Ved Shankar
{{short description|Indian music composer}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Vedshanker Sugavanam
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| birth_name = Vedshanker Sugavanam
| birth_place = Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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| origin = Tamil Nadu, India
| occupation = Film music composer, music director
| years_active = 2010 - present
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| genre = Film Score
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Vedshanker is an Indian music composer. A former student of A. R. Rahman's school. he made his debut in the Tamil film Paalai (2010) and then made a breakthrough with his work in Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom (2012).{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/nkpk-gets-a-clean-u-certificate-news-tamil-mjiuTObdgfisi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227051939/http://www.sify.com/movies/nkpk-gets-a-clean-u-certificate-news-tamil-mjiuTObdgfisi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 December 2015|title=NKPK gets a clean U certificate|work=Sify}}
Career
Ved Shankar was a student of A. R. Rahman’s KM Music Conservatory, and was one of 15 students selected to study music at the Fusion Arts Exchange at Northeastern University, Boston, in 2009, funded by the U.S. Department of State. He then trained as a sound designer and was nominated for the META award for Most Innovative Sound Design 2012, be completing his MBA at IIPM, Chennai. His first album was for the period film, Paalai (2011), and then worked on the album for Madhubana Kadai (2012).{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/audio-beat-naduvula-konjam-pakkatha-kaanom/article3666067.ece|title=Audio Beat: Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom|author=S. R. Ashok Kumar|work=The Hindu|date=21 July 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/coimbatore-special/article3248931.ece|title=Coimbatore special|author=K. Jeshi|work=The Hindu|date=27 March 2012}} Ved Shankar made his breakthrough with his work in Balaji Tharaneetharan's Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom, which on critical acclaim and performed well at the box office. Moreover, his work in the promotional song "Crazy Penne" featuring Andrea Jeremiah also won critical acclaim, and he was featured in a list of top music directors in a year end ranking by Behindwoods.com in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/slideshow/top-25-music-directors-in-tamil/25-ved-shankar.html|title=25. Ved Shankar - Top 25 Music Directors in Tamil|publisher=}}
Discography
=Released soundtracks=
- The films are listed in the order that the music released, regardless of the date 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
==Films==
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Tamil ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Paalai • | |
| 2012 | Madhubana Kadai • | |
| 2012 | Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom • | |
| 2013 | Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara • | Composed only one song "Naaye Naaye" |
| 2015 | Azhagu Kutti Chellam • | |
| 2016 | Moondraam Ullaga Por • | |
| 2019 | Thorati | |
| 2023 | Ariyavan | Composed only one song "Naana Paarthena" |
==Independent songs==
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Tamil ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |
|---|
| 2020
|En Kadhalan |Album Song |
==Webseries==
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Webseries ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Paper Rocket | Released on Zee5, Composed two songs "Jo Jo" and "Oru Kanni" |
==Upcoming projects==
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| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Buddhan Yesu Gandhi • | delayed |
| TBA | China • | delayed |
| TBA | Saalai | delayed |
References
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Category:Tamil film score composers