Other names Manoj Sathivelu Instruments Guitar
Keyboard
Piano Other name Manoj Sathivelu | Years active 2012–present Home town Kandy Music director Mandya Star, Onti | |
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Born 25 July 1990 (age 26) ( 1990-07-25 ) Kandy, Sri Lanka Residence Bangalore, Karnataka, India Occupation Composer
Singer
Songwriter
Record producer
Arranger Genres Film scores
Theatre music
E.D.M
Dance
Classical Similar Varun Parandhaman, Manoj George, Rajesh Krishnan, Anoop Seelin, Sathish Ninasam | ||
Manoj S (Manoj Sathivelu) (born 25 July 1990) is an Indian film composer and musician. He debuted as a film composer in the Kannada movie Mandya Star. He is the first Sri Lankan to compose music for a Kannada movie.
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Early life
Born and brought up in Kandy, he finished his schooling at École internationale. He moved to India and joined M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore to study engineering, but his passion for music changed his plans. He dropped out of college and joined Soundtech Media to study sound engineering and recording arts.
Career
He began as an audio engineer and assisted the sound team for more than 50 live shows, including Classical Incantations by A. R. Rahman. He worked as a recording engineer for artists in Chennai. Simultaneously he did scores for theater and jingles. He started working in the Kannada film industry for the feature film Wow Murugesh. His second movie Mandya Star is set for release in June 2016. Presently he is working on the movie Onti starring Arya.