Mikkin Aruldev is a

music director A music director, musical director or director of music is a person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization. This would include the artistic director and usually chief conductor of an orchestra or concert ...

from

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...

. He has scored music predominantly for Tamil-language films.

Early life

Mikkin Aruldev is an Indian film music composer from Madurai. His father was an accordion player and an orchestra organizer.

Career

Mikkin Aruldev worked under Vidyasagar as a keyboard player. The first movie that Mikkin Aruldev was signed for was '' Potta Potti'' (''Patta Patti 50-50'') in 2010. Mikkin Aruldev teamed up with director Halitha Shameem on '' Poovarasam Pee Pee'', which was launched on 14 May 2014. Behindwoods called the album "sweetly adventurous in its music". ''Chennai Times'' rated the album of 3.5/5 and said, "Mikkin Aruldev has given listeners a slice of everything for Poovarasam Peepee. He has kept the album simple with likable tunes, yet he keeps the theme of the film intact". MilliBlog said, "Mikkin Aruldev finally arrives, putting behind his limited, non-descript repertoire". The movie was released on 30 May 2014 with a positive reviews from critics. BehindWoods.com rated the movie 3/5 and praised Mikkin Aruldev for his songs. FoundPix rated the movie as 8.6 and said the "songs are fantastic and unique. Mikkin Aruldev's background music deserves a special mention". The film was selected for Chennai International Film Festival 2014. Mikkin Aruldev joined with Kannada film director, Pon Kumaran to work with the Tamil movie ''Golmaal''. Mikkin Aruldev roped in Mangli a famous Telugu folk singer to make her Kollywood debut with ''Golmaal''. Mikkin Aruldev scored the music for the Telugu movie '' Malli Pelli''.

Discography

As singer

Keyboard player

Independent singles

Short films

Ad jingles

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aruldev 21st-century Indian classical composers Tamil film score composers Musicians from Madurai