold around 5,000 copies. But it was 'Café Love' (Sathyam Audios) that gave me my film break."- Remembers Ratheesh.

‘Café Love' had tracks sung by Unni Menon, Sujatha Mohan, Biju Narayanan, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Benny Dayal, Gopi Sunder and others. It had some melodies like Unni Menon's 'Ormayil…' and the trendy pop-styled 'Nestle coffee…' by Biju Narayanan and Thulasi Yatheendran.

He was introduced to Milan Jaleel, by one of his friends, who had heard the music of 'Cafe Love.' He immediately offered Ratheesh a chance in his film Cocktail. The Music of Cocktail turned out to be his best soundtrack, in which the songs like Neeyam Thanalinu by Vijay Yesudas and Thulasi Yatheendran topped the charts for weeks. And then the second chance for him came from Milan Jaleel himself to work in his next project, 'Kasargod Khaderbhai'.^[1]

Personal life

Ratheesh lives in Thrissur with his wife Dr. Anu Ratheesh Vega and children Nadhin Ratheesh Vega and Nirnav Ratheesh Vega^[2]

Discography

As music director

Year	Film	Language	Notes
2010	Cocktail	Malayalam	Film Debut
	Again Kasargod Khader Bhai	Malayalam
2011	Ulakam Chuttum Valiban	Malayalam	Background Music only
	Pachuvum Kovalanum	Malayalam	Background Music only
	Beautiful	Malayalam	Kochi Times Film Award for Best Music Director Mirchi Music Awards South for Best Upcoming Music Director
2012	Orkut Oru Ormakoot	Malayalam	Background Music only
	Mullassery Madhavan Kutty Nemom P. O.	Malayalam
	Namukku Parkkan	Malayalam
	Run Babby Run	Malayalam	CERA BIG Malayalam Music Award, 97.2 BIG FM for Most Popular Song
	Poppins	Malayalam
	Matinee	Malayalam
2013	Lokpal	Malayalam
	David and Goliath	Malayalam
	Rebecca Uthup Kizhakkemala	Malayalam
	Lucky Star	Malayalam
	Ladies and Gentleman	Malayalam
	Orissa	Malayalam	Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Best Music Director
	D Company	Malayalam
	Silence	Malayalam
2014	Athithi	Tamil	Background Music only
	Picket 43	Malayalam
2015
	Yanam Mahayanam	Malayalam	Critically acclaimed for the traditional arrangement of background score
2016	Aadupuliyattam	Malayalam	The only film of the year with the whole songs hit. The songs sold to East Coast Audios for a record amount of rupees 10 lakhs which is highest bid of the year.
	Marubhoomiyile Aana	Malayalam
	Swarnakkaduva	Malayalam
	Chembaka kottai	Tamil	Tamil of Adupuliyattam
	Mukhapadangal	Malayalam
	Achayans	Malayalam
2019	Ilayaraja	Malayalam
	Fancy Dress	Malayalam
	King Fish	Malayalam

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2023

As a writer

Year	Film	Stars	Director	Other notes
2019	Thrissur Pooram	Jayasurya	Rajesh Nair	[1]

As an actor

Year	Film	Stars	Director	Other notes
2021	Eighteen Hours	Vijay Babu Sudheer Karamana Indhu Thampy Adwaith Ajay	Rajesh Nair

Non-film albums

Year	Album Title	Notes
2010	Cafe Love	[3]
2010	Naanum ente ayyappa

Awards

• Best Music Director for Orissa – Kerala Film Critics Association Awards 2013
• Popular Song Award for "Aatumanal Payayil" Run Babby Run – CERA BIG Malayalam Music Award, 97.2 BIG FM 2013
• Best Music Director for Beautiful – The Kochi Times Film Award 2011^[4]
• Best Upcoming Music Director for Beautiful – Mirchi Music Awards South 2011
• Best song award for “Janmandarangal” Orissa
• Best Music Director for cocktail Ramu Kariat Film Awards 2010
• Best Music Director for “Mazhaneer Thullikal” Beautiful - Gireesh Puthenchery Award

References

1. Chartbusting debut! | The Hindu
2. "Musically yours…". The Hindu. 22 March 2013. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
3. "Profile of Malayalam Musician Ratheesh Vegha" (in Malayalam).
4. "The Kochi Times Film Awards 2011". The Times of India. 23 June 2012. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013.

External links

• Ratheesh Vegha – IMDb