Mejo Joseph Explained

Mejo Josseph
Background:non_performing_personnel
Birth Name:Mejo Josseph
Alias:Mejjo Josseph
Birth Date:1981 1, df=yes
Occupation:Music director, Playback singer, Actor
Years Active:2006–present

Mejo Joseph is a music director from South India. He made his debut in the Malayalam movie Notebook.[1] He has composed several songs multilingually for films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. He also has several albums and singles in the aforementioned languages to his credit and is also a composer and vocalist for several adfilms.

Personal life

Mejo was born to Joseph and Rosemary, belonging to a Roman Catholic Syrian Christian family from Thrissur, Kerala, on 28 January 1981. He did his schooling at Don Bosco High School, Irinjalakuda. Mejo did his Bachelors Degree in Commerce from Christ College, Irinjalakuda and he completed his education with the Masters Degree in Business Administration in Marketing and Finance from Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College, Pollachi. He is also a diploma holder in Sound Engineering from the Riyan Institute of Film Technology, Ernakulam. Mejo is married to Merrin, a businesswoman. The couple has four children, including Abdiel Joseph.[2] He is the brother-in-law of the popular filmmaker Rosshan Andrrews.

Career

Mejo has been passionate about music since his early childhood and begin his quest and experimentation with music through his debut in 2006 through the Malayalam movie Notebook which was directed by his brother-in-law Roshan Andrews. The soundtrack of this film won him immediate attention. He debuted as an actor too, in this film through his heartwarming character 'Firoz', a music enthusiast. He later worked with Johny Antony for the movie Cycle.[3] The music of Cycle also became a superhit and Mejo's talent was highly acclaimed.

Slowly, yet steadily, he climbed the ladder to become one of the most loved music composers in the South Indian Film Industry.

Mejo has been an Executive Member of the FEFKA Music Directors Union (FEMU) and currently holds the position of the Vice President for the same.

Mejo debuted as a Producer for his 2021 film Innu Muthal by being one among the four producers under the banner THE GREAT INDIAN CINEMAS. In 2023 he did music for Thaaram Theertha Koodaram starring Karthik Ramakrishnan written and directed by Arjun Prabhakaran and Gokul Ramakrishnan respectively.

Discography

As Music Director and Singer

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2006 Yes
2009 CycleNo
2010 Kanmazha Peyyum Munpe
2011 TrafficYes
2012 Chapters
EntryNo
TelugabbaiYes
2013 Chennaiyil Oru NaalNo
2014 HangoverNo
Konthayum Poonoolum
Law point
2017Y
2017 C/O Saira Banu
2019 Vaarikkuzhiyile Kolapathakam
2021 Cheraathukal
2021 Innu MuthalYes
2022Njaan MichaelNo
2023 KaipolaYes
2023 Thaaram Theertha Koodaram movieNo
2023 Nannayikoode
2023 The Third MurderYes
2023 NanchinavaduNo

As actor

YearFilmRoleNotes
2006NotebookFirozDebut
2019Vaarikkuzhiyile KolapathakamEldose

Albums and Singles

Year Album GenreLanguage Notes
-2004Manicheppu Jyotsna Radhakrishnan won the Kerala State Film Critics Award for the song Hridayathin Manicheppu
2009Naattile Thaaram by RADIO MANGO
2016Genesis Malayalam, Tamil
2017Destiny - THE DREAM (Single) English
2018There is no Goodbye (Single)
2021Mayathe (Single) Malayalam
Kathakal Neele (Single)
Mystery (Single) English
2022En Pathi Nee Thanedee (Single) Tamil

Ad films

Year Brand
-2023 Willy White
Lifecare Pharmaceuticals
Quality Food Products
2021 Walkaroo
Khind
2020 Favourite Homes
2018 Lifecare Adult Pullups
KIMS Liver Transplant
2017 Joy Alukkas
2016 Somans
Mahalekshmi Silks the Classics
2015 Kent Palm
Kitex Dezire
Kitex Trawellday
2014 Mahalakshmi Silks

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Note Book - A definite chart buster . https://web.archive.org/web/20110613195503/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/32992.html . dead . 13 June 2011 . IndiaGlitz . 13 January 2007 . 2008-10-08 .
  2. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=201069029944750&set=a.169767903074863.52245.100001249631125&type=1&theater
  3. News: Mejo is back . https://web.archive.org/web/20110613195503/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/32992.html . dead . 13 June 2011 . IndiaGlitz . 13 August 2007 . 2008-10-08 .