Birth name Ved Shankar Sugavanam Genres Film Score Genre Film score | Years active 2010 - present | |
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Record labels ECM Records, Universal Music LLC, Times Music | ||
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Ved Shankar is an Indian music composer born to Sugavanam Krishnan and Bhuvaneshwari in chennai , Tamil Nadu. He has two siblings, brother- Ved Vyas sugavanam and a sister Ved Janani Sugavanam who is currently a student of class 12. He is currently married to Vaishnavi and the couple has a son together. A former student of A. R. Rahman's school. he made his debut in the Tamil film Paalai (2010) and then made a breakthrough with his work in Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom (2012).
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Career
Ved Shankar was a student of A. R. Rahman’s KM Music Conservatory, and was one of 15 students selected for training in western classical music at North Eastern University, Boston, funded by the U.S. Department of State. He then trained as a sound designer and was nominated for the META award for Most Innovative Sound Design 2012, be completing his MBA at IIPM, Chennai.His first album was for the period film, Paalai (2011), and then worked on the album for Madhubana Kadai (2012). Ved Shankar made his breakthrough with his work in Balaji Tharaneetharan's Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom, which on critical acclaim and performed well at the box office. Moreover, his work in the promotional song "Crazy Penne" featuring Andrea Jeremiah also won critical acclaim, and he was featured in a list of top music directors in an year end ranking by Behindwoods.com in 2012.
Released soundtracks
Songs
Hey Crazy PenneNaduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom · 2012
Anbe En AnbeMoondraam Ullaga Por (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 2016
Song for Everyone1985