Midhun Mukundan is an Indian music composer and singer who works predominantly in

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and

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. His film music career began with the 2016 Kannada film '' Kahi''. His other notable works include ''

Ondu Motteya Kathe ''Ondu Motteya Kathe'' () is a 2017 Kannada language romantic comedy film written and directed by debutant Raj B. Shetty who also appears in the lead role, along with Usha Bhandary, Shailashree, Prakash Tuminadu, Amrutha Naik, Shreya Anchan, Vj ...

'' (2017), ''

Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana ''Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana'' () is an 2021 Indian Kannada-language gangster film written and directed by actor-director Raj B. Shetty. The film is produced by Ravi Rai Kalasa and Vachan Shetty, under ''Lighter Buddha Films''. The film featu ...

'' (2021) and ''

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'' (2022).

Early life

Mukundan was born in

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, to a Malayali family and was a Doctor by profession. He completed his

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. He switched his profession to music following his passion.

Career

Midhun began his film career through

Arvind Sastry Arvind Sastry is an Indian film director, screenwriter and an editor in Kannada cinema. He started his career with "Kahi (Bitter)", an independent Kannada movie which was released in November 2016. Early life Arvind was born in Bengaluru distri ...

's directorial '' Kahi'' released in 2016. The film took one and a half year to release and Midhun's score was generally appreciated after release. Reviewer from

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wrote "The genre-bending soundtrack composed by Midhun Mukundan, in particular, marks itself off as one of the stars of the show, setting and unsettling moods with equal rapidity". Even before the release of ''Kahi'', Midhun met filmmaker and actor Raj B. Shetty who was looking out for a newcomer for his film ''

'' (2017). The music was widely recognized and appreciated upon release. His other works in 2017 include '' Srinivasa Kalyana'' followed by a single track score for the film ''

Kaafi Thota ''Kaafi Thota'' is a 2017 Indian romantic thriller Kannada film written, directed and co-produced by T. N. Seetharam. Adapting a crowd-funding methodology, Seetharam produced the film along with 29 other donors under the maiden banner "Manvanth ...

''. The soundtrack of "Ondu Motteya Kathe" was well received and marked the beginning of Midhun's association with director-actor Raj Following the success of ''Ondu Motteya Kathe'', Midhun went on to compose for five films in 2019 including ''

Sarvajanikarige Suvarnavakasha ''Sarvajanikarige Suvarnavakasha'' () is a 2019 Kannada-language comedy film written and directed by Anoop Ramaswamy Kashyap, based on the short story ''The Necklace'' (1884) by Guy de Maupassant. The film stars Rishi and Dhanya Balakrishna in h ...

'' and ''

D/O Parvathamma ''D/O Parvathamma'' is a 2019 Indian Kannada action drama film written and directed Shankar J and starring Hariprriya and Sumalatha along with Suraj Gowda and Prabhu Mundkur. The film is Hariprriya's 25th Kannada Movie. The project was announc ...

''. In 2020, he composed for the PRK Productions and Raj B. Shetty starrer comedy film ''

Mayabazar 2016 ''Mayabazar 2016'' () is a 2020 Indian Kannada language crime comedy film written and directed by debutant Radhakrishna Reddy, produced by Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar of PRK Productions, M Govinda. The film stars Raj B. Shetty, Vasishta Simha, Ac ...

'' which had a song recorded by popular playback singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and featured Puneeth Rajkumar. Midhun's biggest breakthrough came with Raj B. Shetty and

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starrer gangster film ''

'' (GGVV)(2021). The soundtrack won him Best Music Director nomination at the

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. Midhun went on to say that working for this film was his most creatively satisfying project in his career. Impressed by his work in the film GGVV, Malayalam director Nissam Basheer signed him for his psychological thriller film ''

'' (2022) starring

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in the lead role. This marked the Malayalam film score debut of Midhun. In the same year, Midhun worked on some Kannada films such as '' Sakutumba Sametha'', ''Dasara'' and ''Ramanu Kaadige Hodanu''. In 2023, Midhun collaborated with Raj B. Shetty the third time with the film '' Toby''. His other releases include '' Poovan'' and ''

Ramachandra Boss & Co ''Ramachandra Boss & Co'' is a 2023 Indian Malayalam-language heist action comedy film directed by Haneef Adeni. The film stars Nivin Pauly in the lead role, alongside Aarsha Chandini Baiju, Jaffar Idukki, Vinay Forrt, Mamitha Baiju, Vijile ...

'' both in Malayalam and ''

Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye ''Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye'' is a 2023 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film written and directed by actor-director Raj B. Shetty. It was co-produced by actress Ramya under her home production studio, AppleBox Studios, in collaboration wit ...

'' in Kannada. He debuted in

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cinema by composing a single song for the film ''Kota Bommali PS''.

Discography

As music composer

References

External links

1989 births Living people Kannada film score composers Malayalam film score composers Indian flautists Indian record producers Indian male film score composers {{India-musician-stub