Music Director Harris Jayaraj earned huge popularity in a very quick time both in Tamil and Telugu film industries. Harris's father SM Jayakumar was a noted film guitarist. He studied music at famous London Trinity Music College. He has worked with top music directors AR Rahman, Raj Koti, Mani Sharma, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Vidyasagar. He worked as an additional programmer for AR Rahman and composed music for various commercials. He made his debut as music director with Gautam Menon's first film Minnale, Cheli in Telugu. It became a huge musical hit especially Vaseegara / Manohara song was a massive chartbuster. He also received filmfare award for Best Music Director for his first film itself.
Harris Jayaraj debuted into Telugu films with Venkatesh starrer Vasu. Irrespective of film's result, the audio became superhit and those songs are played still today. His next film with Gautam Menon Kaakka Kaakka, Gharshana in Telugu became another musical blockbuster. He composed music for Mahesh Babu's Sainikudi and Prabhas's Munna resulting both as musical hits. He became a sensation with his music in dubbed film, Aparichitudu, Ghajini, Surya S/O Krishnan, Veedokkade. Again in 2010 he composed music for straight Telugu film Orange starring Ram Charan. The album became a cult hit and is an all-time favorite album for many till date.
Harris Jayaraj never failed as a music director especially in Telugu. He has always composed superhit albums irrespective of film's end result. His melody songs are a treat to ears. He is now composing music for Naga Sharya's new film and Nithiin's latest film.
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