Deepak Dev
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 Deepak Dev |
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| Genres | Film score, soundtrack, world music, Indi-pop |
| Occupations | Music composer |
| Instruments | Keyboards, vocals, Other |
| Years active | 2003 – present |
Deepak Devraj, better known as Deepak Dev (Malayalam: ദീപക് ദേവ്) is an Indian music composer, best known for his compositions in Malayalam cinema, with films such as Chronic Bachelor, Symphony, Udayananu Tharam, Naran, and Puthiya Mukham.
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[edit] Early years
Deepak Dev is a jaffa native of Thalasserry in Kerala, grew up in Dubai. He studied at the Indian High School there and was learning Indian Carnatic music ever since his childhood days. Later his interest switched mainly to the keyboard. While a graduate student in Sacred Heart College, he was the mastermind behind the college rock band which went on to win the prestigious intercollege competition 'Talent Time - Woodstock' award every year. He focused a lot on programing music and started working with reputed musicians like A.R Rahman, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Sandeep Chowta, Vidyasagar, Anu Malik, M.M. Keeravani, Mani Sharma, Adesh shrivastav. He started his career in Malayalam movies with ‘Chronic Bachelor’ directed by Siddique (of Siddique-Lal fame).[1]
He says in an interview that he had almost given up on his musical career, soon after completing his graduation from Sacred Heart's College, Cochin, “as nothing exciting was happening in my career.” But, as fate would have it, every time he tried to sell off his keyboard, it always came back to him, “as any guy who bought it from me with a mere small advance could never pile up the money that they had promised me for that keyboard and ended up giving it back to me. And soon after the third time it happened, the Siddique-Lal duo called me to join their group for their shows in the United States. They wanted me to render some music to fill the time in-between programs. As I got a chance to visit America, my intention was to get some job in the States like marketing, sales or anything other than music. During that time Mr.Siddique heard my composition and told me that 'I have good talent in music and I must take music as my career' Eventually, it was those words gave me courage to take music as my career. "After that I came back to India i shifted base from kerala to chennai , that was in 1999. After few years I met Siddique and he asked me to compose music for his movie 'Chronic Bachelor', my first film" recalls Deepak.
He’s married to his love Smitha, who was his junior in college and the couple now live in Chennai with their two daughters, Devika Deepakdev and Pallavi Deepakdev.
[edit] Plagiarism controversy
Justice Manmohan Singh of the Delhi High Court on the 21st of September, 2011 acting on a copyright infringement claim, filed by Canadian singer Loreena McKennitt, has passed an ex-parte interim injunction against Deepak Dev and the producers & distributors of the Malyalam movie, Urumi. The order however is restricted to the proposed release of the movie and the impugned song in the Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and English languages. The Court has not included in the terms of the injunction, the music which has already been released in the Malyalam version i.e. ‘Urumi’.[2]
[edit] Film discography
| 2003 | Chronic Bachelor | ||
| 2005 | Udayananu Tharam | ||
| 2005 | Naa Oopiri | ||
| 2005 | Naran | ||
| 2005 | Ben Johnson | ||
| 2006 | Kilukkam Kilukilukkam | ||
| 2006 | Lion | ||
| 2007 | The Speed Track | ||
| 2007 | Rashtram | ||
| 2007 | Yes Your Honour | ||
| 2007 | Khaki | ||
| 2008 | Sadhu Miranda | ||
| 2009 | Puthiya Mukham | ||
| 2010 | Dhrona 2010 | ||
| 2010 | Tournament (film) | ||
| 2011 | Christian Brothers | ||
| 2011 | Urumi (film) | ||
| 2011 | Lavender (film) | ||
| 2011 | Teja Bhai & Family | ||
| 2012 | Padmasree Bharat Dr. Saroj Kumar | ||
| 2012 | Grandmaster (film) |
[edit] References
- ^ "Deepak Dev’s Biography – Discover music, concerts, stats, & pictures at". Last.fm. 2009-02-11. http://www.last.fm/music/Deepak+Dev/+wiki?ver=2. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
- ^ http://delhihighcourt.nic.in/dhcqrydisp_o.asp?pn=195364&yr=2011
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