Vinayak Sasikumar
Vinayak Sasikumar | |
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Birth name | Vinayak Sasikumar |
Born | 13 June 1994 |
Occupation | Lyricist |
Years active | 2011-present |
Vinayak Sasikumar is an Indian lyricist, who works in Malayalam cinema, with films such as Guppy, Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi, Parava, Godha, Ezra, E,Karinkunnam 6'S and Sapthamashree Thaskaraha:.
Personal life
He was born in Trivandrum, Kerala to S Sasikumar and Asha Sasikumar. At the age of 12, he started writing poetry. Later, he moved to Chennai and completed his graduation in Economics from Loyola College, Chennai. He completed his post-graduation from Madras School of Economics. After a span wherein he worked for Ford Motors as a data scientist, he moved to Kochi as a full-time lyricist.
Career
He made his debut as a lyricist in the movie Kutteem Kolum directed by Guinness Pakru. Later in the year 2013, he wrote songs for the movie Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi.[1] This movie, directed by Sameer Thahir, was the first road movie made in India. The songs, composed by Rex Vijayan, went on to become top hits and has a cult following among a section of Keralites.[citation needed] In 2013, he worked for the movie North 24 Kaatham, directed by Anil Radhakrishnan Menon. The movie went on to receive the National Award for the best feature film in Malayalam and the Kerala State Award for the second best feature film. In 2014, he wrote songs for the movie 7th Day, directed by Syamdhar and written by Akhil Paul. The movie went on to become the biggest hit in the box office in the summer. His next movie was Sapthamashree Thaskaraha, which released in September 2014. Vinayak wrote the themes of central characters in the Amal Neerad film Iyobinte Pusthakam later in 2014.[2]
However, his big break came in 2016 with the films Guppy and Karinkunnam 6's. The songs of Guppy were critically acclaimed and went on to become top hits. The track 'Gabrielinte' from Guppy entered Kerala's pop music as a major Christmas carol song in December 2016.[3] The song 'Thaniye' from Guppy earned Sooraj Santhosh Kerala State Award for the Best Male Singer the same year.[4]
His major 2017 releases include box office hits like Ezra, Godha, The Great Father, Parava, Pullikkaran Staraa and Mayaanadhi.[5][6]
Filmography[7]
Movie | Songs | Music Director | Singer |
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Kutteem Kolum |
|
Shaan Rahman | Shaan Rahman, Shweta Mohan |
Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi |
|
Rex Vijayan | Suchith Suresan
Sushin Shyam Saju Sreenivas |
North 24 Kaatham |
|
Govind Menon | Siddharth Menon, Jeba Niyaz |
7th Day |
|
Deepak Dev | Prithviraj Sukumaran
Deepak Dev |
Sapthamashree Thaskaraha |
|
Rex Vijayan | Sushin Shyam
Rex Vijayan |
Iyobinte Pusthakam |
|
Neha Nair,
Yakzan Gary Perreira |
Usha Uthup,
Neha Nair, Anthony Dasan |
Haram |
|
Thaikkudam Bridge | Thaikkudam Bridge |
Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi |
|
Rex Vijayan | Gowry Lekshmi,
Rex Vijayan |
Maalgudi Days |
|
Dr. Praveen | Sreya Jaydeep
Gowreesh |
Aakashvani |
|
Rahul Subramanian | Arun Alat |
Karinkunnam 6's |
|
Rahul Raj | Najim Arshad,
Arun Alat, Rahul Raj |
Guppy |
|
Vishnu Vijay | Madhuvanti Narayan,
Suchith Suresan, Yakzan Gary Perreira |
Ezra |
|
Sushin Shyam | Sachin Balu |
Godha |
|
Shaan Rahman | Zia Ul Haq |
The Great Father |
|
Sushin Shyam | Uthara Krishnan |
Himalayathile Kashmalan |
|
Arvind Chandrashekar | Sooraj Santhosh |
E |
|
Rahul Raj | Saritha Ram,
Rahul Raj, Sunil Mathayi, Aparna Rajeev |
Pullikkaaran Staraa |
|
M Jayachandran | Vijay Yesudas |
Parava |
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Rex Vijayan | Dulquer Salmaan, |
Mayaanadhi |
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Rex Vijayan | Rex Vijayan, |
Rosapoo |
|
Sushin Shyam | Jassie Gift, |
Hey Jude |
|
Rahul Raj | Kavya Ajit, |
Kuttanadan Marpappa |
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Rahul Raj | Santhi Krishna |
B Tech |
|
Rahul Raj | Jassie Gift, |
Orange Valley |
|
Rhithwik S Chand | Ann Amie |
Maradona |
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Sushin Shyam | Sruthy Sasidharan,
Sushin Shyam, Neha Nair |
Kidu |
|
Vimal T.K. | Vimal T.K. |
Nonsense |
|
Rinosh George | Rinosh George |
Jallianwala Bagh |
|
Manikandan Ayyappa | Anthony Daasan |
Varathan |
|
Sushin Shyam | Nazriya Nazim |
Mandhaaram |
|
Mujeeb Majeed | Karthik, Zia Ul Haq |
References
- ^ Sam, Serin (25 July 2013). "Vinayak on a high note". Deccan Chronicle. Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited (DCHL). Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ^ "List of Malayalam Songs by Lyricist Vinayak Sasikumar,Cl 1". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Loving the bygone era of music: Vinayak Sasikumar". deccanchronicle.com/. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Sooraj Santhosh won the state award". English News Portal. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "From Guinness Pakru to Anwar Rasheed - Interview with lyricist Vinayak Sasikumar". onlookersmedia.in. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ NiKisCafe (24 June 2017), Interview with Vinayak Sasikumar - Malayalam Lyricist, retrieved 2 December 2017
- ^ "വിനായക് ശശികുമാർ - Vinayak Sasikumar | M3DB.COM". www.m3db.com (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Hey Jude (film)". Wikipedia. 9 May 2018.
- ^ "'Maradona' song 'Kadhale' is a sensous romantic number - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 May 2018.