Sejo John is an Indian music composer, singer and instrumentalist. He works in

Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, ''Elippathayam' ...

and his songs have appeared in films like ''

Mummy & Me ''Mummy & Me'' is a 2010 Malayalam Physiological thriller written and directed by Jeethu Joseph. Mummy ''& Me'' stars Archana Kavi, Mukesh, Urvashi and Kunchacko Boban in the main lead and the remaining cast include Lalu Alex, Shari, Janardha ...

'', ''

My Boss ''My Boss'' is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy drama film directed by Jeethu Joseph, starring Dileep and Mamta Mohandas in the lead roles and Mukesh in a cameo appearance. It is the third film by Jeethu Joseph. The film is produc ...

'' and '' Memories''.

Early life

Sejo John born and grew up in Athirappilly, located in

Thrissur Thrissur (), formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode, and t ...

district of

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. After completing B.A.Music from Maharaja's College

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, he started his career as a music director by working in several Christian devotional albums. He spent one year in

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as a music tutor before venturing into film.

Career

Before entering into films, Sejo has composed music for numerous Christian devotional albums like 'Way to Cross', 'Creator', 'Karthavu' etc. and to a number of short films like 'Bandwagon', 'Koottukari' and 'Zero Waste 100 Mark' etc. Among his Christian devotional albums, 'Karthavu' gained wide acceptance. As a music director, Sejo had associated with veteran singers like M.G.Sreekumar and

K.S.Chitra Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra (born 27 July 1963), always credited as K. S. Chithra or Chithra, is an Indian playback singer and Carnatic musician. In a career spanning over four decades, she has recorded over 25,000 songs in various In ...

. It was film director K.Biju, director of Doctor Love, who introduced Sejo to Jithu Joseph. Jithu Joseph offered him the opportunity to compose songs for his next movie. Thus he did his debut film as a music director. That movie was

, directed by Jithu Joseph and released in the year 2010. His second venture is

released in the year 2012., directed by Jithu Joseph again. Music of 'My Boss' have got much popularity and it topped the chart list for several weeks. The movie was also a superhit. Singers like Karthik,

KS Chithra Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra (born 27 July 1963), always credited as K. S. Chithra or Chithra, is an Indian playback singer and Carnatic musician. In a career spanning over four decades, she has recorded over 25,000 songs in various I ...

Rahul Nambiar Rahul Nambiar is an Indian playback singer and live performer. An MBA and M.Com-graduate, he won the Swapthaswarangal show in 2001 and began singing live. He sung more than 2000 songs in movies,He later ventured into playback singing, performing ...

, Benny Dayal, Sayanora Philip,

Rimi Tomy Rimi Tomy is an Indian playback singer,Carnatic Musician, television host,and an occasional actress. She started her career by anchoring music programs in television and sang her first song "Chingamasam Vannu Chernnal" in the 2002 film ''Meesa M ...

sung for Sejo's Compositions in various movies. Sejo John's upcoming projects are Sir CP, and

Dafedar ''Daffedar'' is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Johnson Esthappan, starring Tini Tom as Daffadar and Malavika Nair in lead roles. Ilaiyaraaja is the music director and the film's audio was launched by Kerala chief min ...

Filmography

Short film

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:John, Sejo Malayalam film score composers Living people 1983 births Indian male composers People from Thrissur district Musicians from Thrissur Male film score composers