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Background information | |
Birth name | Viswanath K. N. |
Also known as | Sunny, Sunny Viswanath |
Occupation(s) | composer, record producer, music director, Event manager |
Years active | 1984–present |
Associated acts | Magnasound |
Website |
Sunny in Reverb Nation Sunny in My Space |
Sunny Viswanath (സണ്ണി വിശ്വനാഥ്, malayāḷam ?) is an Indian composer and music producer. His works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and traditional orchestral arrangements.
He started learning music at the age of 4 and performing with amateur bands since the age of 7. By the age of 14, he was into the world of professional music. Sunny learned seven instruments of which Tabla remains his favorite. He has performed with local and national bands worldwide. He was educated at Kendriya Vidyalaya Kozhikode.
Sunny composed music for four films. 1. Kshatriyan 2. Sthithi ,3. Israa for which he introduced for the first time international singers Anneli Rydahl from Sweden and Australian singer Seraya. 4. Sambar Sambar movie
He has also done music for two albums 1.Janmangalai 2.malayali penne 3. Worked with Serena Kern (Uk) doing the musical arrangements for her songs Lullaby and Better to have loved
Apart from that Sunny has featured various International singers like Zenya Bashford (US), Samantha Coe (UK),Felicitas Geiger(Germany) Jemimah G (Australia), Keren Port (Israel), Iselin B (Norway), Heidi Jarvis (US), Violet Won (China), Khalida Saud (Pak) and also Indian playback singers like Sunidhi Chauhan, Vasundhara Das, Sunita Rao, Jonita GandhiNeha Bhasin,Srinivas, P Jayachandran , Chinmayi, Rahul Seth, Kavitha Paudwal, Sagarika, Sneha Pant, Pia Sukanya, Zublee Baruah, Priyadarsini, Devan Ekambaram], Divya Vijay,Manjari Babu, Gayathri, Afsal, Ranjini Jose, Jyotsna, Delsy Ninan, Sunita Sudheer, Sainoj, Sharmi La, Sunil Kumar, Ajith etc. He has also featured actors like Suresh Gopi filmography,Divya Palat and Lena. Sunny has associated with lyricists Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, Shibu Chakravarthy, Khanesh Punoor etc.