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'''Joshua Sridhar''' is an Indian ] and music director.<ref>{{IMDb name|1881187}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-29/news-interviews/28376217_1_film-music-interviews-tamil|title=Joshua says no to spotlight!|date=29 January 2011|accessdate=6 July 2013|author=M. Suganth|publisher=Times of India}}</ref>


==References==
'''Joshua Sridhar''' (born 9 March 1974) is an Indian ] and ]. His most notable works are for movies in South Indian languages such as ], ], ] and ].
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Sridhar made his debut in the Tamil film, '']'' (2004), which was a runaway success at the box-office and soundtrack & score being appreciated. His other notable works are for the films like '']'' (2006), '']'' (2009), '']'' (2010) and '']'' (2011).

== Early life ==
Sridhar was born in ] on ], 1974 to ] parents, Saravanan and Rajalakshmi. He studied at ]'s Rajaji Vidyashram in Chennai from 1980 to 1990. After finishing High School he studied ] for two years. He studied 8 Grades (Trinity College, London) in both Theory of Music and Practicals. In 1993 he converted to ] 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. In 2004 he came out of Christianity and now lives as Hindu.

== 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 ] & ]) between 1996 and 2004. In 2004 made his film debut as composer of '']''. The film was released on 8 December 2004.

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Year !! Film Title !! Language !! Notes
|-
| 2004 || '']'' || ] || Nominated - ] <br> Dubbed to Telugu as ''Premisthe''
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| 2005 || '']'' || ] ||
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| 2006 || ''Uyir'' || Tamil ||
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| 2006 || '']'' || Tamil ||
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| 2006 || '']'' || ] || Dubbed to Tamil as ''Aran'', Won SICA Award for Best Music Director - Malayalam
|-
| 2006 || '']'' || Telugu ||
|-
| 2007 || '']'' || ] ||
|-
| 2007 || '']'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 2007 || '']'' || Tamil || Dubbed to Telugu as ''Kalasaala''
|-
| 2009 || '']'' || Kannada || Nominated - ]
|-
| 2010 || '']'' || Kannada || Nominated - ]
|-
| 2010 || '']'' || Kannada ||
|-
| 2011 || ''Appavi'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 2011 || ''Devadas'' || Kannada ||
|-
| 2011 || '']'' || Tamil || Nominated - ] <br> Dubbed to Telugu as ''Sega''
|-
| 2011 || '']'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 2011 || ''Keratam'' || Telugu ||
|-
| 2012 || '']'' || Telugu ||
|-
| 2013 || '']'' || Kannada ||
|-
| 2013 || '']'' || Kannada ||
|-
| 2013 || ''Huchudugaru'' || Kannada ||
|-
| 2013 || ''Pravesham'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 2013 || ''Kaadu'' || Tamil ||
|}


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


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Joshua Sridhar
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Occupation(s)Film composer, music director
Musical artist

Joshua Sridhar is an Indian film composer and music director.

References

  1. Joshua Sridhar at IMDb
  2. M. Suganth (29 January 2011). "Joshua says no to spotlight!". Times of India. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

External links

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