Anirudh Ravichandar

Anirudh Ravichander
Anirudh Ravichander at Audi Ritz Style Awards 2017
Background information
Birth name	அனிருத் ரவிச்சந்தர்
Born	(1990-10-16) 16 October 1990 (age 27) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Genres	Film score, independent music
Occupation(s)	Music director, singer, instrumentalist
Instruments	Vocals Keyboard Piano
Years active	2011–present
Labels	Sony Music

Anirudh Ravichander (Tamil: அனிருத் ரவிச்சந்தர்) is an Indian film composer and singer, who primarily works in Tamil. At 21, he made his debut in the Tamil industry. His debut song, "Why This Kolaveri Di", composed for the film 3, went viral across the globe, etching more than 100 million views on YouTube. He then went on to compose numerous blockbuster hits and became one of the popular composers in South India since 2012. He is often labelled as a viral prodigy, as his songs going viral and counting more than a million views on digital platforms. He has won 7 South Indian International Movie Awards and a Filmfare Awards South. He has signed a record deal with music giant Sony Music, which will be publishing his independent albums and live concerts, it also presented a multi-platinum disc plaque for the successful collaborations with Sony. On the Diwali of 2016, he,along with international artist Diplo released the remix of Major Lazer, Justin Bieber, and MØ's hit 'Cold Water'. He won the Chennai Times Most Desirable Man 2017 poll and became the first musician to win this poll.

Anirudh is the son of actor Ravi Raghavendra and classical dancer Lakshmi Ravichander. His maternal grandfather S. V. Ramanan is a multifaceted personality who has excelled in making documentaries, commercials and music. Anirudh's great grandfather was director Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam, a pioneering filmmaker of the 1930s. Anirudh was a part of a band in school called Zinx. At the age of 10, he started composing music and landed his first break – '3' at the age of 21.

He did his schooling at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, K.K. Nagar. He graduated from Loyola College, Chennai in 2011, which according to him was just a backup in case his music career did not take off. Anirudh learnt piano from Trinity College of Music, London and did his sound engineering diploma from soundtech-media (chennai). He also learnt Carnatic music, and was part of a Carnatic fusion band. He always loved music and composing music is his passion. His dream was to make music his career and become a musician. In his school days, Anirudh had entered a TV show that was judged by A R Rahman,and his band won the competition. Anirudh was awarded the Best Instrumentalist from his idol.