F. S. Faizal is an Indian

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who graduated from

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. He was trained under Abdul Sattar until he reached the eighth grade. He was a former advertisement jingles composer who worked on over 275 jingles in the likes of Vasanth & Co, Credai, and Jaipur Gems. He made his film production debut in the

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film ''

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'' and then made a breakthrough with his work in ''

Sillunu Oru Sandhippu ''Sillunu Oru Sandhippu'' () is a 2013 Tamil language romance film written and directed by Ravi Lallin in his directorial debut venture. The film stars Vimal, Oviya and Dipa Shah in the lead roles. The film was earlier titled as Sillu Sillunu O ...

''. Other notable films he helped with where Vajram and '' Tharkappu'', which both got accolades. He is now working on the film '' Thani Mugam'', which is under post-production.

Career

Faizal composed his first film album, ''

'', under the stage name of Vinay, before moving on to compose music for '' Kalavaram'' in 2011. In 2013, he worked on ''

'', which became his third album release and received positive reviews for his work on the songs. A critic from

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criticised his work on the film's background score, stating that it was "too loud". Faizal has since worked on two low budget films featuring

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, as well as on '' Tharkappu''. Faizal had done music for the film, ''

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''. He has worked on independent Tamil films originating from Tamil diaspora directors that settled in France such as ''DOT'' and '' Encounter Hall''.

Discography

Released soundtracks

* The films are listed in the order that the music released, regardless of the date the film released * The year next to the title of the affected films indicates the release year of either a dubbed or a remade version in the named language after the original version * • indicates original language release. Indicates simultaneous makes, if the film is featured in more languages * ♦ indicates a remade version, the remaining ones being dubbed versions

References

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