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 Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films, but has also composed many songs for the Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu and Hindi cinema, Hindi film industries too. He won the Filmfare Awards South, Filmfare Award for the best music director in 2008. He won the Kerala State Film Award, Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director in 2011 for the film ''Ivan Megharoopan''. He was also the first recipient of the Kerala State Film Award, 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 Kollam, Kerala, India, Sharreth is a protégé of carnatic music virtuoso M. Balamuralikrishna. He made his debut as a film composer in 1990 through the Malayalam language film ''Kshanakkathu''. 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 ''Onningu Vannengil'' (1985).

Personal life

Sharreth is married to Seetha Rajan daughter of Kannur Rajan since 19 March 1999. They have a daughter Diya born in 2006.

Career

He was one of the permanent judges of ''Idea Star Singer'' on Asianet (TV channel), Asianet till the end of the fifth season. From 26 September 2011, he has become a judge along with P. Jayachandran on the Amrita TV musical reality show ''Super Star – the Ultimate''. From May 2012, he has become a judge along with Ouseppachan and S. P. Shylaja on the Kairali TV's ''Gandharava Sangeetham''. From February 2013, he was a judge along with K. S. Chithra, Srinivas (singer), Srinivas and Sujatha Mohan, Sujatha on the Mazhavil Manorama'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 DC Books) in 2014. At present, he is one of the permanent judges of ''Star Singer'' hosted by Asianet (TV channel), Asianet from 2020, along with K .S Chithra, G. Venugopal, Stephen Devassy and Manjari (Indian singer), Manjari.

Awards

* 2011 – Kerala State Film Awards, Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director – ''Ivan Megharoopan'' * 2009 – Kerala State Film Award for Best Classical Music Singer – "Bhavayami" from ''Meghatheertham'' * 2008 – Filmfare Awards South, Filmfare Award for Best Music Director (Malayalam) – ''Thirakkatha'' * 2008 – Mullassery Raju Music Award – ''Thirakkatha''

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) * ''Madhumasa mazha (Ronima Creations) '' (2022)

As singer

As dubbing artist

Television

*All are Malayalam shows unless noted ;As Judge

Concerts

In 2024, K. S. Chithra headlined the Chithra Varnam concert on May 11th at the Chabot Performing Arts Center, Hayward, California. Organized by Kalalaya sponsored by Nambiar Builders, the event featured her signature melodies across multiple Indian languages, with support from musicians such as Sharreth and K. K. Nishad. The concert celebrated Mother's Day, adding a sentimental note to the evening.

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