Navin is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, who has predominantly scored music for

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and Malayalam films.

Career

Navin began to learn the flute aged five and continued to learn both Carnatic and Western interpretations of the instrument throughout his childhood. In 2005, he received an opportunity to work on the "Luka Chupi" song in ''

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'' (2006) as a flute player in

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's music, and the opportunity marked his first film performance. Navin worked as a flute player for more composers including

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and G. V. Prakash Kumar, before working as a music composer on R. S. Prasanna's ''

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'' (2013). For the film, he preferred to be credited under the stagename of Arrora however he later reverted to his real name. He later also worked on the

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-starrer, '' Peruchazhi'' (2014), his first release in Malayalam. He has since worked on the compositions of Tamil films including '' Oru Naal Iravil'' (2015) and ''

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'' (2016), notably picking three music composers to record songs for his work in the latter.Anirudh sings one love song in Vil Ambu with Navin's music
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film '' Peruchazhi'' directed by

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starring

Discography

* The films are listed in order that the music released, regardless of the dates the film released.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Navin Living people Tamil film score composers Indian male film score composers Year of birth missing (living people)