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Achu Rajamani often credited as Achu, is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has scored music for several Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil films. He made his music direction debut in the Telugu film Nenu Meeku Telusa...? in 2008.

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Achu Rajamani
Occupation(s)	Music director, singer
Years active	2008–present

Early life

Achu is the grandson of music director B. A. Chidambaranath who is considered to be one among the pioneers of the Malayalam music industry. His father, Rajamani, was also a music director who scored for more than 1000 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam languages. He is a graduate from Loyola College, Chennai.

Hailing from a musical family, Achu's natural interest was to become a pilot. He chose music over aviation and became a full-fledged musician. He also assisted prominent music director M. M. Keeravani for few years, before he became an independent Music Composer.

Career

Achu has worked as a keyboard programmer for 410 songs and has programmed background music for over 175 films. He is also a professional pianist and has accompanied his father playing the piano to many of his compositions. He first played keyboard for Bollywood film Chup Chup Ke (2006) directed by Priyadarshan. He was the called upon to score the background music for the Malayalam film Keerthi Chakra's sequel film Kurukshetra (2008). Achu's background music was well appreciated.

Following this short stint, Achu got his major break when he got to compose the songs and background score for the Telugu film Nenu Meeku Telusa...? (2008). His next work was for the Telugu remake of the Tamil film Polladhavan, named Kurradu (2009).

Apart from composing, Achu also worked as a playback singer. His song "Take It Easy" for the Malayalam film Happy Husbands composed by M. Jayachandran was among the major hits of 2010.

In 2012, Achu released his first full-fledged Tamil soundtrack for the film Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey. The album was very well received by critics and received the Album of the Year Award. His Telugu songs Bujji Pilla and Devatha from Potugadu and Padipoya from DK Bose were the biggest hits of 2013. His songs Siru Nadai and Hey Umayaal from the movie Urumeen(2015) were also superhits of the time. His song Pondatti from the movie Golisoda 2 (2018) was in the top list in the radio charts for over 11 weeks since its release in June 2018.

Apart from composing and playback singing Achu was into professional racing from 2009 till 2012. He was also into sports events like sprint and had won numerous medals during his school days. He took a break from films to pursue his racing career from 2009 till 2012. He was also a cricketer and had played for few years. In 2015, he made his debut as an actor with the Telugu film Gaddam Gang.

Discography

Composer

Year	Title	Language	Notes
2000	Valliettan	Malayalam	Background Score Only
2004	Black	Malayalam	Background Score only
2008	Nenu Meeku Telusa...?	Telugu
2009	Kurradu
2012	Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey	Tamil
2013	Sundaattam		Background score only
	Om 3D	Telugu
	DK Bose
	Summa Nachunu Irukku	Tamil
	Potugadu	Telugu
	Naa Rakumarudu
2014	Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda
	Appavin Meesai	Tamil
	Ra Ra Krishnayya	Telugu
	Current Theega
2015	Gaddam Gang		Also actor
	Krishnamma Kalipindi Iddarini		Single Song
	Dynamite
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	Urumeen	Tamil
	Mama Manchu Alludu Kanchu	Telugu
2016	Nandini Nursing Home
2017	Luckunnodu		1 song
	Yaanum Theeyavan	Tamil
	Vizhithiru		Background score only
	Puthan Panam	Malayalam	Background score only
	Venkatapuram	Telugu
	Yaadhumagi Nindraai	Tamil
2018	Basmati Blues	English/Hindi	Single Song - Hare Rama
	Goli Soda 2	Tamil
	Marainthirunthu Paarkum Marmam Enna
2019	Kutty Mama	Malayalam
	Kolaiyuthir Kaalam	Tamil
2020	Velvet Nagaram
	Shadow	Kannada
	Puthiya Mugam	Tamil
	Yaadhumagi Nindraai		Film released on ZEE5
	Bhanumathi & Ramakrishna	Telugu
2021	Gaali Sampath
2022	Virgin Story
	Urvasivo Rakshasivo
TBA	Aham Brahmasmi

As singer

• Aakasame Haddu (2011)
• Naadodigal 2 (2020)

References

External links

• Achu Rajamani at IMDb
• Achu rajamani music director on YouTube
• Achu Interview on YouTube

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