Ajesh

Ajesh was born and brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. His mother found music in him at a very young age and helped him take up Carnatic music lessons. He went on to explore other forms of music later. He did his schooling in Sri Krishnaswamy Matriculation Higher Secondary School, and then got a Visual Communication degree from Loyola College, Chennai.

Ajesh started singing stage concerts and TV shows at a very young age, and was very focused on pursuing music throughout. His first appearance on television was when he was 5 years old, on Sun TV's Sapthaswarangal hosted by A.V.Ramanan which aired in 1994. Since the age of 12 he was part of kids chorus for various composers such as Ilaiyaraaja, A.R.Rahman and Vidyasagar. In 2009, he was crowned the winner of the popular reality based singing competition Airtel Super Singer, chosen by the public through voting and also by composer Yuvan Shankar Raja. Later in 2010, Yuvan made Ajesh sing the famous romantic number Idhu Varai for the Tamil movie, Goa,[4][5] which was his debut song in films. On the 1st of June 2013 he released an independent music album titled Rain, College, Love - The Connect.[6] He debuted as a composer with the Tamil film Paambhu Sattai, which released in March 2017. His background score for the ZEE5 Original Series Vilangu (web series) was much talked about.[7]