Rajesh Murugesan (born 14 May 1988) is an Indian

music composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Def ...

, best known for his compositions in Malayalam cinema, with films such as '' Neram'' and ''

Premam ''Premam'' (transl. Love) is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language coming of age romance film written and directed by Alphonse Puthren. Produced by Anwar Rasheed, it features Nivin Pauly and Sai Pallavi in the prominent roles. The plot follows Geo ...

''.

Personal life

Murugesan born in Nagercoil. He completed his schooling at Cochin Refineries School, Ambalamugal and graduated with a Degree from SAE International College, Chennai in 2008. He married

actress Aishwarya Raghavan on 22 January 2020.

Career

Rajesh made his debut as a music director in '' Neram'' a

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nativ ...

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...

bilingual film which was directed by

Alphonse Putharen Alphonse Puthren is an Indian film director, producer, actor, editor, writer, and ad film maker. He works mainly in the Malayalam Cinema. He made his directional debut with the critically acclaimed Malayalam - Tamil bilingual suspense-thrill ...

and released in 2013. The song Pistah also featured as IPL promo song for the year 2016. In 2015, he composed for a movie by

Short films

* ''Mustache Blues'' (2015) * ''Kattan Kappi'' (2014) * ''The Rat: A Sexy Tale'' (2011) * ''Wind'' (2011) * ''Black and White'' (2011) * ''Reg:We'' (2011) * ''Sathya'' (2017) * ''Parashakthi '' (2022)

Filmography

Awards

# Asianet Comedy Awards 2015 for Best Comical Scene Song # CPC Cine Awards 2015 for Best Music Director # Vanitha Film Awards 2016 for Best Music Director # Asianet Film Awards 18th Asianet film awards for Best Music Director # 5th South Indian International Movie Awards for Best Music Director Malayalam # IIFA 2016 Best Music Director Malayalam 2016

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Murugesan, Rajesh Living people Malayalam film score composers Tamil film score composers Indian male musicians 21st-century classical composers Film musicians from Kerala Musicians from Kochi 1988 births 21st-century Indian composers Indian male film score composers 21st-century male musicians