Karthikeya Murthy is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter and music producer. A BAFTA Breakthrough India Talent. He made his debut in Tamil/Telugu bilingual movie

Moone Moonu Varthai ''Moone Moonu Varthai'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by Madhumita. The film stars Arjun Chidambaram, Aditi Chengappa and Venkatesh Harinathan. It was simultaneously made in Telugu language under the title ...

/ Moodu Mukkallo Cheppalante (2015). He is known for his score in the movie KD (a) Karuppudurai.

Personal life

Karthikeya was trained in Carnatic Classical Music by Chengalpet Ranganathan, DKJ.Sukanya, Premalatha and in Western Classical music by Abdul Sattar. Karthikeya is the grandson of ace

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player T.K.Murthy. His father T.K.Jayaraman was a music composer at

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Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

. He is the 7th generation musician in his family with his musical roots tracing to Bowdeeshwara Bagavathar (Carnatic Singer), Thanu Bhagavathar (Carnatic Singer), Subramaniya Bhagavathar (Carnatic Singer), Thanu Subramaniya Bhagavathar (Violinist), Dr.T.K.Murthy (

) and T.K.Jayaraman (Music Composer). His early ancestors were court musicians. He is married to Dr. Praveena Raman.

Career

He began his career in music by forming a band in school known as Pro-teens which was later renamed to Madras Tunes for a band hunt competition in Sun TV. He then ventured into short films, ad films, documentaries as an independent composer before getting into films. As a part of Madras Tunes he won the band hunt show "Oh La La La" conducted by renowned music director

A.R.Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer and songwriter, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in int ...

and music label

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. Post winning and recording an album in Rahman's studio, he went on to write music for ace director

K.Balachander Kailasam Balachander (9 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an Indian film maker and playwright who worked mainly in the Tamil cinema. He was well known for his distinct film-making style, and the Indian film industry knew him as a master of un ...

's last stage show "Oru Koodai Paasam" under the stage name "Karthik Iyer". The music of the show was well appreciated with Hindu reviewing the music as "lilting and one of the good production values". He further did more theater works including the one for Dancer Dhananjayans and Olliyum Oliyum production's INSTINCT. Also he worked on several short films including the critically acclaimed Thuvandha Yuddham, Jagathinai Azhithidivom to name a few. Acclaimed producer/singer/actor S.P.Charan met Karthikeya while recording a song for a college project that led him to rope Karthikeya as a composer in his production

directed by Madhumita - a bilingual (in Telugu Moodu Mukkallo Cheppalante). At the single launch show of the Moone Moonu Varthai, veteran singer

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), also referred to as SPB or SP Balu or Balu, was an Indian playback singer, television presenter, actor, music composer, dubbing artist, and film producer. He is wi ...

for the very first time performed a song from the movie with Karthikeya on Piano during which he compared his music-composing prowess to that of Oscar-winning music director

. Karthikeya has composed title track & theme music for Vijay Television Tamil mythological serial Tamil Kadavul Murugan being aired from 2 October 2017 and actor

Vijay Sethupathi Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi (born 16 January 1978), known professionally as Vijay Sethupathi, is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Tamil films. He is a recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award. Fo ...

starrer

Namma Ooru Hero ''Namma Ooru Hero'' is a 2019 Tamil reality talk show which is currently telecasted on Sun TV airing every Sunday which started from 20 January 2019 and 12 May 2019. The TV programme is presented by popular actor Vijay Sethupathi Vijaya Guru ...

in Sun TV.

Discography

MOVIES TV SERIES THEATRE WORKS NOTABLE SINGLES

Awards & Recognitions

* 2021 - BAFTA Breakthrough (India) Honoree - BAFTA * 2021 - Special Mention Original Score (Sweetness) - FICOCC * 2021 - Honorable Mention Original Score (Sweetness) - SFAAF

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Murthy, Karthikeya Alumni of Trinity College of Music Living people Tamil musicians Tamil film score composers Tamil singers 1985 births