Sujith Vasudevan I, better known by his stage name Sharreth , is a music director and singer.

He began by composing film scores mainly for Malayalam films, but has gone on to compose for Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 and Telugu films too. Most recently, he scored the music for the Tamil-Telugu bilingual 180.

He won the Filmfare Award

Filmfare Awards South

Filmfare Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the South Indian film industry. The awards are separately given for Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films...

 for the best music director in 2008. He was also the first recipient of Kerala State Film Award for Best Classical Music Singer

Kerala State Film Award

The Kerala State Film Awards are the most prestigious film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy since 1998 on behalf of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala, India....

 for his song Bhavayami in the film Meghatheertham.

He was one of the permanent judges of Idea Star Singer

Idea Star Singer

Idea Star Singer is a popular Malayalam music reality-television competition, broadcast on the Malayalam channel Asianet and is sponsored by Idea Cellular Limited. The current season of the show is aired from 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m [8.00 pm to 9.30 pm from Monday, 19th July 2010],, Monday...

 till the end of Season 5 and played a huge role in making the show a rage across Kerala.

From September 26, 2011, he has become a judge along with noted playback singers P Jayachandran and Rimi Tomy on the Amrita TV musical reality show Super Star - the Ultimate.

Life

Sharreth was born in Kollam

Kollam

Kollam , often anglicized as ', is a city in the Indian state of Kerala. The city lies on the banks of Ashtamudi Lake on the Arabian sea coast and is situated about north of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram...

 in 1969.

He is a student of Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna.

His debut film as a music director was Kshanakathu in Malayalam in 1990.

He is also a playback singer. His first song was Dum dum dum with K. S. Chithra

K. S. Chithra

K. S. Chithra often credited as Chithra , is an Indian playback singer who has made her mark in the Indian music playback industry. Popularly known as Chinna Kuyil of South India, she has lent her voice to Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Badaga and Punjabi films...

 for the Malayalam film Onningu Vannenkil (1985).

Currently, he resides in Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

.

Awards

• 2009 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Classical Music Singer - "Bhavayami" from Meghatheertham
• 2008 - Filmfare Award
  Filmfare Awards South
  Filmfare Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the South Indian film industry. The awards are separately given for Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films...
  
   for Best Music Director (Malayalam) - Thirakkatha
  Thirakkatha
  Thirakkatha is a 2008 Malayalam romantic drama film co-produced, written, and directed by Ranjith....
  
  
• 2008 - Mullassery Raju Music Award - Thirakkatha
  Thirakkatha
  Thirakkatha is a 2008 Malayalam romantic drama film co-produced, written, and directed by Ranjith....
  
  

Film scores

Year	Film Title	Language	Notes
1990	Kshanakathu	Malayalam	Debut Film
1991	Ottayal Pattalam Ottayal Pattalam Ottayal Pattalam is a 1992 Malayalam comedy film starring Mukesh, Madhoo, and Innocent in the lead roles. It is written and directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar.-Plot:...	Malayalam
1994	Rudraksham Rudraksham Rudraksham is a 1994 action Malayalam film starring Suresh Gopi, Annie and Devan. Written by Ranjith and directed by Shaji Kailas, this action movie did not meet studio expectations and was declared a flop at the box office.-Plot:...	Malayalam
	Pavithram Pavithram Pavithram is a Malayalam film released in 1994 directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar. The film won Mohanlal the Filmfare Award for Best Actor in 1994.-Plot:The movie begins with an older man's dream...	Malayalam
	Sagaram Sakshi	Malayalam
	Vilakku Vecha Neram	Malayalam
1995	Thacholi Varghese Chekavar Thacholi Varghese Chekavar Thacholi Varghese Chekavar is 1995 Malayalam action film starring Mohanlal and Bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar.- Plot :Varghese is a Kalari master. Shyam is his favorite disciple. Once he comes to his master saying that he is in love with a girl called Maya...	Malayalam
	Sindhoora Rekha	Malayalam
1999	Devadasi	Malayalam
2000	Ayyappantamma Neyyappam Chuttu Ayyappantamma Neyyappam Chuttu Ayyappantamma Neyyappam Chuttu is a 2000 Malayalam-language children movie directed and written by Mathew Paul. The film shows the the life of children getting suffocated due to the differences between their parents...	Malayalam
	Sparsham	Malayalam
	Cover Story Cover Story (2000 film) Cover Story is a 2000 Malayalam film starring Suresh Gopi and Tabu.-Plot:Jasmine Khan is the next door neighbour of Chandrashekar , a retired judge with a haunted past. The two become friends. Jasmine, a computer engineer, has to wear high power contact lenses because of her vision problems...	Malayalam
2001	Achaneyanenikkishtam	Malayalam
	Vakkalathu Narayanankutty	Malayalam
2002	Shesham	Malayalam
2003	Magic Magic 3D	Malayalam
2005	The Campus	Malayalam	Background Score Only
	Kanne Madanguka	Malayalam	Background Score Only
	June R June R June R is a Tamil film directed by Revathy Varma. The film stars Jyothika, Kushboo, Saritha and Biju Menon in critical roles. Surya appears in a guest role. The film's soundtrack are composed by Malayalam composer Sharreth.-Plot:...	Tamil Tamil language Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...	Debut Tamil Film
2006	Shyaamam	Malayalam
2008	Thirakkatha Thirakkatha Thirakkatha is a 2008 Malayalam romantic drama film co-produced, written, and directed by Ranjith....	Malayalam
2009	Kalavaramaye Madilo Kalavaramaye Madilo Kalavaramaye Madilo is a 2009 Indian Telugu language musical romance film written and directed by Sathish Kasetty, who had earlier directed a telugu film Hope which won a national award. Kalavaramaye Madilo stars Kamal Kamaraju and Swati Reddy in the lead roles...	Telugu Telugu language Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...	Debut Telugu Film
	Paleri Manikyam Paleri Manikyam Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha is a 2009 Malayalam crime drama film written and directed by Ranjith, starring Mammootty, Shwetha Menon and Mythili. It is based on a best selling Malayalam novel of the same name by T. P. Rajeevan, which said the true story of the first recorded...	Malayalam	One song
	Meghatheertham	Malayalam
2010	Pulliman Pulliman Pulliman is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by Anil K. Nair. The movie stars Kalabhavan Mani and Meera Nandan in the lead roles.- Plot :Kunjunni is a youngster in Perimannur village village who is loved by all. Radha belongs to a nadodi gang, who has come to the village to sell statuettes of Lord...	Malayalam
	Nalla Pattukare Nalla Pattukare Nalla Pattukare is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by M. S. Sivachandran starring Vijay Madhav in the lead role.The movie is based on the struggles of upcoming artists and was modelled upon the popular Asianet reality TV show called Idea Star Singer. Vijay Madhav was himself a former contestant in...	Malayalam
	Kanyakumari Express Kanyakumari Express * May refer to Howrah-Kanyakumari ExpressThe Kanyakumari Express is a superfast train operated by Southern Railway. The train runs between Kanyakumari and Chennai. It is a daily overnight service. This runs through Tambaram, Chengalpet,Villupuram, Tiruchi,Dindigul,Madurai,Virudhunagar,Vanchi...	Malayalam
	Orange Orange (2010 Malayalam film) Orange is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by Biju Varkey who had earlier directed films like Devadasi, Chandranilekkulla Vazhi and Phantom.- Plot :...	Malayalam	Background Score Only
	Kushti Kushti (film) Kushti is a Bollywood comedy film directed by T.K. Rajeev Kumar and starring the famous WWE Wrestler,The Great Khali who is also known as Dalip Singh Rana making his debut. The film also stars Rajpal Yadav, Manoj Joshi, Om Puri and Sharat Saxena in supporting roles...	Hindi	Background Score Only
2011	180	Tamil / Telugu
	Ivan Megharoopan Ivan Megharoopan Ivan Megharoopan is an upcoming Malayalam biopic film written and directed by P. Balachandran. The film is based on the life of Malayalam poet P. Kunhiraman Nair and is particularly based on his autobiography, Kaviyude Kalpadukal. Prakash Bare, who is the producer of the film, also plays the...	Malayalam	Filming
	Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty is an upcoming Malayalam directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar, starring Nithya Menon, Shweta Menon and Unni Mukundan in the lead roles. The film is produced by Reel 2 Reel cine productions.- Cast :* Nithya Menon as Manju...	Malayalam	Filming
	Reporter	Malayalam	Filming

Albums

• 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)

Playback singer

Year	Film	Co-Singer(s)	Music Director	Song
1985	Onningu Vannenkil	K. S. Chithra K. S. Chithra K. S. Chithra often credited as Chithra , is an Indian playback singer who has made her mark in the Indian music playback industry. Popularly known as Chinna Kuyil of South India, she has lent her voice to Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Badaga and Punjabi films...	Shyam Shyam (composer) Samuel Joseph alias Shyam is a popular Malayalam music director from Tamil Nadu, India. He has scored music for over 300 films including Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Hindi languages. He also composed many Christian devotional songs...	Dum Dum Dum
1986	Ice Cream Ice cream (film) -Cast:* Mammootty - Thampi* Thilakan - Omanakuttan Nair* Bharath Gopi - Panikkar* Lizzy Priyadarshan - Rekha* Mala Aravindan - Worker* Innocent - Police Officer* Ashokan - Prakashan* T.P Madhavan - Bhaskaran* Sankaradi - Doctor* KPAC Lalitha - Elizabeth...	Cochin Ibrahim	Johnson Johnson (composer) Johnson was an Indian film score composer and music director who has given music to some of the most important motion pictures of Malayalam cinema, including those for Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal, Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam, Vadakkunokkiyantram, Perumthachan, Amaram, Njan...	Premamennaalenthu
1990	His Highness Abdullah His Highness Abdullah His Highness Abdullah is a musical Malayalam film released in 1990, written by A. K. Lohithadas and directed by Sibi Malayil; featuring Mohanlal, Nedumudi Venu, Gauthami, Sreenivasan and Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair. It was produced by Mohanlal under the banner of Pranavam Arts...	Dr. K. J. Yesudas K. J. Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,... , M. G. Sreekumar M. G. Sreekumar M. G. Sreekumar is a two-time National Award-winning Indian playback singer and music director who works in Malayalam cinema. With a career of over 25 years, he is one of the prominent male singers in the Malayalam film industry. He is known for matching voice with Malayalam actor Mohanlal. He has... , Raveendran Raveendran M. Raveendran , fondly called as "Raveendran Master" was a popular South Indian music composer and Playback singer from Kerala. He was always referred to as the aristocratic music director of Malayalam who had a distinctive style of his own. He composed more than 150 films primarily for the...	Raveendran Raveendran M. Raveendran , fondly called as "Raveendran Master" was a popular South Indian music composer and Playback singer from Kerala. He was always referred to as the aristocratic music director of Malayalam who had a distinctive style of his own. He composed more than 150 films primarily for the...	Devasabhaathalam
1995	Sindoora Rekha		Sharreth	Paahiraama Prabhu
	Thacholi Varghese Chekavar Thacholi Varghese Chekavar Thacholi Varghese Chekavar is 1995 Malayalam action film starring Mohanlal and Bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar.- Plot :Varghese is a Kalari master. Shyam is his favorite disciple. Once he comes to his master saying that he is in love with a girl called Maya...	Srinivas Srinivas (singer) Srinivas 'Srini' is an award winning playback singer who has sung over 2000 songs in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. He is also a music composer.-Early life:...	Sharreth	Veeraalipattin
1997	Aaraam Thampuran	Dr. K. J. Yesudas K. J. Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,...	Raveendran Raveendran M. Raveendran , fondly called as "Raveendran Master" was a popular South Indian music composer and Playback singer from Kerala. He was always referred to as the aristocratic music director of Malayalam who had a distinctive style of his own. He composed more than 150 films primarily for the...	Sandatham
1999	Devadasi	G. Venugopal G. Venugopal G. Venugopal is an Indian playback singer, active mainly in Malayalam films. He also has Tamil and Telugu songs to his credit. Venugopal started his career in the film Odarathammava Aalariyam and has sung in more than 280 films and over 250 albums since then.G. Venugopal is a graduate of Kerala...	Traditional Slokam in Lakshmi Ashtakam	Namasthesthu
	Devadasi		Sharath	Paaraalum Maalore
	Devadasi	K. S. Chithra K. S. Chithra K. S. Chithra often credited as Chithra , is an Indian playback singer who has made her mark in the Indian music playback industry. Popularly known as Chinna Kuyil of South India, she has lent her voice to Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Badaga and Punjabi films...	Sharreth	Yamuna Nadhiyozhukum
2000	Cover Story Cover Story (2000 film) Cover Story is a 2000 Malayalam film starring Suresh Gopi and Tabu.-Plot:Jasmine Khan is the next door neighbour of Chandrashekar , a retired judge with a haunted past. The two become friends. Jasmine, a computer engineer, has to wear high power contact lenses because of her vision problems...	M. G. Sreekumar M. G. Sreekumar M. G. Sreekumar is a two-time National Award-winning Indian playback singer and music director who works in Malayalam cinema. With a career of over 25 years, he is one of the prominent male singers in the Malayalam film industry. He is known for matching voice with Malayalam actor Mohanlal. He has... , K. S. Chithra K. S. Chithra K. S. Chithra often credited as Chithra , is an Indian playback singer who has made her mark in the Indian music playback industry. Popularly known as Chinna Kuyil of South India, she has lent her voice to Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Badaga and Punjabi films...	Sharreth	Ini Maanathum
	Sparsham		Sharreth	Pandenno Kettathaane
	Sparsham		Sharreth	Thengi Mounam
2002	Shesham		Sharreth	Ethetho
2005	June R June R June R is a Tamil film directed by Revathy Varma. The film stars Jyothika, Kushboo, Saritha and Biju Menon in critical roles. Surya appears in a guest role. The film's soundtrack are composed by Malayalam composer Sharreth.-Plot:...		Sharreth	Eano Eano
2006	Kalabham	Dr. K. J. Yesudas K. J. Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,... , K. Krishnakumar	Raveendran Raveendran M. Raveendran , fondly called as "Raveendran Master" was a popular South Indian music composer and Playback singer from Kerala. He was always referred to as the aristocratic music director of Malayalam who had a distinctive style of his own. He composed more than 150 films primarily for the...	Varoo Varoo
2008	Thirakkatha Thirakkatha Thirakkatha is a 2008 Malayalam romantic drama film co-produced, written, and directed by Ranjith....		Sharreth	Oduviloru
2009	Meghatheertham	K. S. Chithra K. S. Chithra K. S. Chithra often credited as Chithra , is an Indian playback singer who has made her mark in the Indian music playback industry. Popularly known as Chinna Kuyil of South India, she has lent her voice to Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Badaga and Punjabi films...	Sharreth	Mazhayaal
	Meghatheertham		Sharreth	Bhavayaami
	Meghatheertham		Sharreth	Dhyanam Kondu
	Paleri Manikyam Paleri Manikyam Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha is a 2009 Malayalam crime drama film written and directed by Ranjith, starring Mammootty, Shwetha Menon and Mythili. It is based on a best selling Malayalam novel of the same name by T. P. Rajeevan, which said the true story of the first recorded...	Hariharan Hariharan (singer) Hariharan , born 3 April 1955) is an Indian playback singer in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bhojpuri and Telugu movies, an established ghazal singer, and one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music. His melody is strongly appreciated by the film fraternity...	Sharreth	Tum Jo Mujh Mein
	Seetha Kalyanam Seetha Kalyanam (2009 film) Seetha Kalyanam is a 2009 Malayalam movie by T. K. Rajeev Kumar starring Jayaram, Jyothika and Geethu Mohandas.The film was released in 2009, but Jyothika's film career ended in 2007 with the film Manikanda. Seetha Kalyanam was made before Jyothika gave up acting, but released in 2009.- Plot...	Madhu Balakrishnan Madhu Balakrishnan Madhu Balakrishnan is an Indian playback singer, who sings in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada languages.-Biography:Madhu Balakrishnan is from Tripunithura, Cochin, Kerala in India. A Graded artist in All India Radio and Doordarshan, he has performed with all major playback singers in Kerala... , Karthik Karthik (singer) Karthik is an Indian playback singer.Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been a playback singer in Tamil cinema while also single in other Indian languages for various composers... , Anuradha Sriram Anuradha Sriram Anuradha Sriram is an Indian carnatic and playback singer who hails from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She has sung in many Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films.- Personal life :...	Srinivas Srinivas (singer) Srinivas 'Srini' is an award winning playback singer who has sung over 2000 songs in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. He is also a music composer.-Early life:...	Seetharaamam
2010	Kadaksham Kadaksham Kadaksham is a 2010 Malayalam film by Sasi Paravoor starring Suresh Gopi, Shwetha Menon and Shwetha Vijay.- Plot :Kadaksham movie is a women oriented movie which states the story of how women has to survive against all odds even now in the society which still has a contemporary outlook.- Cast :*...		M. Jayachandran M. Jayachandran M. Jayachandran is a film score composer, singer and musician in the Malayalam film industry. He has won Kerala State Film Awards for best music director in 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010, maximum awards won by any music director. He also won the state award for best male singer in 2005...	Omanapennalle
	Pulliman Pulliman Pulliman is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by Anil K. Nair. The movie stars Kalabhavan Mani and Meera Nandan in the lead roles.- Plot :Kunjunni is a youngster in Perimannur village village who is loved by all. Radha belongs to a nadodi gang, who has come to the village to sell statuettes of Lord...		Traditional Folk	Aanandam
	Kavalar Kudiyirippu	Priya Hemesh	James Vasanthan James Vasanthan James Vasanthan is a popular Indian television anchor and a film music composer. For more than a decade, he worked as an anchor in popular Tamil satellite television channels like Sun TV, Vijay TV and Makkal TV before turning into a film music composer in the Tamil Film Industry.-Biography:James...	Kodi Kodi Aasaikal
2011	180		Sharreth	Niyayam Thaana
	Pranayam Pranayam Pranayam is a 2011 Malayalam romantic drama film written and directed by Blessy. The film revolves around the love bound between the characters of Mathews , Grace and Achutha Menon ....		M. Jayachandran M. Jayachandran M. Jayachandran is a film score composer, singer and musician in the Malayalam film industry. He has won Kerala State Film Awards for best music director in 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010, maximum awards won by any music director. He also won the state award for best male singer in 2005...	Kalamozhi

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