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| nationality = Indian
| instrument = Keyboards, Synthesizers, Vocals
| occupation = ], Musician, Music director, Music producer, Singer, Songwriter
| genre(s) = Film Scores
| years_active = 2004–present
| associated acts = Keyboard Programming for Various Film Music Directors (1996 - 2003), Keyboard Player for Gospel Bands such as Double Edge (1993 - 1999) & Vineyard Band (1997-2003)
| religion = ]
| background=solo_singer
| spouse = Hukali Shohe (1993–2003) Divorced, Natasha Pinto (2006-2010) Divorced
| children = Sneha & Chriscilla
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'''Joshua Sridhar''' (born 9 March 1974) is an Indian ] and music director. His most notable works are for movies in South Indian languages such as ], ], ], and ].


| instrument = Synthesizer, Electronic Keyboard, Vocal
Sridhar made his debut in the Tamil film, '']'' (2004), which was a runaway success at the box-office and soundtrack being appreciated. His other notable works are for the films like '']'' (2006), '']'' (2009), '']'' (2010) and '']'' (2011).
| occupation = ], Music director
| genre = ], ]
| years_active = 2004 to present
| associated acts =


| background=solo_singer
== Early life ==
Sridhar was born in ] on 9 March 1974 to ] Mudaliar parents, Saravanan and Rajalakshmi. He has an older sister, a younger brother and a younger sister. He was raised by his mother and his aunt (who was his guardian until 8 years of age) since his dad left for ] when Sridhar was barely a year old. Even as a young child, Sridhar showed keen interest in music. During his growing up years he would constantly listen to his idol Ilaiyaraja's music on radio. He was able to identify instruments of a symphony orchestra that he would watch on television. He studied at St. Joseph's Convent for 2 years doing his 1st and 2nd grade in the year 1980 and 1981 respectively.


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He studied at ]'s Rajaji Vidyashram in Chennai from 1982 to 1990. He dropped out of high school in 1991 wanting to pursue music. Sridhar studied ] at Madras Institute of Music for two years. He finished 8 Grades (]) in both Theory of Music and Practicals in just two years. During that time he was drawn to Church Music which brought him closer to Christianity. In 1993 he married Hukali Shohe, a fellow student and ], studying music with him when he was still 19. The same year he converted to ] and was baptised at Emmanuel Methodist Church (Chennai) and was given the name ], 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. In 1994 when Sridhar was only 20 a girl child Sneha was born to him. Sridhar's second child Chriscilla was born in 1999. He separated from his wife in 2003. They filed for divorce on mutual grounds. In 2004 he came out of Christianity and now lives as Hindu.{{fact|date=July 2013}} In 2006, he married Natasha Pinto, a ] whom he had met in 2004. They divorced in 2010.


'''Joshua Sridhar''' (born 1974 in ], ])<ref name="OIBio">{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/celebs/joshua-sridhar/biography.html|title=Joshua Sridhar Biography|website=]|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}}</ref> is an Indian composer.<ref>{{IMDb name|1881187}}</ref><ref name="Suganth2011a">{{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=]}}</ref> He made his debut on the runaway hit Tamil film '']'' which was released on 8 December 2004.<ref name="OIBio"/><ref name="Suganth2011b">{{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}}</ref>
== Associated Acts ==
Keyboard Player for Gospel Bands such as Double Edge (1993 - 1999) & The Vineyard Band (1997-2003).


==Early life and education==
Keyboard Programmer for Various Indian Film Music Directors (1996 - 2003).
Joshua Sridhar was born in ] on 9 March 1974 to Saravanan and Rajalakshmi. He studied at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Rajaji Vidyashram in ] 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 == ==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 ]. 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 ]. The film was released on 8 December 2004.<ref>{{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}}</ref>


==Filmography==
=== Early work as musician ===
{| class="wikitable"
Joshua Sridhar began his career in the year 1993 composing, arranging and programming music for gospel albums and jingles. He joined hands with Naveen Thyagaraj, a well known Guitar player in the Christian circle and played in his ] called Double Edge, playing Rock/Blues ]. His first association with a film musician came about in 1995 when Flute Naveen a well known ] (playing extensively for A.R.Rahman in the 90's) approached him to do a Gospel album. He went on to do two more Gospel albums with Flute Naveen in 1995/'96. During his association with Flute Naveen he happened to meet Ricky D'Costa a very popular Rhythm Programmer who having noticed the highly talented & creative Sridhar encouraged young Sridhar to be a keyboard player for various film music directors. But Sridhar's dream was to play only for his idols ] & ]. But within a few months he changed his mind and decided to work with other film music directors because of his financial situation.
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! rowspan="2" | Year !! colspan="4" | Language<ref name="OIFilm">{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/celebs/joshua-sridhar/filmography.html|title=Joshua Sridhar Filmography|website=Oneindia.in|publisher=Greynium Information Technologies|access-date=16 August 2014|url-status=live|archive-date=16 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816005242/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/celebs/joshua-sridhar/filmography.html}}</ref> !! rowspan="2" | Notes
===Film work ===
In the year 1996, he entered Indian cinema. His first call came from Ricky himself who put him onto music director M.M. Keeravani with whom he worked for about six months. In 1997 Ricky put him onto music director Mani Sharma this time. Mani Sharma who was looking for a keyboard player to work with him on a permanent basis had just started working on his 2nd film then. Sridhar worked with Mani through 1997 & 1998. In 1999 wanting a change he joined music director Sandeep Chowta and worked with him for a year on Hindi films. He also worked with Karthik Raja on a project. In January 2000 Keith Peters, a highly acclaimed ] called Joshua telling him that A.R.Rahman was looking for a keyboard player and that he had spoken to Rahman about Joshua. Joshua met Rahman the same day and went onto working with him for the next 3 years. During which time he also worked with various other music directors like Yuvan, Vidyasagar, Gurukiran, Chakri and a few others. Joshua also continued working with Mani Sharma during that period. Joshua did get an opportunity to work with his other idol Ilaiyaraja in 2002/'03 but couldn't take it up due to prior commitments.

Joshua Sridhar worked as a ]/music programmer for many Indian film composers (notably ] & ]) between 1996 and 2004.

In 2004 made his film debut as composer of '']''. The film was released on 8 December 2004 and became a huge success and the songs were widely appreciated establishing Joshua Sridhar as a composer in the film industry.

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- |-
! ] !! ] !! ] !! ]
! Year !! Film Title !! Language !! Notes
|- |-
| 2004 || '']'' || ] || Nominated – ] <br> Dubbed to Telugu as ''Premisthe'' |2004 || '']'' • || ''Premisthe'' || || || Nominated for ] – Tamil
|- |-
| 2005 || '']'' || ] || |2005 || ''Abhayam'' || '']'' • || || ||
|- |-
| 2006 || ''Uyir'' || Tamil || |2006 || '']'' • || ''Manohara''|| || ||
|- |-
| 2006 || '']'' || Tamil || |2006 || '']'' • || ''Prema'' || || ||
|- |-
| 2006 || '']'' || ] || Dubbed to Tamil as ''Aran'', Won SICA Award for Best Music Director – Malayalam |2006 || ''Aran'' || || '']'' • || || Won SICA Award for best Music Director – Malayalam
|- |-
| 2006 || '']'' || Telugu || |2006 || || '']'' • || || ||
|- |-
| 2007 || '']'' || ] || |2007 || || || || '']'' • ||
|- |-
| 2007 || '']'' || Tamil || |2007 || '']'' • || ''Prema'' || || ||
|- |-
| 2007 || '']'' || Tamil || Dubbed to Telugu as ''Kalasaala'' |2007 || '']'' • || ''Kalasala'' || || ||
|- |-
| 2009 || '']'' || Kannada || Nominated – ] |2009 || || || || '']'' || Nominated for Filmfare Awards&nbsp;— Kannada
|- |-
| 2010 || '']'' || Kannada || Nominated – ] |2010 || || || || '']'' || Nominated for Filmfare Awards&nbsp;— Kannada
|- |-
| 2010 || '']'' || Kannada || |2010 || || || || '']'' ||
|- |-
|2010 || || || || '']'' ||
| 2011 || ''Appavi'' || Tamil ||
|- |-
| 2011 || ''Devadas'' || Kannada || |2011 ||'']'' || || || ||
|- |-
|2011 || '']'' •<ref name="Srinivasan2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/south-review-veppam/20110111.htm|title=Veppam's album is no great shakes|date=11 January 2011|last=Srinivasan|first=Pavitra|work=]|access-date=16 August 2014|url-status=live|archive-date=16 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816010155/http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/south-review-veppam/20110111.htm}}</ref>|| ''Sega'' || || || Nominated for ] – Tamil<ref name="Ramchander2012">{{cite web|author=Ramchander|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/news/2012/ajith-vikram-surya-siima-096310.html|access-date=16 August 2014|date=7 June 2012|title=Ajith, Vikram, Surya nominated for SIIMA Best Actor|url-status=live|archive-date=16 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816004735/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/news/2012/ajith-vikram-surya-siima-096310.html|website=Oneindia.in|publisher=Greynium Information Technologies}}</ref>
| 2011 || '']'' || Tamil || Nominated – ] <br> Dubbed to Telugu as ''Sega''
|- |-
| 2011 || '']'' || Tamil || |2011 || '']'' || || || ||
|- |-
| 2011 || ''Keratam'' || Telugu || |2011 || '']'' || '']'' • || || ||
|- |-
| 2012 || '']'' || Telugu || |2012 || ''Acham Thavir'' ||'']'' * || || ||
|- |-
| 2013 || '']'' || Kannada || |2013 || || || ||'']'' ||
|- |-
|2013 || || || ||'']'' || Nominated for Filmfare Awards&nbsp;— Kannada<ref name="TOI2014FF">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/61st-Idea-Filmfare-Awards-Complete-Nominations-List/articleshow/38267114.cms|title=61st Idea Filmfare Awards&nbsp;— Complete Nominations List|date=12 July 2014|work=The Times of India|publisher=Bennett, Coleman and Co|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816003344/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/61st-Idea-Filmfare-Awards-Complete-Nominations-List/articleshow/38267114.cms|archive-date=16 August 2014|access-date=16 August 2014}}</ref>
| 2013 || '']'' || Kannada ||
|- |-
| 2013 || ''Huchudugaru'' || Kannada || |2014 || || || ||'']'' ||
|- |-
| 2013 || ''54321'' || Tamil || |2015 || '']'' || || || ||
|- |-
| 2014 || ''Pravesham'' || Tamil || |2015 || '']'' || || || ||
|- |-
| 2014 || ''Kaadu'' || Tamil || |2016 || '']'' || || || ||
|-
|2016 || '']'' || || || || 25th Film
|-
|2017 || || || ||''Rajahamsa'' ||
|-
|2018 ||'']'' || || || ||
|-
|2019 ||'']'' || || || ||
|-
|2019 || || || ||'']'' ||
|} |}


'''Notes:'''
== External links ==
* The films are listed in order that the music released, regardless of the dates the film released.
* {{dead link|date=January 2013}}
* 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==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|http://joshuasridhar.wixsite.com/official}}

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Indian film composer and music director (born 1974)

Joshua Sridhar
Birth nameSridhar
Born (1974-03-09) 9 March 1974 (age 50)
GenresFilm score, Film soundtrack
Occupation(s)Film composer, Music director
Instrument(s)Synthesizer, Electronic Keyboard, Vocal
Years active2004 to present
Musical artist

Joshua Sridhar (born 1974 in Chennai, India) is an Indian composer. He made his debut on the runaway hit Tamil film Kaadhal which was released on 8 December 2004.

Early life and education

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.

Filmography

Year Language Notes
Tamil Telugu Malayalam Kannada
2004 Kaadhal • Premisthe Nominated for Filmfare Awards – Tamil
2005 Abhayam Danger •
2006 Uyir • Manohara
2006 Chennai Kadhal • Prema
2006 Aran Keerthi Chakra • Won SICA Award for best Music Director – Malayalam
2006 Game •
2007 Arasu •
2007 Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthen • Prema
2007 Kalloori • Kalasala
2009 Love Guru Nominated for Filmfare Awards — Kannada
2010 Gaana Bajaana Nominated for Filmfare Awards — Kannada
2010 Huduga Hudugi
2010 Devadas
2011 Appavi
2011 Veppam • Sega Nominated for SIIMA Awards – Tamil
2011 Vithagan
2011 Yuvan Keratam •
2012 Acham Thavir Genius *
2013 Whistle
2013 Googly Nominated for Filmfare Awards — Kannada
2014 Huchudugaru
2015 Pulan Visaranai 2
2015 Vellaiya Irukiravan Poi Solla Maatan
2016 54321
2016 Parandhu Sella Vaa 25th Film
2017 Rajahamsa
2018 Oru Kuppai Kathai
2019 July Kaatril
2019 Yaana

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

  1. ^ "Joshua Sridhar Biography". Oneindia.in. Greynium Information Technologies. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  2. Joshua Sridhar at IMDb
  3. Suganth, M. (29 January 2011). "Joshua says no to spotlight!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  4. Suganth, M. (22 January 2011). "I don't believe in comebacks: Joshua". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  5. "Kollywood Music Director Joshua Sridhar Biography, News, Photos, Videos". nettv4u. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  6. "Joshua Sridhar Filmography". Oneindia.in. Greynium Information Technologies. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  7. Srinivasan, Pavitra (11 January 2011). "Veppam's album is no great shakes". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  8. Ramchander (7 June 2012). "Ajith, Vikram, Surya nominated for SIIMA Best Actor". Oneindia.in. Greynium Information Technologies. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  9. "61st Idea Filmfare Awards — Complete Nominations List". The Times of India. Bennett, Coleman and Co. 12 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.

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