Hesham Abdul Wahab (born 14 October 1990) is an Indian music director, music producer, singer and

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. Best known for his compositions for the soundtrack of the 2022 Malayalam film ''

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'' and the music album ''Qadham Badha'' ( produced by British singer-songwriter

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. Wahab is the recipient of 2021

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for the soundtrack of the film ''

''.

Early life

Sayyed Hesham Abdul Wahab was born in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia. Born in a family of musicians, he took interest in music at a very young age and got professional training in Carnatic and Hindustani classical music. He started singing at an early age of 8 and was introduced to Piano when he was 11. Hesham married Ayshath Safa on 22 January 2018. After completing schooling from International Indian School in Riyadh, he went on to complete a diploma in Audio Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Audio Production from

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with top honours.

Career

Early career

Hesham left

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to go to India in 2007 to be part of the music reality show

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which paved the way for his foray into playback singing and later composing.

Recording career

Hesham's first recording project was in 2013 with his first single ''Meri Dua'' produced by Offline Creations. He got his first major break when Andante Records signed him for their record label. His first album ''Qadam Badha(Step Forward)'', an amalgamation of

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and World Music produced by eminent Iran born British singer-songwriter

was released in 2015. He forayed into Malayalam film industry as a music director that same year with the film '' Salt Mango Tree''. His debut as a music composer for the Bollywood film ''Mera India'' is set to release in 2019. He has also worked with several noted composers and lent his voice to many Indian films. In 2018, one of his songs – Jaana meri janaa from the film ''Cappuccino'' fetched

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his second

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award for the Best Playback Singer in Malayalam. In 2018, He founded ''LIVEwithMUSIC,'' an independent music academy where he takes classes on sound production. Hesham arranged and mixed filmmaker

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's debut composition Kathakal Chollidaam''' which was released as a

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featuring several Malayalam film actors and their children. He composed the soundtrack of

's film

, which consists of 15 songs.

Discography

Films

Albums

*Qadam Badha (2015)

Music videos

*Meri Dua (2013) *Mothirakkallu (2019) *Await (2020) *Yatra (2020) *Mounam (2021)

Playback singer

''Note: All songs are in Malayalam, unless noted''

Awards and nominations

* 2015 – Best Music Director – Kairali Cultural Forum Abudhabi – Short Film Festival – Oru Vappichi Katha * 2015 – Best Upcoming Music Composer of the Year –

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– Salt Mango Tree * 2016 – Best Singer – Ramu Kariat Award – ''Kattummel'' ( Salt Mango Tree) *2017 – Promising Music Star Award- Asianet Yuva Award 2017, Doha Qatar. *2021 –

–

*2022 – Best Song – Mazhavil Music Awards – ''Darshana'' (

)

References

External links

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