Sharreth


Sujith Vasudevan I, professionally credited as Sharreth, is an Indian music director and singer. He predominantly composes film scores and songs for Malayalam films, but has gone on to compose for Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films too. He won the Filmfare Award for the best music director in 2008. He won the 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 for Best Classical Music Singer for his song Bhavayami in the film Meghatheertham.

Early life

Born to Vasudevan 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.

Career

He was one of the permanent judges of Idea Star Singer on 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 Starthe Ultimate. From May 2012, he has become a judge along with Ouseppachan and S. P. Shylaja on the Kairali TV's Ghandharava Sangeetham. From February 2013, he has become a judge along with K. S. Chithra, Sreenivas and Sujatha on the Mazhavil Manorama's singing reality show Indian Voice and Indian Voice Juinor. His memoir written by Sanjeev Pillai titled Aathmaraagam was published by Litmus Publications in 2014. Currently, he is a permanent judge of Mazhavil Manorama musical reality show Paadam Nammukku Paadam.

Awards

Film discography

Independent album discography

As dubbing artist

Television

;As Judge
yearProgramChannelNotes
2007IdeaStar Singer2007Asianet
2008IdeaStar Singer2008Asianet
2009-2010IdeaStar Singer season 4Asianet
2009Zee Tamil Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2009 ChallengeZee TamilTamil show
2010-2011IdeaStar Singer season 5Asianet
2012Gandharva SangeethamKairali TV
2013Super star the ultimateAmrita TV
2013Josco Indian voice season 2Mazhavil Manorama
2013Candyman Indian Voice JuniorMazhavil Manorama
2014Super StarAmrita TV
2015Bhima Indian Music LeagueFlowers TV
2016Super Star JuniorAmrita TV
2018Super 4Mazhavil Manorama
2019–PresentPadaam namuk PaadamMazhavil Manorama