Harris Jayaraj Wiki, Biography, Age, Songs List, Family, Images

Harris Jayaraj is an Indian music director and composer, who predominantly works in Tamil film industry. He composes scores and soundtracks for Tamil movies, with that, he also composes songs for few Telugu films and two Hindi films as well. As a Composer, he made his debut movie Minnale and the movie was directed by Gautham Menon but his first release movie is Majunu in the year 2001. He recently working for the movie Dhruva Natchathiram, Dev and Untitled Mohanlal-Suriyastarrer. Check out below for Harris Jayaraj Wiki, Biography, Age, Songs List, Family, Images and more.

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Harris Jayaraj was born on 8 January 1975 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Harris Jayaraj family is now residing in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. His father name is S. M. Jayakumar who is a noted film guitarist and he is also an assistant to music director Shyam and his mother name will be updated soon. He did his schooling in Sri Krishnaswamy Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai and he did his graduation in University of Madras, Chennai, Trinity College of Music, London. Harris Jayaraj wife name is Suma Jayaraj and they both got married on 18 October 1999. He started his musical training at the age of six in Carnatic music and as per his father’s interest, he learnt Carnatic guitar from Mr.A.Abdul Sattar. He started his music career as a guitarist at the age of 12. His first song Pyaar ki whiskey was actually a Bhojpuri hit song and he also composed a Hindi song Rehna hai there dill mein which is also a popular song. Later he started his programming with his Roland MC-500 and he worked as a programmer under 25 music directors like Raj-Koti, A. R. Rahman, Sadhu Kokila, Mani Sharma, Karthik Raja, Vidyasagar and more.

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Harris Jayaraj made his debut composition for the Gautham Menon’s movie Minnale all the songs in this movie has received a critical acclaim among the people in that particularly the song Vaseegara was exceptionally popular. Then for this movie, he received Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil, who break the 9 years continuous record of A. R. Rahman. Then he worked for the movie s like 12B, Majunu and along with director Priyadarshan, he worked for the movie Lesa Lesa. Then he made his debut Telugu movie titled Vasu. Then he grabbed the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director and ITFA Best Music Director Award for the movie Kaakha Kaakha, starring Suriya and Jyothika. Then in the following years, he worked for various Tamil and Telugu movies and grabbed more awards for his performance.

In the year 2011, Harris Jayaraj has announced his first musical world tour titled “Harris on the Edge“. Moreover, this tour features the live performance of Harris all over the world by the group of Tamil playback singers like Karthik, Haricharan, Chinmayi, Tippu, Harini, Naresh Iyer, Harish Raghavendra, Krish, Aalap Raju, KK, Benny Dayal, Andrea, Suvi Suresh, Sunitha Sarathy, Srilekha Parthasarathy and Shweta Menon. Then this event was coordinated by Techfront and it is was directed by A. L. Vijay and the whole tour was covered by Jaya TV. In the year 2017, he started his new studio “Studio H” and it is consist of the latest audio recording systems and technology. The first song that was composed on the studio was Halena from the movie Iru Mugan. Then the soundtrack for the movie S3 was entirely composed in his studio.

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Harris Jayaraj Discography

Lyricist

• 2011 Engeyum Kadhal – Kulu Kulu Venpani
• 2016 S3 – Wi Wi Wifi

Awards and nominations

Special Honours

• Kalaimamani Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu
• Life Time Achievement Award from Konijeti Rosaiah, the Governor of Tamil Nadu
• Maestro Award from the Ritz Style Awards 2015

Filmfare Awards South

• 2001: Won – Best Music Director – Minnale
• 2003: Won – Best Music Director – Kaakha Kaakha
• 2005: Won – Best Music Director – Anniyan
• 2005: Won – Filmfare Special Award – Ghajini
• 2008: Won – Best Music Director – Vaaranam Aayiram
• 2009: Won – Best Music Director – Ayan
• 2003: Nominated – Best Music Director – Saamy
• 2005: Nominated – Best Music Director – Ghajini
• 2006: Nominated – Best Music Director – Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu
• 2007: Nominated – Best Music Director – Unnale Unnale
• 2009: Nominated – Best Music Director – Aadhavan
• 2010: Nominated – Best Music Director – Orange
• 2011: Nominated – Best Music Director – Ko
• 2011: Nominated – Best Music Director – 7aum Arivu
• 2012: Nominated – Best Music Director – Thuppakki
• 2015: Nominated – Best Music Director – Yennai Arindhaal
• 2016: Nominated – Best Music Director – Iru Mugan

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

• 2003: Won – Best Music Director – Kaakha Kaakha
• 2005: Won – Best Music Director – Anniyan & Ghajini
• 2011: Won – Best Music Director – Ko

Vijay Awards

• 2008: Won – Best Music Director – “Vaaranam Aayiram”
• 2009: Won – Best Music Director – “Aadhavan”
• 2008: Won – Favorite Song of the Year – “Ava Enna” from “Vaaranam Aayiram”
• 2011: Won – Favorite Song of the Year – “Enamo Aedho” from “Ko”
• 2012: Won – Favorite Song of the Year – “Google Google” from Thuppakki
• 2007: Nominated – Best Music Director – “Unnale Unnale”
• 2011: Nominated – Best Music Director – “Engeyum Kaadhal”
• 2012: Nominated – Best Music Director – “Nanban”
• 2008: Nominated – Favourite Song of the Year – “Mundhinam” from “Vaaranam Aayiram”
• 2008: Nominated – Favourite Song of the Year – “Nenjukkul” from “Vaaranam Aayiram”
• 2009: Nominated – Favourite Song of the Year – “Hasili Fisili” from “Aadhavan”
• 2009: Nominated – Favourite Song of the Year – “Vizhi Moodi” from “Ayan”
• 2012: Nominated – Favourite Song of the Year – “Venaam Machan” from “Oru Kal Oru Kannadi”
• 2011: Nominated – Best Background Score – “Ko”

Vijay Music Awards

• 2011: Won – Best Music Director – Engeyum Kaadhal
• 2011: Won – Popular Song of the Year – “Enamo Aedho” from Ko
• 2011: Won – Best Western Song – “Nangaai” from Engeyum Kaadhal

International Tamil Film Awards (ITFA)

• 2003: Won – Best Music Director – Kaakha Kaakha
• 2005: Won – Best Music Director – Ghajini
• 2008: Won – Best Music Director – Vaaranam Aayiram

Mirchi Music Awards South

• 2009: Won – Best Album of the Year – Ayan
• 2009: Won – Mirchi Listeners’ Choice for Best Album – Ayan
• 2010: Won – Best Album of the Year – Orange
• 2010: Won – Mirchi Listeners’ Choice for Best Album – Orange
• 2010: Won – Mirchi Listeners’ Choice for Best Song – “Nenu Nuvvantu” from Orange
• 2011: Won – Best Song of the Year – “Enamo Aedho” from Ko

Edison Awards

• 2009: Won – Best Music Director – Ayan
• 2011: Won – Best Music Director – Ko
• 2015: Won – Favourite Song of the Year – “Danga Maari” from Anegan
• 2015: Nominated – Best Music Director – Anegan

South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA)

• 2012: Won – Best Music Director – Thuppakki
• 2016: Nominated – Best Music Director – Yennai Arindhaal
• 2017: Nominated – Best Music Director – Iru Mugan

Isaiaruvi Tamil Music Awards

• 2007 – Best Youthful Album of the Year- Unnale Unnale
• 2007 – Most Listened Song of the Year- “June Ponal” from Unnale Unnale
• 2008 – Best Romantic Song of the Year- “Anbe En Anbe” from Dhaam Dhoom
• 2008 – Best Album of the Year – Vaaranam Aayiram
• 2008 – Best Music Director – Vaaranam Aayiram
• 2009 – Best Romantic Song of the Year – “Vizhi Moodi Yosithal” from Ayan
• 2009 – Best Album of the Year – Aadhavan
• 2009 – Best Music Director of the Year – Aadhavan

Big FM Awards

• 2010 – Best Music Director – Orange

Big Tamil Melody Awards

• 2011 – Best Music Director – Engeyum Kaadhal
• 2011 – Best Album of the Year – Engeyum Kaadhal
• 2012 – Best Music Director – Nanban

Chennai Times Film Awards

• 2011 – Best Music Director – Ko

South Scope Awards

• 2008 – Most Stylish Music Director – Dhaam Dhoom
• 2009 – Best Music Director – Ayan

Stardust Awards

• 2011: Nominated – Standout Performance by a Music Director – Force

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