Anirudh Ravichander

Anirudh Ravichander (born 16 October 1990), also credited mononymously as Anirudh, is an Indian music composer, producer and singer-songwriter who works primarily in Tamil cinema. He has also composed music for a few Telugu and Hindi films. He has won two Filmfare Awards South, nine SIIMA Awards, six Edison Awards and five Vijay Awards. His debut song "Why This Kolaveri Di", composed for the 2012 film 3, went viral across the globe and has achieved over 400 million views on YouTube. A.R. Murugadoss signed him to compose music for Kaththi (2014) starring Vijay, which included the viral hit "Selfie Pulla". The soundtrack for the film became Anirudh's highest profile soundtrack until he was signed to compose music for Rajinikanth's Petta in 2019. In 2016, he signed a record deal with Sony Music, which publishes his independent albums and live concerts. In the same year, he featured with Diplo on the remix of Major Lazer's hit single "Cold Water". Early life and family Anirudh Ravichander is the son of actor Ravichander "Ravi" Raghavendra and classical dancer Lakshmi Ravichander and nephew of Latha Rajinikanth. Thus, making Aishwarya, Soundarya and Hrishikesh his cousins and Rajinikanth is his uncle. Anirudh's great-grandfather was director Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam, a filmmaker in the 1930s.