Vivek–Mervin is an Indian music composer duo consisting of Vivek Siva and Mervin Solomon. They are known for their work in
Tamil language
Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Pud ...
films. They worked together on ''
Vadacurry'' (2014), ''
Pattas
''Pattas'' () is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language martial arts film written and directed by R. S. Durai Senthilkumar and produced by Sathya Jyothi Films. It stars Dhanush in dual role with Sneha, Mehreen Pirzada, and Naveen Chandra while Nassar ...
'' (2020), ''
Sulthan'' (2021) and ''
Gulaebaghavali'' (2018).
Career
Siva trained as a classical musician and performed with numerous bands while in school. Solomon had worked as a music producer, and scored music for albums in
gospel
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and classical genres. Siva, Solomon, and
Anirudh Ravichander
Anirudh Ravichander (born 16 October 1990), also known mononymously as Anirudh, is an Indian film scorer music composer music producer singer and instrumentalist who primarily works in Tamil films. He is the son of actor Ravi Raghavendra. ...
are from the band Zinx. Vivek and Mervin later worked as music producers and mix engineers for
Anirudh Ravichander
Anirudh Ravichander (born 16 October 1990), also known mononymously as Anirudh, is an Indian film scorer music composer music producer singer and instrumentalist who primarily works in Tamil films. He is the son of actor Ravi Raghavendra. ...
.
The songs and background score of their debut movie ''
Vadacurry'' (2015) were well received. "Nenjukulla Nee" became an instant hit and topped the charts. In their second project ''
Pugazh'' (2016), the duo roped in Hindi singer
Arijit Singh
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for his first Tamil song "Neeye", which became a chartbuster. They composed music for films with stars such as Dhanush in ''Pattas'', Karthi in ''Sulthan'', Vijay Sethupathy in ''Sangathamizhan'', Nayanthara in ''Dora'', Prabhudeva in ''Gulaebaghavali'', etc. Their own releases became chartbusters and garnered attention from all age groups. Notably songs such as "Orasaadha","Guleba","Chill Bro", "Jai Sulthan", etc., went viral. They released and featured in 3 independent singles in collaboration with Sony Music South. In keeping with their interest in live performance, they did public concerts, award shows, college pro shows, and
YouTube
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One Nation Festival.
Discography
;Films
;Independent works
References
External links
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Indian male singer-songwriters
Indian singer-songwriters
Tamil playback singers
Indian musical duos
Loyola College, Chennai alumni
Living people
Musicians from Chennai
Tamil film score composers
Indian male film score composers
Year of birth missing (living people)