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S. P. Venkatesh

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| alias = Sangeetharajan

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| instrument = Guitar, vocals, violin

| genre = Film score

| occupation = Film score composer, music director, instrumentalist

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S. P. Venkatesh (also credited as Sangeetharajan; born 5 March 1955) is an Indian music director and composer who primarily works in Malayalam films. He was at his prime in the late 80s and 90s, being reputed for his background scores and songs in Malayalam cinema.

Career

Venkatesh's father Pazhani was an accomplished Mandolin player. Earlier in his life, he played guitar, banjo and mandolin, and was an assistant musical director to Shyam and Raveendran during his early days. He was introduced into the Malayalam film industry by Dennis Joseph, with his first break coming in the film Rajavinte Makan, directed by Thampi Kannanthanam. The film and the songs in it were big hits, and Venkatesh subsequently became a regular collaborator of Thampi's, resulting in a series of hit musical albums during the 1990s. His most well-known film scores include Indrajaalam, Kilukkam, Minnaram, Spadikam, Dhruvam, Kauravar, Johnnie Walker, Kizhakkan Pathrose, and Hitler.

He has also handled the orchestration for many other music directors. He composed background scores for films for which songs were composed by other composers, such as Devasuram He has also scored for some Bollywood and Bengali films.

In 1993, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director for his work in Paithrukam and Janam. Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for his work in Paithrukam

In 1999, he notably recorded nine songs in a single day for the unreleased Tamil film Ithu Mudivithillai starring Babu Ganesh and Vichithra.{{cite web |url=http://movies.indiainfo.com/tamil/movienews/morenews1.html |title=Indiainfo: Tamil: Movie News |website=movies.indiainfo.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010312062330/http://movies.indiainfo.com/tamil/movienews/morenews1.html |archive-date=12 March 2001 |url-status=dead}}

Style and orchestration

Venkatesh's song compositions feature extensive use of acoustic guitar, bass guitar and violin orchestra, and his background scores feature synth-based orchestra fused with traditional strings. He also used symphonic style strings orchestration in most of his songs.

Discography

=Malayalam films =

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=Tamil films=

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=Kannada films=

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  • Prema Yuddha (1981)
  • Madhuri (1989)
  • Sharavegada Saradara (1989)
  • Poli Kitty (1990)
  • Panchama Veda (1990)
  • Ekalavya (1990)
  • Ashwamedha (1990)
  • Sundarakanda (1991)
  • Keralida Kesari (1991)
  • Hosa Raaga (1992)
  • Aragini (1992)
  • Megha Mandara (1992)
  • Muddina Kanmani (1996)
  • Nilukada Nakshatra (1995)
  • Z (1999) (BGM only)
  • Amrutha Vani (2007) (BGM only)
  • Aithalakkadi (2010) (BGM only)
  • Suli (2016)
  • Veera Ranachandi (2017)

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=Bengali films=

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! Year !! Film !! Other notes

2013

|Boss: Born to Rule

|Background music

2008

|Bhalobasa Bhalobasa

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2008

|Bajimaat

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2008

|Jor

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2003

|Champion

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2003

|Mayer Shakti

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2003

|Nater Guru

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2003

|Sangee

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2002

|Sathi

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=Hindi films=

References

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{{cite web

|url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/malayalam/music/SP._Venkatesh.html

|title=SP. Venkatesh – Malayalam Music Director

|publisher=www.raaga.com

|access-date=15 November 2008

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|id=1143918}}
  • [http://www.gomolo.in/People/PeopleFilmography.aspx?pplid=1066 www.gomolo.in profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004162830/http://www.gomolo.in/People/PeopleFilmography.aspx?pplid=1066 |date=4 October 2011 }}
  • [http://www.citwf.com/person47578.htm www.citwf.com profile]
  • [http://www.malayalasangeetham.info/php/displayProfile.php?category=musician&artist=SP%20Venkitesh SP Venkitesh at MSI]

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Category:Music directors

Category:Indian guitarists

Category:Living people

Category:Filmfare Awards South winners

Category:1955 births

Category:Malayalam film score composers

Category:Tamil film score composers

Category:Kannada film score composers