Ashwath (music director) explained

Ashwath Naganathan
Birth Date:2 October 1990
Birth Place:Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Genre:Film score, Independent music
Occupation:Film composer, Music director, Independent musician, Song writer
Years Active:2014–present

Ashwath Naganathan known by screen name Ashwath, is an Indian composer and musician, who predominantly works in the Tamil film industry. His notable works are FIR[1] starring Vishnu Vishal ,Inspector Rishi[2] on Amazon Prime Video, and Certified Rascals.[3]

Early life

After completing his post graduation in Media Studies at College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, he was employed by NDTV as a News Producer/Director for a few years. Later he ventured into music full time.

He has composed music for about 75 short films including a few international award-winning ones, and more than 100 advertisements apart from a few plays & TV shows.[4] His background in music is attributed to his gurus who guided him on classical music / western music during his schooling and the band he was a part of during college along with Music Director Vishal Chandrasekar.[5] He was drawn into music during childhood and pursued it after he interviewed A R Rahman as an intern.[6]

Career

His stint with the film industry started with the opportunity to score for a feature film titled "Nalanum Nandhiniyum" by Film Institute students. Producer Ravindar Chandrasekaran listened to the songs on Skype and launched him through Libra Productions. The film has songs by leading vocalists across India including Shreya Goshal, Shankar Mahadevan,[7] and got released in 2014. Though the tracks were not popular, the music of the film was written about as a positive aspect of the film in all the leading newspapers, websites and magazines.[8]

His second film is a bilingual where he worked on the background score for considerable portions of the film "Tamilchelvanum Thaniyar Anjalum" in Tamil, Produced by ace Director Gautam Vasudev Menon. Though he did portions of the background score, he was credited in that film.

He has composed music for a few advertisements directed by Gautam himself.[9] He is also a part time lecturer for students across Media colleges.

Filmography

!Year!Titile!Director!Language
2014Nalanum NandhiniyumVenkatesan RTamil
2016Tamilchelvanum Thaniyar AnjalumPremsaiTamil
2017Thittam Poattu Thirudura KootamSudharTamil
2018Whats up Panimanish / Whats up VelaikkariPraveen K, Manu Anand Preethi SrivijayanTamil, Telugu
2018Nila nila odi vaaJ.S. NandhiniTamil
2022FIRManu AnandTamil
2024Inspector RishiJ.S. NandhiniTamil

Notes and References

  1. News: 2020-01-11 . What's the AR Rahman connect in Vishnu Vishal's FIR? . 2024-05-09 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
  2. Web site: 2024-04-09 . "Apart from this, I have written and cleared the exams for lecturer. Part time I go to some colleges and teach students about media" . 2024-05-09 . www.vikatan.com/ . ta.
  3. News: Ramanujam . Srinivasa . 2020-07-22 . Laugh out loud: Meet the team behind ‘Certified Rascals’, whose funny videos are creating waves . 2024-06-11 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
  4. News: 2017-12-16 . I kept working on jingles, advertisements, TV shows, a few independent films, corporate videos, etc. . 2024-05-09 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
  5. Web site: தாரா . ராகேஷ் . 2024-04-11 . வேலைக்கு லீவு எடுத்துதான் முதல் படத்திற்கு இசையமைத்தேன்: இன்ஸ்பெக்டர் ரிஷி இசையமைப்பாளர் அஸ்வத் . 2024-05-09 . tamil.abplive.com . ta.
  6. News: 2017-12-16 . I believe in spending time with the director and creating tunes for the situation . 2024-05-09 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
  7. Web site: ஜீவகணேஷ்.ப . 2024-04-09 . I worked with great singers like Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal and Satya Prakash in my first film. . 2024-05-09 . www.vikatan.com/ . ta.
  8. Web site: ஜீவகணேஷ்.ப . 2024-04-09 . But some people have seen and appreciated my music. . 2024-05-09 . www.vikatan.com/ . ta.
  9. News: 2017-12-16 . I got an opportunity to work with Gautham Menon for a commer .. Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/62084287.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst . 2024-05-09 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.