S. P. Venkatesh

S. P. Venkatesh (born 5 March 1955) (credited as Sangeetharajan in Tamil) is a musical director and composer, who mostly works in the Malayalam film industry.He was famous in late 80s and 90s for the superhit songs in malayalam industry.

S. P. Venkatesh
Background information
Also known asSangeetha Rajan Tamil
GenresFilm score
Occupation(s)Film score composer, music director, instrumentalist
InstrumentsGuitar, vocals, violin

Career

Venkatesh's father Pazhani was an accomplished Mandolin player. Earlier in his life, S. P. Venkatesh played guitar, banjo and mandolin, and was an assistant musical director to Shyam and Raveendran during his early days. He was introduced into the Malayalam film industry by Dennis Joseph, with his first break coming in the film Rajavinte Makan, directed by Thampi Kannanthanam. The film and the songs in it were big hits, and Venkatesh subsequently became a regular collaborator of Thampi's, resulting in a series of hit musical albums during the 1990s. His most well-known film scores include Indrajaalam, Kilukkam, Minnaram, Spadikam, Dhruvam, Kauravar, Johnnie Walker, Kizhakkan Pathrose, and Hitler.

He has also handled the orchestration for many other music directors. He composed background scores for films for which songs were composed by other composers, such as Devasuram He has also scored for some Bollywood and Bengali films.

In 1993, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director for his work in Paithrukam and Janam.

Style and orchestration

Venkatesh's song compositions feature extensive use of acoustic guitar, bass guitar and violin orchestra, and his background scores feature synth-based orchestra fused with traditional strings. He also used symphonic style strings orchestration in most of his songs.

Filmography

Malayalam films

Tamil films

Kannada films

Bengali films
YearFilmOther notes
2008 Bhalobasa Bhalobasa
2008 Bajimaat
2008 Jor
2003 Champion
2003 Mayer Shakti
2003 Nater Guru
2003 Sangee
2002 Sathi

Hindi films

References

    "SP. Venkatesh – Malayalam Music Director". www.raaga.com. Retrieved 15 November 2008.

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