Joshua Sridhar
Joshua Sridhar | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sridhar (1974-03-09) 9 March 1974 |
| Genres | Film score, Film soundtrack |
| Occupations | Film composer, Music director |
| Instruments | Synthesizer, Electronic Keyboard, Vocal |
| Years active | 2004 to present |
Joshua Sridhar (born 1974 in Chennai, India)[1] is an Indian composer known for his work in Tamil and Kannada films.[2] He made his debut with the film Kaadhal.[1][3]
Early life and education
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Joshua Sridhar was born in Chennai on 9 March 1974 to Saravanan and Rajalakshmi. He studied at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Rajaji Vidyashram in Chennai from 1980 to 1990. After finishing High School he studied Western Classical Music for two years. He studied 8 Grades (Trinity College, London) in both Theory of Music and Piano. In 1993 he converted to Christianity and was baptised at Emmanuel Methodist Church (Chennai) and was given the name Joshua, the biblical character from the old testament. Not wanting to remove the name he was given at the time of birth he kept the name Sridhar and came to be known as Joshua Sridhar.
Career
Joshua Sridhar began his career in the year 1993 composing, arranging and programming music for gospel albums and jingles. In the year 1996, he entered Indian cinema. He worked as a keyboard player/programmer for many Indian film composers (notably Manisharma & A.R.Rahman) between 1996 and 2004. In 2004 made his film debut as composer of Kaadhal. The film was released on 8 December 2004.[4]
Filmography
| Year | Language[5] | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamil | Kannada | Telugu | Malayalam | ||
| 2004 | Kaadhal | Premisthe | Nominated for Filmfare Awards – Tamil | ||
| 2005 | Abhayam | Danger | |||
| 2006 | Uyir | Manohara | |||
| Chennai Kadhal | Prema | ||||
| Aran | Keerthi Chakra | Won SICA Award for best Music Director – Malayalam | |||
| Game | |||||
| 2007 | Arasu | ||||
| Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthen | Prema | ||||
| Kalloori | Kalasala | ||||
| 2009 | Love Guru | Nominated for Filmfare Awards — Kannada | |||
| 2010 | Gaana Bajaana | Nominated for Filmfare Awards — Kannada | |||
| Huduga Hudugi | |||||
| Devadas | |||||
| 2011 | Appavi | ||||
| Veppam[6] | Sega | Nominated for SIIMA Awards – Tamil[7] | |||
| Vithagan | |||||
| Yuvan | Keratam | ||||
| 2012 | Acham Thavir | Genius | |||
| 2013 | Whistle | ||||
| Googly | Nominated for Filmfare Awards — Kannada[8] | ||||
| 2014 | Huchudugaru | ||||
| 2015 | Pulan Visaranai 2 | ||||
| Vellaiya Irukiravan Poi Solla Maatan | |||||
| 2016 | 54321 | ||||
| Parandhu Sella Vaa | 25th Film | ||||
| 2017 | Rajahamsa | ||||
| 2018 | Oru Kuppai Kathai | ||||
| 2019 | July Kaatril | ||||
| Yaana # | |||||
Notes:
- The films are listed in order that the music released, regardless of the dates 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 a remade version, the remaining ones being dubbed versions.
- # indicates that the film score is by another composer.
References
- ^ ab"Joshua Sridhar Biography". Oneindia.in. Greynium Information Technologies. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^Suganth, M. (29 January 2011). "Joshua says no to spotlight!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^Suganth, M. (22 January 2011). "I don't believe in comebacks: Joshua". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^"Kollywood Music Director Joshua Sridhar Biography, News, Photos, Videos". nettv4u. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^"Joshua Sridhar Filmography". Oneindia.in. Greynium Information Technologies. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^Srinivasan, Pavitra (11 January 2011). "Veppam's album is no great shakes". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^Ramchander (7 June 2012). "Ajith, Vikram, Surya nominated for SIIMA Best Actor". Oneindia.in. Greynium Information Technologies. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^"61st Idea Filmfare Awards — Complete Nominations List". The Times of India. Bennett, Coleman and Co. 12 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
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