
While pursuing his degree at Loyola College, he had done background scores for the short films made by Aishwaryaa and his work on short films convinced her to have him work on her first commercial venture. Dhanush's directorial debut 3, starring Dhanush. Career 2011–2012: Debut and early success Īnirudh made his debut as a music composer in his cousin Aishwarya R. Anirudh was awarded the Best Instrumentalist by his idol. Rahman, and his band was one of the winners along with 5 other bands.
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In his school days, Anirudh had entered a TV show that was judged by A. His dream was to make music his career and become a musician. He always loved music and composing music is his passion. He also learnt Carnatic music, and was part of a Carnatic fusion band. Anirudh learnt piano from Trinity College of Music, London and did his sound engineering diploma from soundtech-media (Chennai). He graduated from Loyola College in 2011, which according to him was just a backup in case his music career did not take off. He was the School Pupil Leader (Head Boy) at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, K.K. At the age of 10, he started composing music and landed his first break with ' 3' at the age of 22.

Anirudh was part of a band in school called Zinx. Anirudh's great grandfather was director Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam, a pioneering filmmaker of the 1930s. Ramanan is a multifaceted personality who has excelled in making documentaries, commercials and music. In 2018, he again bagged the title, becoming the first musician to achieve this title two times in a row.Īnirudh is the son of actor Ravi Raghavendra and classical dancer Lakshmi Ravichander and nephew of Latha Rajinikanth. In 2017, he became the most Desirable Man in chennai.

In the same year, he featured with Diplo on the remix of Major Lazer's hit single " Cold Water". In 2016, he signed a record deal with Sony Music, which publishes his independent albums and live concerts. The soundtrack for the film became Anirudh's highest profile soundtrack until he was signed to compose music for Rajinikanth's Petta in 2019. Murugadoss signed him to compose music for Kaththi (2014) starring Vijay, which included the viral hit "Selfie Pulla". He has won two Filmfare Awards, nine SIIMA Awards, six Edison Awards and five Vijay Awards.Īnirudh Ravichander's debut song " Why This Kolaveri Di", composed for the 2012 film 3, went viral across the globe and has achieved over 200 million views on YouTube. He is the son of veteran actor Ravi Raghavendra. Anirudh Ravichander (born 16 October 1990), also known mononymously as Anirudh, is an Indian film composer and singer who primarily works in Tamil cinema.
