Ajesh is an Indian music composer & singer from

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

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. He works primarily for the Tamil film industry.

Early life

Ajesh was born and brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. His mother found music in him at a very young age and helped him take up

Carnatic music Carnatic music, known as or in the South Indian languages, is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and Sri Lanka. It is ...

vocal lessons. He went on to explore other forms of music later. He did his schooling in Sri Krishnaswamy Matriculation Higher Secondary School and then graduated from Loyola College,

Career

Ajesh started singing concerts and TV shows at the age of 5 and was very focused on pursuing music throughout. His first appearance on television was on Sun TV's Sapthaswarangal hosted by A.V.Ramanan in 1994. Since the age of 12 he was part of kids chorus for various composers such as Ilaiyaraaja, A.R.Rahman and Vidyasagar. When he was 19, 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 Yuvan Shankar Raja or Abdul Haliq (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer-songwriter. He mainly scores music for Tamil films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use of Wes ...

. Later in 2010, Yuvan made Ajesh sing the famous romantic number ''

Idhu Varai Idhu Varai () is a song from the 2010 Tamil feature film '' Goa'', composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and performed by Andrea Jeremiah and Ajeesh, the winner of the second season of the reality-based singing competition ''Airtel Super Singer''. Th ...

'' for the Tamil movie '' Goa'', which was his debut song in films. On 1 June 2013 he released an independent music album titled Rain, College, Love - The Connect. He debuted as a composer with the Tamil film '' Paambhu Sattai'' in 2017. In 2022, his work for the ZEE5 Original Series Vilangu (web series) brought him a lot of praises from critics as well as the public.

Discography

Films

Original Series

As a Singer

Miscellaneous Projects

References

Living people Tamil playback singers Indian male playback singers Loyola College, Chennai alumni Singers from Chennai Tamil film score composers Indian male film score composers Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-singer-stub