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Anirudh Ravichander is the son of actor Ravi Raghavendra and classical dancer Lakshmi Ravichander, and the nephew of Latha Rajinikanth. Anirudh's great grandfather was the late director Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam, a pioneering filmmaker of the 1930s. Anirudh was part of a band in school called Zinx. At the age of 10, he started composing music and landed his first break with '3' at the age of 22.

Anirudh made his debut as a composer in Aishwarya R. Dhanush's directorial debut 3, starring Dhanush. While pursuing his degree, he had done background scores for short films directed by Aishwaryaa and his amazing work on those short films convinced her to have him work on her first theatrical venture. In early November 2011, “Why This Kolaveri Di!” soundtrack was released officially by the makers, it was an instant hit on social media for its quirky "Tanglish" lyrics and foot-tapping beats. The song became the most searched YouTube video across Asia in that year. Within a few weeks, YouTube honoured the video with a "Recently Most Popular" Gold Medal award and "Trending" silver medal award for receiving a large number of hits in a short time.

After his enormous success in 2012 with Moonu, he proved that he is not a one-hit-wonder with his back-to-back chartbusters.  Anirudh kept achieving new heights with his subsequent films such as Ethir Neechal, Vanakkam Chennai, Vanakkam Chennai and many more. Later on ace director A.R. Murugadoss signed him on to compose music for Kaththi, starring Vijay, becoming Anirudh's highest profile album until he was signed to compose music for Superstar Rajinikanth's Petta in 2018. With his recent release Master starring Thalapathy Vijay, he continues to dominate our playlist. 

Anirudh has earned the status of the most celebrated music composer in recent time. He is one of the most desirable music composers across Indian languages also because he is one of the best selling artists in the region. Anirudh has sung many songs in his career as a part of his musical journey. 

Join us as we celebrate the composer throughout the month of March...a truly deserving title for the musical trendsetter!

By Thineshkan