Rajesh Murugesan

Rajesh Murugesan (born 14 May 1988) is an Indian music composer, best known for his compositions in Malayalam cinema, with films such as Neram and Premam.[1][2]

Rajesh Murugesan
Rajesh Murugesan
Born
Rajesh Murugesan

(1988-05-14) 14 May 1988
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationMusic director
Years active2013-present
Spouse(s)
Aishwarya Raghavan
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(m. 2020)​

Personal life

Rajesh Murugesan born in Nagercoil He completed his schooling at Cochin Refineries School, Ambalamugal and graduated with a Degree from SAE International College, Chennai in 2008[3] He married Premam actress Aishwarya Raghavan on 22 January 2020.

Career

Rajesh made his debut as a music director in Neram a Tamil - Malayalam bilingual film which was directed by Alphonse Putharen and released in 2013. The music won him immediate attention. The promo song Pistah: The Run Anthem, had gone viral in 2013. The song Pistah also featured as IPL promo song for the year 2016.[4] In 2015, he worked on another movie by Alphonse Putharen, Premam. All the songs in the movie received excellent critical response and the song,'Malare' broke the record for the fastest song in Malayalam to reach 5 lakh hits in YouTube.

Short films
  • Mustache Blues (2015)
  • Kattan Kappi (2014)
  • The Rat: A Sexy Tale (2011)
  • Wind (2011)
  • Black and White (2011)
  • Reg:We (2011)
  • Sathya (2017)
  • Madhesh (2019)

Filmography
Year Film Language Songs Background Score Sound Design Notes
2013NeramTamilYesYesNo
NeramMalayalamYesYesNo
2015Premam[5]MalayalamYesYesNo
Time Bara VaitMarathiNoYesNo
2016Action Hero BijuMalayalamNoYesNo
AviyalTamilNoYesNo
PremamTeluguYesNoNoRemake of Premam
2017KismathKannadaYesYesNoRemake of Neram
2018ThobamaMalayalamYesYesNo
LadooMalayalamYesYesNo
2019VasanthiMalayalamYesYesYes
2020Ninnila NinnilaTeluguYesYesNo
TheeniTamilYesYesNo
2021NavarasaTamilNoYesNoEpisode - Summer of ‘92
Vasantha MullaiTamilYesYesNo
Vasantha KokilaTeluguYesYesNo
Vasantha KokilaKannadaYesYesNo

Awards
  1. Asianet Comedy Awards 2015 for Best Comical Scene Song
  2. CPC Cine Awards 2015 for Best Music Director
  3. Vanitha Film Awards 2016 for Best Music Director
  4. Asianet Film Awards 18th Asianet film awards for Best Music Director
  5. 5th South Indian International Movie Awards for Best Music Director Malayalam
  6. Red fm awards Song of the year 2016
  7. IIFA 2016 Best Music Director Malayalam 2016
  8. Radio mirchi music awards 2014 and 2016 best debut music director and popular song of the year 2016
  9. Radio Mirchi Music Awards South 2016 for Album of the Year
  10. Radio Mirchi Music Awards South 2021 for Cult Song of the Decade Malayalam - Malare

References
  1. "Sounding off, musically". The Hindu. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  2. "Music composer Rajesh Murugesan gets married..." Malayala Manorama. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  3. "Rajesh Murugesan to score again". Times of India. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  4. "'Pistah' rocks IPL". Times of India. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  5. "Rajesh Murugesan scores music for Premam !". Times of India. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
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