Harris Jayaraj

HARRIS JAYARAJ

Harris Jayaraj (born January 8, 1975) is a film composer from Tamil cinema. He has written scores and soundtracks and played music for many Tamil films, as well as Telugu and Hindi films. He lives in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Over a period of seven years, Jayaraj has established himself as the leading composer of South India.

Early life:

Harris Jayaraj was born into a pious Christian Nadar family in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He studied at the Krishnasamy Matric School, Chennai and later. His father, S.M. Jayakumar who was a film guitarist who later became a noted musician and Chennai film composer. His father was an assistant to Malayalam Music director Shyam and he wished to make his child Harris a great singer. But Harris' interest was in music and he once confessed that he couldn't sing well and his vocal is also not good. And naturally he turned to music and Harris Jayaraj was an early admirer of the work of Hans Zimmer, percussionist Aruljothi Balagopal, A. R. Rahman and M. S. Viswanathan too.

Career:

Harris Jayaraj entered the world of film music as a musician, programming scores and drum–percussion for films under the famous Tamil music director A. R. Rahman. Jayaraj began his career as a keyboardist for several music directors over twelve years including Rahman, Mani Sharma, Vidyasagar, Karthik Raja, Yuvan Shankar Raja and Sirpi, in addition to composing beats for TV advertisements.His first music score for a commercial film was for the Tamil film Minnale. The music was well received, particularly the song "Vaseegara", which made the film a box office hit, running the charts for weeks. After Minnale, Harris composed music for the Tamil movies 12B and Kovil which met with high acclaim. His score for Minnale was later dubbed.

In 2005, he composed for movies like S. Shankar's Anniyan, A. R. Murugadoss's Ghajini (2005) and Thotti Jaya.

Jayaraj's collaborations with director Gautham Menon have been widely acclaimed, both of them being very successful in Tamil film industry. They have worked together in a series of hit movies like Minnale, Kaaka Kaaka (2003), Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006), Pachaikili Muthucharam (2007) and Varanam Aayiram (2008).

In Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu, he has also appeared on screen in the song Manjal Veyil.

On 13 November 2008, just before the release of Varanam Aayiram the duo split. Without divulging any reasons for their break up, Harris Jayaraj said, 'we are forced to take the decision. There is no ill-feeling between us. 

I wish him all the best in all his future endeavors'. A. R. Rahman is composing music for Gautham Menon's next film Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya.

His most recent release is K.V. Anand's Ayan.

Personal life:

Jayaraj is married to Joyce (formerly Suma). The couple have a son called Samuel Nicholas and a daughter called Karen Nikita. Harris' father Jayakumar is a noted evangelistic musician.

Awards:

Harris Jayaraj won the Filmfare Award (Tamil) in Best Music for Minnale (2001), Kaakha Kaakha (2003), Anniyan (2005)

He has won the Tamil Nadu State Award in Best Music for Kaakha Kaakha (2003), Anniyan / Ghajini (2005)

Harris Jayaraj Movies List:

Aadhavan
Ayan
Vaaranam Aayiram
Munna
Pachaikili Muthucharam
Unnale Unnale
Sainikudu
Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu
Ghajini
Anniyan
Ullam Ketkumae
Thotti Jaya
Arul
Chellame

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