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Bennet Veetraag are an
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
n music composer duo in the
Malayalam film industry Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both the mainstream film industry a ...
. The duo consists of guitarist-songwriter Bennet and singer-musician Veetraag.


Early years and career

Bennet and Veetraag hail from the city of
Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, Kozhikode is listed among the City of Literature, UNESCO's Cities of Literature. It is the nineteenth large ...
,
Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
,
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
. He is also popular through his fusion band called Bennet and the Band that features various frontline singers from the Indian film industry. They debuted with the hit soundtrack for the Malayalam campus film '' Out of Syllabus''. The songs "Poi Varuvaan" and "Ee Kalppadavil" were notable successes. Their next works, ''Sooryakireedam'' (2007) and ''
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'' (2009) were also noted works. In 2011, the duo worked for Kamal's drama movie '' Gadhama'', which won them critical praise and immediate success. "Bennet Veetraag" won the best music director award in the Thikkurissi awards instituted by the Thikkurissi foundation for the movie Gadhama


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Bennet Veetraag
at the Malayalam Movie Database Malayalam film score composers Musicians from Kozhikode Living people Indian musical duos Film musicians from Kerala 21st-century Indian composers Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-musician-stub