Vivek–Mervin is an Indian music composer duo consisting of Vivek Siva and Mervin Solomon. They are known for their work in

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films. They worked together on ''

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'' (2014), ''

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'' (2020), '' Sulthan'' (2021) and '' Gulaebaghavali'' (2018).

Career

Siva trained as a classical musician and performed with numerous bands while in school. Solomon had worked as a music producer, and scored music for albums in

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and classical genres. Siva, Solomon, and

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are from the band Zinx. Vivek and Mervin later worked as music producers and mix engineers for

. The songs and background score of their debut movie ''

'' (2015) were well received. "Nenjukulla Nee" became an instant hit and topped the charts. In their second project ''

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'' (2016), the duo roped in Hindi singer

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for his first Tamil song "Neeye", which became a chartbuster. They composed music for films with stars such as Dhanush in ''Pattas'', Karthi in ''Sulthan'', Vijay Sethupathy in ''Sangathamizhan'', Nayanthara in ''Dora'', Prabhudeva in ''Gulaebaghavali'', etc. Their own releases became chartbusters and garnered attention from all age groups. Notably songs such as "Orasaadha","Guleba","Chill Bro", "Jai Sulthan", etc., went viral. They released and featured in 3 independent singles in collaboration with Sony Music South. In keeping with their interest in live performance, they did public concerts, award shows, college pro shows, and

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One Nation Festival.

Discography

;Films ;Independent works

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vivek-Mervin Indian male singer-songwriters Indian singer-songwriters Tamil playback singers Indian musical duos Loyola College, Chennai alumni Living people Musicians from Chennai Tamil film score composers Indian male film score composers Year of birth missing (living people)