Harris Jayaraj (born 8 January 1975) is an Indian composer from

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. He composes soundtracks predominantly for

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films, while also having composed for a few films in

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and two films in

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. He has been honoured with

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Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu and the Life Time Achievement Award from Konijeti Rosaiah, the Governor of Tamil Nadu. Since 2001, he has won 6 Filmfare Awards South and has received 20 Filmfare Awards South nominations. He has also won 6 Mirchi Music Awards, 5 Vijay Awards, 4

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, 3

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and Big FM Awards. In 2019, he was bestowed with the Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute Honorary Doctorate of Letters for his significant contributions to Tamil cinema music.

Early life

Harris Jayaraj was born and brought up in

in a pious Christian family. His father hails from a

Christian family and his mother from a

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Naidu family. He studied at Krishnaswamy Matric School. At age six, Harris began his formal training in

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. His father, S. M. Jayakumar, was a noted film guitarist and have frequently colabrated with T. M. Soundararajan,

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, Soolamangalam Sisters, K. J. Yesudas,

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, Shankar Ganesh,

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, Jikki, K. Jamuna Rani, P.Susheela and

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music director Shyam. Following two distressing bomb blast incidents he became more religiously inclined and young Harris had to take over the family responsibility. His father wanted him to become a guitarist and made him learn classical guitar from Mr. A. Abdul Sattar. Harris scored the highest mark in Asia on his 4th grade exam of Trinity College of Music,

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. He started his music career as a guitarist in 1987 at age twelve under M. S. Viswanathan's assistant Joseph Krishna. Harris could pursue his academics only up to High School, by then he always had problem with his attendance due to his recording sessions. Having been trained in classical guitar, Harris completed Grade VIII exams conducted by the Trinity College, London. Later he started playing

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and developed interest over synthesizers. For this there was no tutor. He then started programming with his Roland MC-500 and went on to work as a programmer under more than twenty five music directors in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi,

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, Bhojpuri, Marathi,

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and Oriya working in more than 600 projects till the year 2000. Between 1987 to 2000, he worked under noted composers including Raj–Koti,

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, Sadhu Kokila, Mani Sharma, Karthik Raja,

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, Sirpi, Suresh Peters, Chandrabose, Shyam, Ouseppachan, Adithyan and

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. In his early years as a musician, Harris have worked in movie

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s and

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s of various popular movies including Mudhalvan,

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, Jeans, Kandukondain Kandukondain, Ullasam, Poovellam Kettuppar, Muthu, Padayappa,

Ratchagan ''Ratchagan'' () is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film written, produced by K. T. Kunjumon, and directed by Praveen Gandhi. It stars Nagarjuna and Sushmita Sen, alongside Raghuvaran, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vadivelu and ...

, Aravindhan,

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and Asuran. While working as an additional programmer under A. R. Rahman, he composed music for various television commercials including a

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commercial featuring actor Vijay. In his early years, he admired music composers M. S. Viswanathan, Ennio Morricone, A. R. Rahman,

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, and Hans Zimmer.

Film career

Harris debuted as a composer with Gautham Vasudev Menon's '' Minnale''. The album was well received, particularly the song ''Vaseegara'' was exceptionally popular. He received the

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for his work in ''Minnale'', breaking the 9 years continuous record of A. R. Rahman. The following soundtrack albums '' 12B'' and '' Majunu'' met with high acclaim and praise. He also composed for the

remake of '' Minnale'' titled '' Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein'', also directed by Gautham Menon. Most of the tunes from the Tamil version were retained in the Hindi version too, and only two fresh tunes were composed. He then worked in '' Lesa Lesa'' directed by

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. The title track of '' Lesa Lesa'' was the first song in India to be released as a single prior to a film soundtrack album release. Harris made his debut in Telugu cinema with '' Vasu''. He received the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil,

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and

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for ''

Kaakha Kaakha ''Kaakha Kaakha'' (), titled ''The Police'' in the UK, is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. It stars Suriya and Jyothika, with Jeevan playing the antagonist. The film featured mu ...

'', starring Suriya and Jyothika. This film directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon was a huge commercial success and the songs met with great critical acclaim. In its Telugu remake '' Gharshana'' two new songs apart from the Tamil version were added to suit the taste of Telugu audience. The song ''Uyirin Uyire'' reused as ''Cheliya Cheliya'' in Telugu and ''Khwabon Khwabon'' in Hindi had effective use of gibberish words which later became a signature element in Harris songs. Harris once again paired up with director Jeeva on ''

Ullam Ketkumae ''Ullam Ketkumae...'' () is a 2005 Tamil-language romantic drama film directed and co-written by Jeeva, with dialogues by Sujatha. The film stars Shaam, Arya, Laila, Asin and Pooja as five college students. The film's score and soundtrack ...

'' after ''12B''. The music was appreciated for its excellency and synergy with the atmosphere in and out of the movie. Director S. Shankar, noted leading director of Tamil cinema, paired up with Harris in his magnum opus '' Anniyan''. It was the first time Shankar did not team up with A. R. Rahman. Shankar later mentioned that working with Harris was an experience. The soundtrack album received several awards including

and Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil. The next film he scored was '' Ghajini'' directed by AR Murugadoss, for which he received

. Critics noted that the album had "scintillating, party-hopping numbers", which resulted in a huge commercial success in audio sales; the track "Sutum Vizhi" crossed 20 million downloads and turned out to be phenomenally successful. Harris crafted a necessary classiness into Gautham Menon's blockbuster crime thriller ''

Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu ''Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu'' () is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Jyothika, and Kamalinee Mukherjee in prominent roles, while Prakash R ...

'' starring Kamal Haasan. Gautham revealed that he shares the entire script with Harris and provides input's from his side.

"Harris and I, when we work together, we put in a lot of effort. I give him the entire script. I give him inputs. When we sat down for ''Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu'', I told him to do away with the traditional pallavi- charanam format in the ''Manjal veyyil'' song."

Harris once again ventured into Telugu films with a successful album '' Sainikudu''. The music album of the film was released simultaneously in 10 chosen venues from five different countries. Gautham Menon who considers the music and background score of Harris as a major asset of his films, once again teamed up with Harris on a romantic-thriller ''

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''. The soundtracks of Pachaikili Muthucharam are appraised as melancholic, lilting, mysterious, and alternatively catchy. Harris' collaboration with Jeeva continued with ''

Unnale Unnale ''Unnale Unnale'' () is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language romantic musical film.The movie is directed and co-written by Jeeva and produced by Oscar Ravichandran. It stars Vinay, Sadha and Tanisha Mukherjee in lead roles; Srinath, Raju Sundaram and ...

''. The music album oozing with energy all through proved to be a cut above the rest. His next Telugu venture '' Munna'' had a good commercial reception, and the song ''Manasa'' fetched a Filmfare Best Singer Female award to

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. With the following album ''

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'', Harris continued his mettle with all the six songs. The track ''Siru Parvaiyalae'' used

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words in interludes. The album was praised for bringing up visual recapitulation from audio. Harris used a live orchestra of 84 members for the action cop film '' Sathyam''. In 2009, Harris Jayaraj was signed in for Vikram Kumar's ''24'', which was to star Vikram. He was also signed in for the Malayalam film ''Yoddha 2'', starring Mohanlal. But both films were subsequently shelved. In '' Anegan'', Harris's "Danga Maari Oodhari", featuring lyrics in

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slang become an instant chart-buster. After a hiatus of 6 years, Harris collaborated with Gautham Vasudev Menon for the action cop film ''

Yennai Arindhaal ''Yennai Arindhaal'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film co-written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, and produced by A. M. Rathnam. The film stars Ajith Kumar, Trisha Krishnan, Anushka Shetty and Arun Vijay and ...

''. The soundtrack received positive reviews from critics and according to Behindwoods, it was the most played album of 2015 in Chennai radio stations.

Live in concert

In 2011, Harris announced his first musical world tour titled "Harris on the Edge". The tour featured live performance of Harris all over the world accompanied by a troupe of Tamil playback singers, including Karthik, Haricharan, Chinmayi, Tippu, Harini, Naresh Iyer, Harish Raghavendra, Krish, Aalap Raju, KK, Benny Dayal, Andrea,

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, Sunitha Sarathy, Srilekha Parthasarathy and Shweta Mohan and international musicians and dancers. The event was coordinated by ''Techfront'' and was directed by A. L. Vijay. The tour kick started in Chennai on 8 October 2011, and later continued in Coimbatore on 23 December 2011 and in Dubai on 4 February 2012. The whole tour was covered by Jaya TV.

Studio H

Harris opened a new studio on 8 January 2017, called "Studio H". The studio consists of the latest audio recording systems and technology. The first song to be composed in the studio was Halena from

Iru Mugan ''Iru Mugan'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language science-fiction spy action thriller written and directed by Anand Shankar. Produced by Thameens Films, the film stars Vikram in double role alongside Nayanthara, Nithya Menen, Nassar, Thambi ...

. The S3 soundtrack was the first project entirely composed here.

Guest appearances

* 2011 '' Ko'' - in song 'Aga Naga Naga'

Discography

Notes: * • Indicates languages of original release. * ♦ Indicates a film remade in another language with a different cast, retaining Harris as the composer. * # indicates the soundtrack album has one or more bonus songs composed by a different composer. * The movie ''Force'' has four songs composed by Harris. Film scoring is done by ''Sameer Phatarpekar'' with some themes having some of their melodies borrowed from the songs.

Lyricist

* 2011 - '' Engeyum Kadhal'' - Kulu Kulu Venpani * 2017 - '' Singam 3 '' - Hey Wi Wi Wifi

Ad jingles

He composed music for various television commercials including a

commercial featuring Vijay. In 2008, he composed for '' Herova? Zerova?'' ad campaign which Suriya initiated under the Agaram Foundation, working to help children who drop out of school early in

. With the Ministry of Education in Tamil Nadu, he created a short commercial video outlining child poverty, labour and lack of education, titled Herova? Zerova?. The film was written and produced by Sivakumar and also starred Suriya, Vijay,

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and Jyothika.

Personal life

Harris is married to Suma Jayaraj, the couple have a son named Samuel Nicholas Harris and a daughter named Karen Nikitha Harris, born in 2006. Nikitha is a playback singer who made her debut through the song ''Vinnil Vinmeen'' for the movie '' Kaappaan'', and won a V4U Media award in 2020."MGR - SIVAJI Cinema Awards 2020 , Best Debut Singer"
Vasanth TV. 22 Feb 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

Awards and nominations

;Special Honours *2009:

Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu *2015: Life Time Achievement Award from Konijeti Rosaiah, the Governor of Tamil Nadu *2015: Maestro Award from the Ritz Style Awards 2015 *2019: Behindwoods Gold MIC Award for Icon of Inspiration - Setting New Precedents in Film Music *2019: Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute Honorary Doctorate of Letters ; Filmfare Awards South *2001: Won – Best Music Director - ''Minnale'' *2003: Won – Best Music Director - ''Kaakha Kaakha'' *2005: Won – Best Music Director - ''Anniyan'' *2005: Won –

Filmfare Special Award – South The Filmfare Special Jury Award is given by the '' Filmfare Magazine'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for South Indian films. It was decided on 17th Annual Filmfare Awards and started from 20th Annual Filmfare Awards held in 1973. I ...

- ''Ghajini'' *2008: Won – Best Music Director - ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' *2009: Won – Best Music Director - ''Ayan'' *2002: Nominated - Best Music Director - ''Vasu'' *2003: Nominated - Best Music Director - ''Saamy'' *2004: Nominated - Best Music Director - ''Gharshana'' *2005: Nominated - Best Music Director - ''Ghajini'' *2006: Nominated - Best Music Director - ''Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu'' *2007: Nominated - Best Music Director - ''Munna'' *2007: Nominated - Best Music Director - ''Unnale Unnale'' *2009: Nominated - Best Music Director - ''Aadhavan'' *2010: Nominated - Best Music Director - ''Orange'' *2011: Nominated - Best Music Director - ''Ko'' *2011: Nominated - Best Music Director - ''7aum Arivu'' *2012: Nominated - Best Music Director - ''Thuppakki'' *2015: Nominated - Best Music Director - ''Yennai Arindhaal'' *2016: Nominated - Best Music Director - ''Iru Mugan'' ;

*2003: Won – Best Music Director – ''Kaakha Kaakha'' *2005: Won – Best Music Director – ''Anniyan'' & ''Ghajini'' *2009: Won – Best Music Director – Kalaimamani Award *2011: Won – Best Music Director – ''Ko'' ; Vijay Awards *2008: Won - Best Music Director - ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' *2009: Won - Best Music Director - ''Aadhavan'' *2008: Won - Favorite Song of the Year - "Ava Enna" from ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' *2011: Won - Favorite Song of the Year - "

Enamo Aedho Enamo Aedho () is a song from the 2011 Tamil film '' Ko'', composed by Harris Jayaraj. The song was performed by Aalap Raju, Prashanthini, Sricharan, Emcee Jesz, with lyrics written by Madhan Karky, Sricharan, Emcee Jesz. The song was released a ...

" from ''Ko'' *2012: Won - Favorite Song of the Year - "Google Google" from ''Thuppakki'' *2007: Nominated - Best Music Director - ''Unnale Unnale'' *2011: Nominated - Best Music Director - ''Engeyum Kaadhal'' *2012: Nominated - Best Music Director - ''Nanban'' *2011: Nominated - Best Background Score - ''Ko'' *2008: Nominated - Favourite Song of the Year - "Mundhinam" from ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' *2008: Nominated - Favourite Song of the Year - "Nenjukkul" from ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' *2009: Nominated - Favourite Song of the Year - "Hasili Fisili" from ''Aadhavan'' *2009: Nominated - Favourite Song of the Year - "Vizhi Moodi" from ''Ayan'' *2012: Nominated - Favourite Song of the Year - "Venaam Machan" from ''Oru Kal Oru Kannadi'' *2014: Nominated - Favourite Song of the Year - "Aathangara Orathil" from ''Yaan'' ; Vijay Music Awards *2011: Won - Best Music Director - ''Engeyum Kaadhal'' *2011: Won - Popular Song of the Year - "

" from ''Ko'' *2011: Won - Best Western Song - "Nangaai" from ''Engeyum Kaadhal'' ;

(ITFA) *2003: Won - Best Music Director – ''Kaakha Kaakha'' *2005: Won - Best Music Director – ''Ghajini'' *2008: Won - Best Music Director – ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' ; Mirchi Music Awards South *2009: Won – Best Album of the Year – ''Ayan'' *2009: Won – Mirchi Listeners' Choice for Best Album – ''Ayan'' *2010: Won – Best Album of the Year – ''Orange'' *2010: Won – Mirchi Listeners' Choice for Best Album – ''Orange'' *2010: Won – Mirchi Listeners' Choice for Best Song – "Nenu Nuvvantu" from ''Orange'' Mirchi Music Awards South#Jury awards *2011: Won – Best Song of the Year – "Enamo Aedho" from ''Ko'' ; Edison Awards *2009: Won – Best Music Director – ''Ayan'' *2011: Won – Best Music Director – ''Ko'' *2015: Won - Favourite Song of the Year - "Danga Maari" from ''Anegan'' *2015: Nominated - Best Music Director - ''Anegan'' ;

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(SIIMA) *2012: Won - Best Music Director – ''

Thuppakki ''Thuppakki'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by AR Murugadoss. Produced by Kalaippuli S. Thanu under his studio V Creations, and distributed by Gemini Film Circuit, the film stars Vijay and Kaj ...

'' *2015: Nominated - Best Music Director – ''

'' *2016: Nominated - Best Music Director – ''

'' ;MGR Sivaji Cinema Awards *2019 - Best Music Director - ''Kaappaan'' *2019 - Mellisai Mannar M.S.Viswanathan Award ;Isaiaruvi Tamil Music Awards *2007 - Best Youthful Album of the Year- ''Unnale Unnale'' *2007 - Most Listened Song of the Year- "June Ponal" from ''Unnale Unnale'' *2008 - Best Romantic Song of the Year- "Anbe En Anbe" from ''Dhaam Dhoom'' *2008 - Best Album of the Year - ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' *2008 - Best Music Director - ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' *2009 - Best Romantic Song of the Year - "Vizhi Moodi Yosithal" from ''Ayan'' *2009 - Best Album of the Year - ''Aadhavan'' *2009 - Best Music Director of the Year - ''Aadhavan'' ;Big FM Awards *2010 – Best Music Director – ''Orange'' ; Big Tamil Melody Awards *2011 - Best Music Director - ''Engeyum Kaadhal'' *2011 - Best Album of the Year - ''Engeyum Kaadhal'' *2012 - Best Music Director - ''Nanban'' ;Chennai Times Film Awards *2011 - Best Music Director – ''Ko'' ;South Scope Awards *2008 – Most Stylish Music Director – ''Dhaam Dhoom'' *2009 – Best Music Director – ''Ayan'' ; Stardust Awards *2011: Nominated - Standout Performance by a Music Director - ''Force''

References

External links

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