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Rajesh Murugesan (born 14 May 1988) is an Indian music composer, best known for his compositions in Malayalam cinema, with films such as Neram and Premam.[1][2]

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Rajesh Murugesan
Rajesh Murugesan
Born	Rajesh Murugesan (1988-05-14) 14 May 1988 (age 34) Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Music director
Years active	2013-present
Spouse	Aishwarya Raghavan ​ (m. 2020)​

Personal life

Rajesh Murugesan born in Nagercoil. He completed his schooling at Cochin Refineries School, Ambalamugal and graduated with a Degree from SAE International College, Chennai in 2008.[3] He married Premam actress Aishwarya Raghavan on 22 January 2020.

Career

Rajesh made his debut as a music director in Neram a Tamil - Malayalam bilingual film which was directed by Alphonse Putharen and released in 2013. The music won him immediate attention. The promo song Pistah: The Run Anthem, had gone viral in 2013. The song Pistah also featured as IPL promo song for the year 2016.[4] In 2015, he worked on another movie by Alphonse Putharen, Premam. All the songs in the movie received excellent critical response and the song, "Malare" broke the record for the fastest song in Malayalam to reach 5 lakh hits in YouTube.

Short films

• Mustache Blues (2015)
• Kattan Kappi (2014)
• The Rat: A Sexy Tale (2011)
• Wind (2011)
• Black and White (2011)
• Reg:We (2011)
• Sathya (2017)
• Parashakthi (2022)

Filmography

Year	Film	Language	Songs	Background Score	Sound Design	Notes
2013	Neram	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	No
	Neram	Tamil	Yes	Yes	No
2015	Premam[5]	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	No
	Time Bara Vait	Marathi	No	Yes	No
2016	Action Hero Biju	Malayalam	No	Yes	No
	Aviyal	Tamil	No	Yes	No
	Premam	Telugu	Yes	No	No	Remake of Premam
2017	Kismath	Kannada	Yes	Yes	No	Remake of Neram
2018	Thobama	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	No
	Ladoo	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	No
2019	Vasanthi	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	Yes
2020	Ninnila Ninnila	Telugu	Yes	Yes	No
	Theeni	Tamil	Yes	Yes	No
2021	Navarasa	Tamil	No	Yes	No	Episode - Summer of ‘92
	Vasantha Mullai	Tamil	Yes	Yes	No
	Vasantha Kokila	Telugu	Yes	Yes	No
	Vasantha Kokila	Kannada	Yes	Yes	No
2022	Shilalikhitham	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	No
	Appatha	Tamil	Yes	Yes	No
	Pechi	Tamil	Yes	Yes	No
	Gold	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	No

Awards

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1. Asianet Comedy Awards 2015 for Best Comical Scene Song
2. CPC Cine Awards 2015 for Best Music Director
3. Vanitha Film Awards 2016 for Best Music Director
4. Asianet Film Awards 18th Asianet film awards for Best Music Director
5. 5th South Indian International Movie Awards for Best Music Director Malayalam
6. Red fm awards Song of the year 2016
7. IIFA 2016 Best Music Director Malayalam 2016
8. Radio mirchi music awards 2014 and 2016 best debut music director and popular song of the year 2016
9. Radio Mirchi Music Awards South 2016 for Album of the Year
10. Radio Mirchi Music Awards South 2021 for Cult Song of the Decade Malayalam - Malare

References

External links

• Rajesh Murugesan at IMDb

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