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Hesham Abdul Wahab (born 14 October 1990) is an Indian music director, music producer, singer and audio engineer.[2] Best known for his compositions for the soundtrack of the 2022 Malayalam film Hridayam and the music album Qadham Badha (transl. Step Forward)[3] produced by British singer-songwriter Sami Yusuf. He is also a playback singer in the Malayalam cinema.[4] He's the recipient of 2021 Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director for the soundtrack of the film Hridayam.[5]

Hesham Abdul Wahab
Background information
Birth name	Sayyed Hesham Abdul Wahab
Born	(1990-10-14) 14 October 1990 (age 32) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Occupation(s)	Music director Music producer Singer Audio engineer Mixing engineer
Years active	2007–present[1]
Musical career
Genres	Film score World music Sufi music
Instrument(s)	Keyboard, Piano, vocals
Labels	Think Music

Early life

Sayyed Hesham Abdul Wahab was born in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia. Born in a family of musicians,[6] he took interest in music at a very young age and got professional training in Carnatic and Hindustani classical music. He started singing at an early age of 8 and was introduced to Piano when he was 11. Hesham married Ayshath Safa on 22 January 2018. After completing schooling from International Indian School in Riyadh, he went on to complete a diploma in Audio Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Audio Production from SAE Institute with top honours.[7]

Career

Early career

Hesham left to India in 2007 to be part of the music reality show Idea Star Singer[8] which paved the way for his foray into playback singing and later composing.

Recording career

Hesham's first recording project was in 2013 with his first single Meri Dua[9] produced by Offline Creations. He got his first major break when Andante Records signed him for their record label. His first album Qadam Badha(Step Forward),[10] an amalgamation of Sufi music and World Music produced by eminent Iran born British singer-songwriter Sami Yusuf was released in 2015.

He forayed into Malayalam film industry as a music director that same year with the film Salt Mango Tree.[11] His debut as a music composer for the Bollywood film[12] Mera India is set to release in 2019. He has also worked with several noted composers and lent his voice to many Indian films. In 2018, one of his songs – Jaana meri janaa from the film Cappuccino fetched Vineeth Sreenivasan his second SIIMA award for the Best Playback Singer in Malayalam.[13]

In 2018, He founded LIVEwithMUSIC, an independent music academy where he takes classes on sound production.[14] Hesham arranged and mixed filmmaker Alphonse Puthren's debut composition 'Kathakal Chollidaam' which was released as a music video featuring several Malayalam film actors and their children. He composed the soundtrack of Vineeth Sreenivasan's film Hridayam, which consists of 15 songs.[15]

Discography

Films

Year	Film	Soundtrack	Film Score	Notes	Ref
2015	Salt Mango Tree	Yes	No	3 songs
2017	Cappuccino	Yes	No	5 songs
	Pretham Undu Sookshikkuka	Yes	Yes	4 songs
2018	Angane Njanum Premichu	Yes	Yes	5 songs
	Marubhoomiyile Mazhathullikal	Yes	Yes	2 songs
2019	Mohabbathin Kunjabdulla	Yes	No	2 songs
2021	Ole Kanda Naal	Yes	Yes	3 songs
	Varthamanam	Yes	No	1 song
	Aanaparambile World Cup	Yes	No	1 song
	Cabin	Yes	Yes	2 songs
	Chuzhal	Yes	Yes
	Madhuram	Yes	No	4 songs
2022	Hridayam	Yes	Yes	15 songs
	Kushi	Yes	Yes	Telugu Debut
	Mike	Yes	Yes
	Spark	Yes	Yes	Bilingual
	Philips	Yes	Yes		[16]
	Ini Utharam	Yes	Yes

Albums

• Qadam Badha (2015)

Music videos

• Meri Dua (2013)
• Mothirakkallu (2019)[17]
• Await (2020)[18]
• Yatra (2020)[19]
• Mounam (2021)

Playback singer[20]

Note: All songs are in Malayalam, unless noted

Year	Song	Film/Album	Composer	Notes
2009	Panivizhum Kaalama	Pattalam	Jassie Gift	Tamil song
2011	Kannerinjal[21]	Traffic	Mejo Joseph
	Ladki	The Train	Sreenivas
	Vidhuramee Yatra	Gaddama	Bennet–Veetraag
2013	Thaazhvaaram	Thira	Shaan Rahman
2014	Mounam Chorum, Sneham Cherum	Ohm Shanthi Oshaana	Shaan Rahman
2015	Jeevanil	Swargathekkal Sundaram	Rakesh Keshav
	Kattummel,Kanavil	Salt Mango Tree	Hesham Abdul Wahab
2016	Are Thu Chakkar	Valleem Thetti Pulleem Thetti	Sooraj S Kurup
	Ethu Meghamaari	Kochavva Paulo Ayyappa Coelho	Shaan Rahman
	Pulkodiyil	Take Off	Shaan Rahman
2017	Thumbikal Thaalam Thullum	Chicken Kokkachi	Jassie Gift
	Ente Bharatham	Ente Bharatham	Binesh Mani
2018	Oru Thee Pole	Aadu 2	Shaan Rahman
	Snehithano	Angane Njanum Premichu	Hesham Abdul Wahab
	Swapnam Swargam	Padayottam	Prashant Pillai
	Kannoram	Marubhoomiyile Mazhathullikal	Hesham Abdul Wahab
2019	Maahiya	Oru Adaar Love	Shaan Rahman
	Manushya Nee	Kalippu	Anaz Sainudeen
	Safarnama	Muhabbathin Kunjabdulla	Hesham Abdul Wahab
	Mere Maula	Pranaya Meenukalude Kadal	Shaan Rahman
2021	Zindagi	Varthamanam	Hesham Abdul Wahab
	Chollamo	Ole Kanda Naal
	Darshana	Hridayam
2022	Kumkumamaake	Brahmāstra (Malayalam)	Pritam

Awards and nominations

• 2015 – Best Music Director – Kairali Cultural Forum Abudhabi – Short Film Festival[22] – Oru Vappichi Katha
• 2015 – Best Upcoming Music Composer of the Year – Mirchi Music Awards South[23] – Salt Mango Tree
• 2016 – Best Singer – Ramu Kariat Award[24] – Kattummel(Salt Mango Tree)
• 2017 – Promising Music Star Award- Asianet Yuva Award 2017, Doha Qatar.^{[citation needed]}
• 2021 – Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director – Hridayam

References

External links

• Hesham Abdul Wahab at IMDb
• Facebook

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