INTRODUCTION
Well, ANIRUDH RAVICHANDER was born on 16 October 1990.He is an Indian film composer and singer. He made his debut in the Tamil film, 3 directed by Aishwarya R. Dhanush at the age of 20.The song, "Why This Kolaveri Di", that Anirudh had composed for the Tamil film 3, went viral on YouTube and has tracked more than 80 million views. The song was a hit that it even captured the attention of the US President, Barack Obama and our Malaysia's president Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak.
Lets have a look into his biography.Anirudh is the son of actor Ravi Raghavendra, nephew of Latha Rajinikanth, and cousin of Aishwarya and Soundarya Rajinikanth.His mother Lakshmi is a dancer.Anirudh was a part of a band in school called Zinx. At the age of 10, he started composing music and landed his first break – '3' at the age of 19.He did his schooling at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, K.K. Nagar. He graduated from Loyola College, Chennai in 2011, which according to him was just a back up in case his music career did not take off. Anirudh learnt classical piano from Trinity College of Music, London. He also learnt Carnatic music,and was part of a Carnatic fusion band.
Anirudh always loved music since small and composing music is his passion. His dream was to make music his career and become a musician. In his school days, Anirudh had entered a TV show that was judged by A R Rahman. Anirudh was in the fusion band that won the competition. Anirudh's biggest moment was when he was awarded the Best Instrumentalist, a prize he received from his idol, the great Rahman himself. Till date, he says that it was the best moment of his life. That day a star was born, and the name was Anirudh.
Anirudh was selected to make his debut as music composer in his cousin Aishwarya R. Dhanush's directorial debut 3 starring Dhanush and Shruti Haasan. While pursuing his degree at Loyola College, he had done background scores for about short films by Aishwaryaa and was convinced by her to also work on her first commercial venture. Furthermore at the launch of the film in August 2011, Anirudh revealed that he had played the keyboard for compositions by A. R. Rahman and was a part of a band called Zinx. In early November 2011, a leaked version of a song from the film, "Why This Kolaveri Di" circulated online and the film's team decided to subsequently release it officially on 16 November 2011 with a music video shot featuring Dhanush singing the song at AM studios, accompanied by composer Anirudh on a keyboard. It instantly became viral on social networking sites for its quirky "Tanglish". Soon, the song became the most searched YouTube video in India and an internet phenomenon across Asia. Within a few weeks, YouTube honoured the video with a '"Recently Most Popular" Gold Medal award and "Trending" silver medal award for receiving a large number of hits in a short time.The song was been built around a South Indian folk rhythm. Its instrumentation consists of nadaswaram, shehnai, saxophone, urumee and thavil drums, acoustic guitar, and keyboards mixed with electronic synths and scratches. The vocals utilize the singing style of Tamil folk culture. Lyrically, the song revolves around the film's main actor being dumped by his girlfriend; the song is sung by the character in a drunken state, with many of the lines nonsensical. According to composer, 3's director Aishwarya Rajinikanth Dhanush wanted a light-hearted song about failed love. Ravichander quickly composed the tune in about 10 minutes. Dhanush then began work on the lyrics, which he completed in about 20 minutes of playful singing and writing.Anirudh always loved music since small and composing music is his passion. His dream was to make music his career and become a musician. In his school days, Anirudh had entered a TV show that was judged by A R Rahman. Anirudh was in the fusion band that won the competition. Anirudh's biggest moment was when he was awarded the Best Instrumentalist, a prize he received from his idol, the great Rahman himself. Till date, he says that it was the best moment of his life. That day a star was born, and the name was Anirudh.
Even though, he look like a small little school boy.Yet he is one of the most talented and famous music composer in Tamil Cinema Industry. He is the youngest music composer in cine industry which had made the world turning their attention to the Tamil Cinema Industry through the song "Why This Kolaveri Di"
It is rare that one sees a success so great, a song so touching and music so simple, yet refreshing as is the song Kolaveri. The product of a young and buoyant composer, the song has sweeped across the globe to break all records.
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| Isn't He Is Soo Cute :p Dont Judge A Book By Its Cover !
.Lets listen to the song which went viral all over the world ;) It's A English song with tamil slang ..
Original Version
This song was also translated into different versions and languages.Here are some examples on how deep it influenced the people from all ages and countries .
Baby Version ;)
Italian version
HIS DISCOGRAPHY
~ with more upcoming projects releasing soon .. HIS AWARD
Here are some pictures of his award winning moments ;) - 7TH YEAR EDISON AWARD - BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR AWARD FOR 2012and that's the end ;) KEEP CALM AND LISTEN TO ANIRUDH!!! |
