Sujith Vasudevan I (born 3 October 1969), professionally credited as Sharreth, is an Indian music director and singer. He predominantly composes film scores and songs for

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, but has gone on to compose for

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and

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films too. He won the

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for the best music director in 2008. He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director in 2011 for the film ''

Ivan Megharoopan ''Ivan Megharoopan'' is a 2012 Malayalam biographical film written and directed by P. Balachandran. The film is based on the life of Malayalam poet P. Kunhiraman Nair and is particularly based on his autobiography, ''Kaviyude Kalpadukal''. Prak ...

''. He was also the first recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Classical Music Singer for his song ''Bhavayami'' in the film ''Meghatheertham''. He is the son in law of famous music director Kannur Rajan .

Early life

Born to Vasudevan Achari and Indiradevi in

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, Sharreth is a protégé of carnatic music

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M. Balamuralikrishna Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna (6 July 1930 – 22 November 2016) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist, musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer, and character actor. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in ...

. He made his debut as a

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in 1990 through the Malayalam language film ''

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''. Prior to debuting as a composer, Sharreth had a sporadic presence as a playback singer for films. His first song was 'Dum dum dum', a duet with K. S. Chithra for the Malayalam film ''

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'' (1985).

Career

He was one of the permanent judges of ''

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'' on Asianet till the end of the fifth season. From 26 September 2011, he has become a judge along with

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on the

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musical reality show ''Super Star – the Ultimate''. Super Star – the Ultimate From May 2012, he has become a judge along with Ouseppachan and S. P. Shylaja on the

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's ''Gandharava Sangeetham''. From February 2013, he was a judge along with K. S. Chithra, Srinivas and Sujatha on the

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's singing reality show ''Indian Voice'' (season 2) and ''Indian Voice Junior''. His memoir written by Sanjeev Pillai titled ''Aathmaraagam'' was published by Litmus Publications (an imprint of

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) in 2014. At present, he is one of the permanent judges of '' Star Singer'' hosted by Asianet from 2020, along with K .S Chithra,

G. Venugopal Gopinathan Nair Venugopal (born 10 December 1960), popularly known as G. Venugopal, is an Indian playback singer known for his works in Malayalam films. He started his singing career in the film '' Odaruthammava Aalariyam'' (1984). Since then he ...

, Stephen Devassy and Manjari.

Awards

* 2011 –

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for Best Music Director – ''

'' * 2009 – Kerala State Film Award for Best Classical Music Singer – "Bhavayami" from ''Meghatheertham'' * 2008 –

for Best Music Director (Malayalam) – ''

Thirakkatha ''Thirakkatha'' ( is a 2008 Malayalam romantic drama film co-produced, written, and directed by Ranjith. The film is a tribute to the yesteryear actresses who had been graceful, popular figures in cinema during their younger age with patronage and ...

'' * 2008 – Mullassery Raju Music Award – ''

Discography

Film discography

Independent album discography

* ''Sangeetha Paravai'' (Tamil) * ''Chitra Pournami'' (1994) * ''Sarana Manthram'' (1994) * ''Chaithra Geethangal'' (1997) * ''Pasupathaasthram -Sree Kadampuzha Bhagavathi'' (1997) * ''Gopeechandanam – Guruvayoorpuran Songs'' (1999) * ''Onappoovu'' * ''Gurudevan'' (2001) * ''Veendum'' (2003) * ''Sree Gananaatham'' (2008) * ''Devapampa'' (2009) * ''Sasthavu'' (2010) * ''Strawberry Theyyam'' (2014) * ''Njanappana (ART OF LIVING'' (2014) * ''Pahimam Padmanabha'' (2015) * ''Green Symphony'' (2015) * ''Paavana Pamba'' (2016)

As singer

As dubbing artist

Television

*All are Malayalam shows unless noted ;As Judge

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharreth Living people Musicians from Kollam Malayalam film score composers Kerala State Film Award winners Filmfare Awards South winners 1969 births Film musicians from Kerala Singers from Kollam 20th-century Indian composers 21st-century Indian composers 21st-century Indian singers 20th-century Indian singers Indian male playback singers Malayalam playback singers Indian male film score composers 20th-century Indian male singers 21st-century Indian male singers