Rajesh Murugesan


Rajesh Murugesan is an Indian music composer, best known for his compositions in Malayalam cinema, with films such as Neram and Premam.

Personal life

Rajesh Murugesan born in Kochi He completed his schooling at Cochin Refineries School, Ambalamugal and graduated with a Degree from SAE International College, Chennai in 2008 He married Premam actress Aishwarya Raghavan on 22 January 2020.

Career

Rajesh made his debut as a music director in Neram a Tamil - Malayalam bilingual film which was directed by Alphonse Putharen and released in 2013. The music won him immediate attention. The promo song Pistah: The Run Anthem, had gone viral in 2013. The song Pistah also featured as IPL promo song for the year 2016. In 2015, he worked on another movie by Alphonse Putharen, Premam. All the songs in the movie received excellent critical response and the song,'Malare' broke the record for the fastest song in Malayalam to reach 5 lakh hits in YouTube.

Short films

Awards

  1. CPC Cine Awards 2015 for Best Music Director
  2. Vanitha Film Awards 2015 for Best Music Director
  3. Asianet Film Awards 18th Asianet film awards for Best Music Director
  4. 5th South Indian International Movie Awards for Best Music Director Malayalam
  5. Asiavision Awards Asiavision Film Awards 2014 for Best Music Director
  6. Red fm awards Song of the year 2016
  7. IIFA 2016 Best music director 2016
  8. Radio mirchi music awards 2014 and 2016 best debut music director and popular song of the year 2016