Vedshanker 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 Defi ...

. A former student of

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 ...

's school. he made his debut in the Tamil film ''

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'' (2010) and then made a breakthrough with his work in ''

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'' (2012).

Career

Ved Shankar was a student of

’s KM Music Conservatory, and was one of 15 students selected for training in western classical music at North Eastern University, Boston, funded by the U.S. Department of State. He then trained as a sound designer and was nominated for the META award for Most Innovative Sound Design 2012, be completing his MBA at IIPM, Chennai. His first album was for the period film, ''

'' (2011), and then worked on the album for '' Madhubana Kadai'' (2012). Ved Shankar made his breakthrough with his work in

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's ''

'', which on critical acclaim and performed well at the box office. Moreover, his work in the promotional song "Crazy Penne" featuring

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also won critical acclaim, and he was featured in a list of top music directors in a year end ranking by Behindwoods.com in 2012.

Discography

Released soundtracks

* The films are listed in the order that the music released, regardless of the date the film released. * The year next to the title of the affected films indicates the release year of the either dubbed or remade version in the named language later than the original version. * • indicates original language release. Indicates simultaneous makes, if featuring in more languages * ♦ indicates a remade version, the remaining ones being dubbed versions

Films

Independent songs

Webseries

Upcoming projects

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shankar, Ved Living people Tamil musicians Tamil film score composers Indian Institute of Planning and Management alumni Year of birth missing (living people)