Ved Shankar

Alias:
Ved Shankar
Ved Shankar Sugavanam

Birthplace:
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Ved Shankar was a student of A. R. Rahman’s KM Music Conservatory, and was one of 15 students selected for training in western classical music at North Eastern University, Boston, funded by the U.S. Department of State. He then trained as a sound designer and was nominated for the META award for Most Innovative Sound Design 2012, be completing his MBA at IIPM, Chennai.His first album was for the period film, Paalai (2011), and then worked on the album for Madhubana Kadai (2012). Ved Shankar made his breakthrough with his work in Balaji Tharaneetharan's Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom, which on critical acclaim and performed well at the box office. Moreover, his work in the promotional song "Crazy Penne" featuring Andrea Jeremiah also won critical acclaim, and he was featured in a list of top music directors in a year end ranking by Behindwoods.com in 2012.

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Music:
2012  Madhubana Kadai
2019  Thorati

Music Director:
2011  Paalai
2012  Madhubana Kadai
2019  Thorati

Original Music Composer:
2011  Paalai
2012  Madhubana Kadai
2012  Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom
2016  Azhagu Kutti Chellam
2016  Moondraam Ullaga Por
2019  Thorati
2023  Ariyavan
????  China

Sound Designer:
2011  Paalai
2012  Madhubana Kadai
2012  Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom
2016  Azhagu Kutti Chellam
2016  Moondraam Ullaga Por
2019  Thorati
2023  Ariyavan
2023  Naangal
????  China

Original Music Composer:
2022  Paper Rocket

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