Vishnu Vijay is an Indian music composer and a prolific flautist who works predominantly in

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. His film music career began with the 2016 Malayalam film ''

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''. His other works include ''

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'' (2019) and ''

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'' (2022).

Early life

Vijay has attended Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School, Thiruvananthapuram for schooling then bachelor of performing arts degree and is a vocal music graduate from

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. He has received musical training from Kudamaloor Janardanan.

Career

Vishnu has worked with composers

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in Tamil and Telugu and also with

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and

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in Tamil, prior to making it into the Malayalam industry. In Malayalam he has associated with

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, Vidyasagar and

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Scoring and soundtracks

Vijay debuted as an independent music composer through the 2016 Malayalam movie

Awards

;

47th Kerala State Film Awards The awards were announced by minister A.K Balan in Thiruvananthapuram on 7 March 2017. The winners in the fiction category were selected by a jury headed by Odisha director A.K. Bir. The other jury members were Priyanandanan, Sundar Das, Sudevan, ...

* Best Background Music –

;Other Awards * Yuva Sangeetha Prathibha Puraskaram

Discography

References

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