Joshua Sridhar
{{short description|Indian film composer and music director (born 1974)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Joshua Sridhar
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| birth_name = Sridhar
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|3|09|df=y}}
| instrument = Synthesizer, Electronic Keyboard, Vocal
| occupation = Film composer, Music director
| genre = Film score, Film soundtrack
| years_active = 2004 to present
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| background=solo_singer
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Joshua Sridhar (born 1974 in Chennai, India){{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/celebs/joshua-sridhar/biography.html|title=Joshua Sridhar Biography|website=Oneindia.in|publisher=Greynium Information Technologies|access-date=16 August 2014|archive-date=16 August 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816005538/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/celebs/joshua-sridhar/biography.html}} is an Indian composer.{{IMDb name|1881187}}{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/news-interviews/Joshua-says-no-to-spotlight/articleshow/7378782.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911121319/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-29/news-interviews/28376217_1_film-music-interviews-tamil|url-status=live|archive-date=11 September 2011|title=Joshua says no to spotlight!|date=29 January 2011|access-date=6 July 2013|first=M.|last=Suganth|newspaper=The Times of India}} He made his debut on the runaway hit Tamil film Kaadhal which was released on 8 December 2004.{{cite news|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=16 August 2014|url-status=live|archive-date=16 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816004044/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/I-dont-believe-in-comebacks-Joshua/articleshow/7333854.cms|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/I-dont-believe-in-comebacks-Joshua/articleshow/7333854.cms|title=I don't believe in comebacks: Joshua|last=Suganth|first=M.|date=22 January 2011}}
Early life and education
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Joshua Sridhar was born in Chennai on 9 March 1974 to Saravanan and Rajalakshmi. He studied at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Rajaji Vidyashram in Chennai from 1980 to 1990. After finishing High School he studied Western Classical Music for two years. He studied 8 Grades (Trinity College, London) in both Theory of Music and Piano. In 1993 he converted to Christianity and was baptised at Emmanuel Methodist Church (Chennai) and was given the name Joshua, the biblical character from the old testament. Not wanting to remove the name he was given at the time of birth he kept the name Sridhar and came to be known as Joshua Sridhar.
Career
Joshua Sridhar began his career in the year 1993 composing, arranging and programming music for gospel albums and jingles. In the year 1996, he entered Indian cinema. He worked as a keyboard player/programmer for many Indian film composers (notably Manisharma & A.R.Rahman) between 1996 and 2004. In 2004 made his film debut as composer of Kaadhal. The film was released on 8 December 2004.{{Cite web |title=Kollywood Music Director Joshua Sridhar Biography, News, Photos, Videos |url=https://nettv4u.com/celebrity/tamil/music-director/joshua-sridhar |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=nettv4u |language=en}}
Filmography
Notes:
- The films are listed in order that the music released, regardless of the dates the film released.
- The year next to the title of the affected films indicates the release year of the either dubbed or remade version in the named language later than the original version.
- • indicates original language release. Indicates simultaneous makes, if featuring in more languages.
- ♦ indicates a remade version, the remaining ones being dubbed versions.
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://joshuasridhar.wixsite.com/official}}
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