Girishh Gopalakrishnan ( ta, கிரிஷ் கோபாலகிருஷ்ணன் ; born 26 September 1986) is an Indian music composer, music producer, singer in the

Tamil film industry Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywood ...

. He made his debut as a music director with the Tamil film, ''

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'' directed by

Pandiraj Pandiraj (பாண்டிராஜ் in Tamil) is an Indian film director and producer, writer who works in Tamil cinema. His debut film, ''Pasanga'' (2009), was commercially successful and won several awards, including the National Film Aw ...

Early life and career

Girishh was born on 26 September 1986 in Tanjore, Tamil Nadu. He is a student of violinist Lalgudi Jayaraman and started learning music under him from the age of 8. He also trained in western classical music under the late Das Daniel. Girishh graduated as an engineer in 2008 and went on to do his master's degree in music composition at

Leeds College of Music Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populatio ...

. He then continued to stay on in the UK working as a freelance Composer and Conductor for Orchestras, composing music for film, dance and theatre productions. In October 2011, Girishh got a chance to meet Pandiraj through Sivakarthikeyan, who eventually signed him on to compose music for ''

'', as he required an international sound to the film's score. The music for Marina released on 9 January 2012, to extremely positive reviews, critical acclaim and popularity, with the son
"Vanakkam Chennai"
and its promo video going viral. The film's soundtrack and background score received critical acclaim. After Marina, Girishh worked on directo
Balaji K. Kumar's
"

Vidiyum Munn ''Vidiyum Munn'' (''Before Dawn'') is a 2013 Indian Tamil thriller film directed by Balaji K. Kumar. The film stars Pooja Umashankar as Rekha, a prostitute trying to rescue a 12-year-old girl, played by Malavika Manikuttan, from the clutches of ...

", an experimental thriller. The film features the song "Penne" sung by British Singer Susheela Raman. The audio for Vidiyum Mun was launched on 16 August 2013, under Sony's Saregama label.

's soundtrack marks a unique occurrence where the composer has written all the lyrics for the songs, along with composing them. "

" released on 29 November 2013, to rave reviews for the film, the film's music and the background score, which was recorded in Manchester, UK with players from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. The score was conducted b
Brian Morrell
who has worked with the likes of

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and

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Filmography

Film soundtracks

;Upcoming films *''Pakshi'' *''Kolai'' *''Address''

Albums

* 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 original language release. Indicates simultaneous makes, if featuring in more languages * ♦ indicates a remade version, the remaining ones being dubbed versions

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Girishh G Living people Musicians from Chennai Tamil film score composers Tamil musicians 1986 births Alumni of Leeds College of Music Indian male film score composers Telugu film score composers