Ajesh

Ajesh (or Ajeesh) is an Indian singer-turned-composer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu.[1][2]

Ajesh
Background information
Birth nameAjesh Ashok
Also known asAjeesh
GenresFilm Score
Occupation(s)Singer/Composer
Years active2010-present

Early life

Ajesh was born and brought up in Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. His mother happened to find music in him at a very young age and helped him take up Carnatic music lessons. He went on to explore other forms of music later. He did his schooling in Sri Krishnaswamy Matriculation Higher Secondary School, and then got a Visual Communication degree from Loyola College, Chennai.[3]

Career

As a Singer

Ajesh started singing live stage concerts and TV shows at a very young age and was very focused on pursuing music throughout. His appearance on Sun TV's Sapthaswarangal hosted by A.V.Ramanan in 1994 is still on YouTube. Since the age of 12 he has been a part of kids chorus for various composers such as Ilaiyaraaja, A.R.Rahman and Vidyasagar. In 2009, he was crowned the winner of the popular reality based singing competition Airtel Super Singer, chosen by the public through voting and also by composer Yuvan Shankar Raja. Later in 2010, Yuvan made Ajesh sing the famous romantic number Idhu Varai for the soundtrack of the Tamil movie, Goa,[4][5] which was his debut song in films.

As a Composer

In June 2013, he released an independent music album titled, Rain, College, Love - The Connect.[6] He was then asked to compose for movies, but he was 'reluctant at first' he says, because he had no experience in composing background score. Then he started working on short films and documentaries, which gave him a lot of confidence to score for movies. He then debuted as a composer with the Tamil film Paambhu Sattai, which released in March 2017.

Discography

As a Singer
YearSongFilmMusic ComposerLanguageCo-Singers Accolades
2010Idhu VaraiGoaYuvan Shankar RajaTamilAndrea Jeremiah Won - Vijay Music Award for Most Popular Melody of the Year
Won - Mirchi Music Award for Best Upcoming Singer of the Year
Nominated - Vijay Music Award for Best Debut Singer of the Year
Thooral ThedumUthamaputhiranVijay AntonyTamilJanaki Iyer
2012Idhazhin Oram [7]3Anirudh RavichanderTamilAnirudh Ravichander Nominated - Big Tamil Melody Awards for Best Singer Male
Yedhalo Oka Mounam3Anirudh RavichanderTelugu (dubbed)Anirudh Ravichander
Tan Ye Mera3Anirudh RavichanderHindi (dubbed)Shruti Hassan
Nimirndhu NilSattam Oru IruttaraiVijay AntonyTamil
2013PaadhagalImmanuelAfzal YusufMalayalam
2014Kangalai OruThegidiNivas K. PrasannaTamil
Kallalo OkaBhadramNivas K. PrasannaTelugu (dubbed)
Nenjukkulla NeeVadacurryVivek-MervinTamilVijay Prakash, Diwakar
2016Yedhedho PenneMeendum Oru Kadhal KadhaiG. V. Prakash KumarTamil
KadhakaadheyRemoAnirudh RavichanderTelugu (dubbed)Srinidhi Venkatesh
2017Neeyum NaanumPaambhu SattaiAjeshTamil
Yaavum NeedhaaneyThiriAjeshTamil
2019 Pathikichu Paathiyaa Kee Vishal Chandrashekhar Tamil
2020 Karichaan Kuyile Sarbath Ajesh Tamil
Theera Theera Sarbath Ajesh Tamil Saindhavi

Films
YearFilmDirectorLanguage Production Type Record LabelAccolades Notes
2017Paambhu SattaiAdam DasanTamil Manobala's Picture House Feature Think Music IndiaWon - Mirchi Music Award for

Best Upcoming Composer
Nominated - Mirchi Music Award for

Album of the Year
ThiriAshok AmirthrajTamil Seashore Gold Production Feature Trend Music India Jointly composed songs and BGM with Thaman.S.
2020SarbathPrabhakaranTamil Seven Screen Studio Feature Think Music India

Other Projects
YearProject
2013Rain, College, Love - The Connect [6][8]
2015 Theme song for ISL Team Kerala Blasters
2017 Half Boil (web series for YouTube)
2018 Title song for TV Serial Sivagami for Colors Tamil
2020 Sakiye (Indie Single)
2020 Title Song For TV Serial Thirumagal For Sun TV

References
  1. "Does Chennai strike the right chord? city pulse". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  2. "Ace and Grace - Singer Ajeesh". Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  3. "Loyola College's Ignite '10 saw myriad talents set the stage ablaze". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  4. "From the 'Goa' front". indiaglitz.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  5. "Airtel Super Singer 2008 Live Finale". chennaionline.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  6. "An umbrella of songs from a rain man". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  7. "3 Music Review songs lyrics". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  8. "Charting their own course". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 June 2013.


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