Joshua Sridhar (born 1974 in Chennai, India) is an Indian composer known for his work in Tamil and Kannada films. He made his debut with the film Kaadhal.
Early life and education
Joshua Sridhar was born in Chennai on 9 March 1974 to Saravanan and Rajalakshmi. He studied at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Rajaji Vidyashram in Chennai from 1980 to 1990. After finishing High School he studied Western Classical Music for two years. He studied 8 Grades (Trinity College, London) in both Theory of Music and Piano. In 1993 he converted to Christianity and was baptised at Emmanuel Methodist Church (Chennai) and was given the name Joshua, the biblical character from the old testament. Not wanting to remove the name he was given at the time of birth he kept the name Sridhar and came to be known as Joshua Sridhar.
Career Joshua Sridhar began his career in the year 1993 composing, arranging and programming music for gospel albums and jingles. In the year 1996, he entered Indian cinema. He worked as a keyboard player/programmer for many Indian film composers (notably Manisharma & A.R.Rahman) between 1996 and 2004. In 2004 made his film debut as composer of Kaadhal. The film was released on 8 December 2004.
Filmography Year Language Notes Tamil Kannada Telugu Malayalam 2004 Kaadhal Premisthe Nominated for Filmfare Awards – Tamil2005 Abhayam Danger 2006 Uyir Manohara Chennai Kadhal Prema Aran Keerthi Chakra Won SICA Award for best Music Director – Malayalam Game 2007 Arasu Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthen Prema Kalloori Kalasala 2009 Love Guru Nominated for Filmfare Awards — Kannada2010 Gaana Bajaana Nominated for Filmfare Awards — Kannada Huduga Hudugi Devadas 2011 Appavi Veppam Sega Nominated for SIIMA Awards – Tamil Vithagan Yuvan Keratam 2012 Acham Thavir Genius 2013 Whistle Googly Nominated for Filmfare Awards — Kannada2014 Huchudugaru 2015 Pulan Visaranai 2 Vellaiya Irukiravan Poi Solla Maatan 2016 54321 Parandhu Sella Vaa 25th Film2017 Rajahamsa 2018 Oru Kuppai Kathai 2019 July Kaatril Yaana #
Notes: The films are listed in order that the music released, regardless of the dates the film released. The year next to the title of the affected films indicates the release year of the either dubbed or remade version in the named language later than the original version. ♦ indicates a remade version, the remaining ones being dubbed versions. # indicates that the film score is by another composer.
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