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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sridhar |
| Born | (1974-03-09)March 9, 1974 |
| Occupation(s) | Film Composer, Music Director, Music Producer, Singer, Song writer |
| Instrument(s) | Keyboards, Synthesizers, Vocal |
| Years active | 2004–present |
Joshua Sridhar (born 9 March 1974) is an Indian Film composer and Music director. His most notable works are for movies in South Indian languages such as Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam.
Sridhar made his debut in the Tamil film, Kaadhal (2004), which was a runaway success at the box-office and soundtrack being appreciated. His other notable works are for the films like Keerthi Chakra (2006), Love Guru (2009), Gaana Bajaana (2010) and Veppam (2011).
Early life
Sridhar was born in Chennai on March 9, 1974 to Hindu parents, 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 Practicals. 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. 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 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 | Film Title | Language | Notes |
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| 2004 | Kaadhal | Tamil | Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Dubbed to Telugu as Premisthe |
| 2005 | Danger | Telugu | |
| 2006 | Uyir | Tamil | |
| 2006 | Chennai Kadhal | Tamil | |
| 2006 | Keerthi Chakra | Malayalam | Dubbed to Tamil as Aran, Won SICA Award for Best Music Director - Malayalam |
| 2006 | Game | Telugu | |
| 2007 | Arasu | Kannada | |
| 2007 | Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthen | Tamil | |
| 2007 | Kalloori | Tamil | Dubbed to Telugu as Kalasaala |
| 2009 | Love Guru | Kannada | Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director |
| 2010 | Gaana Bajaana | Kannada | Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director |
| 2010 | Huduga Hudugi | Kannada | |
| 2011 | Appavi | Tamil | |
| 2011 | Devadas | Kannada | |
| 2011 | Veppam | Tamil | Nominated - SIIMA Award for Best Music Director – Tamil Dubbed to Telugu as Sega |
| 2011 | Vithagan | Tamil | |
| 2011 | Keratam | Telugu | |
| 2012 | Genius | Telugu | |
| 2013 | Googly | Kannada | |
| 2013 | Whistle | Kannada | |
| 2013 | Huchudugaru | Kannada | |
| 2013 | Pravesham | Tamil | |
| 2013 | Kaadu | Tamil |
External links
- http://joshuasridhar.in Official website